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Damen Conversations Lexikon
The ''Damen Conversations Lexikon'' is a 10-volume ''Konversationslexikon'' ( de; a type of dictionary, with encyclopedic explanations) from the 19th century, which at the time of publication was aimed primarily at German women of the bourgeoisie who were interested in education. History At the beginning of the 1830s, the German book market offered around 50 encyclopaedic works that dealt with a wide range of special subjects and were aimed at different target groups. For example, there was the Große Conversations-Lexikon by Joseph Meyer, which was aimed at the educated classes and was distributed in individual volumes. The writer Carl Herloßsohn, who came from a poor background, relied on a similar concept by starting to publish the ''Damen Conversations Lexikon'' in 1834. In doing so, he counted on the interest of women of the bourgeoisie who were hungry for education. Each volume consisted of four issues. In 1838, the tenth volume was completed. The contributors included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damen Encylopedia Title 1834
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Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They are sometimes divided into a petty (), middle (), large (), upper (), and ancient () bourgeoisie and collectively designated as "the bourgeoisie". The bourgeoisie in its original sense is intimately linked to the existence of cities, recognized as such by their urban charters (e.g., municipal charters, town privileges, German town law), so there was no bourgeoisie apart from the citizenry of the cities. Rural peasants came under a different legal system. In Marxist philosophy, the bourgeoisie is the social class that came to own the means of production during modern industrialization and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
' or ' was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the '. Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), who had founded the publishing house in 1826, intended to issue a universal encyclopaedia meant for a broad public: people having a general knowledge as well as businessmen, technicians and scholars, considering contemporary works like those of and to be superficial or obsolete. First edition The first part of ' ("Great encyclopaedia for the educated classes") appeared in October 1839. In contrast to its contemporaries, it contained maps and illustrations with the text. There is no indication of the planned number of volumes or a time limit for this project, but little headway had been made by the otherwise dynamic . After six years, 14 volumes had appeared, covering only one fifth of the alphabet. Another six years passed before the last (46th) volume was published. Six supplementary vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Meyer (publisher)
Joseph Meyer (9 May 1796 - 27 June 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopaedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Biography Meyer was born at Gotha, Germany, and was educated as a merchant in Frankfurt am Main. He went to London in 1816, but returned to Germany in 1820 after business adventures and stock speculations fell through. Here he invested in enterprises such as the textile trade (1820–24). Soon after the first steam-hauled railway had started in December 1835, Meyer started to make business plans to start the first railways. He also bought some concessions for iron mining. In 1845 he founded the ''Deutsche Eisenbahnschienen-Compagnie auf Actien'' (German Railway Rail joint stock company). Meyer operated very successfully as a publisher, employing a system of serial subscription to publications, which was new at that time. To this end he founded a company, Bibliographisches Institut, in Gotha in 1826. It published several edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Herloßsohn
Carl Herloßsohn or Karl Herloßsohn (actually Borromäus Sebastian Georg Carl Reginald Herloß, 1804–1849) was a German author, journalist and encyclopaedist.''Karl Herloßsohn'' at the DNB portal. Retrieved 5 Oct 21. Life Herloßsohn was born on 1 September 1804 at the Kleinseite in into a poor background as the son of a tailor. He attended Kleinseite Grammar School from 1813, went to Prague University in 1820 and then to Vienna in 1821 to find a better life there. |
Karoline Von Woltmann
Karoline von Woltmann, ''née'' Stosch (6 March 1782 – 18 November 1847 in Berlin) was a German author who also wrote under the pseudonym Luise Berg. She was regarded by her contemporaries as "the German Genlis". Biography Born in Berlin, Karoline was the eldest daughter of physician and Prussian secret advisor Karl Wilhelm Stosch and of Auguste Stosch, ''née'' Hönig. She developed an interest in literature at an early age. At the age of 17, she married poet and war advisor Karl Müchler. They separated in 1804, but in the same year Karoline met the author , whom she married on 25th October 1805. Around 1804, she wrote her first novel, ''Euphrosyne'', which was later reworked with Karl Ludwig von Woltmann and published under the title ''Heloise''. Then she wrote a few works and worked with her husband. In 1813 they moved to Prague, where Karoline translated several works of Maria Edgeworth. After Karl Ludwig von Woltmann stopped writing because of a right-arm paralysis, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a German pianist, had assured him that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing. In 1840, Schumann married Friedrich Wieck's daughter Clara Wieck, after a long and acrimonious legal battle with Friedrich, who opposed the marriage. A lifelong partnership in music began, as Clara herself was an established pianist and music prodigy. Clara and Robert also maintained a close relationship with German composer Johannes Brahms. Until 1840, Schumann wrote exclusively for the piano. Later, he composed piano and orchestral works, and many Lieder (songs for voice and piano). He composed four symphonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moritz Retzsch
Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (December 9, 1779 - June 11, 1857) was a German painter, draughtsman, and etcher. Retzsch was born in the Saxon capital Dresden. He joined the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1798 under Cajetan Toscani and Józef Grassi, later working autodidactically, copying the famous pictures of the Gemäldegalerie, among them a copy of the '' Sixtinian Madonna''. He was made a member of the Academy in 1817 and professor in 1824. The Cotta publishing house commissioned illustrations for Johann Wolfgang Goethe's ''Faust'' (26 plates), which made him financially independent. Goethe liked his work, and he illustrated works by other famous authors, most notably Friedrich Schiller's ''Lied von der Glocke'' (43 plates), a ''Shakespeare Gallery'' (80 plates), and Bürger's ''Ballads'' (15 plates). He also did oil paintings on classical subjects, and portraits. Many of his works were created in a house in the Lößnitz, with a view of the Elbe Valley. As a winema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelika Schaser
Angelika Schaser (born 1956) is a German historian. Life and career Born in Munich, Schaser studied history, geography and library science in Munich and Berlin. In 1985, she became a research assistant to Ilja Mieck at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of Freie Universität Berlin. In 1987, she received her doctorate from the FU Berlin with the thesis ''Josephinian Reforms and Social Change in Transylvania''. Her doctoral supervisor was Mathias Bernath. The topic was suggested by Harald Zimmermann. In 1999, she habilitated at the FU Berlin with the thesis ''Helene Lange and Gertrud Bäumer. A Political Life Community''. In 2000, she received the Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Prize for her habilitation thesis. After her habilitation, she was a senior assistant at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute. Since 2001, Schaser has succeeded Bernd Jürgen Wendt as Professor of New History at the University of Hamburg. Schaser's main areas of research and teaching include religion and society in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Library (Product)
A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital media formats or a library accessible through the internet. Objects can consist of digitized content like print or photographs, as well as originally produced digital content like word processor files or social media posts. In addition to storing content, digital libraries provide means for organizing, searching, and retrieving the content contained in the collection. Digital libraries can vary immensely in size and scope, and can be maintained by individuals or organizations. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. These information retrieval systems are able to exchange information with each other through interoperability and sustainability. History The early history of digital librarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeno
Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to: People * Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Philosophers * Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes * Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy * Zeno of Tarsus (3rd century BC), Stoic philosopher * Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher * Zeno of Rhodes (not later than 220 BC), historian and politician. Other persons of antiquity * Zeno of Caunus (3rd century BC), finance minister to the Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 20th century * Zeno (physician) (3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician * Zeno of Cyprus (4th century), Greek physician * Zeno of Gaza (died c. 362), early Christian martyr * Zeno of Verona (4th century), saint commemorated in the place name Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, Italy * Zeno the Hermit (4th century?) disciple of St. Basil and saint * Zeno (consul 44 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
