William H. Prescott (1796–1859)
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Crédit image: William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) (Brady-Handy Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03537) (cropped)
Å’uvres de William H. Prescott
Oeuvres. histoire du règne de philippe II. traduite de l'anglais par g. renson et p. ithier. (1856) 46 exemplaires
history of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Catholic in Three Volumes. Volume III (1869) 15 exemplaires
Prescott: The Conquest of Mexico, The Conquest of Peru, and Other Selections. Edited, Abridged and with an Introduction… (1966) 6 exemplaires
William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico: Continuum Histories (Continuums Histories) (2009) 5 exemplaires
Nations of the World Prescott's Mexico and The Life of The Conqueror Fernando Cortes Vol. I and II (1902) 5 exemplaires
Papers 4 exemplaires
William Hickling Prescott; representative selections 4 exemplaires
History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies (2011) 4 exemplaires
History of the Conquest of Mexico with a prelinary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization and the life of the… (1880) 4 exemplaires
The Complete Works Of William Hickling Prescott, Edited, With The Author’s Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk (1895) 3 exemplaires
Meksikon valloitus 3 exemplaires
Historia Del Reinado De Los Reyes Católicos Don Fernando y Doña Isabel tomo 3 (2011) 2 exemplaires
Memoir of Hon. John Pickering, LL.D 2 exemplaires
Conquest of Mexico, 3 vols. 2 exemplaires
Prescott’s The Conquest of Mexico (Abridged). 2 exemplaires
Nations of the World: Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes, Vol. 2 (2012) 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott 1 exemplaire
The History of the Conquest of Peru, Vol. I 1 exemplaire
The History Of The Conquest Of Peru, Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Spaniens Aufstieg zur Weltmacht : aus der Regierungszeit Ferdinands und Isabellas von Spanien — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
The History of the Reign of Philip The Second, King of Spain (Volume III of Three Volumes) (1891) 1 exemplaire
Historia de la Conquista del Perú, Precedida de una Ojeada Sobre la Civilización de los Incas, Vol. 1 (Classic… (2018) 1 exemplaire
The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth with an Account of the Emperor's Life After His… (1895) 1 exemplaire
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume II. History of the Conquest of Mexico, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
Critical and historical essays 1 exemplaire
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume VIII. History of the Conquest of Peru, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
Podbój Peru 1 exemplaire
Die Eroberung Perus 1 exemplaire
La mort de l'empire azteque 1 exemplaire
Los Reyes Católicos. Tomos 1 y 2 1 exemplaire
Peru (part of Nations of the world series) 1 exemplaire
Aztec Temples and Human Sacrifices 1 exemplaire
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella 1 exemplaire
History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Peliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas 1 exemplaire
History of the Reign of Charles V [2 Vols.] 1 exemplaire
History of the conquest of Mexico : with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the… 1 exemplaire
S&S Little Classics 1 exemplaire
William Hickling Prescott 1 exemplaire
History of the conquest of Peru, with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas. By William H. Prescott,… 1 exemplaire
History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Nations of the World: Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes, Vol. 1 (2012) 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Peru, Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Peru, Volume 1 1 exemplaire
Biographical and critical essays 1 exemplaire
Peru volume II 1 exemplaire
Nations of the World: Prescott's Mexico I 1 exemplaire
Nations of the World: Prescott's Peru I 1 exemplaire
Nations of the World: Prescott's Mexico II 1 exemplaire
Nations of the World: Prescott's Peru II 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Conquest of Peru 1 exemplaire
Osvojitev Mehike 1 exemplaire
Nations Of The World - Peru, Volume I - Volumes I And II Illustrated (two Books) (1898) 1 exemplaire
The Art of Love 1 exemplaire
Metamorphoses 1 exemplaire
Ah, Wilderness 1 exemplaire
Peru volume I 1 exemplaire
Works: Aztec EditionÑvol 1 (of 3) of Conqust of Mexico; vol 1(of 2) of Conquest of Peru,1873, 1902 1 exemplaire
The Conquest of Mexico Volumes One and Two 1 exemplaire
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume VII. History of the Conquest of Peru, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume III. History of the Conquest of Mexico, Volume III. 1 exemplaire
History of the conquest of Peru; with a preliminary review of the civilization of the Incas 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Conquest of Peru Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. III 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Conquest of Mexico Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Conquest of Mexico Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Conquest of Peru Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Phillip II Vol. II 1 exemplaire
Prescott's Phillip II Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 25 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Prescott, William H.
- Autres noms
- Prescott, William Hickling
- Date de naissance
- 1796-05-04
- Date de décès
- 1859-01-25
- Lieu de sépulture
- St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
São Miguel, Azores
London, England, UK
Paris, France
Italy
Nahant, Massachusetts, USA (tout afficher 8)
Washington, D.C., USA
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- Harvard College (BA|1814)
- Professions
- historian
literary critic
biographer
translator - Organisations
- Boston Athenæum (trustee)
Perkins School for the Blind (trustee)
French Institute
Foreign Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of History in Madrid
Essex Institute - Prix et distinctions
- Phi Beta Kappa (1814)
American Philosophical Society (1837)
Honorary Member, Society of the Cincinnati (1845)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1840)
Institut de France (1845)
American Antiquarian Society (1839) (tout afficher 12)
Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin (1845)
Honorary doctorate, Oxford University (1850)
Honorary doctorate, Columbia University (1840)
Honorary doctorate, College of William and Mary (1841)
Honorary doctorate, South Carolina College (1841)
William Hickling Prescott House National Historic Landmark (1964)
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Statistiques
- Å’uvres
- 138
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 2,572
- Popularité
- #9,988
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 33
- ISBN
- 208
- Langues
- 9
- Favoris
- 3
The book actually starts out with a wonderful framework of how the Incan Empire worked. The tiered hierarchy of life in Peru before the advent of the Spanish. As I read the accounts of daily life of these people, from the lowest worker to the highest ranking Inca, I watched several documentaries on the subject. I had thought that, perhaps, the information Prescott worked with had radically changed over the many decades of archeological studies. It has not. There has been some "filling in the blanks" as to daily life, but, the basic framework of life is the same as when Prescott was alive. Most probably this information also came from the same sources I previously alluded to: letters, diaries, and official documents. As it was, prior to moving in to fully conquer the Incas, Pizarro and his ilk made peaceful expeditionary explorations to learn the lay of the land.
All in all, I defiantly am happy to have read this book. It was from my dad's library which I inherited after he died.… (plus d'informations)