1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386498803316

Autore

Lilly William <1602-1681.>

Titolo

Two famous prophesies and predictions of Mr. William Lilly, the most judicious and learned astrologer of the age [[electronic resource] ] : taken from his secret writings, penned by him in 1644 : the former of which, exactly pointing at the times, by foretelling the mischief, danger and misery these, and other Protestant kingdoms, should be exposed to, by the crafty counsels and treacheries of the Romish priests, and by what means their deliverance should be wrought

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l., : s.n., 1688?]

Descrizione fisica

8 p

Soggetti

Prophecies

Astrology

Anti-Catholicism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Caption title.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954566603321

Autore

McAuliffe Mary <1943->

Titolo

Dawn of the Belle epoque : the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and their friends / / Mary McAuliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2014]

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2014

ISBN

979-88-8182-047-3

1-283-05157-5

1-4422-0929-1

9786613051578

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Classificazione

HIS000000

Disciplina

944/.361081

Soggetti

Arts, French - France - Paris - 19th century

Arts, French - France - Paris - 20th century

French literature - 19th century

French literature - 20th century

Paris (France) History

Paris (France) Intellectual life 19th century

Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-373) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Terrible Year; Chapter 01. Ashes; Chapter 02. Recovery; Chapter 03. Scaling the Heights; Chapter 04. The Moral Order; Chapter 05. "This will kill that."; Chapter 06. Pressure Builds; Chapter 07. A Splendid Diversion; Chapter 08. Victory; Chapter 09. Saints and Sinners; Chapter 10. Shadows; Chapter 11. A Golden Tortoise; Chapter 12. Digging Deep; Chapter 13. Hard Times; Chapter 14. That Genius, That Monster; Chapter 15. Onward and Upward; Chapter 16. Fat and Thin; Chapter 17. Centennial; Chapter 18. Sacred and Profane

Chapter 19. Family AffairsChapter 20. "The bell has tolled. . . ."; Chapter 21. Between Storms; Chapter 22. Dreyfus; Chapter 23. Passages; Chapter 24. A Shot in the Dark; Chapter 25. "J'accuse!";



Chapter 26. "Despite all these anxieties . . ."; Chapter 27. Rennes; Chapter 28. A New Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Paris in 1871 was a shambles following military defeat, siege, and a bloody uprising, and the question loomed, ""Could this extraordinary city even survive?"" By 1900, the Belle Epoque was in full flower, but the decades between were marked by tension and conflict, as the new challenged the old in everything from politics to art, literature, music, science, and engineering. Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and France's uncertain venture into the Third Republic-examining this era through the eyes of