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The Emperor Constantine
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
National Monuments and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany
No century in modern European history has built monuments with more enthusiasm than the 19th. Of the hundreds of monuments erected, those which sprang from a nation-wide initiative and addressed themselves to a nation, rather than part of a nation, we may call national monuments. Nelson's Column in London or the Arc de Triomphe in Paris are obvious examples. In Germany the 19th century witnessed a veritable flood of monuments, many of which rank as national monuments. These reflected and contributed to a developing sense of national identity and the search for national unity; they also document an unsuccessful effort to create a «genuinely German» style. They constitute a historical record, quite apart from aesthetic appeal or ideological message. As this historical record is examined, German national monuments of the 19th century are described and interpreted against the background of the nationalism which gave birth to them.
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German Monuments in the Americas
This book looks at the many transatlantic bonds which have linked and still link Germany and the United States. German immigrants to the Americas brought with them a good deal of cultural baggage. They cultivated their German heritage in their schools, churches, and clubs. They expressed pride in this heritage by erecting monuments to Goethe or Schiller, Beethoven or Wagner, Alexander von Humboldt or «Turnvater» Jahn. They claimed Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Carl Schurz, Gustave Koerner, and John A. Roebling as their own. But German-born or German-trained sculptors did not limit themselves to German subjects. They also paid tribute to America by creating sculptures of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and others who occupy a place of honor in American history. While a few German monuments can be found in Canada and in Latin America, the number of German monuments in the United States is surprisingly large. These monuments illustrate the contribution - often overlooked or ignored - of the German-American community to American society and American cultural life.
El Emperador Constantino
Constantino es considerado el personaje más importante de la Antigüedad Tardía. Puso los cimientos de la Basílica de San Pedro y de la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro en Jerusalén, y de toda la civilización europea posclásica. Su victoria en el Puente Milvio se cuenta entre los momentos decisivos de la historia del mundo. Pero también fue muy controvertido, y desde hace siglos los historiadores lo critican, y dudan e incluso niegan su conversión al cristianismo. En este libro, el autor reúne ese legado con equilibrio y brevedad, y presenta al personaje a la luz de las últimas investigaciones, ahondando en su posición como primer emperador cristiano.
Sources for the History of Cyprus
This volume provides original source material concerning the history of Cyprus in English translation. This volume encapsulates the Byzantine period and all authors are quoted in chronological order.
The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
A medieval scholar examines the historical facts and myths behind the best-selling novel, including discussions on the Templars, the Holy Grail, and the "Apocryphal Gospels."
Christian Pacifism for an Environmental Age
Provides a new understanding of the traditions of Christian pacifism in order to address wars in a warming world.
Helena Augusta
"Helena, the mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine, is best known for the last two years of her life, when she traveled around the Eastern Mediterranean, and for something that, in all likelihood, she did not do: the discovery of the True Cross relic. Using a vast range of sources, from textual and epigraphical to visual, and an array of archaeological insights from the places Helena lived at or visited, this book instead investigates Helena in the round, taking seriously the ruptures in her life course and her changing positions within the imperial and female networks of her time. The book follows Helena's life, the majority of which was spent in the third century and during the period of the tetrarchy, and explores the different ways in which she was commemorated after her death, up to the late sixth century. It wrestles Helena's historical significance back from medieval legends, to demonstrate the development and purpose of her role within Constantinian politics and to chart her meandering impact on the image and behavior of the Christian empress in the late Roman world"--
