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British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 provides the first study of British captives in the North African Atlantic and Mediterranean, from the reign of Elizabeth I to George II. Based on extensive archival research in the United Kingdom, Nabil Matar furnishes the names of all captives while examining the problems that historians face in determining the numbers of early modern Britons in captivity. Matar also describes the roles which the monarchy, parliament, trading companies, and churches played (or did not play) in ransoming captives. He questions the emphasis on religious polarization in piracy and shows how much financial constraints, royal indifference, and corruption delayed the return of captives. As rivarly between Britain and France from 1688 on dominated the western Mediterranean and Atlantic, Matar concludes by showing how captives became the casus belli that justified European expansion.

History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1799 --- Atlantic Ocean --- Piracy --- British --- Captivity --- World politics --- British people --- Britishers --- Britons (British) --- Brits --- Ethnology --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- History. --- Political aspects --- Mediterranean Region --- History

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This publication documents the life and work of the architect Rolf Geyling (1884-1952), who was a former student of Otto Wagner and started his career in Vienna and Bucharest before the First World War broke out. During the war Geyling documented his experiences as an officer of the Habsburger Monarchy with photographs and a detailed diary, which he continued during his imprisonment in Siberia. After five years in several camps - most recently in Vladivostok - Geyling fled to Tianjin in China, where he successfully established himself as an architect until the period of Mao Tse-tung and was particularly involved in the development of modern architecture in northern China. Die vorliegende Publikation dokumentiert das Leben und Werk des Architekten Rolf Geyling (1884-1952), der als ehemaliger Schüler Otto Wagners in Wien und Bukarest tätig war, ehe der Erste Weltkrieg ausbrach. Seine Erlebnisse als k. u. k. Offizier dokumentierte Geyling mit Fotografien sowie detaillierten Tagebuchaufzeichnungen, die er auch während seiner Gefangenschaft in Sibirien fortsetzte. Nach fünfjährigem Aufenthalt in mehreren Lagern - zuletzt in Wladiwostok - floh Geyling nach Tianjin in China, wo er sich ab 1920 bis zur Machtübernahme Mao Tse-tungs erfolgreich als Architekt etablieren konnte und an der modernen Architekturentwicklung Nordchinas wesentlichen Anteil hatte.

Architects --- Geyling, Rolf, --- Architecture --- Historicism --- Art Nouveau --- New Objectivity --- World War --- Eastern Front --- Captivity --- Siberia --- China --- Tianjin --- Architektur --- Historismus --- Jugendstil --- Neue Sachlichkeit --- Erster Weltkrieg --- Ostfront --- Kriegsgefangenschaft --- Sibirien --- Russland --- Wien

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"Analysis and publication (translation, transliteration, commentary, scans) of newly discovered cuneiform documents written by the Judean exiles living in Babylonia in the sixth century BC, after Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Judea. Includes names of individuals mentioned in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah"--

Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian. --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. --- Sumerian language --- Akkadian language --- Jews --- Judaism --- Inscriptions cunéiformes sumériennes --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Sumérien (Langue) --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Juifs --- Judaïsme --- Texts. --- History --- Textes --- Histoire --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian --- Inscriptions cunéiformes sumériennes --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Sumérien (Langue) --- Judaïsme --- Sumerian language - Texts --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Jews - History - Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C. --- Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

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Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances that are reflected in the themes and concerns of its evocative poetry and dialogue between the prisoner and his mentor, Lady Philosophy. This classic philosophical statement of late antiquity has had an enduring influence on Western thought. It is also the earliest example of what Rivkah Zim identifies as a distinctive and vitally important medium of literary resistance: writing in captivity by prisoners of conscience and persecuted minorities.The Consolations of Writing reveals why the great contributors to this tradition of prison writing are among the most crucial figures in Western literature. Zim pairs writers from different periods and cultural settings, carefully examining the rhetorical strategies they used in captivity, often under the threat of death. She looks at Boethius and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as philosophers and theologians writing in defense of their ideas, and Thomas More and Antonio Gramsci as politicians in dialogue with established concepts of church and state. Different ideas of grace and disgrace occupied John Bunyan and Oscar Wilde in prison; Madame Roland and Anne Frank wrote themselves into history in various forms of memoir; and Jean Cassou and Irina Ratushinskaya voiced their resistance to totalitarianism through lyric poetry that saved their lives and inspired others. Finally, Primo Levi's writing after his release from Auschwitz recalls and decodes the obscenity of systematic genocide and its aftermath.A moving and powerful testament, The Consolations of Writing speaks to some of the most profound questions about life, enriching our understanding of what it is to be human.

Psychic trauma in literature. --- Politics in literature. --- Autobiography. --- Prisoners' writings --- Protest literature --- Underground literature --- Politics and literature. --- Political science in literature --- Autobiographies --- Autobiography --- Egodocuments --- Memoirs --- Biography as a literary form --- Writings of prisoners --- Literature --- Clandestine literature --- Illegal literature --- Literature, Underground --- Literature and politics --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Political aspects --- Anicius Boethius. --- Anne Frank. --- Antonio Gramsci. --- Auschwitz. --- Boethius. --- De Profundis. --- Dietrich Bonhoeffer. --- European intellectuals. --- French Revolution. --- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. --- Holocaust. --- Irina Ratushinskaya. --- Joean Cassou. --- John Bunyan. --- Marie-Jeanne Roland. --- Memoirs. --- Oscar Wilde. --- Primo Levi. --- The Diary and Tales from the Secret Annexe. --- Thomas More. --- authority. --- captivity. --- existentialism. --- family relationships. --- genocide. --- imprisonment. --- literary resistance. --- llyric poetry. --- lyric meters. --- memoir. --- memoirs. --- oppression. --- paradox. --- persecuted minority. --- poems. --- poetry. --- politics. --- prison writing. --- prisoner of conscience. --- prisoners. --- totalitarianism. --- twentieth-century poets. --- women political prisoners.

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This book offers a detailed presentation of the peace negotiations conducted by the Popes of Avignon during the early phase of the Hundred Years War (1337-1378). Based on extensive archival sources, it uses case examples and diachronic comparison to illustrate the efficacy and practical implications of the novel mediation techniques employed during the papacy of Benedict XII (1334-1342).

Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. --- Peace. --- Papacy --- Guerre de Cent Ans, 1339-1453 --- Paix --- Papauté --- History --- Histoire --- Benedict --- Catholic Church -- Pope Avignon. --- Papacy. --- Religion. --- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Diplomatic history --- Peace --- Papauté --- Avignon, Popes at --- Babylonian captivity, Papal --- Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417 --- Catholic Church --- Foreign relations --- Avignon (France) --- Europe --- Catholic Church. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Avenio Cavarum (France) --- Avenio (France) --- Aveniona (France) --- Avenionis Urbs (France) --- Avenneca Civitas (France) --- Avennica Civitas (France) --- Avennio (France) --- Avinio (France) --- Aviniona (France) --- Avinionum (France) --- Avinum (France) --- Avio (France) --- Aviona (France) --- Avignon (Papal city) --- Avignon. --- Diplomacy. --- Hundred Years' War. --- Pope. --- late Middle Ages.