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Essays in Honour of Derek Beales

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales,T. C. W. Blanning,David Cannadine

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History and Biography

Essays in Honour of Derek Beales

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales,T. C. W. Blanning,David Cannadine

This is a collection of biographical essays by twelve eminent historians.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521473306

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9780521473309

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

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Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

This final volume of Derek Beales's magisterial biography of the emperor Joseph II describes the critical period when he was sole ruler of the Austrian monarchy. Explaining his motivation and showing how his ideas developed, Derek Beales reveals that Joseph left an ineffaceable mark on all his lands.

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0521324882

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9780521324885

Prosperity and Plunder

European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

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Prosperity and Plunder

European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

In the Catholic countries of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Europe, communities of monks and nuns were growing in number and wealth. By 1750 there were at least 25,000 communities containing at least 350,000 inmates. They constructed vast buildings, dominated education, and played a large part in the practice and patronage of learning, music, and the arts. They also fulfilled an amazing variety of political, economic and social roles, notably in providing career opportunities for women. Yet many accounts of the period ignore them altogether. Prosperity and Plunder recovers this forgotten dimension of European history, assesses the importance of monasteries across Catholic Europe, and compares their position in different countries. It goes on to explain the almost complete destruction of the monasteries between 1750 and 1815 through reforming rulers, 'Enlightenment', and the French Revolution, and asks how much society gained and lost in the process.

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0521590906

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9780521590907

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

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Prosperity and Plunder

European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815

By: Derek Edward Dawson Beales

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European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815

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Cassell's Companion to Twentieth-century Britain

By: Pat Thane,Derek Edward Dawson Beales

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Cassell's Companion to Twentieth-century Britain

By: Pat Thane,Derek Edward Dawson Beales

Covers the period from 1900 to the age of Blair and New Labour. Its 750+ entries not only deal with key political, diplomatic and military events and developments but also provide in-depth coverage of economic, social and cultural matters. As well as offering a plethora of briefer factual entries delivering biographical data, defining essential terms and outlining key legislation, the dictionary also delivers a number of longer thematic articles treating important aspects of the period in question.

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0304347949

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History and Biography

History and Biography

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

Prosperity and Plunder

Prosperity and Plunder

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790

Prosperity and Plunder

Prosperity and Plunder

Cassell's Companion to Twentieth-century Britain

Cassell's Companion to Twentieth-century Britain

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