This story of conflict in an island community offers a valuable case study for the analysis of early modern German political culture. Investigations range from interpersonal relations to dynamics of civic church and imperial government. Chronicled throughout are the interactions of two opposing prin
The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History
โ Scribed by Vanderjagt, Arjo
- Publisher
- Peeters
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 312
- Series
- Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, 17
- Category
- Library
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