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A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun
This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled “A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun” (“Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xámtý, Tien Xîn, Lîm hoên”), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolò Longobardo (1565–1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy. The book restores the focus on Longobardo’s own intellectual concerns, while also reproducing and analyzing all the Chinese-language annotations on the previou...
In Search of William Gascoigne
William Gascoigne (c.1612-44) was the inventor of the telescopic sight and micrometer (instruments crucial to the advance of astronomy). His name is now known to historians of science around the world. For some considerable time after his tragic death at the age of 32 in the English Civil War, however, it seemed as if his achievements would be consigned to oblivion. Most of his papers were lost and even the few that survived have largely disappeared. This is the story of how his work was rescued. Into this story is woven an account of the state of astronomy and optics during Gascoigne’s lifetime, so that the reader can appreciate the significance of his discoveries.
Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States
"Despite cuts in the past decade, enrollments in US German programs have increased modestly, a fact that surely has to do with the importance of Germany and its language on the world stage. The contributors to this volume examine the factors shaping German-language study in the new millennium, highlighting how creative, innovative, inspired approaches have allowed German to weather many of its challenges. The volume will be of interest to scholars, teachers, and students of German who are committed to invigorating its study in the United States." --
Aneignungen des Humanismus
Aneignungen des Humanismus describes the reception and adaptation of new educational ideas at the University of Ingolstadt in the later Middle Ages. Based on manuscript research, this study explains how the process of adopting new educational procedures relates to the broader contexts for social, economic and institutional framework of teaching and learning in the 15th century.
Faustus
Five hundred years ago a legend was born. The seeker after forbidden knowledge is lured into signing a pact with the Devil. He enjoys the fruits of his deal in wild adventures, riotous high-living and in the arms of beautiful women, but cannot escape his end in the fiery clutches of Satan. That is the story that has inspired genius, high art and popular culture around the world, from Beethoven to Cradle of Filth. Hundreds of performances of Goethe's Faust are staged nightly. Souls are even put up for auction on eBay. The legend of Faustus has assumed a life of its own. But is it the real story? In the first major biography in five hundred years, Dr Ruickbie reveals the truth behind the infamous legend and uncovers the true identity of the man who scandalised sixteenth century Europe. Against all our wildest imaginings Faustus was not a charlatan, nor was he in league with the Devil. We should not think of him as the pact scribbling diabolist, but as a renaissance magician, albeit controversial and condemned by his peers. In an age of spiritual hunger, economic collapse, war and prophecies of doom – an age not unlike the Renaissance – it is a story for our times.
Stadt und Militär
Der Tagungsband umfasst einen zeitlichen Rahmen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart und beleuchtet eine Auswahl der wichtigen Festungsstädte in Deutschland unter den Aspekten der Chronologie, Typologie und Alltagskultur der Festungsstädte. Die Ansätze sind interdisziplinär: Archäologische Befunde einer Festungsstadt, historische, militärhistorische und realienkundliche Forschungen zu Bürgern und Militär bis hin zur kulturpolitischen und städtebaulichen Auseinandersetzung von ehemaligen Militärbauten gewähren einen Einblick in vergangene und noch bestehende Infrastruktur. Sie zeigen in eindrucksvoller Form die Kontinuität bürgerlicher Gesellschaftsformen bis in die Gegenwart.
Museums of the World
Museums of the World covers in its 13th edition 52,953 museums in 201 countries, listed hierarchically by country and place, and within places, alphabetically by name. A separate chapter records 504 museum organizations in 131 countries with addresses. The museums are coded by 22 categories identifying the focus and type of each institution. A typical entry contains the following details: name of the museum in the original language with English translation where necessary, address, telephone number, fax, eMail address and URL, museum type, year of foundation, name of the director and museum staff, special collections and equipment, number of the entry. In addition, there is an alphabetical index of museums, a subject index, an index of persons covering academic staff working in museums, and a personality index, recording artists whose works are shown predominantly in a specific museum and/or refering to memorabilia of famous individuals.
Bayerns Münzgeschichte im 15. Jahrhundert
Eine reiche Aktenlage erlaubt es, die bayerische Münzgeschichte des 15. Jahrhunderts, genauer der Jahre von 1390 bis 1470, detailliert zu verfolgen und insbesondere ihre manchmal enge Verknüpfung mit der politischen Geschichte der Zeit aufzuzeigen. Einbezogen werden auch die münzpolitischen Kontakte der bayerischen Herzöge zu den Erzbischöfen von Salzburg, den Bischöfen von Passau, den Pfalzgrafen in der Oberpfalz, den Landgrafen von Leuchtenberg als Grafen von Hals und den Grafen von Oettingen. Für die Münzprägung der bayerischen Herzöge wie der genannten Nachbarterritorien werden im vorliegenden Band zitierbare und vollständig illustrierte Katalogteile zur Verfügung gestellt. Das erreichbare schriftliche Quellenmaterial ist in Form von Regesten verzeichnet. Somit liegt hier erstmals ein Handbuch für Münzgeschichte und Münzprägung des bayerischen Raums im 15. Jahrhundert vor. Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hubert Emmerig ist am Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien tätig, wo er mittelalterliche und neuzeitliche Numismatik lehrt. Im Zentrum seines Forschungsinteresses steht die bayerische Münz- und Geldgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit.
Flucht und Vertreibung im Familiengedächtnis
Die herausragende Leistung von Flucht und Vertreibung im Familiengedächtnis besteht ohne Zweifel darin, dass es in bemerkenswerter Weise gelungen ist, aus einer kaum noch überschaubaren, interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Forschung ein komplexes methodisches Instrumentarium aus Oral History, Generationenansatz und Erinnerungsgeschichte zu entwickeln und dies im Umgang mit 38 Interviewpartnern aus 18 Familien aus böhmischen Ländern, Schlesien, Pommern, Ostpreußen und Russland, deren Gemeinsamkeit der Bezug zur Region Ingolstadt ist, fruchtbar zu machen. Interessant und spannend zugleich ist die Anwendung von sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Konzepten wie kulturelle Kodes, mental maps o...
Argula von Grumbach (1492-1554/7)
At a time when women were expected to stick to their household duties, according to Peter Matheson, Argula von Grumbach burst through every barrier. Matheson offers here a biography of the Reformation's first woman writer. Argula von Grumbach's first pamphlet in 1523 was reprinted all over Germany. Thousands of copies of her eight pamphlets appeared. Through her writing, von Grumbach defied her Bavarian princes (and her husband), denounced censorship, argued for an educated church and society, and developed her own understanding of faith and Scripture. She even intervened in the Imperial Diets at Nuremberg and Augsburg. Drawing for the first time on her correspondence, the author shows how von Grumbach paid dearly for her outspokenness but remained undaunted. Though some saw her as a she-devil and others as a harbinger of a new age, Matheson shows von Grumbach as a woman engaged in the life of the villages where she lived, as one motivated by the dreams she had for her children. In a time of sweeping change and risking everything for the light and truth she was given, Argula von Grumbach showed what the vision and determination of one person could achieve.
