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Estudi biogràfic de la vida i l'obra de Joan Subias Galter (1897-1984), que l'any 1974 va decidir lliurar el seu fons documental i fotogràfic a l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Figuerenc, un dels primers descobridors de Salvador Dalí i apassionat per la història de l'art, es va iniciar en la gestió del patrimoni cultural com a director dels Serveis de Cultura de la Diputació de Girona (1926), i successivament, de la Comissaria de la Generalitat de Catalunya a Girona i de la Conselleria de Cultura (1931-1939). Va prendre la iniciativa en la declaració de monuments nacionals de Sant Pere de Roda i de Santa Maria de Vilabertran i va promoure la restauració i la rehabilitació de molts mon...
Primer estudi global sobre el pintor i escriptor Santiago Rusiñol (1861-1931), personatge característic del moviment modernista català, escrit pel director del Museu de Montserrat.
In this tribute to Anthony Grafton, a preeminent historian of early modern European intellectual and textual culture and of classical scholarship, fifty-eight contributors present new research across the many areas in which Grafton has been active. The articles span topics from late antiquity to the 20th century, from Europe to North American, and a full spectrum of fields of learning, including art history, the history of science, classics, Jewish and oriental studies, church history and theology, English and German literature, political, social, and book history. Major themes include the communities and dynamics of the Republic of Letters, the reception of classical texts, libraries and bo...
This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity implied in the notion has fragmented, while the usefulness and even the validity of the term, and the historical periodisation which it incorporates, have been questioned. The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750 provides an account of the development of the subject during the past half-century, but primarily offers an integrated and comprehensive survey of present know...
Martin Luther only meant for his 95 Theses to spark debate and hopefully a few changes in the Catholic Church. Instead, they changed the face of world history, sparking decades of violent religious conflict and war amongst the nations and peoples of Europe. Luther was a Catholic cleric whose chief problem with the Church was the practice of selling indulgences. Church leaders, though, would not sanction debate with him and excommunicated Luther. His cause was then championed by varied European royals who saw the chance to break from the Catholic Church and take control of valuable land. As the Protestants separated from the Catholic Church, they also split from each other into denominations ...