Cinquecento anni fa la sfida di Martin Lutero alla Chiesa scosse i fondamenti della religione cristiana. Lo scisma successivo trasformò in modo radicale la relazione tra governante e governato; le scoperte geografiche e scientifiche misero alla prova la cristianità come comunità di pensiero; l’Europa emerse come una proiezione geografica. Raccontando questi mutamenti, Tommaso Moro, Ludovico Ariosto, William Shakespeare, Michel de Montaigne e Miguel de Cervantes crearono opere che ancora og...

**“The latest volume to appear in the Penguin History of Europe. Like its companion volumes, [Christendom Destroyed] is no breezy survey but a masterly synthesis of depth and breadth."*—*The Wall Street Journal“The political and religious conflicts of early modern Europe receive high-quality treatment from Greengrass.... an excellent addition to the new Penguin History of Europe.”—Financial Times**From peasants to princes, no one was untouched by ...

Ob Bauer oder Prinz, niemand blieb unberührt von den gesellschaftlichen Umwälzungen des 16. Jahrhunderts. Martin Luthers Kampfansage an die katholische Obrigkeit wirbelte die Grundfesten der christlichen Religion durcheinander. Die Glaubenskriege und das Ringen um die Vorherrschaft in Europa, aber auch die europäische Expansion und die naturwissenschaftliche Revolution verwandelten den ganzen Kontinent. Die Idee einer geeinten westlich-christlichen Glaubensgemeinschaft musste weichen. Es e...

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the b...

Poète, savant et théologien, archevêque, cardinal, conseiller royal et ambassadeur, Jacques Davy du Perron était au bas mot un homme actif dans les affaires de son temps. Charles Perrault le considérait encore comme un homme illustre, mais ce prélat, comparé jadis à Richelieu, perdit progressivement ce statut d’exception. L’idée est donc de redonner sens à ce qui permettait la résonance de sa voix et de sa plume, à ce qui fit de lui une figure de premier plan dans le royaume de France et b...

This unique book critically evaluates the virtual representation of the past through digital media. A distinguished team of leading experts in the field approach digital research in history and archaeology from contrasting viewpoints, including philosophical, methodological and technical. They illustrate the challenges involved in representing the past digitally by focusing on specific cases of a particular historical period, place or technical problem.

One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Nostradamus - apothecary, astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of fascination. Indeed, his predictions are so much the stock-in-trade of the wildest merchants of imminent Doom that one could be forgiven for forgetting that Michel de Nostredame, 1503-1566, was a figure firmly rooted in the society of the French Renaissance.In this bold new account of the life and work of Nostradamus, Denis Crouzet shows that any attempt to i...

This study was the first systematic attempt to reach behind the myth of Henri IV - famous for having brought order to France after long civil war - and explores the reality of his achievement. This Second Edition has been substantially updated.

From peasants to princes, no one was untouched by the spiritual and intellectual upheaval of the sixteenth century. Martin Luther's challenge to church authority forced Christians to examine their beliefs in ways that shook the foundations of their religion. The subsequent divisions, fed by dynastic rivalries and military changes, fundamentally altered the relations between ruler and ruled. Geographical and scientific discoveries challenged the unity of Christendom as a belief community. E...