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First published in 2005, A Theory of Secession: The Case for
Political Self-Determination offers an unapologetic defense of the
right to secede. Christopher Heath Wellman argues that any group
has a moral right to secede as long as its political divorce will
leave it and the remainder state in a position to perform the
requisite political functions. He explains that there is nothing
contradictory about valuing legitimate states, while permitting
their division. Once political states are recognized as valuable
because of the functions that they are uniquely suited to perform,
it becomes apparent that the territorial boundaries of existing
states might permissably be redrawn as long as neither the process,
nor the result of this reconfiguration, interrupts the production
of the crucial political benefits. Thus, if one values
self-determination, then one has good reason to conclude that
people have a right to determine their political boundaries.
Isidore of Seville (560-636) was a crucial figure in the
preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian
knowledge. His compilations of the works of earlier authorities
formed an essential part of monastic education for centuries. Due
to the vast amount of information he gathered and its wide
dissemination in the Middle Ages, Pope John Paul II even named
Isidore the patron saint of the Internet in 1997. This volume
represents a cross section of the various approaches scholars have
taken toward Isidore's writings. The essays explore his sources,
how he selected and arranged them for posterity, and how his legacy
was reflected in later generations' work across the early medieval
West. Rich in archival detail, this collection provides a wealth of
interdisciplinary expertise on one of history's greatest
intellectuals.
This collection of essays from both established and emerging
scholars analyses the dynamic connections between conflict and
violence in medieval Italy. The contributors present a new critique
of power that sustained both kingship and locally based elite
networks throughout the Italian peninsula. A broad temporal range,
covering the sixth to the twelfth centuries, allows this book to
cross a number of 'traditional' fault-lines in Italian
historiography - 774, 888, 962 and 1025. The essays provide
wide-ranging analyses of the role of conflict in the period, the
operation of power and the development of communal consciousness
and collective action by individuals and groups. It is thus
essential reading for scholars, students and general readers who
wish to understand the situation in medieval Italy.
For the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death comes an
immersive journey through five centuries of history to define
the Leonardo mystique and uncover how the elusive Renaissance
artist became a global pop icon. Virtually everyone would
agree that Leonardo da Vinci was the most important artist of the
High Renaissance. It was Leonardo who singlehandedly created the
defining features of Western art: a realism based on subtle
shading; depth using atmospheric effects; and dramatic contrasts
between light and dark. But how did Leonardo, a painter of very few
works who died in obscurity in France, become the internationally
renowned icon he is today, with the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
the most visited artworks in the world, attracting nearly a billion
visitors each year, and Salvator Mundi selling as the most
expensive artwork of all time, for nearly half a billion dollars?
This extraordinary volume, lavishly illustrated with 130 color
images, is the first book to unravel these mysteries by diving deep
into the art, literature, science, and politics of Europe from the
Renaissance through today. It gives illuminating context to both
Leonardo and his accomplishments; explores why Leonardo’s fame
vastly overshadowed that of his contemporaries and disciples; and
ultimately reveals why despite finishing very few works, his
celebrity has survived, even thrived, through five centuries of
history.
Written as the Lombard kingdom was on the cusp of downfall at the
hands of the Carolingian empire, the works of Paul the Deacon (c.
720-799) are vital to understanding the history of Italy and
Western Europe in the Middle Ages. But until now, scholars have
tended to neglect the narrative structure of his texts, which
reflect in important ways his personal responses to the events of
his time. This study presents fresh interpretations of Paul's
Historia Romana, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni, Gesta Episcopum
Mettensium, and Historia Langobardorum by focusing on him as an
individual and on his strategies of argumentation, ultimately
advancing a new conception of Paul as a dynamic author whose
development of multiple lines of thought deserves closer
examination.
First published in 2005, A Theory of Secession: The Case for
Political Self-Determination offers an unapologetic defense of the
right to secede. Christopher Heath Wellman argues that any group
has a moral right to secede as long as its political divorce will
leave it and the remainder state in a position to perform the
requisite political functions. He explains that there is nothing
contradictory about valuing legitimate states, while permitting
their division. Once political states are recognized as valuable
because of the functions that they are uniquely suited to perform,
it becomes apparent that the territorial boundaries of existing
states might permissably be redrawn as long as neither the process,
nor the result of this reconfiguration, interrupts the production
of the crucial political benefits. Thus, if one values
self-determination, then one has good reason to conclude that
people have a right to determine their political boundaries.
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