Representations of Governance in Sixteenth-and Seventeenth-Century Europe: The Iconography and Dramatic Presentation of the Sovereign Ruler
in accordance with the prophecies in Virgil, the renewed empire would bring in, like that of augustus, a time of peace, and would usher in a new golden age. it is extraordinary how powerful and widespread was this political fantasy in sixteenthand seventeenth-century europe: it was sustained by poets in many nations who considered it as a dream that might at any moment be translated into actuality, and virtually all new rulers in the West were regarded as potential realisers of the new age.
Richelieu's Desmarets and the Century of Louis XIV
Jean Desmarets and the century of Louis 14 family the "celebre marets" of court ballet missions and offices the novels and the new academie - francaise Richelieu, Desmarets and theatre "Les Visionnaires" the historical tragicomedies plays for the grand salle of the Palais - Cardinal "La Felicite" and "La Prosperite" short poems and games devotional poetry devotional prose "Clovis, ou la France Chrestienne" the late biblical and heroic poems the quarrel of the "Imaginaires".
Great American Bridges and Dams
Bridges: Spanning the Nation. Dams: Controlling a Precious Resource. Saving Bridges and Dams. Guide to the Guide. THE BRIDGES AND DAMS. New England. Mid-Atlantic. South. Midwest. Southwest. West. Epilogue: The Ones That Got Away. Further Reading. Information Sources. Index.