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Film festivals during the Cold War were fraught with the political and social tensions that dominated the world at the time. While film was becoming an increasingly powerful medium, the European festivals in particular established themselves as showcases for filmmakers and their perceptions of reality. At the same time, their prestigious, international character attracted the interest of states and private players. The history of these festivals thus sheds light not only on the films they made available to various publics, but on the cultural policies and political processes that informed their operations. Presenting new research by an international group of younger scholars, Cultural Transfer and Political Conflicts critically investigates postwar history in the context of film festivals reconstructing not only their social background and international dispensation, but also their centrality for cultural transfers between the East, the West and the South during the Cold War.

The manifold aspects of the emergence of a thorough cultural exchange between Europe and China from the 16th to 18th centuries still arouse astonishment and demand further reflection. These proceedings of the symposium "Europe in China China in Europe" in commemoration of Matteo Ricci gather together historical contributions which deepen the understanding of the scientific, artistic and missionary engagement of Matteo Ricci and his followers, as well as, conversely, on the spreading of knowledge about China in Europe.Michela Fontana and Artur K. Wardega focus their attention on the deeds and accomplishments of Matteo Ricci. Wenmin Xu and Sanle Yu bring almost unknown Jesuits and China missionaries from Switzerland to our notice. Claudia von Collani gives a profound insight into the role of women in the China Mission and its reception in Europe. Erich Zettl is illustrating in a fascinating and exemplary way the artistic side of the Jesuits commitment at the court of the emperor. Peter F. Tschudin expounds the history of paper production in China and subsequently in Europe. Jean-Pierre Voiret highlights the problems of the reception of Chinese thought by western missionaries.

With eleven new contributions, this second edition of essays on the sources and principles of Dominican values in education offers an extended sample of the many settings in which Dominican education, broadly understood, finds expression. Cherished by all Dominicans, these values are exemplified not only in the lives of well-known foundational Dominicans, but also in some of those many others who, on every continent and across time, have responded in typically Dominican ways at key moments in history. Educators, activists, philosophers, teachers, preachers, artists, healers and theologians at many levels share their analyses and reflections on educating in many different contexts, explicitly and implicitly demonstrating ideals and values common to the goals of Dominican education everywhere. It is hoped that this collection, offered again in this decade of Dominican Jubilee--1206-1216 to 2006- 2016--will inform, inspire and encourage all those engaged in the great work of educating not only youth but people of all ages towards greater life and liberty.

El volumen "Sermonario de Aviñón" recoge, entre otros sermones, los de la predicación llevada a cabo en Mallorca por el maestro dominico Vicent Ferrer entre el mes de septiembre de 1413 y comienzos de enero del año 1414. Se sabe, gracias a los exlibris que se pueden leer en las paginas del manuscrito, que fue escrito por el dominico Antoni Anglada, fraile que formaba parte de la "compañia" y que viajo junto con el maestro Vicent durante algunas de sus campañas pastorales. A su muerte, este manuscrito permanecio en el convento dominicano aviñones para incorporarse, finalmente, a la biblioteca municipal de la ciudad papal, donde se ha conservado hasta la actualidad. La edicion de este interesantisimo conjunto de homilias permite descubrir aspectos ineditos de la forma de ser del dominico valenciano. Aunque se conoce desde muy pronto, el manuscrito ha permanecido inedito hasta la actualidad, cuando se publica integramente el texto.

Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of the Earth,""Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypts Ramessid period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all currently known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting.

Duke Louis of Bourbon was a descendant of the French King Louis IX (Saint Louis, d. 1270) and of the first Duke of Bourbon (a position created in 1327). As a royal cousin of Kings Charles VI and Charles VII, and the ruler of a key French duchy, Louis was a major player in the Hundred Years War; a general, diplomat, and mediator, successful warlord, first in his campaigns against the English, then later in the campaigns launched by the French into the Baltic region, Muslim North Africa, and the Iberian peninsula. A man of war, he was also considered a pious Christian, who moderated the worst excesses of the French royal dukes in the latter years of the 14th century, making him a rare figure: A leader in every aspect of a blood war, from battlefield to high level politics, who came out of it as a hero. At least, that is how his friends saw it. What they thought of him is preserved in The Chronicle of the Good Duke Louis II, which not only gives us a dramatic account of Louis as prince and warlord, but also shows his friends observing him in action. The resulting Chronicle is as much a portrait of Louis circle of friends as it is of Louis himself. The book, very like a collection of legends, gives modern readers a striking picture of the Hundred Years War, provides a vivid picture of the war camps, courts, and battlefields of the late fourteenth century. Historian Steven Muhlberger renders his translation, the first of the Chronicle into any modern language, in crisp modern language that conveys the excitement of vivacity readers would have experienced six centuries ago.

This book provides images in colour and describes Chinese relics from the primitive period, the Xia and Shang dynasties, 21st to 11th century BC.

The Ghurids have their origins in the mountainous region of modern central Afghanistan, from where they established the first Islamic state in India. Some of their ghulams, primarily nomadic Turks from Central Asia, were to become independent rulers, leading to the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate. At its height, in the late-twelfth and early-thirteenth centuries, their domain extended from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal and from the Straits of Hormuz to the River Oxus. Mamluks, Conquest and Culture covers both the military and political history of the dynasty and the Persianate cultural world they inhabited and propagated on the subcontinent. The collapse of the Great Seljuk Empire allowed them to expand westwards into Iran. Extensive use of ghulams played a crucial role in their success, and this cavalry was to prove decisive in the campaigns against the Indian dynasties. Their conquests reunited territories to create a transregional empire for the first time in a millennium.

A remarkable painting by the Antwerp painter Maerten de Vos, Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law to the Israelites, shows wealthy merchants, artists and poets, a ground-breaking botanist, a pioneer in womens education, and the greatest publisher of the age gathered around a portrayal of Moses and Aaron with the stone tablets of the law engraved with the Ten Commandments in Dutch.In searching for an answer to the question of what brought together this diverse group of influential people in sixteenth-century Antwerp, Richard Willmott turns to their letters, diaries, friendship albums and poetry to write a group biography. As he finds out more about each life and explores the links that brought them together, he shows how a network of friendship and exchange of scholarly ideas that crossed the Channel and Europes borders lay behind the rich civilisation of sixteenth-century Antwerp, until it was destroyed by the struggle for political and religious power in the Eighty Years War when the Dutch fought the Spanish for independence.

Sinking ships, devastating fires, horrendous car accidents, mountain climbing catastrophes, sword wielding terrorists and killer crocodiles are all situations recorded in this book; but what start out as disasters are redeemed by the bravery, quick thinking and sheer humanity of people who, only moments before, had no idea that they are about to be thrown into circumstances of overwhelming intensity.These are stories from the archives of the Royal Humane Society, which has been rewarding bravery for 250 years. They provide an insight into the type of person who risks their lives, potentially sacrificing themselves to save others. Some are famous but most are ordinary people from young boys to older women going about their daily lives.Dramatic and hair-raising, the tales are gripping in their own right but the fact that there is always a hero or heroine at their heart reinforces our faith in humankind and reminds us that there are plenty of ordinary people in the world capable of extraordinary and compassionate bravery.

Deserted Medieval Villages combines archaeological and historical expertise to produce a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the studies of deserted medieval villages. Including an extensive historical and archaeological review of the surge in mid-20th century research, J.G. Hursts archaeological gazetteer of 290 sites, and analysis of Scottish, Welsh, and Irish sites, this book is an in-depth reference work. Updating Beresfords classic The Lost Medieval Villages of England, this book refreshes his historical research, considers the economic circumstances of desertion, and includes detailed maps, photographs and tables.

Deserted Medieval Villages combines archaeological and historical expertise to produce a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the studies of deserted medieval villages. Including an extensive historical and archaeological review of the surge in mid-20th century research, J.G. Hursts archaeological gazetteer of 290 sites, and analysis of Scottish, Welsh, and Irish sites, this book is an in-depth reference work. Updating Beresfords classic The Lost Medieval Villages of England, this book refreshes his historical research, considers the economic circumstances of desertion, and includes detailed maps, photographs and tables.

El intercambio de cartas entre círculos aristocráticos y principescos durante la Edad moderna no constituye un campo de investigación nuevo. Sin embargo, la correspondencia de mujeres de las élites politicas y sociales ha sido menos estudiada que las de sus coetaneos masculinos. Este desequilibrio ha empezado a corregirse con la aparicion de nuevas aportaciones sobre la manera de escribir de las mujeres. Resulta sorprendente, dado su extraordinario potencial, que los especialistas no hayan prestado aun la debida atencion a la correspondencia personal de los Habsburgo. Este volumen, que se centra en el periodo comprendido entre 1519 y 1700, reune un conjunto de trabajos dedicados al estudio de las cartas y las practicas epistolares de ambas ramas de la Casa de Austria.Se examinan en el tanto cartas intercambiadas entre conyuges y familiares como otras dirigidas o procedentes de oficiales, criados y confidentes que pertenecian o que tenian acceso al circulo mas intimo de la familia real o imperial. La expresion escrita de las emociones, las cartas usadas como medios de educacion y para inculcar valores dinasticos, las descripciones mas personales de la vida cortesana, de las residencias y de los viajes, o las practicas religiosas en las cortes de los Habsburgo son abordadas en los diversos ensayos de este volumen. Este es el resultado de la colaboracion entre varios proyectos de investigacion llevados a cabo en Austria, Alemania, España y Estados Unidos, y responde a los avances de la edicion critica de importantes epistolarios personales en curso de publicacion, entre los que destacan las cartas de embajadoras, infantas, reinas y emperatrices.

Testigos excepcionales de su tiempo, Marx y Engels fueron periodistas natos. Sabían crear un estilo periodístico incisivo, culto y antisolemne, cuyo sarcasmo solía ser prácticamente demoledor para aquello o aquellos que eran objeto de sus criticas. Su realismo politico en el analisis de los hechos es en ambos inflexible; no se permiten concesion alguna frente a la realidad. Reproducimos aqui una apretada seleccion de sus escritos periodisticos, considerando en lo fundamental aquellos que trataron directamente los movimientos revolucionarios de 1848.

Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage. Yet cultural life soon returned: as early as 27 April, Soviet officers ordered its revival. It was not long until the other Allies France, Britain, and the USA launched their own cultural campaigns. The many cultural activities under Allied occupation were intended not only to underpin economic and political rebuilding, but also to promote an Austrian national consciousness a separate self-image independent from Germany. This volume is the first to show the impact of Allied cultural policy in the fields of fine art, film, literature and libraries, music and theatre, press photography, print media, radio, and sport, thereby documenting an achievement that can still be felt today: the creation of a democratic Austrian identity.

The Ghurids have their origins in the mountainous region of modern central Afghanistan, from where they established the first Islamic state in India. Some of their ghulams, primarily nomadic Turks from Central Asia, were to become independent rulers, leading to the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate. At its height, in the late-twelfth and early-thirteenth centuries, their domain extended from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal and from the Straits of Hormuz to the River Oxus. Mamluks, Conquest and Culture covers both the military and political history of the dynasty and the Persianate cultural world they inhabited and propagated on the subcontinent. The collapse of the Great Seljuk Empire allowed them to expand westwards into Iran. Extensive use of ghulams played a crucial role in their success, and this cavalry was to prove decisive in the campaigns against the Indian dynasties. Their conquests reunited territories to create a transregional empire for the first time in a millennium.

Sumption is that rare and precious thing: a serious, decent, honest thinker . . . and one of our finest historians. Dan Jones, Sunday TimesGripping and eminently readable . . . a compelling justification for the enduring value of historical narrative.The TimesUnsurpassed, and probably unsurpassable.Daily Telegraph In this final volume of his epic history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest, from the opening years of the reign of Henry VI until the loss of all of Englands continental dominions except Calais thirty years later. This sudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the history of the two principal nation-states of western Europe, ending four centuries of the English dynastys presence in France and separating two countries whose fortunes had once been closely intertwined, creating a new sense of national identity in both. The legacy of these events would influence their divergent fortunes for centuries to come.Behind the clash of arms stood some of the most remarkable personalities of the age: the Duke of Bedford, the English Regent who ruled much of France; Charles VII of France, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after the disasters of his early years; the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.The Hundred Years War ends in Englands agonising defeat - but triumph for Jonathan Sumption . . . There is no doubting his achievement. It is, as everyone says, a "monumental" work.Spectator

This special issue of the journal "zeitgeschichte" presents the results of the doctoral theses written within the framework of the "Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research" (20092012) as selected scholarly essays. The contributions are devoted to authoritarian regimes of the 20th century in Austria, Belarus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the Soviet Union. Using various methods from the humanities and social sciences, diff erent aspects of mainly "small" dictatorships are examined: conditions of emergence, structures, continuities, as well as preceding and subsequent processes of political and social transformation.Das vorliegende Sonderheft der Zeitschrift zeitgeschichte stellt die Ergebnisse der im Rahmen des Initiativkollegs (IK) Europaische historische Diktatur- und Transformationsforschung (20092012) verfassten Promotionsarbeiten in Form ausgewahlter wissenschaftlicher Essays vor. Die Beitrage widmen sich autoritaren Regimes des 20. Jahrhunderts in Belarus, Griechenland, Italien, Lettland, Litauen, Osterreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumanien, Spanien, Ungarn und der Sowjetunion. Mittels verschiedener geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlicher Methoden werden unterschiedliche Aspekte vor allem kleiner Diktaturen untersucht: Entstehungsbedingungen, Strukturen, Kontinuitaten sowie vor- und nachgelagerte Prozesse politischer und gesellschaftlicher Transformation.

As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments and tells the story of the islands people from the earliest stone age hunter-gatherers to those who lived in townships and in the grandeur of Islay House. He visits the tombs of Neolithic farmers, forts of Iron Age chiefs and castles of medieval warlords, discovers where Bronze Age gold was found, treacherous plots were made against the Scottish crown, and explores the island of today, which was forged more recently by those who mined for lead, grew flax, fished for herring and distilled whisky the industry for which the island is best known today. Although an island history, this is far from an insular story: Islay has always been at a cultural crossroads, receiving a constant influx of new people and new ideas, making it a microcosm for the story of Scotland, Britain and beyond.

Migration ist Gegenstand Sozialer Arbeit, wenn Migrant(inn)en marginalisiert sind und die Gesellschaft auf Anforderungen neuer Vielfalt reagieren muss. Sie findet nicht allein in migrationsspezifischen Sozialen Diensten statt, wie beispielsweise Fluchtlingsdiensten - der Umgang mit Vielfalt und Ausgrenzung ist in allen Bereichen Sozialer Arbeit Thema. Ausgehend von der Darstellung von Migration und Flucht und ihren entsprechenden sozialen Herausforderungen erortert das Buch migrationsspezifische Handlungsfelder der Sozialen Arbeit und erlautert entsprechende Konzepte und Methoden. Debatten zu Integration, interkultureller Kompetenz und verwandte Ansatze werden in ihrer Relevanz fur ein handlungsleitendes Konzept Sozialer Arbeit befragt. Als Querschnittsthemen werden u. a. behandelt: kulturelle Vielfalt in der Gesellschaft, Diskriminierung, interkulturelle und antirassistische Bildungsarbeit, der interkulturelle und interreligiose Dialog.