Der Band bietet rasch und zuverlaessig einen Ueberblick ueber die verschiedene Bereiche der deutschen Geschichte. Der Geschichte in der Gesellschaft, der Wirtschaft, des Staates wird ebenso ein grosses Gewicht beigemessen wie der Geschichte der Religion und der Kirche, der Kultur, der Lebenswelten und der Mentalitaeten

The dictionary provides clear definitions and comprehensive explanations of the elements at play - history, geography, religion, demographics, and more.

The dictionary provides clear definitions and comprehensive explanations of the elements at play - history, geography, religion, demographics, and more.

Olympia de Gouges est considérée comme une pionnière du féminisme. Participant activement à la Révolution française, elle rédige en 1791 la Déclaration des droits des femmes et des citoyens. Elle s'est battue pour l'émancipation de la femme, pour la reconnaissance de son statut social. Elle a également plaidé pour l'abolition de l'esclavage

Im Buch wird die komplexe Entwicklung der indischen Kunst durch eine Analyse der historischen, ideologischen und stilistischen Faktoren erlaeutert und mit reichem Bildmaterial im einzelnen illustriert

Volumes have appeared already on the British philosophers of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The general character of this dictionary, as well as its aims and style, is intended to follow those of its predecessors so far as this is possible given the changes associated with the twentieth century.

Volumes have appeared already on the British philosophers of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The general character of this dictionary, as well as its aims and style, is intended to follow those of its predecessors so far as this is possible given the changes associated with the twentieth century.

As with the rest of the series, this volume presents a sort of "gallery" of simplified portraits, presaging perhaps a more comprehensive historical study that includes the parts of Europe only mentioned in passing or even ommited. A study which provides more complete answers to the questions raised here, to the original struktures and the transformations and dispersion of early collections of drawings, and to their deeper cultural significance.