Author: Anna Komnene
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2009-08-06
Total Pages: 1069
ISBN-13: 0141904542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative history written by a woman - an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor through the eyes and words of his daughter which offers an unparalleled view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Author: William St. Clair
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1906924007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When in 1821, the Greeks rose in violent revolution against the rule of the Ottoman Turks, waves of sympathy spread across Western Europe and the United States. More than a thousand volunteers set out to fight for the cause. The Philhellenes, whether they set out to recreate the Athens of Pericles, start a new crusade, or make money out of a war, all felt that Greece had unique claim on the sympathy of the world. As Byron wrote, 'I dreamed that Greece might Still be Free'; and he died at Missolonghi trying to translate that dream into reality. William St Clair's meticulously researched and highly readable account of their aspirations and experiences was hailed as definitive when it was first published. Long out of print, it remains the standard account of the Philhellenic movement and essential reading for any students of the Greek War of Independence, Byron, and European Romanticism. Its relevance to more modern ethnic and religious conflicts is becoming increasingly appreciated by scholars worldwide. This new and revised edition includes a new Introduction by Roderick Beaton, an updated Bibliography and many new illustrations.
Author: Paul De Kruif
Publisher:
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13:
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Author: Ralph P. Locke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-07
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1316298205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the years 1500–1800, European performing arts reveled in a kaleidoscope of Otherness: Middle-Eastern harem women, fortune-telling Spanish 'Gypsies', Incan priests, Barbary pirates, moresca dancers, and more. In this prequel to his 2009 book Musical Exoticism, Ralph P. Locke explores how exotic locales and their inhabitants were characterized in musical genres ranging from instrumental pieces and popular songs to oratorios, ballets, and operas. Locke's study offers new insights into much-loved masterworks by composers such as Cavalli, Lully, Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck, and Mozart. In these works, evocations of ethnic and cultural Otherness often mingle attraction with envy or fear, and some pieces were understood at the time as commenting on conditions in Europe itself. Locke's accessible study, which includes numerous musical examples and rare illustrations, will be of interest to anyone who is intrigued by the relationship between music and cultural history, and by the challenges of cross-cultural (mis)understanding.
Author: Michael Mann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780521538541
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Author: Sir William Howard Russell
Publisher:
Published: 1877
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Fred Abrahams
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9781564322647
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