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Mount Kailash in Asia, the Black Hills in North America, Uluru in Australia: around the globe there are numerous mountains that have been and continue to be attributed sacredness. Worship of these mountains involves prayer, meditation and pilgrimage. Christianity, which for a long time showed little interest in nature, provides a foil to these practices and was one factor in the tensions that arose in the age of colonialism. Decolonisation and the 'ecological turn' changed the religious power of interpretation and gave discourses about sacred mountains new meaning. Globally, however, they remain an outstanding example of cultural diversity, also touching on issues of gender justice and environmental protection. Translated from the German by the author.

Mountains --- Holy mountains --- Mountains (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Sacred mountains --- Religious aspects. --- mountains --- environment --- history --- religion

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"In the 1700s, Jean-Jacques Rousseau celebrated the Alps as the quintessence of the triumph of nature over the "horrors" of civilization. Now available in English, History of the Alps, 1500-1900: Environment, Development, and Society provides a precise history of one of the greatest mountain range systems in the world. Jon Mathieu's work disproves a number of commonly held notions about the Alps, positioning them as neither an inversion of lowland society nor a world apart with respect to Europe. Mathieu's broad historical portrait addresses both the economic and sociopolitical - exploring the relationship between population levels, development, and the Alpine environment, as well as the complex links between agrarian structure, society, and the development of modern civilization. More detailed analysis examines the relationship between various agrarian structures and shifting political configurations, several aspects of family history between the late Middle Ages and the turn of the twentieth century, and exploration of the Savoy, Grisons, and Carinthia regions."--Cover description.

Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- History. --- Alps --- Alpe --- Alpen --- Alpes --- Alpi --- Economic conditions. --- Environmental conditions. --- Population.

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Over the past few years, the cross-disciplinary field of research devoted to family and kinship history in Europe has seen the emergence of an important stream of studies developing wide-ranging comparative perspectives on great spaces and long periods. Their hypotheses and interpretative models differ somewhat with regard of the factors taken into account, and of the underlying logic identified for these processes. The first part of this volume presents a broad discussion of these recent developments. The chapters in the second part have an alpine focus and are dealing more or less directly with the theoretical framework proposed by Dionigi Albera’s book, Au fil des generations. The contributions to the third part of the book are further opening up the field. They leave the alpine terrain and are dedicated to some European contexts, with approaches that are generally influenced by the experience of Albera’s analysis of Alpine Europe.

Familles --- Parenté --- Histoire --- Histoire. --- Families --- Kinship --- Social structure

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This volume explores the emergence of the state in Europe between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through a series of case studies and historiographical, methodological and theoretical essays, it challenges the traditional top-down model of state development long held by historians. Instead it explores the numerous ways in which non-elite groups could influence the formation of national political institutions

Europe --- --Politique et gouvernement --- --Condition sociale --- --État --- --XIVe-XIXe s., --- State, The --- History --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- History. --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1300-1399 --- 940 --- 940 Geschiedenis van Europa, van het Westen, van het Avondland --- Geschiedenis van Europa, van het Westen, van het Avondland --- Etat --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales --- Politics --- 940 History of Europe. History of the West --- History of Europe. History of the West --- Condition sociale --- État --- XIVe-XIXe s., 1301-1900 --- State, The - History --- Europe - Politics and government --- Europe - Social conditions --- Science politique