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The Hispano-Portuguese Empire and Its Contacts with Safavid Persia, the Kingdom of Hormuz and Yarubid Oman from 1489 to 1720
Given the important role that the Portuguese played in the Persian Gulf from 1507 to 1720, knowing what is available about their activities in this area is not only of importance to those interested in the history of Portugal, but also of those interested in the history of Bahrein, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, eastern Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This bibliography of printed published works therefore contains a full list of primary and secondary sources, not only in Western languages, but also in Persian, Arabic and Turkish. It aims to facilitate the work of scholars and students, but also of the non-specialist, i.e. those among the general public who want to know more about this part of the world during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and about the activities of the Portuguese. Although other bibliographies exist that include the activities of the Portuguese in the Persian Gulf, all are in need of updating, and none are as comprehensive as this bibliography.
The Primacy of the Postils
Drawing on an extensive collection of Catholic, Lutheran, and Calvinist sermon collections (postils), this book offers the first comprehensive, systematic presentation of standard preaching texts in early modern Germany including their creation, print production, use, and censorship.
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila
The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever written The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the m...
Die Mainzer Karmelitenbibliothek
2.,überarbeitete Auflage Rezensionen zur ersten Auflage: "Die große Menge an hier zusammengeführten Erkenntnissen und Detailinformationen ist so auch das Produkt eines beeindruckenden wissenschaftlichen Netzwerkes, das die Verf.in mit initiiert hat, um ihrem vielseitigen Forschungsobjekt voll gerecht werden zu können. Diese Vernetzung ‚extra muros‘ dürfte dafür sorgen, dass die Mainzer Karmelitenbibliothek auch weiterhin Gegenstand interdisziplinärer Forschungen bleibt, für die Ottermann mit ihrer Studie eine beeindruckende Grundlage geschaffen hat.." Christoph Nebgen, In: Nassauische Annalen, Band 128. 2017 Heft 2, S.471 f. "Die Mainzer Karmelitenbibliothek war eine Gebrauchsbib...
