Author: Sir Walter RaleighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
The History of the World
Author: Sir Walter RaleighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Author: Nicholas PopperPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226675009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. Created with the aid of a library of more than five hundred books that he was allowed to keep in his quarters, this incredible work of English vernacular would become a best seller, with nearly twenty editions, abridgments, and continuations issued in the years that followed. Nicholas Popper uses Ralegh’s History as a touchstone in this lively exploration of the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance. From Popper we learn why early modern Europeans ascribed heightened value to the study of the past and how scholars and statesmen began to see historical expertise as not just a foundation for political practice and theory, but as a means of advancing their power in the courts and councils of contemporary Europe. The rise of historical scholarship during this period encouraged the circulation of its methods to other disciplines, transforming Europe’s intellectual—and political—regimes. More than a mere study of Ralegh’s History of the World, Popper’s book reveals how the methods that historians devised to illuminate the past structured the dynamics of early modernity in Europe and England.
The History of the World
Author: Sir Walter RaleighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The history of the world
Author: Sir Walter RaleighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The Complete Book of World History
Author: School Specialty PublishingPublisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 9781561890897
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A comprehensive history of our world, from the dawn of human history to the present day.
Reflections on the History of Art
Author: Ernst Hans GombrichPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520061897
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Essays discuss Greek and Chineese art, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dutch genre painting, Rubens, Rembrandt, art collecting, museums, and Freud's aesthetics
A History of the World
Author: Andrew MarrPublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0230767532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best. Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey, political journalist Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds them with less familiar material, from Peru to the Ukraine, China to the Caribbean. He looks at cultures that have failed and vanished, as well as the origins of today’s superpowers, and finds surprising echoes and parallels across vast distances and epochs. A History of the World is a book about the great change-makers of history and their times, people such as Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Galileo and Mao, but it is also a book about us. For ‘the better we understand how rulers lose touch with reality, or why revolutions produce dictators more often than they produce happiness, or why some parts of the world are richer than others, the easier it is to understand our own times.’
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Author: Tom StandagePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802718590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller * Soon to be a TV series starring Dan Aykroyd “There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst. They also represent six eras that span the course of civilization-from the adoption of agriculture, to the birth of cities, to the advent of globalization. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through each epoch's signature refreshment. As Standage persuasively argues, each drink is in fact a kind of technology, advancing culture and catalyzing the intricate interplay of different societies. After reading this enlightening book, you may never look at your favorite drink in quite the same way again.
The Usborne Book of World History
Author: Anne MillardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780746045541
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This reduced format book introduces the reader to world history from the first civilizations to the early 20th century, using short, visual chapters.
The History of the World, in Five Books
Author: Walter RaleighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description