Ergebnis für "Ein Stein" in Europa

Rudolf Steiner uses the history of Atlantis and Lemuria to discuss the esoteric evolution of man. He covers in more detail what is suggested in An Outline of Occult Science. There was a time when a continent called Atlantis still lay between Europe and America. This portion of the worlds surface was at one time land; this land now forms the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Plato alluded to the last remaining remnant of that lost continent when he spoke of the Island of Poseidon.

Wales, um 1300. Überall im Land werden Burgen gebaut und Befestigungsanlagen instandgesetzt. Es ist ein goldenes Zeitalter für Steinmetze, und Roisins Vater zählt zu den Besten seines Fachs. Als er verunglückt und nicht mehr arbeiten kann, steht die Existenz der ganzen Familie auf dem Spiel. Roisins Bruder Edward fehlt das Geschick seines Vaters, doch er weiß, dass Roisin nachts heimlich Skulpturen angefertigt hat, die an Schönheit nicht zu übertreffen sind, und gibt sie als seine aus.

Ernest Hemingway's classic exploration of the history and pageantry of bullfighting, and the deeper themes of cowardice, bravery, sport and tragedy that it inspires. Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that...

Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of collapse and restarts, from the Viking Age to the Age of Perpetual War to the modern age today. For a thousand years, the Scandinavian countries were kingdoms of repression where monarchs played at the game of being European powers, at the expense of their own populations. The brand we now know as "Scandinavia" is a recent invention. During most of its history, Denmark and Sweden, and to some degree Norway, were bloody enemies. These sentiments of enmity have not been fully settled.

Tra il 1700 e il 1850 le maggior parte delle monarchie europee disponevano nei loro eserciti di mercenari svizzeri. Soltanto a Napoli, al servizio dei Borboni, vivevano ben 40.000 soldati confederati. Con la rivoluzione napoletana del 1848 termina il servizio mercenario svizzero.