Author: George N. ClarkPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
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The New Cambridge Modern History
Author: George N. ClarkThe New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520
Author: G. R. PotterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521045414
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
In a preface written for the paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire.
The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 5, The Ascendancy of France, 1648-88
Author: F. L. CarstenPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521045445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
This volume examines the ascendancy of France during the period 1648-1688.
The Cambridge Modern History
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron ActonPublisher:
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Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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A History of the Ottoman Empre to 1730
Author: V. J. ParryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521099912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
From the historian's perspective, the Ottomans in their heyday could claim a more absolute monarchy than any of the truly European empires, a more successful record in quelling rebellion and the rise of national settlement, and the development and maintenance of more effective lines of communication between the centre and outlying lands. The chapters in this book were each written by a specialist in Ottoman history, and in combination they trace the steps by which the empire built on its fourteenth-century beginnings to the high point of its European power. The emphasis throughout is on the internal history of the empire and its relations with non-European states as well as with Europe; it is no longer possible or desirable to write merely from the point of view of the Western powers.
The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
Author: David O. MorganPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184366
Category : History
Languages : en
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This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences. As the essays in this collection demonstrate, three major features distinguish the time and place from both earlier and modern experiences of Islam. Firstly, the steppe tribal peoples of central Asia had a decisive impact on the Islamic lands. Secondly, Islam expanded along the trade routes of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Thirdly, Islam interacted with Asian spirituality, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism. It was during this period that Islam became a truly world religion.
The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Robert IrwinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
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Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich collection, written by an international team of experts, is the diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding, politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the pre-modern Islamic world.
The Cambridge History of India
Author: Edward James RapsonPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
The New Cambridge History of the Bible
Author: Euan CameronPublisher: New Cambridge History of the B
ISBN: 9781107584624
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 3790
Book Description
The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715/25
Author: J. S. BromleyPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521075244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
The rise of Great Britain and Russia is the focus of this particular volume of The New Cambridge Modern History.