Papal Bull: Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome, Hardcover - Margaret Meserve

Printing thrived after it came to Rome in the 1460s. Renaissance scholars, poets, and pilgrims in the Eternal City formed a ready market for mass-p...

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Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus deals with small, but highly captivating and stimulating artwork - engraved g...

This book demonstrates how people were kept ignorant by censorship and indoctrinated by propaganda. Censorship suppressed all information that crit...

A richly illustrated catalogue accompanying a major British Museum exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Gary FergusonIllustration(s): 5 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2021D...

How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system?...

A bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance--from Petrarch to Machiavelli--that reveals the all-important role ...

Perhaps the single most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the re-emergence of the gods and goddesses of antiquity. This book surveys this...

In a world of near-boundless suspicion of politics and the media, why do politicians still exploit the familiar techniques of propaganda? And why a...

A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries.Publisher: PrestelAuthor(s): Norbert Wo...

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Explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance -- .

DescriptionFollowing the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued th...

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced...

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Contributor(s): Author: Jason StanleyOur democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, ...

The act of eating is a basic human need. Yet, in all societies, quotidian choices regarding food and its consumption reveal deeply rooted shared cu...

DescriptionIn this charming and powerful picture book about voting and elections, the students of Stanton Elementary School learn how we can find--...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat if it's all a lie? Since birth, human beings are bombarded by propaganda from the media, religion, schooling, government, culture, ...

Public Opinion is Walter Lippmann's groundbreaking work which demonstrates how individual beliefs are swayed by stereotypes, the mass media, and po...

This book provides a comprehensive account of the relationship between the architecture of Republican Rome and its politics. It covers the early Re...

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Reducere. This lucid and comprehensive collection of essays by an international group of scholars constitutes a photo-historical survey of select photographe...

A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious ...

Reducere. DescriptionRome and Jerusalem is a book published by Moses Hess in 1862 in Leipzig. It gave impetus to the Labor Zionism movement. In his magnum op...

Rome's first emperor, Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, has probably had the most lasting effect on history of all rulers of the classica...

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DescriptionMuch of the story about the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany has yet to be told. In Motherland in Danger, Karel Berkhoff address...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Margaret O'KeeffeCollection: LifestylePublication date: 2010Dimensions: 296 x 213 x 8Cover type: Mix...

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores how Romans of the late Republic and early imperial period reconfigured their understanding of hist...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty--all have been as...

Reducere. Lively and reader-friendly, this second edition of Daily Life in Renaissance Italy provides a colorful and accurate sense of how it felt to inhabit...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

Whether novice or art connoisseur, Art: Drawn from Life will appeal to your visual and literary senses, as well as to your love of adventure. It is...

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A reappraisal of the traditional narrative and the causes and consequences of Britain's initial interactions with Rome.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books...

Reducere. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award A Northern classic and beloved favorite, Two in the Far North chronicles the incredible story of Margaret...

Global Luxury in Renaissance Venice offers an unprecedented exploration of Venetian maiolica pottery set in a vibrant context of hybridity and exch...

Autor: Gabriel Moisa

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Margaret Ann ZahoIllustration(s): 31 ill.Number of pages: 143Collection: Renaissance and Baroque Stu...

Lucrarea de fata isi propune sa investigheze comportamentele externe ale statului roman in cateva momente-cheie ale secolului XX: celebrarea a 10 a...