Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Minos
L'affaire Minos
Author: Son of Minos
Author: David CheneyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781494057343
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
The Historical Present in Thucydides: Semantics and Narrative Function
Author: Jean LallotPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004210016
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
After Etudes sur l’aspect verbal chez Platon (Saint-Etienne, 2000), the international ‘Groupe de recherche sur l’aspect verbal en grec’ now presents a second volume on verbal aspect in (Ancient) Greek, which is devoted to the function(s) of the Historical Present in Thucydides. In nine chapters the authors approach this subject from a variety of angles, focusing inter alia on the HP of particular verbs and on its use in battle narratives, or investigate Thucydides’ use of the HP from a comparative perspective. They share one important assumption, viz. that the primary function of the HP is to mark events that were, according to Thucydides, of decisive importance for the development of the Peloponnesian War. By its rich and detailed analyses the book provides important new insights into Thucydides’ narrative technique.
The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint
Author: Mita ChoudhuryPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271077042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early modern France, the Cadière affair was central to the volatile politics of 1730s France, a time when magistrates and lawyers were seeking to contain clerical power. Mita Choudhury’s examination of the trial sheds light on two important phenomena with broad historical implications: the questioning of traditional authority and the growing disquiet about the role of the sacred and divine in French society. Both contributed to the French people’s ever-increasing disenchantment with the church and the king. Choudhury builds her story through an extensive examination of archival material, including trial records, pamphlets, periodicals, and unpublished correspondence from witnesses. The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint offers new insights into how the eighteenth-century public interpreted the accusations and why the case consumed the public for years, developing from a local sex scandal to a referendum on religious authority and its place in French society and politics.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Author: Clément Marot
Author: H. P. ClivePublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9780729301473
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Power and reputation at the court of Louis XIII
Author: Sharon KetteringPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 152613036X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, the controversial favourite of Louis XIII often maligned by historians. Kettering argues that the traditional historical interpretation of Luynes is significantly influenced by the testimony of Richelieu, who subjected Luynes to a devastating character assassination in his memoirs. Richelieu’s malice and the bias in histories based upon his memoirs justify another look at Luynes’ career. This book sifts through the historical evidence to offer a new perspective on Luynes, arguing that his contributions to the early years of Louis XIII’s government have been insufficiently appreciated, and in the process throws light upon a dark, unpleasant corner of Richelieu’s personality often ignored by historians. As well as advanced students and historians of early modern France, this book should interest those specialising in the history of the European courts, power politics, patronage and printed pamphlet literature.
The Knights Templars in England
Author: Thomas W. ParkerPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 166673375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description