Roeck (U. of Zurich) offers an overview of bourgeois culture and aspects of everyday life in Germany from the Renaissance through the 18th century, while introducing readers to fundamental research pr
By the end of the nineteenth century, Florence was a key destination for cultured travelers from Europe and America. Writers such as Wilde, Rilke, and Mann; painters such as Degas and Klee; and not le
Cultural exchange, the dynamic give and take between two or more cultures, has become a distinguishing feature of modern Europe. This was already an important feature to the elites of the fifteenth, s
This volume is the fourth in a four-volume survey of healthcare and poor relief in Europe between 1500 and 1900. The papers address the clash between Catholic and secular institutions for control of r
