This volume studies the concept of a political 'language', of a discourse composed of shared vocabularies, idioms and rhetorical strategies, which has been widely influential on recent work in the history of political thought. The collection brings together a number of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars, on the four dominant languages in use in Europe bet...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

A gulf of centuries separates the Byzantine Empire from the academic field of Byzantine studies. This book offers a new approach to the history of Byzantine scholarship, focusing on the attraction that Byzantium held for Early Modern Europeans and challenging the stereotype that they dismissed the Byzantine Empire as an object of contempt. The authors in this book focus on how ...(展开全部)

The concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part to the pioneering work of Peter Burke, the tools of the cultural historian are now routinely brought to bear on every aspect of history, and have transformed our understanding of the past. First published in 1978, this study examines...(展开全部)

彼得·伯克（Peter Burke），英国历史学家。1937年生，现为剑桥大学文化史教授和伊曼纽尔学院研究员。伯克毕业于牛津大学，获圣约翰学院学士学位和圣安东尼学院硕士学位。一度任苏塞克斯大学高级讲师。1970年转入剑桥大学执教。伯克的研究专长在欧洲近代早期的社会史、思想史和文化史，主要著作包括《文艺复兴时代的历史观》（1970年）、《文艺复兴时代意大利的文化与社会：1420－1540年》（1972年）、《文艺复兴时代意大利的传统和创新：一种社会学的研究方法》（1974年）、《威尼斯和阿姆斯特丹：17世纪上层社会研究》（1974）、《欧洲近代早期的大众文化》（1978年）、《社会学和历史学》（1980年）、《蒙泰涅》（1981年）、《维科》（1985年）、《法国的史学革命：年鉴学派1929－1989年》（1990年）、《制作路易十四》（1992年）、...(展开全部)

The author of The Footnote reflects on scribes, scholars, and the work of publishing during the golden age of the book. From Francis Bacon to Barack Obama, thinkers and political leaders have denounced humanists as obsessively bookish and allergic to labor. In this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, renowned historian Anthony Grafton invites us to ...(展开全部)

The author of The Footnote reflects on scribes, scholars, and the work of publishing during the golden age of the book. From Francis Bacon to Barack Obama, thinkers and political leaders have denounced humanists as obsessively bookish and allergic to labor. In this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, renowned historian Anthony Grafton invites us to ...(展开全部)