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The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals
Learn the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names with this informative reference guide. Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one encounters in field guides, textbooks, journal articles, and other scholarly works. Arranged to mirror standard dictionaries, the more than 1,300 entries included here explain the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names. Each bio-sketch lists the scientific and common-language names of all species named...
Republicans
The notion of being freeborn republicans bound the eighteenth-century Dutch together. Yet beneath this general label, many fundamental differences existed. This book explores the varieties of eighteenth-century Dutch republicanism. It thereby significantly contributes to our understanding of a crucial period in the development of Dutch political thought.
The family of de Beaufort in France, Holland, Germany and England
Descendants of Pierre de Beaufort, born 1595 and Ann Colve, whom he married in 1624.
De Beaufort
"Dit boek beschrijft de geschiedenis van de familie De Beaufort vanaf het moment dat de stamvader Pierre de Beaufort in 1613 in de Nederlanden arriveerde tot het overlijden in 1876 van zijn rechtstreekse afstammeling Pieter, die in 1868 in de adel werd opgenomen. In deze ruim 250 jaar wisten de opeenvolgende generaties tot hoge aanzien te komen, waardoor verheffing in de adeldom mogelijk werd. Dit kwam weinig voor bij families die geen deel uitmaakten van de heersende elite in de Republiek. Het verhaal van het geslacht De Beaufort wordt verteld in vier hoofdstukken, geografisch bepaald, waarin van iedere generatie de politieke, cultureel-sociale en financiële ontwikkeling wordt gevolgd. Het zelfbeeld van de familie en het richting geven aan de familie-identiteit door de jaren heen is daarbij leidinggevend. Deze interessante familiegeschiedenis vormt een mooie bijdrage aan de elitegeschiedenis."--Back cover.
Childhood, Memory and Autobiography in Holland
Between the 17th and 19th centuries auto-biographers and diarists invented new ways to write about childhood and children. At the same time, pedagogical ideas about child-rearing changed. This book looks at the connection between these developments. Egodocuments can bring the past alive, and allow us to sketch six intimate portraits. The second part of the book concentrates on the changes. Childhood became more highly valued as a phase of life. Children were taken more seriously. This is shown in chapters on child's play, punishment, wet-nursing and independence. Around 1800, in diaries, parents more openly grieved about the loss of a child, which indicates both a change of literary conventions and changes in the way emotions were felt and expressed. Finally, autobiographers wrote more and differently about their early years, and developed new memory strategies. Autobiographical texts are discussed within a wider cultural setting, using paintings, poetry, pedagogical tracts and novels. This book makes clear how changes in autobiographical style, the concept of childhood and the working of human memory are connected.
