By Van Der Dussen
ISBN-10: 041512414X
ISBN-13: 9780415124140
ISBN-10: 0415124158
ISBN-13: 9780415124157
With the cave in of the Soviet Union, the re-emergence of relevant Europe and strikes in the direction of financial, financial and political union in the ecu Union, Europe within the Nineteen Nineties is at a crossroads. yet what does Europe, and being ecu suggest? what sort of Europe are we development and why? How does this new Europe relate to the Europe of the earlier? This e-book places the assumption of Europe in its historic context, tracing it again to the traditional Greeks and their organization of Europe with political freedom. From this place to begin the 1st essay indicates how Europe turned pointed out with Christendom within the 15th-century and with "civilisation" within the 18th-century sooner than getting used by means of 19th-century reformers and reactionaries for his or her assorted political reasons. 20th century advancements are the focal point for dialogue within the final essays. a few "projects" for Europe are tested opposed to the history of the 2 global wars, attention is given to contemporary tendencies in the direction of political and fiscal integration, and an evaluation is accessible of the modern relevance of the ecu proposal.
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178). He seems to find these clashes deplorable because all concerned are Christians. What is clear is that for him Europe is the Christian continent. The Enchiridion became widely known through translations of the original Latin into English, Czech, German, Dutch, Spanish and French. 36 Essay 1 Europe to 1 9 1 4 : the making of an idea In 1517, in the midst of rumours of war, he published an impressive pacifist manifesto: Querelii pads. The work is a 'Lament of Peace, which everywhere has been banished or destroyed', written at the instigation of the governor and chamberlain of Charles V, and dedicated to the Bishop of Utrecht, a bastard son of the Duke of Burgundy.
86-7). The influence of humanism on the concept of Europe Humanism contributed in a variety of ways to forming a concept of the solidarity of Europe. Like many terms ending in '-ism', 'humanism' is of nineteenthcentury origin. Previously, 'humanitas' and 'studia humanitatis' had been used to mean an educational programme based on the study of the works of Greek and Latin authors. The aim of such a programme was to educate a new type of individual by study of 'the classics', since these works were considered to represent the highest form of human achievement.
We have already seen how such symbolic portrayals could serve the purposes of Habsburg, imperial, propaganda (cf. overview Attrihuten, Reallexicon zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte (RDK) 1967, pp. 1166-68). A well-known example is the allegory painted in 1636 by Franz Francken showing the abdication of Charles V in 1555, in which the continents are depicted as paying homage to the Emperor (see Figure 13). Apart from this 'imperial' iconology, clerical and bourgeois emblems developed during the seventeenth century.
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