Author: Léon Malo
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Languages : fr
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Le rachat des chemins de fer ses dangers pour les intérêts publics par M. Léon Malo... (Mars 1880.).
Le Rachat des chemins de fer, ses dangers pour les intérêts publics, par M. Léon Malo,...
Le Rachat des chemins de fer, épilogue par M. Léon Malo ...
Le rachat des chemins de fer. Epilogue
Cilician Armenia in the Perceptions of Adjacent Political Entities
Author: A. A. Bozoyan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785808013940
Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785808013940
Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants
Author: Anthony Benezet
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Category : Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category : Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453)
Author: Marios Philippides
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351055402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Constantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing individual: the last emperor of Constantinople. To be sure, the last of the Greek Caesars was a fascinating figure, not so much because he was a great statesman, as he was not, and not because of his military prowess, as he was neither a notable tactician nor a soldier of exceptional merit. This monarch may have formulated grandiose plans but his hopes and ambitions were ultimately doomed, because he failed to inspire his own subjects, who did not rally to his cause. Constantine lacked the skills to create, restore, or maintain harmony in his troubled realm. In addition, he was ineffective on the diplomatic front, as he proved unable to stimulate Latin Christendom to mount an expedition and come to the aid of south-eastern Orthodox Europe. Yet in sharp contrast to his numerous shortcomings, his military defeats, and the various disappointments during his reign, posterity still fondly remembers the last Constantine.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351055402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Constantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing individual: the last emperor of Constantinople. To be sure, the last of the Greek Caesars was a fascinating figure, not so much because he was a great statesman, as he was not, and not because of his military prowess, as he was neither a notable tactician nor a soldier of exceptional merit. This monarch may have formulated grandiose plans but his hopes and ambitions were ultimately doomed, because he failed to inspire his own subjects, who did not rally to his cause. Constantine lacked the skills to create, restore, or maintain harmony in his troubled realm. In addition, he was ineffective on the diplomatic front, as he proved unable to stimulate Latin Christendom to mount an expedition and come to the aid of south-eastern Orthodox Europe. Yet in sharp contrast to his numerous shortcomings, his military defeats, and the various disappointments during his reign, posterity still fondly remembers the last Constantine.
An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa
Author: Alexander Falconbridge
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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A Short Account of that Part of Africa, Inhabited by the Negroes
Author: Anthony Benezet
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800
Author: William Monter
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030017327X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs—the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)—describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030017327X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs—the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)—describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender.