Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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LADY WU, by Lin Yutang. From the remote era of 7th century Imperial China, Author Yutang has recalled an empress who was Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Lucrezia Borgia rolled into one fiery, demonic woman. Clawing her way from obscurity to power, she killed wantonly and hideously; finally on the...
It was advertised as the general's final provincial tour before next winter's presidential elections, and though he has so far refused to say whether he will run or not, De Gaulle looked and sounded very much the compleat candidate. He was also in imperial form. At...
As a Habsburg emperor, Rudolf II was exceptionally inept. During his rule, from 1576 to 1612, he was forced to cede Hungary, Moravia, Austria and Bohemia. Yet he had vision of sorts. He was an amateur astronomer, brought Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe to the Hradčany, his imperial...
During the Thirty Years' War, the Hradčany was sacked by the Swedes, who floated bargeloads of art homeward down the Elbe. The Habsburg descendants contributed to the losses. In 1749, Empress Maria Theresa sold off 69 paintings at bargain rates. After the Habsburgs moved their imperial seat...
Richard E. Pipes, professor of History, who gives the course on Imperial Russian history, will be on sabbatical for the whole year, Samuel E. Thorne, professor of Legal History, will be gone during the Full term, and John V, Kelleher, professor of Modern Irish Literature and History, who also gives...