Rome [ENA] On 1 July 2019 Brill, the international scholarly editor, published Rethinking Europe War and Peace in the Early Modern German Lands. The volume whose editors are Gerhild Scholz Williams, Sigrun Haude and Christian Schneider throw interesting sidelights upon The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). This war lies at the intersection of early modern and modern times. Commonly portrayed as the concluding   [Full story...]

Rome [ENA] Is it possible to speak of Ethics for Tourism? Yes, it is. And as a fundamental frame of reference for responsible and sustainable tourism, there’s the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET). It is a comprehensive set of principles designed to guide key-players in tourism development. With international tourism forecast to reach 1.6 billion arrivals by 2020, members of the World Tourism Organization believe   [Full story...]