Monthly Archives: July 2011

Historical Remarks on the Castle of the Bastille

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

The Bastille: “a place even the innocent must be afraid of.”[1] Parisians whispered of the prison’s rat-infested dungeons, torture machines, bread-and-water rations, and secret murder-rooms from which no prisoner ever emerged. The Bastille embodied the French monarchy’s despotic rule, and … Continue reading →

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Descartes…L’Homme the Journey to Print

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French thinker of the empiricist thinker. Descartes was born in la Haye, in Touraine. He was the son of a provincial governor, Joachim Descartes, and his wife Jeanne Brochard.  After a short career of practicing … Continue reading →

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Russian Maps Digital Exhibit!!!!

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

  Mapping the Past: Rare Russian Maps from Special Collections has been created as a digital highlight of books and maps on the website of the Special Collections and Rare Books department.  This virtual exhibit describes the cartographic trade and … Continue reading →

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