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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Modern European history"”.
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Friedrich Schlegel and the Romantic Iconic Turn
… iconic turn was an attempt to reestablish the modern discourse of painting on a different ontological footing while simultaneously reconfiguring its history, resituating the German school of painting in a historical lineage that had its origin in the iconic tradition of medieval Byzantium. As …
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War and Diplomacy in the Age of Louis XIV: A Historical Study and Annotated Bibliography Volume II
… have produced numerous books and articles on European diplomatic relations and military affairs during the era of Louis XIV. However, there exists no up-to-date annotated bibliography listing and describing these works or older, but valuable studies. The latest annotated bibliography to appear …
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Helen Maria Williams: the purpose and practice of translation, 1789-1827
… been recognised as the crucial turning point in modern European history. The event is often cited as the beginning point for European Romanticism. Helen Maria Williams occupied a unique position at the crucible of events in post-revolutionary Paris. Having visited the capital in 1790 to attend …
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The Federal Evolution of Imperial Germany (1871-1918)
… the thesis combines different perspectives from history, law, and political theory. This approach exposes an extraordinary development. The 1871 constitution left Germany’s organisational nature largely undefined. The new national state possessed only very few institutions and competences. There …
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Metric reform as a workshop of scientific and economic governance in revolutionary France
… within it. This dissertation considers the early history of the metric system as a testing ground to investigate how the scope and reach of both scientific expertise and state action changed in France during the revolutionary period. Through the metric reform, the authority of an esoteric approach …
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The Politics of Belief in Hume and Enlightenment Scepticism
… questions arising out of the study of the history of political thought: what factors facilitate the moderation of beliefs? And what are the conditions of stability in political life? I approach these issues by investigating the crisis in religious and political belief that emerged in the …