• Presenting the medieval period as a heroic golden age, followed by a decline into corruption under foreign rule, Jónsson created an influential narrative of Icelandic history which caused a revival of Icelandic scholars' interest in their past in the 17th century, and even influenced the Icelandic independence movement in the 19th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • This paved the way to the adoption, at the end of the 19th century, of mathematics as it was practiced in the West. (britannica.com)
  • Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards and from A Vision of Britain Through Time . (genuki.org.uk)
  • For the purposes of these pages, Berkshire is the pre-1974 county defined by the Towns and Parishes list and this map of the ecclesiastical parishes of 19th century Berkshire. (genuki.org.uk)
  • Towards the end of the 19th Century, a local owner heavily promoted the baths as a healthy spring with a fast change of water so that bathers would not be immersed the dirty water from previous occupants. (ianvisits.co.uk)
  • These were some of the answers offered by the great Jewish historians of the 19th and 20th centuries. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • In South Africa, crocidolite (known as blue asbestos) was discovered in the early part of the 19th century and then in the early 1900s, amosite (brown asbestos) was found, this time in the Transvaal. (asbestos.ltd)
  • We are able to choose our way of European education and upbringing in returning to our European traditions, formed in the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. (vt.edu)
  • Brother Jake spent much of his time, over a forty year period, probing the 18th and 19th century Black Nationalist tradition and the leading thinkers, scholars, and organizers who represented this tradition. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Since the 19th century, both Black and white scholars have written extensively about the Haitian Revolution, which began in the summer of 1791 and ended in the fall of 1803. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Even if he insisted that all Homo sapiens had reason, created as they were by God, Linnaeus' speculative classification came to form a foundation for the racism of the 19th century that emphasised the superior intelligence and inventiveness of the Europeans. (lu.se)
  • Even though the construction of the chest of drawers dates from the 18th century, iconographic analysis shows that it must be repainted, at least partially, in the second third of the 19th century. (bvsalud.org)
  • From the 17th to the 19th century, one of the child languages of Latin, French, then took Latin's place and spread even further due to colonialism, which is why we use the term lingua franca for languages used for communication between people who do not share a native language. (lu.se)
  • Although diet and nutrition continued to be judged important for health, dietetics did not progress much till the 19th century with the advances in chemistry. (who.int)
  • In the 20th century, understanding the dynamics of globular cluster star systems became an important n -body problem. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the 20th century, however, most scholars contend that ideological - not gender - differences split Hebrew and Yiddish backers. (jweekly.com)
  • Brian Campbell (2019) they developed and strengthened in academic centers, especially in the 20th century. (bvsalud.org)
  • I became acquainted with the Spanish character and was made to know its heroic side by a study of what the Spaniards had to do to accomplish what they did accomplish in the Philippine Islands in the 15th and 16th centuries. (ucsb.edu)
  • Lotteries were first recorded in the 15th century in the Low Countries. (entrerevolution.com)
  • Haiti, an island in the Caribbean where millions of imported, kidnapped Africans were used by the European slave trading nations to supply their labor needs in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. (blackcommentator.com)
  • The topics we cover are a general castle tour, Norman/Medieval castle tour, Tudor Life int eh 16th century, The Civil War and the 17th Century and Victorian Life Upstairs and Downstairs. (rockinghamcastle.com)
  • Antwerp, which in the 16th century was the first city in the northern and southern Netherlands to become wealthy through trade and industry, likely produced the pioneers of the food painting genre, among whom was Osias Beert (1580-1623) and Clara Peeters (active 1607-1621). (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • With examples taken from historical documents and the current scholarly discussion, this contribution interprets the Dutch 17th century in terms of a history of European interconnections and self-perceptions. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, assisted by W.R. Valentiner, vol. (sothebys.com)
  • What took me by surprise back then, and what I tried to articulate in my answer, is that I was surprised that someone would be surprised that someone "with my background", angry with and personally hurt by colonialism and slavery, could have an affectionate relationship with Dutch paintings from the 17th century. (africanah.org)
  • Artist Dineke Blom tries to answer the question how an artist with a Surinamese background can have an affectionate relationship with Dutch art from the 17th century. (africanah.org)
  • In the lecture, I discussed the various ways in which 17th century Dutch painting works as source material for my own drawings. (africanah.org)
  • After all, I "simply" feel at home with those paintings from the Dutch 17th century. (africanah.org)
  • I have experienced moments in my life (I shall mention a few in a moment) when I was acutely and simultaneously aware of my Surinamese and Dutch backgrounds. (africanah.org)
  • On one occasion, I realized - to my own surprise - the ambivalence of my own feelings towards the Dutch 17th century. (africanah.org)
  • You're immersed in 17th century Dutch culture, don't you get angry? (africanah.org)
  • What do I mean when I claim that I "simply" "feel" at home with Dutch paintings from the 17th century? (africanah.org)
  • However, as a still life painter who loves painting all that is shown in 17th century Dutch still life, I don't think symbolism is much of a factor: there is just such a delight and joy in painting texture, light and colour of objects, I don't believe at all that such paintings carry a message. (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • A Georgian version of the 9th century makes it Iodasaph, a Greek one of the early 11th century makes it Ioasaph, and then in 1048 a Latin version makes it Iosaphat or Josaphat. (scienceblogs.com)
  • This Latin version of "Barlaam and Josaphat" is what King Haakon IV of Norway has translated into Old Norwegian in the 13th century. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Basically, as the Roman state gobbled up most of the Etruscan speaking land, Latin started outcompeting other languages and at some point during the 1st century BCE, the population of the region was probably completely Latinized. (lu.se)
  • During the following centuries, Latin happened to become the dominant language in Europe, first as a result of geographical extent, then as a liturgical language, as well as the language of education and science. (lu.se)
  • In fact, we may see printed gazettes as a particular typographic product that spread all over Europe from the 17th Century onwards 4 . (brown.edu)
  • At a very early time in their histories, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam all adopted the Chinese writing system, in addition to other cultural institutions. (britannica.com)
  • Thus came the awareness and rise of the n -body "problem" in the early 17th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • Osias Beert, Still life with cherries, early 17th century. (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • In the early 17th century, lotteries were common in the Netherlands. (entrerevolution.com)
  • The focus is upon early modern German Pietism, a movement that arose in the late 17th century German Empire within both Reformed and Lutheran traditions. (lu.se)
  • By the early 17th century, some estimate that as much as 90 percent of the indigenous population in the Americas died by flu and measles, among other diseases, brought by Europeans. (lu.se)
  • The first part narrates the history of Iceland until the end of the Icelandic Commonwealth. (wikipedia.org)
  • His humanistic work made them aware of the Icelandic sagas and kindled a general interest in medieval Icelandic literature. (wikipedia.org)
  • A History of Icelandic Literature. (wikipedia.org)
  • But the loan was made no later than the 5th century, long before the Icelandic landnam. (scienceblogs.com)
  • 1 Already in 1932, Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) asked in his cultural history of the Netherlands how it was possible "daß ein so kleines und ziemlich abgelegenes Gebiet, wie Holland im Europa des 17. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • However, in my studio, I do not have an issue with paintings from 17th century Holland. (africanah.org)
  • In the first decades of the 17th century, a selection of painters in Holland and Flanders produced a new type of painting and an entirely new genre: still lifes showing food on tables. (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • For example, in 17th century Holland bread and salt were always present at the table. (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • Memorable though the event was to become in the future, nothing was recorded that a 21st-century reader would consider essential reporting - no details about the exact circumstances surrounding the event, when and where, what parts of the city were affected, the main buildings that were ruined, the number of victims, what happened to the royal family, what happened in the city over the following days, etc. (brown.edu)
  • This is clearly no longer the case in the 21st century. (hro.nl)
  • Academics, Seidman said, tend to agree that gender distinctions between Hebrew and Yiddish speakers in Europe existed during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. (jweekly.com)
  • Thus a foreign wife, a Moabites woman from the most hated enemy of the Hebrew people, became the great-grandmother of one of the out-standing individuals in Hebrew history. (pitchrate.com)
  • This confronted me once more with Holland's role as a colonizing power during the same period that has been branded as the "Golden Age", epitomized by those 17th century paintings. (africanah.org)
  • Paintings of food and only food had not been produced before: in the previous centuries food items had played a 'supporting role' in paintings that focused on figures from biblical scenes or market paintings, as can be seen in the work of Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) and Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1574). (dutchfinepaintings.com)
  • This kind of imagery- like the museum's witchcraft paintings-would have been understood by 17th-century audiences as more than just grotesquerie. (clevelandart.org)
  • During the 17th century, new theories emerged of human perception that postulated three units, the subject, object and internal representation of the object in the conscience through a sense, primarily sight. (lu.se)
  • Over the course of the evening Vowell brought us along in her travels through our country's history. (independent.com)
  • And it seems that far beyond the Netherlands' borders contemporaries were aware of the country's development and amazed by it. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • In the 17th century, Louis XIV was at the head of the largest army in Europe. (rotaryparisagora.org)
  • Since Jost was writing for German gentiles as well as for Jews, he doubtless wanted to link the turning point of the modern age in Jewish history with the monarch who had brought Prussia to a position of power in Europe. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • Late in the fifteenth century, changes began to arise in Europe. (ostatic.com)
  • It covers the history of mathematics in East Asia from ancient times through the region's direct interaction with the European world in the 17th and 18th centuries-previously, East Asian contact with the West was indirect through ongoing interactions with India and the Islamic world . (britannica.com)
  • A New Age Of Sail: The History And Future Of Sail Freight In The Hudson Valley ," and tells the stories of sailing cargo ships both modern and historical, on the Hudson River and around the world. (hrmm.org)
  • Her snotty and loveable humor delighted the history buffs and NPR addicts in attendance as she read stories and invited all present into her world of half-lampooned historical events. (independent.com)
  • Today, vampires, werewolves, witches and other things without names live, work, plot and scheme alongside each other, not always aware of the other but always just under the notice of the mortal world. (insanejournal.com)
  • Eventually people die and things are lost, even the world greatest monuments are falling apart, but the history always lives on. (poormojo.org)
  • "People should be aware of the terrible cost to people during World War II as these confiscations took place, and how these peoples' treasures that they loved and had been in their families, had been torn from them at the same time their lives were disrupted. (kpnw.com)
  • Few historians today still believe that world history allows of any simple, precise division, let alone that any suggested plan is rooted in the very nature of reality. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • For Jewish history, periodization is fraught with all of the methodological difficulties that attend the division of world history. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • 2 G.D.Sheffield, ​A Short History of the First World War​ (London: Oneworld Publications, 2014), 173. (ostatic.com)
  • written by our esteemed ancestor Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, made a profound contribution to the significance and implications of this event in the history of African people in the world. (blackcommentator.com)
  • However, when this success story is viewed from a pan-European perspective, it also becomes clear that the 17th century rise of the Netherlands did not take place in isolation but was embedded in overriding and interconnected economic, social and cultural cross-border processes. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • In his book, Brother Jake informs us that "this well planned, sustained offensive was the culmination of nearly three centuries of periodic Black rebellions against the European settlers. (blackcommentator.com)
  • During the 16th and 17th centuries, European colonists and African slaves introduced malaria into the continental United States. (cdc.gov)
  • It was the first historical description of Iceland since Íslendingabók and the first comprehensive book about the history of Iceland. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aside from the political and cultural history of Iceland, the book offers descriptions of the religion and language of the Icelanders. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is something Vowell is well aware of, claiming sarcastically on Sunday to having written her latest book The Wordy Shipmates to satisfy "America's thirst for all things Massachusetts Bay. (independent.com)
  • Violence plus change equals a perfect story for a history book. (poormojo.org)
  • The fact that many African people are more inspired "by the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cuban revolutions than the one truly Black revolution in modern history" is the reason all African people need to read this book. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Come and enjoy all the attractions of a top English resort - there is much more to Great Yarmouth than you might think - see the history, walk the beautiful beaches, wine and dine or dance - the choice is yours. (laterooms.com)
  • One of the problems in genealogy is that it is possible to search the internet for names and the more ignorant you are of English history, the history of surnames, and the nature of the surviving contemporary documents, the more you are to assume that people with similar names might be related. (blogspot.com)
  • Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features » Where Does the Modern Period of Jewish History Begin? (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • What marks the beginning of modern Jewish history? (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • Michael Meyer argued that there is no value in "setting a definite terminus for the beginning of modern Jewish history. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • Nowhere is the operation of both factors more apparent and instructive than with regard to the problem of setting the threshold of the modern period in Jewish history. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • The first Jewish scholar since Josephus to undertake a comprehensive history of the Jews was Isaac Marcus Jost, a German Jew who wrote a nine-volume History of the Israelites that was published from 1820 to 1828. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • Jost, therefore, designated 1740 as the beginning of modern Jewish history, since, in that year, Frederick the Great ascended the Prussian throne. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • [i] His learned study of Jewish history, culminated in his eight volume "The Encyclopaedia of the Jews, Judaism and Zionism. (sahistory.org.za)
  • But even if contemporary images and judgments must be considered in the context of underlying mental and intellectual pre-conceptions and attitudes, and with regard to specific political and social constellations, still a number of tendencies in the perception of the Netherlands in the 17th century can be generalized. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • The third part continues the history of Iceland until Jónsson's time. (wikipedia.org)
  • As passengers were principally considered a type of cargo in the 17th century, and hammocks were only just being adopted in Navies at the time. (hrmm.org)
  • Though a division of some kind is still considered necessary as an instrument for understanding turning points and transitions in history, each proposal is generally recognized as merely provisional, subject to correction not only by new evidence, but, also, by the lengthened perspective gained in the passage of time. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • Although by the time when Jost began to write his history, the post-Napoleonic reaction had cast serious doubts on the realization of that hope, he remained of the opinion that an unalterable process had been set in motion, and, as a loyal Prussian, he chose to see its origins in Prussia. (jewishideasdaily.com)
  • But even by the standards of the time, the system, especially in MSc, allowed of many options, accrued over centuries and seldom weeded out. (dsl.ac.uk)
  • This question remains open and is being decided now: in a striking way we for the first time in all history have become really free, but the past is powerless to give true advice to him who exercises his freedom to reject it. (vt.edu)
  • perhaps for the first time in history, there is no obvious path toward a new professional practice with its own clear rules and visual conventions. (hro.nl)
  • Seidman is aware that 'Marriage Made in Heaven' may be labeled feminist rhetoric or 'anti-Zionist and part of the growing critique of Zionist history. (jweekly.com)
  • A coastal, maritime city with hundreds of years of history, established industry and a typical, if isolated, east coast city. (insanejournal.com)
  • Founded by witches fleeing the horrors of the Salem witch trials in the 17th century, the city has always been a beacon for the supernatural. (insanejournal.com)
  • She welcomed us with coffee and stuck around to give us info on the metro, the city, history and everything that came to her mind. (agoda.com)
  • I there became aware of the great work which had been done by the missions not only of the Franciscans, but of the Jesuits, the Recolletos, the Dominicans and the Augustinians in the Philippines. (ucsb.edu)
  • St. Bartholomew's was noticed a century secondary task to hinder the work of sup- later [ 6 ]. (who.int)
  • The study of history has filled Sarah Vowell's life with stories, imbued her acts with meaning and poetry, and - this is the trade off for inspiration - given her the feeling that Theodore Roosevelt is always looking over her shoulder asking with disappointment bordering on disgust: "Is this all you are? (independent.com)
  • The Exploration of Racism in the United States The Secret Life of Bees, a 2001 novel by Sue Monk Kidd, emphatically describes the history of black people who suffered a variety of unequal treatment in the United States. (ostatic.com)
  • The history of the Netherlands in the 17th century is generally described in superlatives - the "Golden Age" or "A Miracle Mirrored", to name just two titles from among the more important studies. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • Das Goldene Zeitalter ( The Golden Age ), Phönix aus der Asche ( A Phoenix out of the Ashes ), A Miracle Mirrored or The Enigma of the Republic - these are some of the titles and chapter headings in important studies on the history of the Netherlands which are not sparing in their use of superlatives. (ieg-ego.eu)
  • It should be dull to follow a group of religious fanatics through their years of squabbling and banishing each other into the wilderness of 17th-century New England, to learn the difference between different kinds of Puritans, and to trace the impact in our culture of a preacher 300 years dead. (independent.com)
  • Hospital dietetics appeared in the 12th very similar to the current Mediterranean century as shown in the records of the his- diet [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • The visit to its cultural and heritage site begins in the basilica, which dates from the 17th century. (valais.ch)
  • Their Centre for Heritage and Family History in Reading Central Library is open for members and non-members, and contains information about Berkshire and elsewhere in the UK. (genuki.org.uk)
  • Aware of the worldwide importance of its historical and cultural heritage, the Abbey of Saint-Maurice has decided to open its doors to the public to explore 1500 years of history. (valais.ch)
  • We now turn our attention to the 1800s and up to the present day and discovering when people seriously became aware of asbestos-related diseases. (asbestos.ltd)
  • In the Middle Ages, and even than with medication, "Wherefore one through the 18th century, hospital diet was ought to control all such diseases, so far as based on bread. (who.int)
  • Hebrew's revival at the turn of the century grew out of Zionists' hope of returning to the land of the Bible and the need to create a common tongue for all Jews. (jweekly.com)
  • That in 17 th century panelled wood houses were transported from Britain for a fishing fleet in Massachusetts and were relocated and reassembled quite a few times. (epack.in)
  • Together with the information transmitted by simple letters, manuscript periodicals, possessing a title and a regular date of issue, played a major role in the exchange of information in the 18th century, circulating within the same networks as the printed periodical press. (brown.edu)
  • I find as I strive to become better acquainted with the Palestinian issue and Zionist Israeli history that his legacy is of enduring relevance. (sahistory.org.za)
  • As we meet in the week of the 67th anniversary of Palestine's Nakba , I wish to state quite unequivocally that the issue is one of a settler colonial power that has dispossessed an indigenous people of their land and birth right and that the project goes back to the later part of the nineteenth century. (sahistory.org.za)
  • They established Plymouth Colony at the Wampanoag site of Patuxet and forever changed the course of history. (hrmm.org)
  • The first blog in our series of the history of asbestos detailed when asbestos was first dated by archeologists - the Stone Age some 750,000 years ago up until its use by the Romans and Egyptians. (asbestos.ltd)
  • Our second blog studied the Middle Ages up to the 17th century . (asbestos.ltd)
  • In order to understand the history of Haiti and the importance of the Haitian Revolution when Haitian people proclaimed their independence on January 1, 1804, everyone should begin reading and studying about Haiti. (blackcommentator.com)
  • While there isn't really a lot to see there, it is still a nice mini-detour if you happen to be in the area and you can tell people about this incredibly well hidden bit of London's history. (ianvisits.co.uk)
  • I figured they're the type of people that would create waves on the stream of history. (poormojo.org)
  • When did people start to be aware of the dangers of asbestos? (asbestos.ltd)
  • Many people are aware of the role Toussaint L`Overture played in the Haitian Revolution, but Dr. Carruthers unveils very clearly and concisely the leadership of General Jean Jacques Dessalines and Bookman Dutty. (blackcommentator.com)
  • Drawing on Ph.D. research, this paper attempts to make sense of the most important Portuguese periodical printed during the first half of the 18th century: the Lisbon gazette, called Gazeta de Lisboa . (brown.edu)
  • Now I have to-day enjoyed the privilege of seeing as much of Southern California as one man could see in twelve hours and I think it fitting that the journey should end in a building like this constructed to commemorate the missions that formed so important a part in the history of this region which we have been privileged to visit to-day. (ucsb.edu)
  • As we approach the 1700th anniversary of the Council, The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Nicaea provides an opportunity to revisit and reflect on old discussions, propose new approaches and interpretative frameworks, and ultimately revitalize a conversation that remains as important now as it was in the fourth century. (lu.se)
  • In about the 3rd century AD, Manichaean Persians translate the story into Middle Persian. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The Framers were keenly aware of the military's role in ancient Greece and Rome in subverting or overthrowing republics. (straightdope.com)
  • Despite the fact that those objects were returned to their rightful owners before they were obtained by the museum, the Met will still put up signs explaining their history, the AP reported. (kpnw.com)
  • So the concept of offsite construction followed by onsite assembly has found itself in history long ago. (epack.in)
  • In Homer's epic The Iliad , Podalirius, until the last century was often used in a one of the two physicians mentioned, was much broader sense than its current mean- recognized for his special interest in dietet- ing. (who.int)