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The medieval history of the Romanians in the Hungarian kingdom still represents one of the most delicate subjects in European history. This book is the product of more than thirty years of research, and thus provides new and balanced insights into that history,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-19
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This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-19
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How has Britain understood the Holocaust? This interdisciplinary volume explores popular narratives of the Second World War and cultural representations of the Holocaust from the Nuremberg trials of 1945-6, to the establishment of a national memorial day by the start of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-19
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This is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from international scholars concerned with examining the British experience of Empire since the eighteenth century. It considers themes such as national identity, modernity, culture, social class, diplomacy,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Awarded Honorable Mention for the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award
In nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, the Jewish-run tavern was often the center of leisure, hospitality, business, and even religious festivities. This unusual situation came about because the nobles who...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-11-18
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Every year over 5000 royal engagements take place around the world, from the Queen's famous summer garden parties to the mysterious world of the Privy Council and high-profile overseas tours. But little is widely known about the inner workings of the institution that...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2013-11-18
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Der Berliner Kongress 1878 sprach Österreich-Ungarn das Recht zur Besetzung Bosnien-Herzegowinas und eine Truppenpräsenz im Sandžak Novipazar zu. Aufgaben waren die Sicherstellung von Ruhe und Ordnung gemeinsam mit den Autoritäten des Osmanischen Reiches und die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-15
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Die Napoleonischen Kriege von 1805 bis 1814 stellten die Menschen in Deutschland nicht nur aufgrund von Kriegsbelastungen, sondern auch hinsichtlich gesellschaftlicher, politischer und wirtschaftlicher Veränderungen vor neue Herausforderungen. Das Buch untersucht diese...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-15
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Kriston R. Rennie examines the origins and development of medieval papal representation by exploring the legate's wider historical, legal, diplomatic, and administrative impact on medieval European law and society. This critical study is key to understanding the growth...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-15
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Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this volume argues that although the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are often understood as laying the foundations for total war, many eyewitnesses continued to draw upon older interpretative frameworks to make sense of the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-31
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In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate blood levels in the body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-31
Collection :
Genders and Sexualities in History
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This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-31
Collection :
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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The claim that the Bible was 'the Christian's only rule of faith and practice' has been fundamental to Protestant dissent. Dissenters first braved persecution and then justified their adversarial status in British society with the claim that they alone remained true to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-10-31
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This collection of essays looks at Anglo-French relations from the Second World War to the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government in a new light, focusing on the work of Britain's ambassadors to France. In particular, it looks at moves towards deeper European...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-29
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Some of the most popular works of nineteenth-century music were labeled either "Hungarian" or "Gypsy" in style, including many of the best-known and least-respected of Liszt's compositions. In the early twentieth century, Béla Bartók and his colleagues questioned not...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-25
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A comprehensible and accessible portrait of the various 'languages' which shaped public life in nineteenth century Britain, covering key themes such as governance, statesmanship, patriotism, economics, religion, democracy, women's suffrage, Ireland and India.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-24
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York was one of the most important cities in medieval England. This original study traces the development of the city from the Norman Conquest to the Black Death. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries are a neglected period in the history of English towns, and this study...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-10-24
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'Standard kit for anyone visiting the city' Guardian 'Rich and eventful ... a book that easily fuses large cultural trends with intimately personal stories' New York Times'The story of a great city that has shaped the soul of the world. Masterful reporting, vivid...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Book Group
Parution :
2013-10-22
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Drawing on interviews with key players and previously unused archival sources, this book offers a fascinating account of a critical period in Fine Gael's history when the party was challenged to define its place in Irish politics.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-15
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It is usually claimed that serfs were oppressed and unfree, but is this assumption true? Freedom's Price, building on a new reading of archival material, attempts a fundamental re-appraisal of the continuing orthodoxy that a 'serf' economy embodied peasant exploitation....
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-10-10
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