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Lectures on the French Revolution
Reginald Vere Laurence, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Ac Acton, Figgis John Neville Baron
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R898
Discovery Miles 8 980
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Cambridge scholar and political philosopher John Neville Figgis
examines how ideas concerning politics and religion changed during
the Renaissance. Drawing on a range of pertinent texts from a
period spanning over two centuries, Figgis examines how some of the
finest scholars of the Renaissance era established and refined
their ideas. In the earlier part of the period, politics was deeply
intertwined with the Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope.
Later on, the upheaval of the Reformation resulted in a dramatic
surge of ideas, changing forever how the rule of a given monarch
was connected with Christendom. By the 17th century, the
controversial notion of the divine, God-given right of kings to
rule had emerged. As Figgis recalls, the notion met with opposition
and eventual revolt in the Netherlands; the deposing of the Dutch
monarch sent shockwaves through Europe, and foresaw the beginnings
of the Enlightenment era.
The trial and imprisonment of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
and the resulting press coverage catapulted the two immigrant
anarchists from the margins of obscurity to international celebrity
in 1926 and 1927. This study examines this press coverage and the
political movement that set the tone for one of the 20th century's
most debated and least understood political causes. Neville argues
that, while casting about for a case to champion in 1926, the
Comintern of the USSR discovered in Sacco-Vanzetti the perfect
vehicle to discredit and shame the United States. As an
international cause celebre, this event did not occur spontaneously
but, rather, was managed behind the scenes in Europe to discredit
the reputation of the United States through a carefully
orchestrated propaganda campaign. Perhaps the most formidable
enemies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S.
government were ultimately their own political leaders, who seemed
powerless to rebut an all-or-nothing international propaganda
campaign designed to succeed with Sacco and Vanzetti playing the
role of willing martyrs. That few supporters of the Sacco-Vanzetti
movement realized this effort distorted the historical accuracy of
the case for decades after the men were executed. More than 70
years later, historians and scholars must separate the myth from
the reality, an extremely difficult task given the passage of time
and the still largely accepted view that Sacco and Vanzetti were
victims of political persecution.
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