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Landschaftsgärten des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts / Landscape Gardens in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Ed. by Bosbach, Franz / Gröning, Gert

This richly illustrated volume is devoted to Anglo-German cultural transfer in 18th and 19th century landscape architecture, including articles on Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau and Humpry Repton, on Hermann Muthesius and the (re-)discovery of the geometric principles of gardens in England, on the birth of the English Garden in Gotha, on the park of Rosenau Castle, on the history of the Coburg Court Garden and on Prince Albert's gardens in England. [more ...]

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Tamer, Georges

Zeit und Gott

[Time and God]

This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. [more ...]

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Kruse, Britta-Juliane

Witwen

[Widows]

This interdisciplinary investigation undertakes the first comprehensive analysis of rules for the behaviour of widowed readers laid down in widows’ annals, tracts, prayer books, and sermons. [more ...]

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NS-Raubgut, Reichstauschstelle und Preussische Staatsbibliothek

[National Socialist Plunder, Reich Exchange Office and Prussian State Library Papers delivered to the Berlin Symposium on the 3rd and 4th May 2007]

Ed. by Bödeker, Hans-Erich / Bötte, Gerd-Josef

The book describes the control exercised by the National Socialist state over academic libraries and analyses their collaboration, in particular in the theft of books and the identification of 'Enemies of the Reich'. [more ...]

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Endzeiten

[End Times]

Ed. by Brandes, Wolfram / Schmieder, Felicitas

In this volume, leading scholars examine the ideas of the last days of the world held in Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. They discuss the mutual influence of these ideas together with their intended and actual political effect at the time. [more ...]

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Mindt, Nina

Manfred Fuhrmann als Vermittler der Antike

[Manfred Fuhrmann as a Conveyer of Antiquity]

For the latinist Manfred Fuhrmann (1925-2005) translation was an integral part of making Antiquity accessible. On the basis of examples of his reflections and translations (above all Cicero) Nina Mindt discusses the theory and practice of translation. [more ...]

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Handbuch der völkischen Wissenschaften

[Handbook of Volkish Science and Scholarship]

Ed. by Haar, Ingo / Fahlbusch, Michael

The handbook deals with the topic of "voelkische Wissenschaften" (Volkish Science). It contains individual biographies and describes research programmes, institutions, foundations, journals, offices and political fields.  [more ...]