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Jenatsch's Axe

Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years' War

By: Randolph Conrad Head

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Jenatsch's Axe

Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years' War

By: Randolph Conrad Head

During the turbulent events of Europe's Thirty Years' War, both ruthlessness and adaptability were crucial ingredients for success. In this engaging volume, Randolph C. Head traces the career of an extraordinarily adaptable and ruthless figure, George Jenatsch (1596-1639). Born a Protestant pastor's son, Jenatsch's career took him from the clergy to the military to the nobility. A passionate Calvinist in his youth, he converted to Catholicism and prudence as his power grew. A native speaker of the Romansh language, he crossed the boundaries of language and local loyalty in his service to France, Venice, and his own people. Violence marked every turning point of his life. After fleeing the "Holy Massacre" of Protestants in the Valtellina in 1620, Jenatsch helped assassinate the powerful Pompeius von Planta, in 1621, using an axe. He killed his commanding officer in a duel in 1629, and his own life ended in a tavern in 1639 when he was murdered -- with an axe -- by a man dressed as a bear. After his death, myth took over. Rumors spread that Jenatsch was killed by the same axe that he had wielded on von Planta -- and from there the story only got better, culminating in Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's celebrated 1876 novel, Jurg Jenatsch. This study meticulously traces the social boundaries that characterized seventeenth-century Europe -- region, religion, social state, and kinship -- by analyzing a distinctive life that crossed them all. Professor Randolph C. Head teaches European History at the University of California, Riverside and is the author of Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons.

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University Rochester Press

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1580462766

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A Concise History of Switzerland

By: Clive H. Church,Randolph C. Head

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A Concise History of Switzerland

By: Clive H. Church,Randolph C. Head

Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.

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325

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Cambridge University Press

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1107244196

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9781107244191

Making Archives in Early Modern Europe

Proof, Information, and Political Record-Keeping, 1400–1700

By: Randolph C. Head

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Making Archives in Early Modern Europe

Proof, Information, and Political Record-Keeping, 1400–1700

By: Randolph C. Head

Compares the archives of European states after 1500 to reveal changes in how records supported memory, authority and power.

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367

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Cambridge University Press

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1108473784

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9781108473781

Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons

Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470-1620

By: Randolph C. Head

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Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons

Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470-1620

By: Randolph C. Head

A 1995 study of one of the most unusual political entities in early modern Europe, in the Swiss Alps.

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312

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Cambridge University Press

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0521893798

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9780521893794

Death at the Cloisters

A Matthew Hogan Mystery

By: Randolph Mase

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Death at the Cloisters

A Matthew Hogan Mystery

By: Randolph Mase

The bodies of two lovers are found early one morning hanging from the ceiling of a chapel at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Cloisters. Shortly thereafter, private investigator Matthew Hogan joins forces with his long-time friend Tom Walker of NYPD in the investigation. With the help of his love interest, attorney Kathy Russell, Hogan searches for and discovers several clues near the scene of the murder. The evidence, and interviews with friends and neighbors of the victims, leads Hogan into the dark world of revenge. As he pursues each lead and gets closer to the truth, the real danger escalates, culminating in a climactic showdown in Greenwich Village. You wont want to miss this one!

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103

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iUniverse

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1491749946

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9781491749944

Cases in Intelligence Analysis

Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

By: Sarah Miller Beebe,Randolph H. Pherson

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Cases in Intelligence Analysis

Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

By: Sarah Miller Beebe,Randolph H. Pherson

This book of cases will contain 12 cases of approx 24pp each. It is part of a larger case archive of (initally) about 20 cases. 12 cases will be in the book; all 20 will be online. See related project: Cases in Intelligence: Online Case Archive

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281

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SAGE

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1483305171

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Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

By: Sarah Miller Beebe,Randolph H. Pherson

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Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

By: Sarah Miller Beebe,Randolph H. Pherson

This title contains 12 cases in intelligence analysis. It is part of a larger case archive of (initally) about 20 cases.

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CQ Press

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1608716813

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9781608716814

Council Fires On the Upper Ohio

By: Randolph Downes

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Council Fires On the Upper Ohio

By: Randolph Downes

Told from the viewpoint of the Indians, this account of Indian-white relations during the second half of the eighteenth century is an exciting addition to the historical literature of Pennsylvania.From the beginning, when the white traders followed the first Shawnee hunters into Pennsylvania, until the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, the region's history was the history of the relationship between the Indians and the whites. For nearly half a century the Indian maintained a precarious hold upon Western Pennsylvania by playing one white faction off against the anther, first the French against the British, then the British against the Americans.

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384

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822971267

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9780822971269

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Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

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Council Fires On the Upper Ohio

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