Grenzen Und Grenz Berschreitungen

***Angaben zur beteiligten Person Roll: Christine Roll ist Professorin für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der RWTH Aachen.

First published in 1999, this book examines the construction of new political, economic and mental borders in post-Cold War Europe. Various national and regional settings are analyzed along the old East-West divide. In post-Cold War Europe the East-West divide no longer exists in the form of the clear-cut Iron Curtain, separating two security blocs, two politico-economic systems, and two ideologically and culturally distinct worlds. Still, it remains clearly discernible, both in the form of unrelenting politico-cultural differences and as an economic Golden Curtain. At the same time, a more complicated system of intersecting political, economic and mental borders keeps developing. Today, there are various scales of interaction, which produce distinctive national, regional and local experiences of borders. In this book, the construction of new political, economic and mental borders is analysed by specialists from both sides of the former East-West divide. The future of European borders is discussed in various national and regional settings, from the Barents Region in the North to the Old Habsburgian lands in ‘Mitteleuropa’.

Der vorliegende Band widmet sich in 44 Einzelstudien aus unterschiedlichen Fachbereichen dem kulturellen Austausch zwischen arabischem und lateinischem Mittelalter. Aus verschiedenen Perspektiven werden die Voraussetzungen und Hintergründe des Wissenstransfers ebenso beleuchtet wie dessen Grenzen - etwa religiöse Vorbehalte oder divergierende kulturelle Leitbilder -, aber auch seine konkreten Auswirkungen auf die Strukturen und Inhalte der Wissenschaft im lateinischen Mittelalter. Besonderes Interesse gilt dabei Fragen der Übersetzung sowie den Bereichen der Philosophie, Medizin und Kunst. Durch seinen breiten, Fächer übergreifenden Ansatz, der eine Vielzahl neuer Sichtweisen und Fragestellungen generiert, wird der Band auf die weitere Erforschung des mittelalterlichen ,Kulturaustausches' zwischen arabischer und lateinischer Welt sicherlich anregend wirken.

This volume focuses on phenomena, structures and constellations of power and rule in the 12th century from a comparative perspective. Comparing England and the Empire is a promising research project, because the Staufen and the Plantagenets ruled over more than one kingdom and claimed hegemony. Therefore, the divergence between legality and the demands of ruling over diverse lordships can be explored. The examples of extended royal rule in different constellations, treated by international authors, show how the practice of power and the structures of rule based on legitimate claims diverge.

The Mencius, attributed to the philosopher Mengzi (Lat. Mencius, ca. 370-290 BC), the "second Sage" of the Confucian school after its founder, is one of the most prominent of all Chinese classics, with a great impact on the historical development of Confucianism. Today, it serves as one of the determinants for positioning Confucianism in the modern world, and it is the most discussed Chinese philosophical text in the context of the search for universally valid ethical norms and democracy. The essays collected in this volume by scholars from Taiwan, Japan and Germany focus on various aspect of the reception of the work in East Asia from the Song-Dynasty to the present day. They call into mind the signifance of a thinker who according to Albert Schweitzer is "the most modern one of all thinkers of antiquity".

Confessional Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe examines the role of religion in early modern European diplomacy. In the period following the Reformations, Europe became divided: all over the continent, princes and their peoples split over theological, liturgical, and spiritual matters. At the same time, diplomacy rose as a means of communication and policy, and all powers established long- or short-term embassies and sent envoys to other courts and capitals. The book addresses three critical areas where questions of religion or confession played a role: papal diplomacy, priests and other clerics as diplomatic agents, and religion as a question for diplomatic debate, especially concerning embassy chapels.