The benandanti ("Good Walkers") were members of an agrarian visionary tradition in the Friuli district of Northeastern Italy during the 16th and 17th centuries. The benandanti claimed to travel out of their bodies while asleep to struggle against malevolent witches (malandanti) in order to ensure good crops for the season to come.Between 1575 and 1675, in the midst of the Early …

Henry Adams (1583–1646) was a British colonial farmer. He was a patrilineal emigrant ancestor of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Early life. Henry Adams was born in Barton St. David, Somerset to John Adams (1555–1604) and Agnes Stone (1556–1616 ...

Hugo Grocio es el gran defensor de la soberanía absoluta e intransferible del Estado sobre el territorio. [1] Inaugura una nueva corriente sobre el Derecho natural, el iusnaturalismo inmanentista.Para él, el hombre es social por naturaleza, por lo que las normas de convivencia que hay en la sociedad son naturales e inherentes al ser humano, y constituyen objeto de …

Axel Oxenstierna (svenskt uttal: [ˈǎksɛl ˈʊ̂ksɛnˌɧæːɳa] ()), född 16 juni 1583 på Fånö gods i Löts socken, Uppland, död 28 augusti 1654 i Stockholm, var en svensk greve och statsman.Han blev medlem av riksrådet 1609 och utsågs till rikskansler 1612, och han blev i praktiken regent 1632 då drottning Kristina var omyndig. Oxenstierna betraktas som grundaren av den svenska ...