Auteur: Hall Bjornstad

By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response …

By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response …

En adoptant un point de vue résolument terrestre et le poussant jusqu”à ses ultimes conséquences, Pascal expose dans les Pensées le point aveugle de la conscience séculaire de son époque, et par là …

The Dream of Absolutism examines the political aesthetics of power under Louis XIV.What was absolutism, and how did it work? What was the function of the ostentatious display surrounding Louis XIV at …