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This book provides a clear and well-informed guide to French history from the early Middle Ages to the present - from Charlemagne to Chirac. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available. Among the book''s central themes are the relationship between state and society, the impact of war and such crucial questions as who possessed political power and how this power was used. It takes account of the great figures in French history, among which Philip Augustus, Henri IV, Louis XIV, Robespierre, Napoleon, de Gaulle and also the findings of social historians concerned with ordinary people, social structures, beliefs, and economic activity. This second edition, substantially re-written to take account of recent research, includes a new chapter on contemporary France - a society and political system in crisis as a result of globalisation, international terrorism, racial tension and a loss of confidence in political leaders.

This lively, accessible book is the first new history of Thailand in English for two decades. Drawing on new Thai-language research, it ranges widely over political, economic, social, and cultural themes. Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit reveal how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree labour evolved into a rural society of smallholder peasants and an urban society populated mainly by migrants from Southern China. They trace how a Buddhist cosmography adapted to new ideas of time and space, and a traditional polity was transformed into a new nation-state under a strengthened monarchy. The authors cover the contests between urban nationalists, ambitious generals, communist rebels, business politicians, and social movements to control the nation-state and redefine its purpose. They describe the dramatic changes wrought by a booming economy, globalization, and the evolution of mass society.

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L''Espagne du long Siècle d''or a su construire un empire improbable, multiple et éclaté, sur lequel "le Soleil ne se couchait pas". Un grand dessein politique s''est formé, qu''une dynastie chanceus

La obra contiene las dos obras fundamentales del Inca Garcilaso: los Comentarios reales, cuya primera parte trata del imperio Inca y la segunda de la conquista española del territorio peruano, y La Florida del Inca, sobre la expedicion de Hernando de Soto.

E' un viaggio all'interno di un universo che Fumaroli rifiuta di ricondurre alla comoda ma generica etichetta di barocco: le tappe principali sono rappresentate da alcuni grandi, da Guido Reni a Caravaggio a Poussin, ma interessanti appaiono anche le soste di fronte alle incisioni delle scuole di Anversa e di Parigi, agli arazzi dei Gobelins. La loro lettura permette di ricostruire l'intero tessuto culturale del secolo, chiamando in causa tutte le arti e tutti i generi di discorso, dalla poesia frivola di Marino a quella dotta di Urbano VIII, dalle favole di La Fontaine alle ricerche in ambito musicale dettate dalle restrizioni del Concilio di Trento, dai trattati di eloquenza alle raccolte di prediche dei grandi artefici della riscossa cattolica.