Inventing Modernity in Medieval European Thought ca. 1100–ca. 1550 1580443494, 9781580443494

One of the most challenging problems in the history of Western ideas stems from the emergence of Modernity out of the pr

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Inventing Modernity in Medieval European Thought ca. 1100–ca. 1550
1580443494, 9781580443494

One of the most challenging problems in the history of Western ideas stems from the emergence of Modernity out of the pr

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Ancient polemics on Sparta (by Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, and others) have had a remarkable afterlife in the political

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Shipwreck Modernity engages early modern representations of maritime disaster in order to describe the global experience

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