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Plan of Ratibor (now Racibórz), part of the title sheet from "Kriegskarte von Schlesien”, volume 1. – SBB-PK: 2°Kart.N15060-1 – Photo by M. E. AdamskaPublic Domain

On an attempt to reconstruct the image of Silesian towns in the 18th century on the basis of historical cartography: Kriegskarte von Schlesien

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Gastbeitrag von Prof. Monika Ewa Adamska I’ve been conducting research in the Silesia area, which has been a historically contested region in Central Europe for many years, focusing on the transformations of its historical rural and urban structures, colonisation processes, the issues of post-war rebuilding and contemporary revitalisation processes. For a brief introduction to the […]

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Image 1: “Complete Map of the Barbarians in the Four Directions“. - In: Zhang Tianfu 張天復 (d. 1578), “Si yi zongtu” 四夷總圖, in Guang huang yu kao 廣皇輿考, juan 18. - Retrieved from https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990077608260203941/catalog [18.01.2024] (n.p.: Zhang Rumao, 1626), original held by Harvard University. - The book can also be found in the SBB in Siku jinhuishu congkan 四庫禁燬書叢刊 (Beijing: Beijing chubanshe, 2000), “Shibu” 史部, vol. 17, p. 350, SBB-PK: 5 B 33312 17http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ois:hlviewerterms

Forbidden Books: The Censorship of Chinese Books under the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1770s–1780s)

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Gastbeitrag von Dr. Julia C. Schneider For sixty years, the Qianlong emperor (1711–1799, reign 1735–1796) ruled the Manchu Qing dynasty (1636–1912) and is thus one of the longest-ruling monarchs in East Asian history – not the longest ruling though. That was his grandfather, the Kangxi emperor (1654–1722, reign 1661–1722), who ruled for sixty-one years. In […]

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