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Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. It explores the relationship between...

Ruth Scurr offers a substantial introduction to Carlyle and his masterwork, followed by a series of carefully selected extracts. In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his two-volume work "The French Revolution: A History" and overnight became a celebrity. The...

This is the first scholarly work in Modern European History which elucidates consistently how border issues affect the history of nations and states in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book rethinks the Italian history of the last 150 years from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859373170Author Hilary GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd.

Revised and completely updated edition of Jonathan Steinberg's classic account of Switzerland's unique political and economic system. Why Switzerland? examines the complicated voting system that allows citizens to add, strike out, or vote more than once...

The images in this book, taken by professional photographer Graham Gough, capture the reality of life in the Black Country since the 1950s. Among the subjects covered by his stunning photographs are gritty poverty, poor housing, and social unrest, while...

'Mallinson . . . combines the authority of a soldier-turned-military historian with the imaginative touch of the historical novelist.' Lawrence James, THE TIMESWe remember months, because months have names, because they are linked to the seasons, and...

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural...

A history of Stourport-on-SevernBook InformationISBN 9780752420585Author Stourport-on-Severn Civic SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

Throughout a long and spectacularly successful political life, the Emperor Augustus (63BC-AD14) was a master of spin. Barbara Levick exposes the techniques which he used to disguise the ruthlessness of his rise to power and to enhance his successes once...

Contains 100 historic sites in County Durham and Teesside - not necessarily the most obvious or the well-known tourist traps, but those accessible to the public. This work covers from landscape features to obscure villages, and from remnants of forgotten...

Slave Portraiture in the Atlantic World is the first book to focus on the individualized portrayal of enslaved people from the time of Europe's full engagement with plantation slavery in the late sixteenth century to its final official abolition in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860288Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd

This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countries and in different time periods. Comparing how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312424930Author Robert KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 142mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801510295Author David HeffernanFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 400g

Weird, spooky, gruesome, humorous, and strange but true stories come alive in The A-Z of Curious Nottinghamshire. 'Curious' is perhaps not the first word you would use to label Nottinghamshire. But 'curiouser and curiouser' it becomes when you dig below...

A history of Cwm Rhondda FachBook InformationISBN 9780752426877Author David OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

The authoritative and accessible look at life in Roman Britain begins with a brief overview of the province in its historical context. The book then concentrates on the social history of the 400 years of Roman occupation with thematically arranged...

This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs of Ely shows the changing life in the city and nearby villages over a period of more than one hundred years. Through the eyes of photographers we glimpse life in the high streets and back streets,...

This collection of sources covers one of the most controversial and shocking episodes in medieval English history, the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV...

In a world torn by religious antagonism, lessons can be learned from medieval Spanish villages where Muslims, Christians, and Jews rubbed shoulders on a daily basis--sharing irrigation canals, bathhouses, municipal ovens, and marketplaces. Medieval...

"In the following pages I have tried to explain, as simply and concisely as possible, the historical significance of the feudal system.... My purpose has not been to give a comprehensive description of Europe in the feudal age, or even of feudal society...

Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly...

The Medieval Calendar Year celebrates the pictorial convention known as "The Labors of the Months" and the ways it was used in the Middle Ages. Richly illustrated and elegantly presented, it provides valuable insights into prevailing social attitudes and...

Birmingham's streets, roads and lanes are an absorbing aspect of our history. They call out to us about long dead landowners, notable figures from the history of England, Brummies long forgotten, farms that have been swept away by the outpouring of our...

This book challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repressionand looks at its wider role as an educative force in society. A reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition...

Behind the facade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end,...

A history of Acocks GreenBook InformationISBN 9780752410395Author Michael ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

Why must we believe that God is dead? Can we accept that traditional morality is just a 'useful mistake'? Did the principle of 'the will to power' lead to the Holocaust? What are the limitations of scientific knowledge? Is human evolution complete or...

A Century of Lowestoft offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of Lowestoft's recent history are...

Country houses and the British empire, 1700-1930 assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the Empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Using sources from over fifty British and Irish archives, it enables readers...

In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to defend the indefensible. From the marketing of a 'make do and mend' aesthetic to the growing nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed, a cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335255Author K. R. BogleFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle. Will appeal to a...

A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830829705Author Gwenfair Walter AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 668Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 1412gDimensions(mm) 262mm *...

Presbyterianism and the governance of the Church of Scotland at the turn of the eighteenth century Examines church and civil records available in Stirling Archives and the National Records of Scotland, as well as memoirs, letters and diaries ...

A detailed examination of the patronage rights exerted over the church by the nobility, illuminating the complex network of relationships between them, the Church, and the clergy. While there has been work on the nobility as patrons of monasteries,...

'Deeply researched and well-written' - Financial TimesIn the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had begun to face a daunting array of social, commercial and political...