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A comparative and interdisciplinary study of ancient and medieval Eurasian empires using historical, philological and archaeological evidence.
The architecture of the Belgian Modernist Juliaan Lampens (°1926) goes beyond designs for conventional living and instead suggests a utopian avant-garde of living without barriers. He experimented with the use of raw concrete and created sculpture-like exteriors leading onto open vistas. Edited by Angelique Campens - With contributions by Angelique Campens, Sara Noel Costa De Araujo, Joseph Grima, Jan Kempenaers, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Francis Strauven.
This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans. Her provocative and original inquiry focuses on the sentiments of honor that shaped the Romans' sense of themselves and their society. Speaking directly to the concerns and curiosities of the contemporary reader, Barton brings Roman society to life, elucidating the complex relation between the inner life of its citizens and its social fabric. Though thoroughly grounded in the ancient writings—especial...
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Comment une institution prend-elle son essor en période de guerre civile, de conflit politique et religieux ? Comment l’information politique et diplomatique circule-t-elle dans le champ de force des relations internationales de l’Europe de la première modernité ? Quelles techniques administratives nouvelles les souverains mobilisent-ils pour faire face aux contestations radicales et violentes de leur légitimité ? Quel rôle, enfin, l’administration joue-t-elle dans la mise en ordre politique d’une réalité rétive et oppositionnelle ? Jérémie Ferrer-Bartomeu pose ces questions à la foisonnante production écrite des hommes de plume de la monarchie des derniers Valois et du ...
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