Bøger om 17. århundrede

Wallenstein (1583-1634) ist eine Ausnahmefigur, faszinierend wie unerklärlich: Ein begnadetes Militärgenie und kühl kalkulierender Unternehmer, oder aber ein von Horoskopen abhängiger Zauderer? Dem Kaiser und der katholischen Sache treu ergeben oder maßlos egoistisch, ein Verräter? Ihn umgeben bis heute viele Rätsel.Geoff Mortimer, ausgewiesener Spezialist für den Dreißigjährigen Krieg und frühneuzeitliche Militärgeschichte, gelingt es immer wieder, die Mythen und Rätsel um die Person Wallensteins, die zumeist schon zu Lebzeiten entstanden, zu relativieren, seinen widersprüchlichen Charakter neu zu erklären. Anschaulich geschrieben ist es geradezu spannend, die Dekonstruktion der Legenden beim Lesen mit zu verfolgen. Es entsteht ein faszinierendes, ein fesselndes Portrait eines der größten Kriegsherren aller Zeiten. Er ist Handelnder wie Opfer einer finsteren, einer wilden Epoche, die im Spiegel Wallensteins in all ihren Facetten lebendig wird.

Von vielen Pianisten sehnsüchtig erwartet - ein vierter Urtext-Band mit einer Auswahl aus dem umfangreichen Sonatenschaffen Domenico Scarlattis! Während sich in den drei schon vorliegenden Sammlungen HN 395, 451 und 476 viel und selten Gespieltes in etwa die Waage halten, und somit Entdecker ganz auf ihre Kosten kommen, legen wir mit Band IV ein "best of Scarlatti" vor. Trotz der legendären Quellen-Reinschriften aus Venedig und Parma ist die Scarlatti-Überlieferung verzwickt und variantenreich, ein Umstand, dem wir mit einem Fußnoten-Apparat Rechnung tragen. Auch diese viel gespielten Sonaten laden somit zu überraschenden Neu-Entdeckungen ein. Scarlatti Band IV - ein Prachtexemplar!

The sequel to the million copy bestseller &i>The Miniaturist&/i>, &i>The House of Fortune&/i> returns us to the mysterious Brandt family in Amsterdam in 1705 for a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young womans determination to rule her own destiny.

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Audienssalen på Frederiksborg Slot er et af de smukkeste og mest interessante barokrum i Danmark. Salen og den tilstødende gallerigang overlevede mirakuløst en slotsbrand i 1859 og er for nylig blevet restaureret, så den fremstår med samme pragt, som da Christian V’s generalbygmester, Lambert van Haven, lod den indrette i 1680’erne. Salen har dannet ramme om enevældige kongers modtagelser, og alle udsmykningens elementer smelter sammen i en hyldest til kongen. Mellem de marmorerede paneler er indfældet portrætter af de oldenborgske konger, og ovenover er de danske sejre under Skånske Krig. Fra en kuppel nærmest svæver stukengle ned fra himlen med Christian V’s krone og monogram. I denne bog fortælles hele den fascinerende historie om, hvordan det prægtige rum er blevet indrettet og brugt gennem historien, ligesom man kan læse om den omfattende restaurering. Man kan også dykke ned i en række studier, der belyser aspekter af barokken og europæisk hofkultur i 16- og 1700-årene.

Det er vigtigt at have kendskab til litteraturens klassikere. En af de helt store er William Shakespeare. I denne grafiske biografi og tekstsamling får du indblik i og kendskab til forfatterens tid og værk på en let tilgængelig måde, uden kompromis med seriøsiteten. Der er tekstuddrag fra forfatterens værker og fortolkninger og tegninger, der hjælper med forståelsen. Der stilles spørgsmål til, hvordan en handskemagers søn i 1600-tallet kan være i stand til at besidde så megen indsigt i det menneskelige sjælelivs følelsesmæssige kringelkroge. Dramaernes karakterer legemliggør følelsestilstande som magtbegær, misundelse, ondskab, gerrighed og himmelstræbende kærlighed, så man overbevises om, at det menneskelige sind er ens i 1600-tallet og nu i det 21. århundrede. Om forfatterenAase Paaskesen Schmidt (f. 1950) er cand.psych. fra Aarhus Universitet i 1977. Har arbejdet som psykolog fra 1977 til 2015 med områder fra klinisk voksenpsykologi til børnepsykologi. Siden 2017 har hun arbejdet som tegner, maler og forfatter. Hun har udgivet billedromanerne Himmelbanden 1-3, novellesamlingerne Skæbneportrætter og Skæve portrætter, den grafiske roman Da Atina vandt krigen, H.C. Andersen – Liv og levned. Fortalt med billeder og hans egne ord, Grevindens erindringer om kejsertidens Wien samt Goethes liv – anskuet af hans kvinder.

I Sachsen i 1681 bliver den 15-årige Anna Voigt anklaget for at have dræbt sit nyfødte barn. Hendes forældre, godsejeren og hans hustru, kæmper utrætteligt for hendes sag, ligesom den unge jurist Christian Thomasius og lægen Johannes Schreyer. Han stod bag lungeflydeprøven, en test, som påviste, at en lunge, der aldrig har trukket luft ind, vil synke, og en lunge, der har levet, vil flyde. Romanen bygger på grundig research af virkelige begivenheder, der aldrig før er blevet fortalt, og er et grumt portræt af kvinders stilling i datidens samfund, og et fascinerende indblik i retshistorie og retsmedicin.Om forfatteren:Tore Renberg (f. 1972) er norsk forfatter, der debuterede i 1995 med "Soveflokken", som han modtog Tarjei Vesaas Debutantpris for. Han har modtaget Bokhandlerprisen to gange, P2-lytternes romanpris, Nynorsk Litteraturpris og har begejstret læsere i 18 lande.

Written during the Constitutional Convention, The Constitution of the United States is the foundational document of American government. Comprising the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, The United States Bill of Rights was written following extensive debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention. Together, they are two of the most influential texts in the history of democracy.

Slavepræsten er en nyfortolkning af præsten Oluf Egilssons (1564-1639) korte beretning. Den blev første gang trykt og udgivet på dansk i 1740. Fortællingen begynder, da de islandske Vestmannaøer i 1627 bliver angrebet af muslimske sørøvere, fortsætter med beretningen om deres tid som slaver i Algier og ender med, hvordan det mirakuløst lykkes en stor del af dem at vende hjem igen.

Christian 4. havde gennem sit lange liv og styre et tumultarisk forhold til sine ægtefæller og elskerinder. Og det påvirkede ham i høj grad i hans daglige virke som landets øverste, som konge. I sit alt andet end stabile privatliv og sine meget forskelligartede kærlighedsforhold blev han far til mere end 20 børn født både i og uden for ægteskabet. Det påvirkede hans evne til at styre landet, når der var uro på hjemmefronten.Christian 4. og kvinderne er den første biografi om den navnkundige konge i mere end 30 år. Hans Gregersen tegner et fornyet og personligt billede af renæssancekongen. Fra hans ægteskab med den stille nordtyske fyrstedatter Anna Cathrine, som han levede sammen med i 15 år, til hun døde i 1612, over den flotte, temperamentsfulde og purunge danske adelsfrøken Kirsten Munk, der blev hans livs store, men ødelæggende kærlighed, til sin tredje og sidste samlever, den trofaste kammerpige Vibeke Kruse.Hans Gregersen går så tæt på Christian 4.s kvinder og hans forhold til dem, som kilderne tillader. Dette giver et langt mere nuanceret og detaljeret billede af kvinderne selv, end man hidtil er blevet præsenteret for, og samtidigt blotlægges kongens problematiske forhold til det modsatte køn.Christian 4. har et godt eftermæle i den brede befolkning, hvor alle kender hans navn, og først og fremmest forbinder man det med de mange smukke, karakteristiske bygninger, som han stod bag. Men hans privatliv stod i skærende kontrast til pragtbygningerne Børsen, Rosenborg og Rundetårn. HANS GREGERSEN (født 1946), læreruddannet og har undervist i historie og engelsk sideløbende med sin forfattervirksomhed, der begyndte i 1975. Siden pensioneringen i 2009 har han været fuldtidsforfatter, og han har udgivet mere end 70 bøger. Han udgav den meget anmelderroste bog Underdanmark – livet på samfundets bund i 2023.

The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of History, General and Eastern Hemisphere

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Der vorliegende Band präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Abschlusstagung ,Von Neuem', die die DFG-Forschungsgruppe 2305 ,Diskursivierungen von Neuem. Tradition und Novation in Texten und Bildern des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit' im Juni 2022 an der Freien Universität abgehalten hat. Die Gruppe hat seit 2016 Artefakte innerhalb der genannten Epochengrenzen auf das komplexe Verhältnis hin untersucht, das ,alte' und ,neue' Elemente und Dimensionen in ihnen einnehmen, und in einer dynamischen Relation solcher Elemente die Spezifik literarischer und künstlerischer Praxis und Produktion ausgemacht. Zur Abschlusstagung waren ausgewiesene Expert:innen aus der germanistischen Mediävistik und Frühneuzeitforschung, aus der Romanistik, der Neueren Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte eingeladen, einschlägige Forschungsfragen ,von Neuem' zu debattieren und eigene Perspektiven aus aktueller Arbeit einzubringen. Der Band bietet ein breites Panorama grundlegender Untersuchungen zu literarischen, philosophischen und bildkünstlerischen Novationsdynamiken zwischen dem 13. und dem 18. Jahrhundert.

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Frans Hals is one of the most important portrait painters of all time. Like Rembrandt, the famous Dutch Baroque master's striking portraits of the bourgeoisie and social outsiders are distinguished by their extraordinary vividness and accurate depiction. His sketch-like paintings, executed with bold brushstrokes, had a decisive influence on modernist painting. This comprehensive publication coincides with the first major survey exhibition of Hals' oeuvre in more than thirty years. FRANS HALS (1582/84-1666) was born in Antwerp, the son of a cloth merchant. In 1610 he was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. Hals created hundreds of genre paintings, individual, and group portraits and enjoyed great public prestige. Despite his fame during his lifetime, it was not until the nineteenth century that he was enthusiastically rediscovered by the Impressionists and Realists.

1792. British naval lieutenant George Vancouver arrives in the Pacific northwest on a voyage of exploration. He has orders to take possession of Nootka Sound, but finds the Spanish, led by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, already there and unwilling to leave. Quadra and Vancouver negotiate their countries' claims, manoeuvre for advantage, and seek the support of Maquinna, chief of the Mowachaht, who recognizes the threat posed by all the newcomers to his territory. While the commanders seek a solution, their crews fraternize and wait. When a young man is killed on shore, Spanish and British alike blame the natives and demand revenge. The man's commander, though, refuses to retaliate without proof. He investigates, and uncovers a web of secrets, lies, and exploitation - and the identity of the killer. How Quadra and Vancouver respond to their standoff, and the truth they both discover about the murder, could ignite into conflict in the Pacific northwest - or outright war between the world's two most powerful empires.

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In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled silversmith and made false teeth from hippo tusks! This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings to life Paul Revere's thrilling ride as well as the personal side of the man and the exciting times in which he lived.

Discusses how and why American colonists protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in Boston Harbor in 1773, as well as the ramifications of their actions.

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