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28 produkter
Continued Exercise of Reason
E-bok, 2018
546 kr
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Lectures, many never before published, that offer insights into the early thinking of the mathematician and polymath George Boole. George Boole (1815–1864), remembered by history as the developer of an eponymous form of algebraic logic, can be considered a pioneer of the information age not only …
Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe
Av Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Brendan Dooley
Inbunden, 2001
2586 kr
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In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. While recent research has explored the role of the newspaper in transforming information into ideology in various European countries, this …
Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe
Av Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Brendan Dooley
Häftad, 2011
937 kr
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In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. While recent research has explored the role of the newspaper in transforming information into ideology in various European countries, this …
Mattress Maker’s Daughter
The Renaissance Romance of Don Giovanni de’ Medici and Livia Vernazza
Inbunden, 2014
564 kr
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A Mattress Maker’s Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend, told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged …
Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics
Inbunden, 2002
900 kr
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One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor's court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. His most …
Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics
E-bok, 2021
1293 kr
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One year before Galileo''s, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city''s most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor''s court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. His most …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
Inbunden, 2006
2512 kr
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How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity in Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2010
2586 kr
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Modern communications allow the instant dissemination of information and images, creating a sensation of virtual presence at events that occur far away. This sensation gives meaning to the notions of 'real time' and of a 'present' that is shared within and among societies”in other words, a …
Making News in Renaissance Europe
Häftad, 2026
291 kr
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The regular public transmission of news was one of the great inventions of the Renaissance. This Element, while offering a general account of news in the period, will convey the latest research results concerning the dynamics and significance of this major development. Drivers of change, apart from …
Making News in Renaissance Europe
Inbunden, 2026
938 kr
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The regular public transmission of news was one of the great inventions of the Renaissance. This Element, while offering a general account of news in the period, will convey the latest research results concerning the dynamics and significance of this major development. Drivers of change, apart from …
Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity in Early Modern Europe
Häftad, 2024
652 kr
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Modern communications allow the instant dissemination of information and images, creating a sensation of virtual presence at events that occur far away. This sensation gives meaning to the notions of 'real time' and of a 'present' that is shared within and among societies”in other words, a …
Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe
Av Brendan Dooley, Sabrina Alcorn Baron
E-bok, 2005
1106 kr
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In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. While recent research has explored the role of the newspaper in transforming information into ideology in various European countries, this …
Politics of Information in Early Modern Europe
Av Brendan Dooley, Sabrina Alcorn Baron
E-bok, 2005
1106 kr
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In its various European contexts, the invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern culture and politics. While recent research has explored the role of the newspaper in transforming information into ideology in various European countries, this …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
Häftad, 2017
691 kr
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How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy
Häftad, 2018
531 kr
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Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women’s lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy.Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola’s …
Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity in Early Modern Europe
E-bok, 2016
750 kr
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Modern communications allow the instant dissemination of information and images, creating a sensation of virtual presence at events that occur far away. This sensation gives meaning to the notions of ''real time'' and of a ''present'' that is shared within and among societies”in other words, a …
Dissemination of News and the Emergence of Contemporaneity in Early Modern Europe
E-bok, 2016
767 kr
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Modern communications allow the instant dissemination of information and images, creating a sensation of virtual presence at events that occur far away. This sensation gives meaning to the notions of ''real time'' and of a ''present'' that is shared within and among societies”in other words, a …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
E-bok, 2017
796 kr
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How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
E-bok, 2017
814 kr
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How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy
Inbunden, 2016
2038 kr
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Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women’s lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy.Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola’s …
Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy
E-bok, 2016
560 kr
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Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica''s Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women''s lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy. Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola''s …
Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy
E-bok, 2016
566 kr
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Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica''s Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women''s lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy. Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola''s …
Years of News
Event and Narration in Early Modern Times
Av Brendan Dooley, Paola Molino
Inbunden, 2025
2004 kr
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Renaissance Now!
The Value of the Renaissance Past in Contemporary Culture
Häftad, 2014
1105 kr
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This volume directs a transdisciplinary gaze on the field of Renaissance Studies as currently practised in Europe, North America and beyond. The concept of the Renaissance as applied to a particular time and place is still regarded as being of central importance to the history of thought and …
Companion to Astrology in the Renaissance
Inbunden, 2014
3639 kr
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It has been called “the most singular centaur that religion and science have ever produced” (Franz Boll). Astrology as a cultural form has puzzled and fascinated generations of humankind. It reached its apogee in the European Renaissance, when it flourished in literature, political expression, …
