Resultados para "Latidos" en Historia

The Late Middle Ages-the two centuries from c. 1300 to c. 1500 - might seem like a distant era, but students of history are still trying to reach a consensus about how it should be interpreted. Was it an era of calamity or rebirth? Was it still clearly medieval or the period in which humanity took its first decisive steps into modernity? These 24 provocative lectures introduce you to the age's major events, personalities, and developments, and arms you with the essentials you need to form your own ideas about this age of extremes.

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire painted a portrait of the Roman Empire in a long, debilitating slide to oblivion, but now historians have reevaluated this picture to create a radically different understanding of the period now known as "late antiquity." Far from being a period of decline and fall, late antiquity marked one of history's great turning points.

Czy Polska może istnieć bez Wilna? Ostatnie siedemdziesiąt lat udowadnia, że jest to możliwe, ale polska dusza mocno straciła na tej separacji. Jak magię miasta, porównywanego do Paryża i Jerozolimy, jedną ze stolic polskiej przedwojennej kultury i elegancji przełożyć na język zrozumiały dla współczesnego pokolenia? Wehikuł czasu, prowadzony przez znanych popularyzatorów historii, zaprasza na pokład.

Minione 70 lat udowodniło, że nasz kraj może istnieć bez Kresów Wschodnich, chociaż polska dusza wiele straciła na tej separacji. Po "Ostatnich latach polskiego Lwowa" oraz "Ostatnich latach polskiego Wilna" tym razem prezentujemy książkę poświęconą mniejszym ośrodkom kresowym. Znalazły się tu opowieści o przemytnikach z polsko-sowieckiego pogranicza, historie ówczesnych celebrytów, ich romanse i skandale, anegdoty z najpopularniejszych kurortów II RP, egzotyczne obrazki z Polesia, a także dzieje flotylli pińskiej i Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza.

Czy Polska może istnieć bez Lwowa? Ostatnie siedemdziesiąt lat udowadnia, że jest to możliwe, ale polska dusza mocno straciła na tej separacji. Jak magię miasta, porównywanego nieraz do Florencji, legendę stolicy polskiej przedwojennej kultury i elegancji, przełożyć na język zrozumiały dla współczesnego pokolenia? Wehikuł czasu, prowadzony przez znanych popularyzatorów historii, zaprasza na pokład.

Beginning with the reign of Diocletian in A.D. 284 and ending at the death of Justinian in 565, the Roman Empire completes a transition from paganism to Christianity which is one of the most remarkable events in history. How was it possible to alter an ancient civilization which had existed for millennia, and yet to maintain social and political order? As events unfolded, one part of the empire managed the process successfully, while the other part spiraled out of control.

Michał Ogórek meticulously recreates the picture of Poland that used to be drawn during the particular periods of the 100 years of Polish independence: Poland of Piłsudski, Rydz-Śmigły, Bierut, Gomułka, Gierek, Jaruzelski, Wałęsa, and Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński. The more worshiped each of the leaders were, the more painful their demise usually was. The magnitude of the leaders' worship caused people to cry out of emotion, and later out of disappointment and anger. But this book will only make you cry out of laughter.

The year 2017 is the 500th-year anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany - the event that marked the beginning of the Reformation and the end of unified Christianity. For Catholics, it was an unjustified rebellion by the heterodox; for Protestants, the release of true and purified Christianity from centuries-old enslavement to corruption, idolatry, and error. Benjamin Wiker's account rejects the common distortions of Catholic, Protestant, Marxist, Freudian, or secularist retellings of this world-changing event.

Saving My Enemy is the touching true story of two soldiers on opposite sides of WWII whose unlikely friendship, forged in their 80s, dissolves six decades of guilt and shame that had pushed both men to despair.

England in the Age of Chivalry … and Awful Diseases covers the events, personages, and ideas most commonly known as “medieval.” This includes Geoffrey Chaucer, the peasants revolt, the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Great Famine of 1315, the Black Death, and the 100 Years War. Central to this time is King Edward III, who started the 100 Years War and defined the concept of chivalry, including England’s order of the garter. His legacy continues to shape our view of England’s history and is crucial in understanding the development of Europe. 

慈禧垂帘听政的清末，即同治、光绪之交，曾发生无数的奇情冤案，其中以杨乃武与小白菜案、名伶杨月楼冤案、太原奇案、张汶祥刺马案最为轰动，统称为清末四大奇案。…… 慈禧垂簾聽政的清末，即同治、光緒之交，曾發生無數的奇情冤案，其中以楊乃武與小白菜案、名伶楊月樓冤案、太原奇案、張汶祥刺馬案最為轟動，統稱為清末四大奇案。

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Vandals, then keep reading...the Vandals didn't leave us any histories written by themselves. Thus, most of the ancient sources on their past were written by their enemies and adversaries, who didn't look too kindly on them. This is especially true for later historians who idealized ancient Rome and blamed the Vandals for its fall. But the question is, how much of it is true? This guide will try to give some voice to the voiceless Vandals.