Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Martin Amis ... with their regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and soundbites in times of crisis, intellectuals are indispensable characters in the drama of modern life. But what makes them tick? Modelled on Machiavelli's notorious tract o…
This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in Asia Minor after the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. Theodore Laskaris was a man of literary talent and keen intellect. His ac…
by Boutier, Jean, Romano, Antonella, Alimento, Antonella, Caffiero, Marina, Chiosi, Elvira, De Miranda, Girolamo, Donato, Maria Pia, Formica, Marina, Gallo, Daniela, Madignier, Mirabelle, Marin, Brigitte, Michelassi, Nicola, Paoli, Maria Pia, Rao, Anna Maria, Verga, Marcello, Vuelta García, Salomé, Waquet, Françoise
Comment saisir l'activité intellectuelle à l'époque moderne? Comment faire dialoguer des traditions historiographiques - la française et l'italienne - qui, pour être proches au plan géographique, n'en mobilisent pas moins des questionnaires, des méthodes, des objets divergents? …
