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Worldmaking takes many forms in early modern literature and thus challenges any single interpretive approach. The essays in this collection investigate the material stuff of the world in Spenser, Cary, and Marlowe; the sociable bonds of authorship, sexuality, and sovereignty in Shakespeare and others; and the universal status of spirit, gender, and empire in the worlds of Vaughan, Donne, and the dastan (tale) of Chouboli, a Rajasthani princess. Together,...
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As with many writers before and since, William Shakespeare was influenced by the events that took shape all around him. Sweeping changes to England's politics, language, and culture that took place during his lifetime were the fertile ground from which the Bard drew inspiration. Shakespeare's life is surveyed and the social context in which he created his greatest drama and poetry is examined.
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El estudio de las universidades ha ampliado sus campos de trabajo y se ha abierto a nuevas dimensiones y a no pocos temas colaterales que enriquecen la estricta historia universitaria, como puede verse en muchas contribuciones de este libro. Entre esos temas colaterales, deben mencionarse los vinculados a la Iglesia, como las rentas eclesiásticas, la evangelización de indios, la inquisición, la Contrarreforma y los jesuitas. Así mismo, en una...
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La configuración a partir del siglo XVI de las grandes monarquías europeas y de sus cortes conllevó el desarrollo de un ceremonial y una etiqueta que generaron una serie de tipologías de festejos cortesanos, periódicos y excepcionales, de carácter gozoso: juras reales, nacimientos de príncipes e infantes, bodas reales, triunfos militares, embajadas diplomáticas, etc. Los palacios fueron constantemente escenarios privilegiados de estos ceremoniales....
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Las vías de comunicación que se establecieron desde la antigüedad entre los continentes de Europa y Asia, conocidas como las "Rutas de la Seda", facilitaron la difusión de esta actividad manufacturera en la península Ibérica a partir de su conquista por el Islam en el siglo VIII. Sin embargo, fueron los comerciantes italianos que revitalizaron aquellas rutas a finales del siglo XIII los que más contribuyeron a su estímulo y renovación. Como...
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Christopher Prendergast is professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College and the British Academy. He is the general editor of the Penguin Proust, and his many books include Mirages and Mad Beliefs: Proust the Skeptic (Princeton).
An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic group of scholars
This book provides an engaging,...
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En l'actualitat, els economistes i els historiadors debaten sobre el paper exercit per les institucions i els estats en el desenvolupament econòmic a llarg termini durant l'Època Moderna. En general, s'assumeix que únicament als països de l'Atlàntic nord, l'estat i els drets de propietat es van configurar de tal manera que serien capaces de generar creixement econòmic a gran escala. De fet, l'aplicació d'aquesta perspectiva ha accentuat el...
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Few episodes in Western history have so shaped our world as the Protestant Reformation and the counter-Reformations, which accompanied it. The Reformation tore the seamless garment of Western Christendom in two, pitting king and pope, laity and clergy, Protestant and Catholic against one another. But, it was also a firestorm tearing through an old, stagnant, and dying forest, sowing the seeds for a burst of new and newly diverse life.
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Dante put Muhammad in one of the lowest circles of Hell. At the same time, the medieval Christian poet placed several Islamic philosophers much more honorably in Limbo. Furthermore, it has long been suggested that for much of the basic framework of the Divine Comedy Dante was indebted to apocryphal traditions about a "night journey" taken by Muhammad. Dante scholars have increasingly returned to the question of Islam to explore the often surprising...
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Included in this indispensable book are some of the most significant documents tracing Freemasonry from its early operative roots to the early collections defining the seeds of Speculative Freemasonry. Included are: "Edict of Rothari"; "The Regius Manuscript"; "The Matthew Cooke Manuscript"; "The Torgau Ordinances"; "The Strasburg Manuscript"; "Watson Manuscript"; "The Schaw Statutes"; "St. Clair Charters"; "Harleian Manuscript"; "Inigo Jones Manuscript";...
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"The essays gathered in this volume demonstrate that studying early modern European literary forgeries is a fascinating cultural adventure" (Lina Bolzoni author of The Gallery of Memory).
This comprehensive study of literary and historiographical forgery goes well beyond questions of authorship. It spotlights the imaginative vitality of forgery and its sinister impact on genuine scholarship. This volume demonstrates that early modern forgery was...
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