This abundantly illustrated book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II. "Duffy offers a comprehensive overview of the 2,000-year history of the papacy. . . . This digestible survey provides a compelling introduction to one of the most durable and significant institutions to influe...(展开全部)

埃蒙·达菲(Eamon Duffy)，英国著名历史学家和学者，出生于爱尔兰，当代英国教会史研究领域中最杰出的两位专家之一。1947年2月9日出生于爱尔兰邓多克，曾就读于圣菲利普中学，后进入剑桥大学学习，师从欧文·查德威克(Owen Chadwick)和戈登·鲁普(Gordon Rupp)完成博士学位教育。现为剑桥大学天主教历史教授，抹大拉学院前院长，还兼任罗马教皇历史委员会委员。其主要研究领域是15-17世纪英国宗教史。曾出版《人文主义，改革和宗教改革：主教约翰·费舍尔的主教生涯》《祭坛的剥离：英国的宗教传统》《信仰之火：玛丽·都铎时期的天主教英格兰》《莫勒巴斯之声：英国乡村的变革与抗争》。 龙秀清，中山大学历史系教授，历史学博士，博士生导师。主要研究欧洲中世纪史、基督教史。著有《西欧社会转型中的教廷财政》，《英国庄园生活》(合译，上海人民出版社20...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet, despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past. I...(展开全部)

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)

Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey Andrew Marr revisits some of traditional histories, which have tended to be Eurocentric, telling mankind's story through tales of Greece and Rome and the crowned heads of Europe's oldest monarchies. Here he widen...(展开全部)

The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It interprets and analyzes Calvinism as the first modern expression of an unremitting determination to transform on the basis of an ideology the existing political and moral order. Michael Walzer examines in detail the circumstances and ideol...(展开全部)

The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It interprets and analyzes Calvinism as the first modern expression of an unremitting determination to transform on the basis of an ideology the existing political and moral order. Michael Walzer examines in detail the circumstances and ideol...(展开全部)

迈克尔·沃尔泽(1935- )，美国犹太裔政治哲学家，哈佛大学政府学博士，曾先后执教于普林斯顿大学、哈佛大学和普林斯顿高级研究院。沃尔泽先生思想活跃，研究领域广泛，尤其在战争偷、政治义务、社会批评及其限度、分配正义、社群主义等方面贡献尤著。主要著有《正义与非正义的战争》《正义诸领域》《犹太政治传统》《论宽容》《论义务》《弑君与革命》和《阐释与社会批判》等。