Author: Adolphe ThiersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon
Author: Adolphe ThiersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Vanished Kingdoms
Author: Norman DaviesPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101545348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 837
Book Description
An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance. There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names may be unfamiliar-Aragon, Etruria, the Kingdom of the Two Burgundies-their stories should change our mental map of the past. We come across forgotten characters and famous ones-King Arthur and Macbeth, Napoleon and Queen Victoria, right up to Stalin and Gorbachev-and discover how faulty memory can be, and how much we can glean from these lost empires. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind. This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.
History of the consulate and the empire forming a sequel to "The history of the French revolution"
Author: Adolphe ThiersHistory of the consulate and the empire of France under Napoleon, tr. by D.F. Campbell
Author: Marie Joseph L. Adolphe ThiersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: As If God Existed
Author: Maurizio ViroliPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400845513
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies: if religion has a natural ally, it is authoritarianism--not republicanism or democracy. But in this book, Maurizio Viroli, a leading historian of republican political thought, challenges this conventional wisdom. He argues that political emancipation and the defense of political liberty have always required the self-sacrifice of people with religious sentiments and a religious devotion to liberty. This is particularly the case when liberty is threatened by authoritarianism: the staunchest defenders of liberty are those who feel a deeply religious commitment to it. Viroli makes his case by reconstructing, for the first time, the history of the Italian "religion of liberty," covering its entire span but focusing on three key examples of political emancipation: the free republics of the late Middle Ages, the Risorgimento of the nineteenth century, and the antifascist Resistenza of the twentieth century. In each example, Viroli shows, a religious spirit that regarded moral and political liberty as the highest goods of human life was fundamental to establishing and preserving liberty. He also shows that when this religious sentiment has been corrupted or suffocated, Italians have lost their liberty. This book makes a powerful and provocative contribution to today's debates about the compatibility of religion and republicanism.
The Failure of Italian Nationhood
Author: M. GrazianoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230113060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
This book explains Italy s endless political instability and its historical, cultural and economic roots. It also illustrates why, even after the creation of the Italian state, Italy was never really unified. Piero Gobetti described fascism once as the "autobiography" of the Italian nation. This book explains why today it is possible to describe "berlusconism" - a cultural, political and social phenomenon in Italy- as the most recent version of this country s autobiography.
Garibaldi, and Italian Unity
Author: Osborne William Samuel CHAMBERSPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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