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The sixteenth-century monk Filofei proclaimed Moscow the Third Rome. By the 1930s, intellectuals and... Læs mere
In 1490/92 the Florentine Platonist Marsilio Ficino made new translations of two treatises he believed were the work of Dionysius the... Læs mere
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Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of Athens's Golden Age. A friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic,... Læs mere
In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East. By 1079 it was a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by enemies on all sides. The History of Michael... Læs mere
Alan of Lille was renowned for his learning, his contributions to systematic theology, and his Latin poetry. The works included in this volume give imaginative expression to the main... Læs mere
After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S. positioned itself as the chief exporter of... Læs mere
How we create and organize knowledge is the theme of this major achievement by Umberto Eco. Demonstrating once again his... Læs mere
Stephen Neff tells the story of how international law has been formulated, debated, contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the... Læs mere
Wolfram Siemann tells a new story of Clemens von Metternich, the Austrian at the center of nineteenth-century European diplomacy. Known as a conservative and an... Læs mere
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