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Lepanto and beyond
images of religious alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
The Battle of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottoman enemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign. The varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed to shape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe are the focus of this book. In broader terms, Lepanto and Beyond also sheds light on the construction of religious alterity in the early modern Mediterranean. It presents cross-disciplinary case...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 56 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
E-book
Laura Manzano Baena Conflicting words
the Peace Treaty of Münster (1648) and the political culture of the Dutch Republic and the Spanish monarchy
The Peace of Münster, signed between the Catholic Monarchy and the United Provinces in 1648, went against the political culture of both polities. The fact that the Spanish Monarchy definitively accepted the independence of its former subjects clearly negated the policy put forward by the Monarchy during the 'eighty' years that the war lasted and to the Monarchy's declared main goals. For the United Provinces, signing a peace with the archenemy without having brought liberty and religious freedom...
Non-fictie
Engels | 284 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Laura Spinney Pale rider
the spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world
Historisch overzicht van de uitbraak van de Spaanse griep in 1918-1920, de grootste pandemie sedert mensenheugenis die aan tussen de vijftig en honderd miljoen mensen het leven kostte, en van de maatschappelijke gevolgen daarvan.
Non-fictie
Engels | 322 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2018
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Geschiedenis & Politiek