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Between the Devil and the Host
Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland
Häftad, 2024
406 kr
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Outside the imagination, witches don't exist. But in Poland and in Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, people imagined their neighbours to be witches, with tragic results. For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how …
Italy and Early Medieval Europe
Papers for Chris Wickham
Av Ross Balzaretti, Julia Barrow m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
608 kr
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This volume represents a comprehensive survey of recent work in medieval Italian history and archaeology by an international cast of contributors, arranged within a broader context of studies on other regions and major historical transitions in Europe, c.400 to c.1400 ce. Each of the contributors …
Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England
Secular and Monastic Households
Inbunden, 2024
1157 kr
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In the early Middle Ages, the conversion of the early English kingdoms acted as a catalyst for significant social and cultural change. One of the most visible of these changes was the introduction of a new type of household: the monastic household. These reproduced through education and training, …
The Talk of the Town
Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland
Av Carla Roth
Inbunden, 2022
1432 kr
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The Talk of the Town explores everyday communication in a sixteenth-century small town and the role it played in the circulation of information across and within early modern communities. It does so through the lens of the St Gall linen trader Johannes Rütiner (1501-1556/7) and his notebooks, the …
Smell in Eighteenth-Century England
A Social Sense
Häftad, 2021
477 kr
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In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. The role of smell in developing medical and scientific knowledge came under intense scrutiny, and the equation of smell with disease was actively questioned. Yet a new interest in smell's …
Economies of Banditry in the Late Ottoman Empire
Inbunden, 2026
1534 kr
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Throughout the reign of Sultan Selîm III (1789-1807), Ottoman officials complained about the destruction of a notorious criminal named Kara Feyzî and thousands of his followers: they pillaged, slaughtered, and burned down communities throughout the Balkans. But these public complaints often …
The Politics of Reproduction
Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition
Häftad, 2022
477 kr
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Many British politicians, planters, and doctors attempted to exploit the fertility of Afro-Caribbean women's bodies in order to ensure the economic success of the British Empire during the age of abolition. Abolitionist reformers hoped that a homegrown labor force would end the need for the …
Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850: Narratives and Representations
A collection to honour Paul Slack
Av Michael J. Braddick, Joanna Innes
Häftad, 2022
477 kr
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Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850 pays tribute to one of the leading historians working on early modern England, Paul Slack, and his work as a historian, and enters into discussion with the rapidly growing body of work on the 'history of emotions'. The themes of suffering and happiness …
The Society of Prisoners
Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century
Häftad, 2022
477 kr
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In the eighteenth century, as wars between Britain, France, and their allies raged across the world, hundreds of thousands of people were captured, detained, or exchanged. They were shipped across oceans, marched across continents, or held in an indeterminate limbo. The Society of Prisoners …
Remembering the Wars of Religion
Conflict and Coexistence in Early Modern France
Inbunden, 2026
1300 kr
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In the aftermath of civil war, often the most daunting task is to reconcile former opponents who continue to demand justice--or even vengeance--for wartime suffering. Remembering the Wars of Religion offers a historical perspective on the painful legacy of civil war by focusing on memories of …
Queen Boudica and Historical Culture in Britain
An Image of Truth
Häftad, 2026
393 kr
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This book takes an innovative approach to the study of the past in the past. It seeks to understand history, not as a discipline or profession, but as a cultural phenomenon. Spanning the early-modern and modern pasts, this book focuses on the posthumous reputation of the ancient warrior queen …
The Revolution in Time
Chronology, Modernity, and 1688-1689 in England
Av Tony Claydon
Häftad, 2026
458 kr
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The Revolution in Time explores the idea that people in Western Europe changed the way they thought about the concept of time over the early modern period, by examining reactions to the 1688-1689 revolution in England. The study examines how those who lived through the extraordinary collapse of …
Inferior Politics
Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Av Joanna Innes
Inbunden, 2009
2450 kr
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Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation nonetheless-and provided a forum for debate even when it was impossible to mobilise consensus behind any …
Inventing the Way of the Samurai
Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan
Av Oleg Benesch
Inbunden, 2014
1953 kr
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Inventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the 'way of the samurai' - bushidō - which is popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the 'soul of Japan'. Rather than a continuation of ancient traditions, however, bushidō developed from a …
West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba
Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844
Inbunden, 2014
2941 kr
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West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba seeks to explain how a series of historical events that occurred in West Africa from the mid-1790s - including Afonja's rebellion, the Owu wars, the Fulani-led jihad, and the migrations to Egbaland - had an impact upon life in cities and plantations in western …
The Society of Prisoners
Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century
Inbunden, 2019
2564 kr
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In the eighteenth century, as wars between Britain, France, and their allies raged across the world, hundreds of thousands of people were captured, detained, or exchanged. They were shipped across oceans, marched across continents, or held in an indeterminate limbo. The Society of Prisoners …
Malleable Anatomies
Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy
Av Lucia Dacome
Inbunden, 2017
2108 kr
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Malleable Anatomies offers an account of the early stages of the practice of anatomical modelling in mid-eighteenth-century Italy. It investigates the 'mania' for anatomical displays that swept the Italian peninsula, and traces the fashioning of anatomical models as important social, cultural, and …
Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850: Narratives and Representations
A collection to honour Paul Slack
Av Michael J. Braddick, Michael J. Braddick m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2258 kr
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Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850 pays tribute to one of the leading historians working on early modern England, Paul Slack, and his work as a historian, and enters into discussion with the rapidly growing body of work on the 'history of emotions'. The themes of suffering and happiness …
Inventing the Way of the Samurai
Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan
Av Oleg Benesch
Häftad, 2016
712 kr
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Inventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the 'way of the samurai' - bushidō - which is popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the 'soul of Japan'. Rather than a continuation of ancient traditions, however, bushidō developed from a …
West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba
Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844
Häftad, 2016
653 kr
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West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba seeks to explain how a series of historical events that occurred in West Africa from the mid-1790s - including Afonja's rebellion, the Owu wars, the Fulani-led jihad, and the migrations to Egbaland - had an impact upon life in cities and plantations in western …
Islam and the European Empires
Häftad, 2016
520 kr
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At the height of the imperial age, European powers ruled over most parts of the Islamic world. The British, French, Russian, and Dutch empires each governed more Muslims than any independent Muslim state. European officials believed Islam to be of great political significance, and were quite …
Status Interaction during the Reign of Louis XIV
Häftad, 2016
639 kr
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Who preceded whom? Who wore what? Which form of address should one use? One of the most striking aspects of the early modern period is the crucial significance that contemporaries ascribed to such questions. In this hierarchical world, status symbols did not simply mirror a pre-defined social and …
Italy and Early Medieval Europe
Papers for Chris Wickham
Av Ross Balzaretti, Ross Balzaretti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2633 kr
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A comprehensive survey of recent work in Medieval Italian history and archaeology by an international cast of contributors, arranged within a broader context of studies on other regions and major historical transitions in Europe, c.400 to c.1400CE. Each of the contributors reflect on the …
The Politics of Reproduction
Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition
Inbunden, 2017
1733 kr
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Many British politicians, planters, and doctors attempted to exploit the fertility of Afro-Caribbean women's bodies in order to ensure the economic success of the British Empire during the age of abolition. Abolitionist reformers hoped that a homegrown labor force would end the need for the …
Pierre de L'Estoile and his World in the Wars of Religion
Av Tom Hamilton
Inbunden, 2017
1754 kr
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The Wars of Religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late sixteenth century. When historians interpret these events they inevitably depend on sources of information gathered by contemporaries, none more valuable than the diaries and collection of Pierre de …
Class, Politics, and the Decline of Deference in England, 1968-2000
Av Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite
Inbunden, 2018
1998 kr
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In late twentieth-century England, inequality was rocketing, yet some have suggested that the politics of class was declining in significance, while others argue that class identities lost little power. Neither interpretation is satisfactory: class remained important to 'ordinary' people's …
Queen Boudica and Historical Culture in Britain
An Image of Truth
Inbunden, 2018
1903 kr
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Taking a long chronological view and a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary approach, this is an innovative and distinctive book. It is the definitive work on the posthumous reputation of the ever-popular warrior queen of the Iceni, Queen Boadicea/Boudica, exploring her presence in British historical …
The Revolution in Time
Chronology, Modernity, and 1688-1689 in England
Av Tony Claydon
Inbunden, 2020
1950 kr
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The Revolution in Time explores the idea that people in Western Europe changed the way they thought about the concept of time over the early modern period, by examining reactions to the 1688-1689 revolution in England. The study examines how those who lived through the extraordinary collapse of …
Smell in Eighteenth-Century England
A Social Sense
Inbunden, 2019
1516 kr
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In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. The role of smell in developing medical and scientific knowledge came under intense scrutiny, and the equation of smell with disease was actively questioned. Yet a new interest in smell's …
Body and Tradition in Nineteenth-Century France
Félix Arnaudin and the Moorlands of Gascony, 1870-1914
Inbunden, 2019
1733 kr
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The moorlands of Gascony are often considered one of the most dramatic examples of top-down rural modernization in nineteenth-century Europe. From an area of open moors, they were transformed in one generation into the largest man-made forest in Europe. Body and Tradition in Nineteenth-Century …
