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The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden.
Book Synopsis Christina Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by : Veronica Buckley
Download or read book Christina Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric written by Veronica Buckley and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden.
The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy
Book Synopsis Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle by : Susanna Åkerman
Download or read book Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle written by Susanna Åkerman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy
"Describes the life and death of Queen Christina Vasa of Sweden"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Queen Christina of Sweden by : Joanne Mattern
Download or read book Queen Christina of Sweden written by Joanne Mattern and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the life and death of Queen Christina Vasa of Sweden"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden by : Henry Woodhead
Download or read book Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden written by Henry Woodhead and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis MAXIMS OF A QUEEN, CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN (1626-89) by : QUEEN OF SWEDEN. CHRISTINA
Download or read book MAXIMS OF A QUEEN, CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN (1626-89) written by QUEEN OF SWEDEN. CHRISTINA and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father's plan. We meet Kristina when she's almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,
Book Synopsis Kristina, the Girl King by : Carolyn Meyer
Download or read book Kristina, the Girl King written by Carolyn Meyer and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father's plan. We meet Kristina when she's almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,
The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on René Descartes, "the father of modern philosophy" and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project - 92 contributors from ten countries.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon by : Lawrence Nolan
Download or read book The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon written by Lawrence Nolan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on René Descartes, "the father of modern philosophy" and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project - 92 contributors from ten countries.
The story of a modern woman born out of her time - one whom the seventeenth century simply couldn't contain.
Book Synopsis Christina, the Girl King by : Michel Marc Bouchard
Download or read book Christina, the Girl King written by Michel Marc Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a modern woman born out of her time - one whom the seventeenth century simply couldn't contain.
Book Synopsis Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden by : Henry Woodhead
Download or read book Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden written by Henry Woodhead and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
This interdisciplinary book investigates spaces for music-making in Early Modern France and Italy. Spaces specifically designed for music began to appear in private dwellings. While elite music-making became more specialised through the employment of paid musicians, music printing allowed new compositions to be diffused down the social scale.
Book Synopsis The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy by : Deborah Howard
Download or read book The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy written by Deborah Howard and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary book investigates spaces for music-making in Early Modern France and Italy. Spaces specifically designed for music began to appear in private dwellings. While elite music-making became more specialised through the employment of paid musicians, music printing allowed new compositions to be diffused down the social scale.
