"The exchange of ideas between nations during the Enlightenment was greatly facilitated by cultural ventures, commercial enterprise and scientific collaboration. But how were they exchanged? What were the effects of these exchanges on the idea or artefact being transferred? Focussing on contact between England, France and Ireland, a team of specialists explores the translation, appropriation and circulation of cultural products and scien ..."
"Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the "Civitas Dei" of St Augustine. The essays in this volume, all by distinguished specialists on the 18th century, illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction of actual cities and in the speculation on social justice to which Voltaire in particular devoted himself. Yet even in him, secularization is never total, and the ..."
Le grand livre des secrets Le colportage en France aux 17e et 18e siecles (French Edition) by LiseAndries Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 1994 by Diffusion P.U.F ISBN-13: 978-2-902702-87-9, ISBN: 2-902702-87-6
"Die Emeritierung von Lieselotte Steinbrügge, Professorin für "Romanische Philologie, insbesondere Didaktik der Romanischen Literaturen“ an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum von 2003 bis 2017, haben sich nationale und internationale Weggefährtinnen und Weggefährten unter der Regie zweier ehemaliger Doktorandinnen der Jubilarin zum Anlass genommen, in 19 Beiträgen vielfältige romanistische Grenzgänge zu beschreiten. Diese spiegeln in besonderem ..."