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UNINA9910777041303321 |
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McLean Matthew (Matthew Adam), <1975-> |
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The cosmographia of Sebastian Münster [[electronic resource] ] : describing the world in the Reformation / / Matthew McLean |
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Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
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1-315-61505-3 |
1-317-03718-9 |
1-317-03717-0 |
1-281-09953-8 |
9786611099534 |
0-7546-8672-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Collana |
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St. Andrews studies in Reformation history |
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Soggetti |
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Geography |
Cosmography |
Intellectual life - 16th century |
Reformation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Sebastian Münster: A Brief Biography; 2 Sixteenth-century Cosmography: Its Sources, Development and the Extent of its Ambitions; 3 The Cosmographia: Genesis of an Idea, Methods of Realisation, Versions of the Text; 4 From Centre to Periphery: The Organisation, Topics and Content of the Cosmographiae Universalis; 5 Understanding the World of Münster's Cosmographia: Evaluating Man, Celebrating his Works and Interpreting the Book of the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. Through this examination of Münster, his publications and scholarly networks, the conflicts and continuities between medieval scholarly traditions and the widening |
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horizons of the sixteenth century are explored and revealed. Of interest to scholars of humanist culture, the Reformation and book history, this ambitious work throws into relief previously overlooked asp |
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UNINA9910794675603321 |
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Autore |
Prete Roy A (Roy Arnold), <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Strategy and command : the Anglo-French coalition on the Western Front, 1915 / / Roy A. Prete |
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Montreal, Kingston : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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ISBN |
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0-2280-0770-4 |
0-2280-0769-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 pages) |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - France |
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Cover -- STRATEGY AND COMMAND -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Setting the Stage: The Political and Military Background -- 2 Trench Warfare: Strategic Re-Evaluation and the Zeebrugge-Ostend Coastal Plan, December 1914-13 January 1915 -- 3 Conflicting Strategies: The 29th Division and Neuve Chapelle, 14 January-13 March 1915 -- 4 Planning the Spring Offensive and the Command Issue, 14 March-21 April 1915 -- 5 Second Ypres and Joint Planning for the Artois Offensive, 22 April-8 May 1915 -- 6 Operations: The Artois Offensive, 9 May-25 June 1915 -- 7 Catalyst for Change: Impact of the Artois Offensive -- 8 Strategic Conflict: The Calais and Chantilly Conferences, July 1915 -- 9 Objections to Loos and British Strategic Reversal, July-August 1915 -- 10 Operations: The Loos and Artois-Champagne Offensive, September-October 1915 -- 11 Salonika, Egypt, and the Western Front, September-December 1915 -- 12 Preparation for 1916: Leadership Changes and Strategic Coordination -- 13 Reflections and |
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Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Based on extensive research in French political and military archives, this new in-depth study of Anglo-French military relations on the Western Front in 1915 fills a major gap in the unfolding drama of the First World War. |
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