Author: Louis-Benoît PicardPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Choix Des Comédies en Prose de L.B. Picard ... with Notes and the Translation of the Most Difficult Passages, by E. Duvard
Author: Louis-Benoît PicardNineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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The Parasite, Or, how to Make One's Fortune. A Comedy. ... After the French of Picard
Author: Louis-Benoît PicardEncyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation
Author: Thomas Goddard BerginPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143811026X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Presents an encyclopedia covering the history of the Renaissance and the Reformation periods from 1300 to 1620, arranged alphabetically with cross references.
The Last Descendant of Aeneas
Author: Marie TannerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300054880
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
From antiquity to the eve of the modern era, rulers of Western empires inspired hero worship by proclaiming their divine origins. In this fascinating original study, Marie Tanner presents the history of the emperor's mythic image and its continuing influence on Western political thought. She shows that these pretensions to divinity were based on the Trojan legend and the myth of Rome as developed in Vergil's Aeneid and that later Christian emperors expanded these claims by tracing their lineage not only to the pagan gods but also to the priest-kings of the Old Testament. Through this amalgam of heritages each successive Holy Roman emperor proclaimed that he was the last descendant of Aeneas, destined to yield the terrestrial rule of Rome to Christ and thereby inaugurate millennial peace. By examining a wide range of literary, artistic, and historical sources plus a corpus of new illustrations, Tanner discovers remarkable chains of evidence for this process, one that culminates with the Renaissance Hapsburgs who imbued the holiest symbols of the faith with dynastic meaning as they attempted to consolidate all priestly and secular powers in their grip. On these foundations Philip II of Spain, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the first monarch to rule the four known continents, created a new concept of absolute monarchy that shaped the principles of modern statecraft and determined the dominant form of government in Europe for the next two centuries.
Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Author: H. David BrumblePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136797386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for the gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and places of classical myth and legend. Each entry includes a brief account of the myth, with reference to the Greek and Latin sources. The entry then discusses how Medieval and Renaissance commentators interpreted the myth, and how poets, dramatists, and artists employed the allegory in their art. Each entry includes a bibliography and the volume concludes with appendices and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
The Ancient World in the Cinema
Author: Jon SolomonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300083378
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This entertaining and useful book provides a comprehensive survey of films about the ancient world, from The Last Days of Pompeii to Gladiator. Jon Solomon catalogues, describes, and evaluates films set in ancient Greece and Rome, films about Greek and Roman history and mythology, films of the Old and New Testaments, films set in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Persia, films of ancient tragedies, comic films set in the ancient world, and more. The book has been updated to include feature films and made-for-television movies produced in the past two decades. More than two hundred photographs illustrate both the films themselves and the ancient sources from which their imagery derives.