Italy, in Its Original Glory, Ruine and Revival

Italy, in Its Original Glory, Ruine and Revival
Author: Franciscus Schottus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2013-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781462259267

Hardcover reprint of the original 1660 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". All foldouts have been masterfully reprinted in their original form. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Schottus, Franciscus. Italy, In Its Original Glory, Ruine And Revival: Being An Exact Survey Of The Whole Geography, And History Of That Famous Country: With The Adjacent Islands Of Sicily, Malta, Etc.: And Whatever Is Remarkable In Rome (The Mistress Of The World) And All Those Towns And Territories, Mentioned In Antient And Modern Authors. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Schottus, Franciscus. Italy, In Its Original Glory, Ruine And Revival: Being An Exact Survey Of The Whole Geography, And History Of That Famous Country: With The Adjacent Islands Of Sicily, Malta, Etc.: And Whatever Is Remarkable In Rome (The Mistress Of The World) And All Those Towns And Territories, Mentioned In Antient And Modern Authors, . London: Printed By S. Griffin, For H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, And I. Place, 1660. Subject: Italy Description And Travel Early Works To 1800

Watching Vesuvius

Watching Vesuvius
Author: Sean Cocco
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226923711

This work explores the question of Vesuvius as an object of study in the early modern science of volcanism from the investigations and opinions of humanists and naturalists in the late Renaissance to the early 18th-century philosophizing on volcanoes and the development of geology later in the century.

Health Care and Poor Relief in Counter-Reformation Europe

Health Care and Poor Relief in Counter-Reformation Europe
Author: Jon Arrizabalaga
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2005-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134684223

This examines the effects of the Counter- Reformation on health care and poor relief in Southern Catholic Europe in the period between 1540 and 1700.

Studies on the Jews of Venice, 1382–1797

Studies on the Jews of Venice, 1382–1797
Author: Benjamin Ravid
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2023-06-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000945499

The Jewish community of early modern Venice was perhaps the leading Jewish community of its time. It emerged as a response to the desire of the Venetian government to make credit readily available and, toward the end of the 16th century, it greatly expanded as Venice, faced with a serious decline in its international maritime trade, adopted a policy of attracting Iberian New Christian merchants. Yet Jews were still treated as the Other and subjected to restrictions and discriminatory measures, including confinement to a segregated enclosed quarter; the 'ghetto'. Despite this, the interplay between economically motivated raison d'état and traditional religious hostility resulted in a delicate balance which enabled the Jewish community of Venice to assume a real leadership role in the world of the Iberian Jewish Diaspora. Based extensively on previously unconsulted documents, these articles deal with central issues in the experience of the Jews of Venice, and so of Diaspora Jewish history in general: the Jewish quarter, maritime trade and urban moneylending, the Jewish distinguishing head-covering, relations with church and state, the forced baptism of Jewish minors, the converso problem, and anti-Judaism.

Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index

Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2003
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781579584405

Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Literature of Travel and Exploration

Literature of Travel and Exploration
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1425
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135456631

Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.