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Hace 3 días · Parenting in England 1760-1830: Emotion, Identity, and Generation. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780199565191; 296pp.; Price: £65.00. This is an outstanding book, which will open up a new area of research for historians of the family. We have so many good histories of children and childhood, but Joanne Bailey’s book is the ...
Hace 3 días · Louvre, the national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. Highlights include Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
Hace 2 días · v. t. e. The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
Hace 4 días · The Renaissance was a period in European civilization that immediately followed the Middle Ages and reached its height in the 15th century. It is conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents and numerous important inventions.
Hace 3 días · The resurgent Maratha Confederacy launched brutal raids against the prosperous Bengali state in the 18th century, which further added to the decline of the Nawabs of Bengal. During their invasions and occupation of Bihar [57] and western Bengal up to the Hooghly River [58] and during their occupation of western Bengal , the Marathas perpetrated atrocities against the local population. [58]
Hace 3 días · In the 18th century, Catherine II issued an edict of toleration that gave legal status to Islam and allowed Muslims to fulfill religious obligations. Catherine also established the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly , which had a degree of imperial jurisdiction over the organization of Islamic practice in the country. [145]
Hace 2 días · By the 18th century, Sulu pirates had become virtual masters of the Sulu seas and the surrounding areas, wreaking havoc on Spanish settlements. This prompted the Spaniards to build a number of fortifications [58] across the Visayan islands of Cebu and Bohol; churches were built on higher ground, and watchtowers were built along coastlines to warn of impending raids.
