The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520

The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520
Author: G. R. Potter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1957-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521045414

In a preface written for the paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire.

Aspects of European History 1494-1789

Aspects of European History 1494-1789
Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2005-06-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 113497227X

First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Cambridge Intellectual History of Byzantium

The Cambridge Intellectual History of Byzantium
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1438
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 110821021X

This volume brings into being the field of Byzantine intellectual history. Shifting focus from the cultural, social, and economic study of Byzantium to the life and evolution of ideas in their context, it provides an authoritative history of intellectual endeavors from Late Antiquity to the fifteenth century. At its heart lie the transmission, transformation, and shifts of Hellenic, Christian, and Byzantine ideas and concepts as exemplified in diverse aspects of intellectual life, from philosophy, theology, and rhetoric to astrology, astronomy, and politics. Case studies introduce the major players in Byzantine intellectual life, and particular emphasis is placed on the reception of ancient thought and its significance for secular as well as religious modes of thinking and acting. New insights are offered regarding controversial, understudied, or promising topics of research, such as philosophy and medical thought in Byzantium, and intellectual exchanges with the Arab world.

A History of Law in Europe

A History of Law in Europe
Author: Antonio Padoa-Schioppa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 823
Release: 2017-08-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107180694

The first English translation of a comprehensive legal history of Europe from the early middle ages to the twentieth century, encompassing both the common aspects and the original developments of different countries. As well as legal scholars and professionals, it will appeal to those interested in the general history of European civilisation.

Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism
Author: Charles Howard McIlwain
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2005
Genre: Constitutional history
ISBN: 1584775505

Examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the "democratic strands" in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras.

Aspects of European History 1789-1980

Aspects of European History 1789-1980
Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008-01-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134966466

Stephen Lee charts the most commonly encountered topics of nineteenth and twentieth century European history, from the origins of the French Revolution, through the social and political reforms of the last two centuries to the present.