This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
This book highlights significant social and political developments in the late antique Mediterranean world. It will appeal to scholars and readers interested in the military, political, and social history of Late Antiquity, as well as those working...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of womens activities in various spheres of life in medieval Poland and its neighbouring countries, seeking to move beyond the commonly accepted perspective of queens and higher nobility from the social...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book explores the interaction of European Enlightenment thinkers with Chinese theory and shows how ideas from China and ideas about China had a profound impact on Enlightenment thought....Loe edasi...
This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the tontine, an innovative financial instrument conceived and implemented in various settings throughout Georgian and early Victorian Britain. The book draws on metic...Loe edasi...
It is rare to write about history as it unfolds. A coronation at Westminster Abbey is at once a ceremony steeped in over a thousand years of tradition, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and an event firmly of the present era. Coronations are mo...Loe edasi...
This book breaks new ground by exploring regional scenes beyond London during the years 1965 to 1975. Whilst many accounts of this era have tended to focus on the Capital, John Griffiths journeys beyond its boundaries to assess how far the cultures...Loe edasi...
This book brings together a diverse array of perspectives and histories that weave together notions of Black-ness, British-ness, and danc...Loe edasi...
This volume examines the intertwined meanings of reason, crisis, and Europe against the backdrop of acute political, ethical, and geopolitical instability. Eschewing any singular diagnosis or overarching interpretive frame, it assembles a range of...Loe edasi...
Fashioning London charts the history of clothing in Englands capital through its manufacture, promotion, cultural significance, and the unique styles of dress that, ultimately, challenged the fashion dominance of Paris, Milan and New York....Loe edasi...
Fashioning London charts the history of clothing in Englands capital through its manufacture, promotion, cultural significance, and the unique styles of dress that, ultimately, challenged the fashion dominance of Paris, Milan and New York....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198867050)
We all know that inns and taverns occupy a special place in British history and our culture today. A Night at the Inn shows that inns were not just important as social spaces - somewhere to meet friends for a drink - but essential parts of the toolk...Loe edasi...
An exploration of the 1525 German Peasants War which emphasises the crucial role of media and the printing press in the conflict and its legacy.Why did German agrarian protests, normally very local or regional, all meld together in...Loe edasi...
A history of US-European relations through the long 20th century, focusing on the development of the EU and the economic, political, security and cultural implications for the Atlantic Alliance....Loe edasi...
A history of US-European relations through the long 20th century, focusing on the development of the EU and the economic, political, security and cultural implications for the Atlantic Alliance....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198794721)
This book explores Paris-educated intellectuals in the thirteenth century. It outlines their attempts to combine promotion of social and moral reforms with recruiting for crusade campaigns, and assesses their impact on contemporary secular and eccle...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192870889)
This book explores the influence of perceived lessons from national history, particularly the resonance between these lessons at the elite level and memory discourses in society, on Germanys grand strategy...Loe edasi...
This book explores the European stances of three of Northern Ireland’s political parties, culminating in one of the most tumultuous episodes in recent UK, Irish, and European politics....Loe edasi...
Female convents in early modern Lisbon were important economic, cultural, social and even political spaces which housed generations of elite women. Until now they have received much less attention than comparable institutions across the early mode...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009456128)
From Dynamo Moscows postwar tour of Britain to the inaugural Womens World Cup, Cold War Football charts the clash between capitalism and communism through ten iconic matches. This is a fascinating and unique history of how the Cold War shaped foot...Loe edasi...
Balmoral Castle and its 50,000-acre estate has been the private Highland retreat of The Royal Family since the 1850s. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert fell in love with the Scottish Highlands in the 1840s and built the present Grade A lis...Loe edasi...
Published to coincide with the 700-year anniversary of her death, Busse-Wilsons study caused a storm of controversy. Translated for the first time into English, this book reintroduces to a contemporary audience this long-forgotten but still provocat...Loe edasi...
This volume aims to uncover the diverse approach to plants in the Renaissance and seventeenth century that paved the way for a definition of botany as a fully-fledged discipline....Loe edasi...
Aesops Heritage explores the evolution of the Aesopian fable in France and the Low Countries (1500-1800), examining the intricate relationship between text, illustration, and education. New light is shed on some well-known and lesser-known f...Loe edasi...
Caravaggios art is subjected to a political interpretation that draws on Erasmuss writings to explain his paintings. According to Erasmuss Philosophia christiana, in contrast to Gabriele Paleottis Discorso intorno alle immagini sacre e profane o...Loe edasi...
• Francisco de Holandas Dialogues record Michelangelos participation in art discussions hosted by Vittoria Colonna, revealing his thoughts and world as he painted The Last JudgementThe Dialogues by Portuguese painter and writer Fra...Loe edasi...
• Condivis unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelos life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian warsMichelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Wester...Loe edasi...
For four days in early 1991, Royal Navy Lynx helicopters buzzed low around the Shatt-al-Arab marshlands of southern Iraq. They were searching for the Iraqi fleet, and whenever discovered their hulls became targets for cutting edge smart munitions. Th...Loe edasi...
The New Area Studies enable a rethinking of world history and a more critical approach to traditional historical writing. An additional factor contributing to the critical reflection on traditional area studies was the contemporary political ......Loe edasi...
This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
This book highlights significant social and political developments in the late antique Mediterranean world. It will appeal to scholars and readers interested in the military, political, and social history of Late Antiquity, as well as those working...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501787027)
Uniformed Murderers investigates the causes, logistics, motivations, and legal awareness of the Romanian servicemen both military and gendarmerie who massacred or otherwise caused the death of more than three thousand Jews, Roma, and others in 1941...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501786952)
A Protestant Air focuses on the Protestant connection linking three intellectual giants of twentieth-century French thought: André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland Barthes. All three came from a Protestant background and thus shared a common margi...Loe edasi...
A Protestant Air focuses on the Protestant connection linking three intellectual giants of twentieth-century French thought: André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland Barthes. All three came from a Protestant background and thus shared a common margi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501787294)
Trees abound in Shakespeares plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters identification with cypress, balsam, bay-laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as metaphors to express emotional distress...Loe edasi...
Trees abound in Shakespeares plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters identification with cypress, balsam, bay laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as metaphors to express emotional distress. Opening new avenues for...Loe edasi...
Herzens Letters offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen (18121870), one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the Russian Revolution and an inspiration...Loe edasi...
Sari: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Northern Illinois University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501787058)
Herzens Letters offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen (18121870), one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the Russian Revolution and an inspiration...Loe edasi...
The vast majority of people throughout history have left few written traces. That is especially the case for those who were brutally forced from their homes, stripped of their possessions, and swiftly imprisoned, enslaved, or murdered. Objects of...Loe edasi...
The vast majority of people throughout history have left few written traces. That is especially the case for those who were brutally forced from their homes, stripped of their possessions, and swiftly imprisoned, enslaved, or murdered. Objects of...Loe edasi...
Continuing the theme of detailed army organisations of WW2 started in the first four volumes on British and Commonwealth armies, the series now extends to take a look at the other nations of Europe that were victims of Axis aggression, or that manage...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of womens activities in various spheres of life in medieval Poland and its neighbouring countries, seeking to move beyond the commonly accepted perspective of queens and higher nobility from the social...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book explores the interaction of European Enlightenment thinkers with Chinese theory and shows how ideas from China and ideas about China had a profound impact on Enlightenment thought....Loe edasi...
This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the tontine, an innovative financial instrument conceived and implemented in various settings throughout Georgian and early Victorian Britain. The book draws on metic...Loe edasi...
It is rare to write about history as it unfolds. A coronation at Westminster Abbey is at once a ceremony steeped in over a thousand years of tradition, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and an event firmly of the present era. Coronations are mo...Loe edasi...
This book breaks new ground by exploring regional scenes beyond London during the years 1965 to 1975. Whilst many accounts of this era have tended to focus on the Capital, John Griffiths journeys beyond its boundaries to assess how far the cultures...Loe edasi...
This book brings together a diverse array of perspectives and histories that weave together notions of Black-ness, British-ness, and danc...Loe edasi...
This volume examines the intertwined meanings of reason, crisis, and Europe against the backdrop of acute political, ethical, and geopolitical instability. Eschewing any singular diagnosis or overarching interpretive frame, it assembles a range of...Loe edasi...
Why Europe? What made Western and Central Europe, long an economic and political backwater compared with the other agrarian civilisations of Eurasia, the cradle of modernity? This book argues that the crucial juncture occurred in backward medieval E...Loe edasi...
It’s 50 years since the ‘street couture’ shop Acme Attractions opened - and November 1975 sees the 50th anniversary of the first SEX PISTOLS gig. Which makes it perfect timing for Phil Strongmans Acme BOY...Loe edasi...
