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The Civilising Offensive
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 443

The Civilising Offensive

"This volume offers a multifaceted selection of studies on 19th-century Belgian reformers and initiatives they instigated to solve the ‘social question’ by ‘civilising’ and moralising the lower classes. Around 1850 Belgium was continental Europe’s most heavily industrialised state. From the mid-century until the Belle Époque many international social reform associations were based in Belgium, as well as their main international actors. This book aims to place the history of social, moral and educational reform in Belgium during the long 19th century within a broader European perspective. This collection of contributions by both young and established scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds not only fills some gaps in Belgian historiography, but also offers a better understanding of broad epochal processes such as the bourgeois civilising offensive, the expansion of educational action and the historical growth of welfare states.

Illuminating the Renaissance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 593

Illuminating the Renaissance

  • Categories: Art

This comprehensive and richly illustrated catalogue focuses on the finest illustrated manuscripts produced in Europe during the great epoch in Flemish illumination. During this aesthetically fertile period – beginning in 1467 with the reign of the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold and ending in 1561 with the death of the artist Simon Bening – the art of book painting was raised to a new level of sophistication. Sharing inspiration with the celebrated panel painters of the time, illuminators achieved astonishing innovations in the handling of color, light, texture, and space, creating a naturalistic style that would dominate tastes throughout Europe for nearly a century. Centering on the n...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 45
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 862

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 45

"The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is a projected 60-volume series containing not only the 18,000 letters written by Jefferson but also, in full or in summary, the more than 25,000 letters written to him. Including documents of historical significance as well as private notes not closely examined until their publication in the Papers, this series is an unmatched source of scholarship on the nation's third president."--Publisher description.

La Belgique héraldique
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 592

La Belgique héraldique

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1866
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Histoire populaire du règne de Léopold Ier roi des Belges
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 476

Histoire populaire du règne de Léopold Ier roi des Belges

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1876
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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bibliografia italiana
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 934

bibliografia italiana

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1883
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Notes et souvenirs
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 382

Notes et souvenirs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1876
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 416

Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1891
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Bibliographie de la France
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 1210

Bibliographie de la France

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1879
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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