Articles on books of the MoneyMuseum.
Enjoy the collection of the MoneyMuseum. To this end, we have compiled thematic areas for you that examine selected books in terms of their historical, social and intellectual context.
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Staats-Frag, wo man untersucht, ob die Ordensgeistliche[n], welche Einkünften haben, dem Staat nützlich oder schädlich sind
How Do You Feel About Religion?
Voltaire used the judicial murder of the French Protestant Jean Calas in order to persuade intellectuals throughout Europe to follow his line of uncompromising tolerance. However, some fell victim to this campaign. We present the book of one of those victims.
De quatuor summis imperiis libri tres
World History in Four Empires
World history is the succession of four great empires. This view was widely accepted until the 18th century and is based on a vision of the prophet Daniel. Nobody canonized this worldview as effectively as the Reformation scholar Johannes Sleidanus did.
Gründliches mythologisches Lexicon
Who With Whom and What With Where: Hederich’s “Mythologisches Lexicon”
In the world of ancient mythology it’s easy to get confused – with all the divine epithets and family relationships. Even Goethe and Schiller had that problem. To find out what they needed to know, they consulted the “Hederich”, the go-to reference work for ancient mythology of the 18th century.
Architectura Von Vestungen (= Architecture of Fortifications)
When walls alone aren’t enough anymore...
Nowadays, building walls has once again become the political method of choice. But in the early modern period, the introduction of cannons made walls completely obsolete. In books like this one by Daniel Specklin, we can find out how people managed to protect their cities back then.
