Peiresc's Europe : Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century

Peiresc's Europe : Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century

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Peiresc's Europe : Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century

Peiresc's Europe: Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century,Peter N. Miller,Yale University Press,0300082525,1580-1637,Biography,Europe - France,Europe - General,France,General,History,History - General History,History: World,Humanists,Intellectual History,Modern - 17th Century,Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri,Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de,,Statesmen,Biography: historical,Europe,European history: c 1500 to c 1750,History / Modern / 17th Century,History of ideas, intellectual history,Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de,c 1600 to c 1700

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1. Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History
2. Politics and Religion in Napoleonic Italy: The War Against God, 1801-1814
3. Press, Politics and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760-1820
4. Professionalization of the Senior Chinese Officer Corps: Trends and Implications (MR-901)
5. Prosperity and Plunder : European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815
6. Reimagining Indians : Native Americans through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940
7. Religion in Japan : Arrows to Heaven and Earth (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)
8. Resurgence of Jewish Life in Germany
9. Revolution in History
10. Revolutions and Revolutionary Waves

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