Author: Niccolo MachiavelliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Works ... Written Originally in Italian, And from Thence Newly and Faithfully Translated Into English
Author: Niccolo MachiavelliThe Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence
Author: Niccolò MachiavelliPublisher:
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Category : Florence (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Dramatic Works of John Wilson
Author: John WilsonPublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A View of the English Editions, Translations, and Illustrations of the Ancient Greek and Latin Authors
Author: Ludwig Wilhelm BrüggemannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
“A” View of the English Editions, Translations and Illustrations of the Ancient Greek and Latin Authors, with Remarks
Author: Lewis Wilhelm BrüggemannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature Made During the Years 1893-1903
Author: William Carew HazlittPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies
Author: Manuela D’AmorePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319552910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society’s special contribution to the “discovery” of the south of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. By exploring primary source journal entries of philosophy and travel, the book provides evidence of how the Society helped raise the Fellows’ curiosity about the Mediterranean and encouraged travel to the region by promoting cultural events there and establishing fruitful relations with major Italian academic institutions. They were especially devoted to revealing the natural and artistic riches of the Bourbon Kingdom from 1738 to 1780, during which the Roman city of Herculaneum was discovered and Vesuvius and Etna were actively eruptive. Through these examples, the book draws attention to the role that the Royal Society played in establishing cultural networks in Italy and beyond. Tracing a complex path starting in Restoration times, this new insight into discourse on learned travel contributes to a more challenging vision of Anglo-Italian relations in the Enlightenment.
Dramatists of the Restoration: John Wilson
Author: William Hugh LoganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761
Author: Andrew David Michael BeaumontPublisher:
ISBN: 0198723970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Colonial America and the Early of Halifax examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the good of the empire and himself alike. Challenging the view that Britain's attitude towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative, and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest under Halifax's leadership. Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776. Long overshadowed by the acknowledged 'great men' of his age, this study restores Halifax and his interest to its rightful place as a significant influence upon major historical events, illustrating his grand, elaborate vision for an alternative British America that never was.