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The Discovery of Dartmoor: A Wild and Wondrous Region by Pat Milton 9781860774010
RRP: €22.60€17.52Early visitors to Dartmoor, that great granite mass dominating the centre of Devonshire, usually complained about its climate, agreeing that 'this one thinge is to be observed that all the yere through out commonly it rayneth or it is fowle wether in... -
The Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 Martin O'Donoghue 9781789620306
€139.40Winner of the 2021 National University of Ireland's Publication Prize in Irish History.Highly Commended, 2020 British Association for Irish Studies Book prize.This book provides the first detailed analysis of the influence of former Irish Parliamentary... -
God's Peace and King's Peace: The Laws of Edward the Confessor by Bruce R. O'Brien
RRP: €69.02€60.18Sometime before the middle of the twelfth century, an anonymous English writer composed the Leges Edwardi, a treatise purporting to contain the laws that had been in force under the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), cousin of William the... -
The Invention of the Colonial Americas: Data, Architecture, and the Archive of the Indies, 1781-1844 Byron Ellsworth Hamann 9781606067734
RRP: €59.50€49.56The Invention of the Colonial Americas is an architectural history and media-archaeological study of changing theories and practices of government archives in Enlightenment Spain. It centers on an archive created in Seville for storing Spain's pre-1760... -
More Tales from the East Riding by Martin Limon
RRP: €15.46€11.45This second volume in the Tales of the East Riding series features more intriguing characters and remarkable events from around the area.About the AuthorMartin Limon lives in Beverley and has been a journalist and writer for many years.Book... -
The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres by Lambert of Ardres
RRP: €28.55€24.80The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres, a work made famous by Georges Duby, now appears in an expert translation by Leah Shopkow. Consisting of 154 surviving chapters, Lambert's chronicle is just one of many local genealogies produced in... -
Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance by Catherine M. Mooney 9780812225075
RRP: €33.31€28.73In a work based on a meticulous analysis of sources, many of them previously unexplored, Catherine M. Mooney upends the received account of Clare of Assisi's founding of the Order of San Damiano, or Poor Clares. Mooney offers instead a stark... -
Next Year Will be Better: A Memoir of the 1950s by John Lucas 9781905512911
RRP: €17.84€15.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905512911Author John LucasFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages by Dyan Elliott 9780691118604
RRP: €53.55€42.03Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented... -
A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the "Kon-Tiki" Expedition by Axel Andersson 9781906165314
RRP: €38.68€34.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906165314Author Axel AnderssonFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Peter Lang LtdPublisher Peter Lang LtdWeight(grams) 650g -
The Population of Britain in the Nineteenth Century by Robert Woods
RRP: €28.55€19.25This book provides a clear interpretation of the causes of demographic change in the nineteenth century. This critical period followed the demise of the old pre-industrial population regime (often associated with Malthus's Principle of Population) and... -
Paris in the Middle Ages by Simone Roux
RRP: €28.55€27.95Paris in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from the encompassing wall, it was Europe's largest, most cosmopolitan city. Simone Roux chronicles the lives of Parisians... -
Frisians of the Early Middle Ages by John Hines
RRP: €130.90€124.64Multi-disciplinary approaches shed fresh light on the Frisian people and their changing cultures. Frisian is a name that came to be identified with one of the territorially expansive, Germanic-speaking peoples of the Early Middle Ages, occupying... -
782 Gear: United States Marine Corps Field Gear and Equipment of World War II by Harlan Glenn 9780764333552
RRP: €97.57€62.69This new book is the companion volume to Glenn's 2006 "United States Marine Corps Uniforms, Insignia, and Personal Items of World War II" (see page 57 of this catalog). With numerous rare and never before published war time photographs, "782 Gear" is the... -
<I>La Parisienne</i> in Cinema: Between Art and Life by Felicity Chaplin
RRP: €29.75€21.32Chic, sophisticated, seductive and enigmatic, the Parisienne possesses a je ne sais quoi that makes her difficult to define. But who or what is the Parisienne, and how is she depicted in cinema? The first book-length study on the subject combines... -
Holocaust Consciousness in Contemporary Britain by Andy Pearce
RRP: €52.35€46.22The Holocaust is a pervasive presence in British culture and society. Schools have been legally required to deliver Holocaust education, the government helps to fund student visits to Auschwitz, the Imperial War Museum's permanent Holocaust Exhibition... -
A Century of Romford: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Brian Evans
RRP: €11.89€8.98A Century of Romford 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 Romford's recent history are covered,... -
The Magician, the Witch, and the Law by Edward Peters
RRP: €23.79€20.87In the early Middle Ages, magic was considered a practical science, requiring study and skill. But as European society became more articulate and self-conscious, the old tradition of magic as a science became associated with heresy and sorcery... -
The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain by Nicholas Popper 9780226825953
RRP: €95.20€79.27An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter... -
A Century of Carlisle: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by Charlie Emett
RRP: €17.84€13.74A Century of Carlisle 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 Carlisle's recent history are... -
Henry II: New Interpretations by Christopher Harper-Bill
RRP: €130.90€101.57Survey of the reign of Henry II, offering a range of new evaluations and interpretations. Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court... -
Crime & Criminals of Victorian London by Adrian Gray
RRP: €20.22€15.87In this comprehensive work, familiar Dickensian themes of grisly murders and ragged street urchins are joined by other dramatic cases, which show patterns of crime and illustrate the causes and effects of changes in criminal law. The author shows how... -
The Great British Christmas by Maria Hubert
RRP: €11.89€8.98What does Christmas mean to you? From cake to crackers, trees to turkey and stockings to Santa Claus, The Great British Christmas explores Christmas past and the origins of the traditions we hold dear today. This delightful anthology includes the legend... -
Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy: Ethical and Political Themes in the Essais by David Quint 9780691603025
RRP: €35.70€27.72In a fresh reading of Montaigne's Essais, David Quint portrays the great Renaissance writer as both a literary man and a deeply engaged political thinker concerned with the ethical basis of society and civil discourse. From the first essay, Montaigne... -
Whose Mission, Whose Orders?: British Civil-Military Command and Control in Northern Ireland, 1968-1974 by David A. Charters
RRP: €40.46€36.05The 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the conflict in Northern Ireland left intriguing questions unanswered: who made the crucial decisions about the use of the British Army during the Troubles - the politicians or the generals? And how did these... -
Edward III and the War at Sea - The English Navy, 1327-1377 by Graham Cushway 9781843836216
RRP: €95.20€91.64The story of the war at sea in the reign of Edward III, including the important sea battles, and an analysis of the development of the English navy in the period. This book describes naval warfare during the opening phase of the Hundred Years War, a... -
The Jews of East Central Europe between the World Wars by Ezra Mendelsohn
RRP: €24.98€21.86" . . . a carefully crafted and important book . . . a first-class contribution to the literature on modern Europe." -American Historical Review" . . . valuable . . . the first historical work to attempt a 'synthetic sketch' of the problems indicated in... -
San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church by Robert W. Gaston
RRP: €99.90€82.42This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. Brunelleschi's rebuilt Basilica, the center of... -
Golden Moments of Paris: A Guide to the Paris of the 1920s by John Baxter
RRP: €20.22€15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984633470Author John BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Museyon GuidesPublisher Museyon Guides -
Challenges to Authority: The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry, Volume 3 Peter Elmer 9780300082203
€26.99The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by developments in various other spheres of early modern life and culture. Foremost among these were the religious changes initiated by the Protestant Reformation, which are discussed in the... -
Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction by Elleke Boehmer 9780198184454
€51.47Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920 explores the political co-operations and textual connections which linked anti-colonial, nationalist, and modernist groups and individuals in the empire in the years 1890-1920. By developing the key... -
Terror within: Terrorism and the Dream of a British Republic by Clive Bloom
RRP: €23.80€18.37We live in an age of terrorism and like to think that the United Kingdom is a reasonably peaceful place, largely untroubled by the atrocity committed by foreign fanatics. This book throws light on the links between English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh... -
Revolution in Bavaria, 1918-1919: The Eisner Regime and the Soviet Republic by Allan Mitchell
RRP: €53.55€42.03The tangled affairs in Bavaria at the close of World War I constitute a unique and important part of the early Weimar Republic. This study of the 1918 revolution, based on archival sources such as cabinet protocols and bureaucratic records, traces in... -
A History of Shropshire: VI.i. Shrewsbury: General History and Topography W.A. Champion 9781904356424
RRP: €113.05€109.81Comprehensive survey of the history of Shrewsbury. This volume examines the county town of Shrewsbury, which boasts a largely unaltered medieval street plan, and over 600 listed buildings, including some of the finest timber-framed buildings in... -
The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France by Ethan B. Katz
RRP: €33.26€26.36Winner of the J. Russell Major Prize, American Historical Association Winner of the David H. Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies Winner of the JDC-Herbert Katzki Award, National Jewish Book AwardsWinner of the American Library in Paris... -
Sicily and the Enlightenment: The World of Domenico Caracciolo, Thinker and Reformer by Angus Campbell 9781784535759
RRP: €53.55€53.53Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the 18th-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge... -
Wills and Testaments in Medieval England from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century by Robert A. Wood
RRP: €33.92€27.38This volume explores the will-making process in late medieval England for all levels of society. Wills are some of the most studied records of the late Middle Ages and capture the evidence of what people owned and the patterns of family relationships... -
Forging a Multinational State: State Making in Imperial Austria from the Enlightenment to the First World War by John Deak
RRP: €73.78€63.74The Habsburg Monarchy ruled over approximately one-third of Europe for almost 150 years. Previous books on the Habsburg Empire emphasize its slow decline in the face of the growth of neighboring nation-states. John Deak, instead, argues that the state... -
The Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis by Caroline Sharples
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187929Author Caroline SharplesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
Power and Justice in Medieval England: The Law of Patronage and the Royal Courts by Joshua C. Tate
€54.00How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law Appointing a parson to the local church following a vacancy-an "advowson"-was one of the most important rights in medieval England. The king, the monasteries, and local...