Noel Geoffrey Parker Knihy

Tento atlas Vám přiblíží celé dějiny světa. Na 540 obsažných mapách se před Vámi rozvine panoráma minulosti lidstva.

Životopis španělského panovníka Filipa II. (1527-1598). K pozoruhodnému pohledu na Filipa II. využívá autor dosud nezpracované panovníkovy osobní dokumenty a vykresluje intimní portrét člověka, který sehrál významnou úlohu v utváření moderního světa. Líčí královu posedlost katolickým náboženstvím, jeho nesmiřitelnost k jiným vyznáním, tragédie v soukromém životě, záliby, umělecké a sběratelské zájmy, ale také způsob vládnutí a politická a vojenská rozhodnutí muže, za jehož vlády se Španělsko stalo pánem velké části Nového světa.

Hrsg. von Barraclough, Geoffrey Zahlr. Ktn.-Skizz, Abb. u. Übers. VIII, 184 S.

The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised

Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task. Geoffrey Parker, one of the world's leading historians of early modern Europe, has examined the surviving written sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as well as visual and material evidence. He explores the crucial decisions that created and preserved this vast empire, analyzes Charles's achievements within the context of both personal and structural factors, and scrutinizes the intimate details of the ruler's life for clues to his character and inclinations. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles's reign and views the world through the emperor's own eyes.

"Using dynamic full-colour mapping and lucid texts, this small-format atlas brings the story of humanity within everyone's reach. From the emergence of man two million years ago to the world on the eve of the year 2000, this fully updated edition [to 1997] covers all the major developments in the human story."

The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the "new military history", which emphasized military organization--mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics--rather than military "events" such as sieges and battles. Constantly cited since its first publication in English (with translations into Spanish and Dutch), this revised updated second edition includes new sources and references but otherwise remains faithful to the original edition. First Edition Hb (1972): 0-521-08462-8 First Edition Pb (1975): 0-521-09907-2

In the new edition of this classic book, Geoffrey Parker draws on material from all over Europe to provide an authoritative and exciting account of the eventful first half of the seventeenth century.

In this spellbinding biography, the definitive work on Philip, Geoffrey Parker drew upon a vast, previously untapped collection of the king's private correspondence, in which he expressed his emotions, personal thoughts, and social philosophy. This new edition has a Bibliographical Essay, evaluating the many new works on Philip published on and around the 400th anniversary of his death.

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