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Book SynopsisJeanne III d'Albret (1528-1572), queen of Navarre, is a subject of great controversy and fascination, yet only two modern monographs have been written about her, and both are general biographies. This book fills the gap for scholars by concentrating on Jeanne's leading role during the Wars of Religion in the vast territory of Guyenne in southwestern France. Part One, 'The Promised Land', portrays the growth of Protestantism in Guyenne, the rise of the Albret dynasty, and Jeanne's evangelisation. In part Two, 'Exodus', Queen Jeanne emerges as a Huguenot war leader in the attempt, shown in Part Three, 'Sanctuary', to create a Protestant Guyenne by force of arms. The book makes extensive use of contemporary sources, including unpublished diplomatic and military dispatches, and a controversial collection of copies of Jeanne's private correspondence.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction PART I. THE PROMISED LAND 1. The Land of Aquitaine or Guyenne 2. The House of Albret 3. The Evangelising of Jeanne, 1555-1560 PART II. EXODUS 4. ‘Christ is Risen Again in Aquitaine’: The Politicising of Jeanne, 1561-1567 5. The Road to La Rochelle: ‘The God of Armies will sustain his so just and good cause’: Jeanne Militant, 1568 PART III. SANCTUARY 6. Journey to the End of Night: The Great Retreat, 1569-1570 7. To the City of Blood, 1570-1572 Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a biography of Pope Innocent III. Avoiding the many scholarly controversies concerning the pope, it offers a concise and balanced portrait of the man and his pontificate. Its chronological organization-unusual in biographies of Innocent-enables the reader to see how the pope was usually dealing with many different subjects at the same time, and that the events in one aspect of his life could influence his views of other topics. This structure, together with the thorough documentation, can provide new insights even for scholars well-versed in his pontificate. Written in clear, jargon-free English, the book also gives the students and general reader a good sense of this pope and of the medieval papacy.Table of Contents1: Lotario dei Conti of Segni 2: The Beginning 3: The Great Princes (1198 to 1200) 4: Curia and City (1200-1203) 5: The Fourth Crusade (1203-1204) 6: Jews and Heretics (1205-1207) 7: Defense of the Church (1207-1212) 8: Renewal (1212-1214) 9: Council and Crusade (1215) 10: The End (1215-1216)

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Book SynopsisRichard Müller, a leading figure of the German Revolution in 1918, is unknown today. As the operator and unionist who represented Berlin’s metalworkers, he was main organiser of the ‘Revolutionary Stewards’, a clandestine network that organised a series of mass strikes between 1916 and 1918. With strong support in the factories, the Revolutionary Stewards were the driving force of the Revolution. By telling Müller's story, this study gives a very different account of the revolutionary birth of the Weimar Republic. Using new archival sources and abandoning the traditional focus on the history of political parties, Ralf Hoffrogge zooms in on working class politics on the shop floor and its contribution to social change. First published in German by Karl Dietz Verlag as Richard Müller - Der Mann hinter der November Revolution, Berlin, 2008, this english edition was completerly revised for the english speaking audience and contains new sources and recent literature.Trade Review"[Ralf Hoffrogge's] biography of Richard Müller is [...] far removed from the old fashioned “great-men-make-history” interpretation of high-political notoriety; instead, the political life of the protagonist is firmly located within the dynamics of a mass-based social movement “from below.” As the author points out, the failures of the man derives from the failures of the movement. But we also learn a great deal about Richard Müller as a “forgotten revolutionary” and the Revolutionary Shop Stewards (RSS) as a “forgotten movement,” as well as why he was forgotten". - Norman LaPorte, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue”: Recent Literature in Communist Studies, in Moving the Social: Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements, Vol 55 (2016): pp. 120-123. "Hoffrogge’s biography differs from those written about revolutionary icons like Liebknecht or Luxemburg for very practical reasons. The latter were from middle-class backgrounds and used to writing letters and articles offering biographers insights into their political but also private lives. An ordinary worker like Müller did not leave comparable records. […] For a book that is not about Müller the great individual but about one worker as first among equals, this absence of detailed private records is actually quite apt. It reflects workers’ subordinate position in capitalist societies. What made these equals, the Revolutionary Shop Stewards, so interesting is that they had a capacity to mobilize rank-and-file workers in large numbers because, unlike many of the Spartacists, they worked alongside them and knew when they were ready for action, but also when they were hesitant, anxious, or subdued. Hoffrogge’s book is a first-rate invitation to think about a link between Richard Müller and the Revolutionary Shop Stewards and today’s still unfocused struggles against imperialist wars and capitalist exploitation." Ingo Schmidt, Coordinator of the Labour Studies Program at Athabasca University, in: WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, September 2015, Volume 18.3: 525-528. 霍夫拉格这本书的重要价值，在于揭示了社会主义运动中常被忽视的一个事 实，即工人阶级政党的理论如何才能被群众所接受。长久以来，在共产主义运动史 的撰写中，一方面强调革命领袖的重要作用，另一方面强调工人阶级的重要作用， 但二者之间的纽带是谁？理查德·穆勒的经历似乎给出了这一问题的答案。 马嘉鸿，当代世界社会主义问题·２０１６年第 ３期，119-122. (Ma Jiahong, Issues of Contemporary World Socialism, Sept 2016, issue 3, pp.119-122) "Ralf Hoffrogge is especially successfully in describing how a group of ordinary working men, who in no way began as revolutionaries but rather as trade unionists fighting to defend workers’ living standards, nonetheless built up the only network which was able to bring workers on and off the streets [...] during the revolutionary upheavals. He explores the complicated relationship between the Stewards and the various socialist political parties with great skill and discusses the emergence of a new kind of socialism amongst Müller and his colleagues, which did not focus on state power and centralisation but rather on grassroots democracy and workers’ control, sometimes known as council communism." Dick Geary, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Nottingham, UK "The merit of Hoffrogge’s contribution is a capacity to translate his extensive research into a wide-ranging historical analysis and narrative of the role of the Revolutionary Shop Stewards and Richard Müller. [...] In addition to the great historical importance of Hoffrogge’s work, the study of the subject will also play an important role for contemporary debates about the road to socialism." Dario Azzellini, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Linz, Austria "Ralf Hoffrogge has authored an invaluable addition to the literature of German radicalism by detailing the life of one of the key leaders of the Revolutionary Shop Stewards. Müller and his comrades provide an interesting contrast to more well known supporters of Social Democracy and Communism within the German workers’ movement." William A. Pelz, Director of the Institute of Working Class History, Chicago, USATable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Sisyphus of the Revolution: A Preface, Wolfgang Wippermann Author’s Preface 1 Introduction: A Forgotten Revolutionary The Politics of Historical Interpretation The Makers of the German Revolution 2 Background, Youth, and Early Union Activities: 1880-1913 From Farm to Factory Müller’s (Very) Private Life Fighting Taylorism with its Own Weapons Bureaucracy in the Service of Agitation 3 Opposition to the Burgfrieden: 1914-1918 ‘The Great Betrayal’ From Discipline to Opposition Early Ambiguities and their Price 4 The Revolutionary Shop Stewards and Political Mass Strikes: 1916-1918 The Stewards’ First Political Strike: Protesting Liebknecht’s Arrest Repression and the New Opposition Müller’s Arrest and the April Strike Marking Time under Repression Preparing for the January Strike: Rising Discontent and the Bolshevik Example The January 1918 Strike: Council Power Emerges The Politics of the Action Committee and the End of the January Strike Barth and Däumig lead in Müller’s Absence Müller’s Return 5 The German Revolution in Berlin, 1918 The Stewards and the Spartacists: A Tale of Two Styles Arming the Revolution Outbreak Council Power The State of the Revolution 6 Chairman of the Berlin Executive Council: 1918–1919 Conflict, Caution and Counter-revolution Loss of National Power 7 Richard Müller and the Council Movement: 1918–1919 The Council Movement in War and Revolution The First Council Congress and the Triumph of Parliamentarianism The Blocked Path to Socialism Berlin’s January Uprising Political Murder, Demoralisation, and the End of the Revolutionary Shop Stewards Theorising Council Socialism The March Strikes of 1919 After the Tumult 8 From Council Movement to Works Councils: 1919-1920 Council Ideal and Works Council Reality Leading the Left Opposition in the DMV Defeat at Nuremberg, Compromise in Stuttgart The Works Councils Act, Armed Conflict and Party Split DMV Political Divisions and the Works Council Centre The first Works Council Congress 1920 The State of the Revolution in 1920 9 From Council Socialism to Party Communism and Beyond: 1920-1924 The Leninist Model and the USPD Split The Communist Union Centre The Red International of Labour Unions Crisis in the Communist Party and the March Action of 1921 Post-March Crises and `Made in Moscow´ Resolution The Revelation Affair Müller, the unwanted Communist 10 Richard Müller as Historian of the German Revolution: 1923-1925 Müller’s Historiographical Approach Müller as Publisher 11 Footnotes and Suppression - Richard Müller’s Impact on Historiography The Millstones of Social Democracy and Marxism-Leninism Müller in East Germany Müller in West Germany 12 Break with Politics, Withdrawal into Private Life: 1925-1943 The DIV, the ‘Construction Issue’ and Union Fragmentation Müller as Landlord Drifting back to Social Democracy? Returning to Obscurity 13 Conclusion: The Darkness of History Bibliography 1. Printed Sources 2. Literature About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisIn Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik, Barbara Allen recounts the political formation and positions of Russian Communist and trade unionist, Alexander Shlyapnikov. As leader of the Workers’ Opposition (1919–21), Shlyapnikov called for trade unions to realise workers’ mastery over the economy. Despite defeat, he continued to advocate distinct views on the Soviet socialist project that provide a counterpoint to Stalin’s vision. Arrested during the Great Terror, he refused to confess to charges he thought illogical and unsupported by evidence. Unlike the standard historical and literary depiction of the Old Bolshevik, Shlyapnikov contested Stalin's and the NKVD's construct of the ideal party member. Allen conducted extensive research in archives of the Soviet Communist party and secret police. Listen to SRB Podcast's episode on Alexander Shlyapnikov: An Old Working Class Bolshevik featuring Barbara Allen.Trade ReviewListen to SRB Podcast's episode on Alexander Shlyapnikov: An Old Working Class Bolshevik featuring Barbara Allen. "Shlyapnikov’s life journey, as narrated in this well-written, well-balanced, and superbly researched monograph, enriches our understanding of Russian and, especially, Soviet political culture. Barbara C. Allen has met the challenge of transforming a rather tragic story into a beautiful book – an example of life-writing at its best!" — J.-Guy Lalande (St. Francis Xavier University), Labour / Le Travail, Issue 80, Fall 2017, pp. 356-358 "Drawing on a vast body of previously untapped archival sources, including top secret FSB files, Barbara Allen presents a nuanced, insightful, and compelling portrait of the leading worker-Bolshevik, Alexander Shlyapnikov, and of the time in which he lived. Her highly readable study is vital for all those seriously interested in the Russian revolution and the fate of the Russian labor movement under Lenin and Stalin.” — Alexander Rabinowitch, The Bolsheviks Come to Power "This biography of a Bolshevik worker–intellectual provides a vivid alternative to the common focus on the party’s best-known leaders, and insight into Bolshevik political culture, internal debates and all." —China Miéville, October "Barbara Allen has given us a fascinating perspective on the Russian Revolution, showing its strengths and weaknesses through the remarkable but ultimately tragic story of a Bolshevik worker-intellectual." —Ian Birchall, Revolutionary Socialism For the 21st Century "Drawing on material from seven archives, five in Russia and two in the United States, as well as extensive conversations with the Shlyapnikov family, Barbara Allen has provided the definitive biography of Alexander Shlyapnikov and made a lasting contribution to Soviet history in its first two decades. [...] a must for scholars in the field and is highly recommended for graduate students who will find the chapter introductions and conclusions an excellent guide to a complex and thorough work." — Alexis E. Pogorelskin, University of Minnesota-Duluth, forthcoming in the journal Canadian Slavonic Papers (2016) "Die Biographie ist eine exemplarische Studie über den Aufstieg und Fall einer Personengruppe, die gemeinhin unter dem Begriff „Altbolschewiki“ subsumiert wird. Schljapnikow steht stellvertretend für eine Generation von russischen Revolutionären, die im späten Zarenreich aufwuchsen und sozialisiert wurden, während der Revolution von 1917 an die Macht gelangten und im Bürgerkrieg obsiegten, nur um nach Lenins Tod allmählich ins Abseits gedrängt und später von Stalin vernichtet zu werden. Schljapnikows Lebensweg besitzt ein Veranschaulichungs- und Erklärungspotential, das zum besseren Verständnis überindividueller historischer Prozesse und Phänomene beitragen kann. Barbara Allen hat den biographischen Ansatz vorbildlich angewendet. Ihr durchweg gut lesbares Buch sollte Osteuropahistorikerinnen und -historikern als Ermutigung dienen, der Biographie mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken." — Andreas Oberender, H-Soz-Kult, 12.11.2015Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1. From the Old Belief to Socialism 2. Emigration and the Revolutionary Underground 3. Organising Workers in the Revolutionary Year 1917 4. Labour Commissar 5. Defending Soviet Power and Unions in Civil War 6. The Workers’ Opposition and the Trade-Union Debate 7. Early NEP and the Trade Unions 8. Appeal of the 22 to the Communist International 9. Factional Politics in the NEP Era 10. Late NEP, Industrialisation and Renewed Repression 11. Purged from the Party 12. Exile, Arrest and Prison Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offer a biography of a key East Central European ruler, Vladislaus Henry, who ruled the Margraviate of Moravia from 1198 to 1222 and, in cooperation with his brother, King Přemysl Otakar I of Bohemia, was involved in the transformation of the Holy Roman Empire into a free union of Princes. The study also describes the successful modernisation of Moravia and Bohemia during the 13th century, and reflects on the beginnings of the politically emancipated community of the Moravians, which was defined by land values. The work thus draws attention to a previously overlooked dimension of the European Middle Ages, including the history of not only states and nations but also of lands.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations ix Abbreviations xxi Map xxiv 1 A Remote Mirror 1 2 An Heir 12 1 The Years of Fame and False Hopes 16 2 A Witness to a Dying Time 27 3 The First Man in the Duchy 45 3 The Margrave 61 1 The Epilogue of the Ducal Age 66 2 The Nuremberg Mission 80 3 Two Moravias 100 4 The December Agreement 112 5 From Hedwig to Heilwidis 134 4 The Land 141 1 The Ruler 145 2 The Governor 157 3 The Manager 168 4 The Founder 181 5 The Patron 205 5 Memory 223 1 Gerlach and the Others 227 2 The Gracious Duke 234 3 It Happened One Night 246 6 Legacy 254 1 From Margraves to a Margraviate 257 2 Transformation on the Periphery 277 3 The Making of Central Europe 284 Appendices 1 The Margraves of Moravia of the Přemyslid Period 297 2 Vladislaus’ Lineage 298 Bibliography 300 1 Sources 300 2 Literature 306 Index 337

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Book SynopsisNearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his place in history, and the contradictions, tensions and ambiguities not only in his personal and professional life but also at the heart of the colonial enterprise. Soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, Henri Gaden (1867-1939) lived for 45 years in West Africa. Faced with the chaos, insecurity and insanity of colonial existence, Gaden experienced a rich mosaic of human pain and passion, of curiosity and intellectual endeavour, of folly and failure.Trade Review'The book does not aim to simply reconstruct a conventional historical narrative of a life or of event as they unfold. It sheds light on the nature of the colonialism in West Africa. Through Gaden's experience we can see how colonialism imposes order and new types of organization on native affairs. Gaden does not act merely as a military officer and administrator. In Mauritania, he was revered as a man of learning, justice and honesty, and of immense culture stature amongst the Moors. He is a researcher and an ethnographer who seeks information from the indigenous, notices and writes down Africa's world. Overall, Dilley achieves its scope, to present us a rather unknown Africa through the optics of their protagonists.' Antonios Chaldeos in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, 24 (2015), pp. 482-485Table of ContentsTable of Contents Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Orthography Introduction A Funeral, Thursday, 14th December 1939 Chapter One. Gironde, Paris and Beyond Chapter Two. Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896 Interlude: Furlough in France I Chapter Three. On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899 Interlude: Furlough in France II Chapter Four. The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900-1903 Interlude: Furlough in France III Chapter Five. Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907 Interlude: Furlough in France IV Chapter Six. Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911 Interlude: Furlough in France V Chapter Seven. Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912-18 Chapter Eight. Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919-1927 Chapter Nine. The Monk of St Louis, 1927-1939 Index General Bibliography Bibliography of Henri Gaden's Published Works

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Book SynopsisHugo Grotius (1583-1645) is the most famous humanist scholar of the Dutch Golden Age. He wrote influential works on the laws of war and peace, Dutch history and the unification of the churches. His plea for a freedom of the seas in Mare liberum offered the Dutch East India Company a ready justification for the establishment of a trading empire in the East Indies. As far as his daily duties left him any spare time, he penned confidential, learned and beautifully-written letters. This voluminous correspondence offers a trove of information on Grotius’ life and works, and forms the basis of his newest biography which sketches a life caught in a fierce struggle for peace in Church and State.Trade ReviewAWARDS The Dutch version of this biography, Hugo de Groot, een leven in strijd om de vrede (Amsterdam: 2007) was awarded two literary prizes: the ‘Litteraire Witte Prijs’ by Sociëteit de Witte (The Hague) in 2008 and the ‘Henriëtte de Beaufort Prijs’ by the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Leiden) in 2010. ‘As a comprehensive study of the extensive life records of one of the major figures of late humanist intellectual, political and religious culture, it sets a daunting benchmark. […] this book […] can already be ranked alongside the best studies of the seventeenth-century republic of letters, and selections from it would serve as an outstanding introduction to late humanism for advanced undergraduates or graduate students.’ Nicholas Hardy (Trinity College), in: Journal of early modern history 20 (2016), pp 497-499. ‘this book is the standard that any future studies of Grotius must consult’ Keith D. Stanglin (Austin Graduate School of Theology), in: Church History and Religious Culture 96 (2016), pp. 208-209. ‘Nellen gives us a comprehensive and detailed biography of this complex and important figure. Originally published in Dutch, this English translation makes Grotius’s ideas and writings accessible and explicable to a wider audience. In particular, Nellen superbly explains the substance of the religious disputes that absorbed Protestants across Europe in the seventeenth century and elucidates their political dimensions both in the Netherlands and internationally. […] Anyone researching Grotius, Grotian ideas, and the early history of the Netherlands will find this an immensely useful work. Readers in other fields, principally the history of seventeenth-century religious conflicts in Europe and early modern political theory, will also find this a valuable source of information.’ Deborah Baumgold (University of Oregon), in: Renaissance Quarterly 69, No.1 (2016), pp. 315-316.Table of ContentsPreface ... xiii List of Illustrations ... xvi Notes on the Illustrations ... xx 1 INTRODUCTION ... 1 Hugo de Groot: A World-Famous Scholar ... 1 A Biography ... 2 Some Main Lines: A Troubled Triangular Relationship ... 7 Terminology ... 13 2 CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1583-99) ... 14 Ancestry ... 14 Grotius’ Earliest Childhood ... 24 Grotius as a Student ... 33 The French Journey (1598) ... 44 3 ON THE WAY TO ADULTHOOD (1599-1607) ... 53 Scholarly Activities, Relations with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ... 53 Leiden Friends: Heinsius, Meursius and Baudius ... 61 Grotius and Simon Stevin ... 67 ‘De republica emendanda’ ... 71 Advocate in The Hague; Relations with Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 73 The Bankruptcy of Jan de Groot ... 82 Family Life ... 88 4 ADVOCATE-FISCAL (1607-13) ... 91 De iure praedae as a Step towards the Advocate-Fiscalship ... 91 Grotius as Advocate-Fiscal ... 94 Maria van Reigersberch ... 97 Peace or Truce? ... 102 Mare liberum and De antiquitate ... 106 Administrative Duties ... 112 Relationship with the Stadholder Maurice ... 116 A Poem for Hendrik Delmanhorst ... 118 Leiden Friends: Scaliger, Baudius and Heinsius ... 120 5 A BUDDING POLITICIAN (1609-13) ... 124 The Troubles of the Truce Years ... 124 The Death of Jacobus Arminius ... 127 Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 133 Conradus Vorstius ... 136 Meletius ... 137 Leiden Friends: Petrus Bertius and Petrus Cunaeus ... 143 Political Complications (1611–13) ... 147 The English Journey (1613) ... 149 Discussions with the King and Other Great Men at the English Court ... 155 Return ... 162 6 PENSIONARY OF ROTTERDAM (1613-16) ... 165 The Pensionary’s Office as a Turning Point ... 165 The Appointment ... 167 Rotterdam ... 168 Family Life ... 170 Ordinum pietas ... 171 The Aftermath ... 177 Three Letters from 1614 ... 191 Political Career ... 199 7 AN INTELLECTUAL IN A TIME OF REVOLUTION (1616-18) ... 209 Political and Scholarly Activities ... 209 Adolphus Venator, A Hunter for the Truth ... 216 Hubbub in The Hague ... 220 Troublesome Missions: Oudewater and After ... 222 De satisfactione ... 232 De imperio circa sacra ... 239 English Connections ... 244 French Policy ... 249 The Approach of the National Synod ... 251 The Denouement ... 255 8 TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT (1618-21) ... 264 The Road to Arrest ... 264 Arrest and Imprisonment ... 268 The Trial ... 272 Loevestein ... 293 A Brother’s Services ... 298 The Escape ... 302 9 EXILE (1621-25) ... 313 Paris, A Refuge in a Turbulent World ... 313 Family Life ... 315 Grotius and the French Political Authorities ... 323 Developments in French Calvinism ... 330 Remonstrants in Exile ... 332 Disquisitio an pelagiana sint ... 335 Verantwoordingh ... 340 Grotius and Charenton ... 353 Introduction to the Learned World of Paris. The Cabinet Dupuy ... 355 The ‘fratres tergemini’ ... 363 De iure belli ac pacis ... 367 10 EXILE (1625-31) ... 380 The Change of Power in 1625 ... 380 Financial Uncertainties ... 387 Negotiations ... 392 Maria and Nicolaes van Reigersberch as Grotius’ Advocates ... 398 Exile in Practice. Grotius’ View of France ... 403 Contacts with French Arminians ... 409 A Troubled Relationship: Grotius and Daniel Heinsius ... 412 A New Friendship: Grotius and Claude Saumaise ... 416 An Old Friend: Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 418 De veritate and other Scholarly Publications ... 422 Plans for Return ... 437 11 INTERMEZZO IN HOLLAND (1631-32) ... 443 Unexpected Return ... 443 Amsterdam’s Hospitality ... 452 12 PASSING THROUGH HAMBURG: HESITATIONS AND UNCERTAINTIES (1632-34) ... 463 Hamburg: A Harbour of Refuge ... 463 Negotiations with Sweden ... 471 The Journey to Paris ... 477 Sophompaneas ... 478 13 FRICTION BETWEEN OFFICE, SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION: THE FIRST YEARS OF THE PARIS EMBASSY (1635-40) ... 486 Entree ... 486 Family Life ... 488 Grotius and John Selden ... 494 Learned Contacts ... 499 Philology: The Study of Antiquity in All Its Aspects ... 502 Grotius, Heinsius and Saumaise ... 506 The Question of Interest ... 514 Grotius and the Church of Charenton ... 517 Grotius and His Domestic Chaplain Brandan Daetri ... 524 Grotius and Socinianism ... 529 Nicolaes van Reigersberch in Debate with André Rivet ... 536 14 TOWARDS A FINAL BREACH WITH HOLLAND (1635-40) ... 541 The Diplomatic Task ... 541 The General Political Situation ... 544 Grotius’ Diplomatic Reporting ... 548 Grotius’ Relations with French Political Leaders ... 551 Grotius, William Laud and John Scudamore ... 556 Grotius and Peter Abel Schmalz ... 559 A Spoiled Relationship: Grotius and the Republic ... 563 Willem de Groot, Aspirant Pensionary ... 571 Reigersberch, Grotius and Petter Spiring Silvercrona ... 580 Once Again: The Relationship with Holland ... 586 Activities as a Publicist ... 587 15 DIPLOMACY AND EXEGESIS: THE PARIS EMBASSY (1640-44) ... 592 A New Address 592 The Cinq-Mars Affair and the Contacts with the Cabinet Dupuy 598 Grotius and the ‘Réunion des Eglises’ 602 De Antichristo 608 Printers in France and Holland 618 Grotius’ Exegesis 629 The Path to Rome 643 Grotius’ Position in the Learned World: A Homeless Intellectual 657 16 A DISAPPOINTED DIPLOMAT (1640-43) ... 661 Politics and Protocol ... 661 Hazards of the Embassy ... 669 The Swedish-Danish War ... 675 Controversy with Johan de Laet ... 683 A Brittle Friendship: Grotius and Claude Saumaise ... 690 A Long-drawn-out Controversy: Grotius and André Rivet ... 699 Contacts with the Vossii and Wtenbogaert ... 710 Final Verdict on the Paris Years ... 714 Departure from Paris ... 716 A Grass Widow ... 718 17 SWEDISH JOURNEY AND DEATH (1645) ... 720 Journey to the Republic ... 720 Grotius in Sweden ... 722 Departure from Sweden and Death at Rostock ... 725 18 ABUSE AND HONOUR ... 737 Posthumous Controversies ... 737 Grotius’ Influence in Later Centuries ... 750 19 EPILOGUE ... 759 BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 765 Manuscripts ... 765 Printed Sources, Reference Works, Abbreviations ... 765 Secondary Literature ... 776 Index of Personal Names and Works Written by Grotius ... 807 Illustration Section (colour)

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Book SynopsisIn this biography Nico J.G. Kaptein studies the life and times of Sayyid ʿUthman (1822-1914), the most prominent Muslim scholar of his era in the Netherlands East Indies. During his long career, he provided guidance to the Muslim community and from 1889 onwards simultaneously served the colonial government as advisor for Muslim affairs after the famous C. Snouck Hurgronje had engaged him. Based on an analysis of his writings, Kaptein focuses on the question of how Sayyid ʿUthman viewed the place of Islam in the colonial state and the many reactions this provoked, both nationally and internationally, e.g. from the Cairo-based reformist Rashid Rida. For an online exhibition on "Sayyid ʿUthman of Batavia (1822-1914): A Life in the Service of Islam and Colonial Rule", see: http://www.library.leiden.edu/special-collections/special/sayyid-uthman-exhibition-now-online.htmlTrade Review'This nicely conceived and clearly written account of Sayyid ‘Uthman’s life and times makes for a smooth and very informative read.' – Niels Mulder, in New Asia Books (2016).

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Book SynopsisIn A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey Gábor Kármán reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Harsányi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in exile, as well as a court councillor of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg not only sheds light upon the extraordinarily versatile career of this individual, but also on the variety of circles in which he lived. Gábor Kármán also gives the first historical analysis of Harsányi’s contribution to Turkish studies, the Colloquia Familiaria Turcico-latina (1672).Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Beginnings of an Ecclesiastical Career 2 In the Service of the Prince 3 Years of Turmoil 4 The Court Councillor of the Great Elector 5 The Bureaucrat and the Intellectual 6 Harsányi’s Changing Image of the Turks Conclusion Appendix 1 Known Copies of the Colloquia Appendix 2 A Glossary of Place Names from the Eastern Half of Europe Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Founding Father, Michael F. Lombardo provides the first critical biography of John J. Wynne, S.J. (1859-1948). One of the most prominent American Catholic intellectuals of the early twentieth century, Wynne was founding editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) and the Jesuit periodical America (1909), and served as vice-postulator for the canonization causes of the first American saints (the Jesuit Martyrs of North America) and Kateri Tekakwitha. Lombardo uses theological inculturation to explore the ways in which Wynne used his publications to negotiate American Catholic citizenship during the Progressive Era. He concludes that Wynne’s legacy was part of a flowering of early-twentieth century American Catholic intellectual thought that made him a key forerunner to the mid-century Catholic Revival.Trade Review“Michael Lombardo has done a great service by drawing attention to one of the many overlooked characters in the history of US Catholicism, one of the far too many unknown Catholics who made important contributions to the USA”. - James Grummer SJ, Rome, in: Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, Vol. 86, No. 171 (2017), pp. 237-240 “an important addition to Brill’s “Jesuit studies” series” - Patrick Hayes, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Philadelphia, in: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 104, No. 1 (Winter 2018), pp. 159-160 “In this fascinating book, Michael Lombardo brings renewed attention to Wynne’s life and career, situating him within the context of Progressive Era America and its tremendous transformations. […] It deserves attention from those interested in the history of Catholic thought and literary culture in the United States.” - Thomas Rzeznik, Seton Hall University, in: Jounal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2018), pp. 339-340 [DOI: ] “Lombardo’s monograph is a timely reminder of the delicate balancing act in which the American Catholic Church indulged in the years when its identity was still defined by mass immigration and of the role that churchmen like Wynne played in its development. It also serves as a corrective to accounts that continue to locate the origins of modern America Catholicism no earlier than the years immediately following the First World War.” - Jeremy Bonner, Durham University, in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 69, No. 4 (October 2018), pp. 911-912Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Progressive Era 2. Negotiating US Identity: Progressive Era Catholicism and National Unity 3. Ever Bright Light: John Joseph Wynne, S.J. (1859–1948) 4. The Guardian of Liberty 5. The Catholic Encyclopedia 6. America Conclusion: “Vir Deo conjunctus” Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Quest for Forbidden Lands: Nikolai Przhevalskii and his Followers on Inner Asian Tracks is a collection of biographical essays of outstanding Russian explorers of Inner Asia of the late nineteenth – early twentieth century, Nikolai Przhevalskii, Vsevolod Roborovskii, Mikhail Pevtsov, Petr Kozlov, Grigorii Grumm-Grzhimailo and Bronislav Grombchevskii, almost all senior army officers. Their expeditions were organized by the Imperial Russian Geographical Society with some assistance from the military department with a view of exploring and mapping the vast uncharted territories of Inner Asia, being the Western periphery of the Manchu-Chinese Empire. The journeys of these pioneers were a great success and gained world renown for their many discoveries and the valuable collections they brought from the region.Trade Review"[...] an extremely useful introduction to the broader place of Przhevalskii’s explorations [...] The Quest for Forbidden Lands admirably succeeds in its stated mission of introducing to a wider audience the influence of Przhevalskii on the expeditions of a range of scientists and geographers, while simultaneously placing his expeditions in a greater context. Seven maps of expeditions, along with countless pertinent drawings and photographs, richly enhance this volume." - Helen Hundley, Wichita State University, in: The Russian Review 78.2 (2019), p.340Table of ContentsContents Preface  Andreyev, M. Baskhanov, T. Yusupova Acknowledgements  Alexander Andreyev, Tatiana Yusupova List of Illustrations A Note on Transliteration, Terminology and Dates List of Abbreviations Introduction: Into Inner Asia, in Search for the Unknown: The Russian Explorations and Explorers of the Region  Alexander I. Andreyev  1 A Glimpse of History: Early Travelers in the ‘Forbidden Lands’ (From the 13th to the Mid-19th Century)  2 The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, P.P. Semenov, and the Onset of Exploration of Inner Asia  3 The IRGO – War Ministry Cooperation. The ‘Epic Era’ of Przhevalskii’s Expeditions  4 Exploration and the Great Game  5 Ethnographic Research and the ‘Imperial Visions’  6 The Final Stage of Explorations: The Academy of Sciences Taking the Lead  7 Some Concluding Remarks 1 Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii (1839–1888)  Alexander I. Andreyev 2 Mikhail Vasil’ievich Pevtsov (1843–1902)  Mikhail K. Baskhanov 3 Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovskii (1856–1910)  Alexander I. Andreyev 4 Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863–1935)  Alexander I. Andreyev, Tatiana I. Yusupova 5 Bronislav Liudvigovich Grombchevskii (1855–1926)  Mikhail K. Baskhanov 6 Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grzhimailo (1860–1936)  Tatiana I. Yusupova Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period, Vivian Strotmann provides a detailed reconstruction of the famous lexicographer’s and travelling scholar’s life and works. The ‘author of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ’ is widely known for his Arabic lexicon, which overshadows the astounding breadth of his writing. This polymathic aspect is elucidated through detailed reconstruction of al-Fīrūzābādī’s corpus, including examination of works that were considered lost and misapprehensions concerning ascriptions of authorship. Through minute analysis of biographical sources, the book shows al-Fīrūzābādī’s development as a scholar, his central role in the defence of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s teachings and thereby his importance as a powerful intellectual in Timurid times and for developments during the Early Modern Period.Trade Review"Strotmann provides a detailed exposition and discussion of al-Firuzabadi, evaluates the biographical information concerning his life, critically examines and highlights his work – unquestionably illuminating and helpful not only for Arabists, but generally for linguists and researchers in the area of biography. Strotmann’s is a work that attempts to reach beyond al-Firuzabadi as the author of the Qamus; she actually promises that this is a book leaving the reader with more questions than answers." - Stavros Nikolaidis, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 28 (2019) "... Strotmann's work represents the first monographic study on al-Fīrūzābādī and the most successful and comprehensive effort ever undertaken to create the complete portrait of this great Islamic scholar, encompassing his biography and oeuvre, his intellectual network of masters and students, his relationship with political power, and his religious thought, thus establishing itself as the essential reference for any future investigation on the man, his ideas, and his written work." - Giovanni Maria Martini, University of Bonn, in: Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015)Table of ContentsPreliminaries Acknowledgements Table of Transliteration Abbreviations List of Tables, Graphs, Photos, Maps and Texts 1. Introduction 2. Reports on a Scholar’s Life – Approaching the Sources 3. A Life’s Journey 3.1 Childhood and Youth (729/1329-745/1344): Kārizīn & Shīrāz 3.2 Travel and Teaching (745/1344-750/1350): From Wāsiṭ to Baghdād 3.3 Coming of Age (750/1350-759/1357(8)): The Damascene Decade 3.4 Further Travels & The Qāmūs (760/1358(9)-794/1392): Based in Makka 3.4.1 The Celebrated Qāmūs 3.4.2 Dating and Versions of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.4.3 Editorial Decisions 3.4.4 The Floods vs. the Crown of Language 3.5 En Route to Yemen (794/1392-796/1393(4)): Baghdād, Shīrāz, Hurmuz 3.6 Years of Allegiance (796/1393(4)-817/1415): Between Yemen and Mecca 3.6.1 Educational Power: Two madāris 3.6.2 Political Involvement: Declaring a khalīfa 3.6.2.1 An Abortive Opus: The Baṣāʾir 3.6.2.2 The Second Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ 3.6.3 Religious Dispute: Defending Ibn al-ʿArabī 4. A lughawī and More 4.1 Matters of Reputation 4.2 Oeuvre 4.2.1 Accepted Works 4.2.1.1 Adab 4.2.1.2 ʿAsal 4.2.1.3 Faḍāʾil 4.2.1.4 Fiqh /Kalām 4.2.1.5 Ḥadīth / Sīra nabawiyya 4.2.1.6 Lugha 4.2.1.7 Naḥw 4.2.1.8 Ṣalāt 4.2.1.9 Shiʿr 4.2.1.10 Tafsīr 4.2.1.11 Tarājim / ʿIlm al-rijāl 4.2.1.12 Tārīkh / Buldān 4.2.1.13 Taṣawwuf 4.2.2 Disputed and Doubtful Ascriptions 4.2.2.1 Unica 4.2.2.2 Authorship 4.3 Overview of Works 5. A Man on the Eve of the Early Modern Period 6. Summary Bibliography Works by al-Fīrūzābādī Manuscript Sources Printed Sources Internet Sources Appendix A Manuscript Source: al-Nuʿmānī’s Kitāb al-rawḍ al-ʿāṭir

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Book SynopsisThe lives of William Cavendish, first duke of Newcastle, and his family including, centrally, his second wife, Margaret Cavendish, are intimately bound up with the overarching story of seventeenth-century England: the violently negotiated changes in structures of power that constituted the Civil Wars, and the ensuing Commonwealth and Restoration of the monarchy. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and his Political, Social and Cultural Connections: Authority, Authorship and Aristocratic Identity in Seventeenth Century England brings together a series of interrelated essays that present William Cavendish, his family, household and connections as an aristocratic, royalist case study, relating the intellectual and political underpinnings and implications of their beliefs, actions and writings to wider cultural currents in England and mainland Europe.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Editors Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations I: Aristocratic Identity Adrian Woodhouse Setting the Scenes : the pre-Civil War building works of William Cavendish in context Elspeth Graham ‘An After-Game of Reputation’: Systems of Representation, William Cavendish and the Battle of Marston Moor Alison Findlay Flogging a Dead Horse?: Margaret Cavendish and the Pursuit of Authority Lisa Hopkins The Concealed Fancies and Cavendish Identity Malcolm Airs Courtly Rivalry: the Context for William Cavendish’s Equestrian Buildings II: Politics and Authority Tim Raylor Hobbes, the Cavendishes and the Science of Motion Lisa Sarasohn The Role of Honour in the Life of William Cavendish and the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes Andy Hopper William Cavendish as a Military Commander Madeline Dewhurst The Double-Edged Sword: William Cavendish’s Political Career in Exile, 1644-60 James Fitzmaurice Whimsy, Medieval Romance and the Court in the Life of William Cavendish III: Horsemanship, Authority and Identity Elaine Walker ‘The Epitome of Horsemanship’: William Cavendish’s Method ‘anatomized’ Monica Mattfeld Embodying ‘Bonne Homme a Cheval’: William Cavendish and the Politics of the Centaur Peter Edwards Manèging to survive: Horsemanship and the Rehabilitation of the Exiled William Cavendish Richard Nash William Cavendish: Riding School and Race-Track Karen Raber Cavendish’s Horsemanship Treatises and Cultural Capital Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisAtlantic Crossings in the Wake of Frederick Douglass takes its bearings from the Maryland-born former slave Frederick Douglass’s 1845 sojourn in Ireland and Britain—a voyage that is understood in editors Mark P. Leone and Lee M. Jenkins’ collection as paradigmatic of the crossings between American, African American, and Irish historical experience and culture with which the collection as a whole is concerned. In crossing the Atlantic, Douglass also completed his journey from slavery to freedom, and from political and cultural marginality into subjective and creative autonomy. Atlantic Crossings traces the stages of that journey in chapters on literature, archaeology, and spatial culture that consider both roots and routes—landscapes of New World slavery, subordination, and state-sponsored surveillance, and narratives of resistance, liberation, and intercultural exchange generated by transatlantic connectivities and the transnational transfer of ideas. Contributors Lee M. Jenkins, Mark P. Leone, Katie Ahern, Miranda Corcoran, Ann Coughlan, Kathryn H. Deeley, Adam Fracchia, Mary Furlong Minkoff, Tracy H. Jenkins, Dan O’Brien, Eoin O’Callaghan, Elizabeth Pruitt, Benjamin A. Skolnik and Stefan WoehlkeTrade Review"[...] all of the essays in the volume provide ideas for interpreting the past in new and revealing ways. Mark Leone, his coeditor, Lee Jenkins, and their authors have produced an important model for forging crossdisciplinary conversations and they accomplished this through an impressively collaborative approach, involving senior scholars, advanced graduate students, two disciplines, and two institutions." - Julia A. King (St. Mary’s College of Maryland), Historical Archeology 52, 2018, p. 506–508.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION : Frederick Douglass and the Transatlantic Classroom - MARK P. LEONE AND LEE M. JENKINS PART I: ROOTS AND ROUTES: SITES OF SLAVERY, PASSAGES TO FREEDOM 1. Transatlantic Roots: Cultural Uses of Plants at the Wye House Plantation - ELIZABETH PRUITT 2. Montpelier: The Making of an African-American Landscapes - STEFAN WOEHLKE 3. Between Freedom and Slavery: Understanding the Material Landscapes of Labour in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore and Texas, Maryland - ADAM FRACCHIA 4. Frederick Douglass, Arthur O’Connor, and the Columbian Orator - ANN COUGHLAN PART II: TRANSATLANTIC COMPARATIVES 5. Domestic Labour in Black and Green: Deciphering the Sensory Experiences of African-American and Irish Domestics Working in Alexandria, Virginia - MARY FURLONG MINKOFF 6. “A nice Catholic girl ruined by a dirty foreigner”: Foreign and Domestic Censorship in Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy - DAN O’BRIEN 7. Negative Space and Narrative Elision in Twentieth-Century Soviet and American Fiction: Towards a Transnational Aesthetic of Paranoid Representation - MIRANDA CORCORAN PART III: CREATING IDENTI TI ES 8. Allies and Intersections: Douglass, Archaeology, and the Knitting Together of Progressive Movements - TRACY H. JENKINS 9. William Faulkner, Whiteness, and the Transnational Short Story - EOIN O’CALLAGHAN 10. Who’s Who and How Can We Tell?: The Archaeology of Group Identity and Demonstrating Belonging in Nineteenth-Century African-American Annapolis - KATHRYN H. DEELEY 11. “I read them, over and over again, with an interest that was ever increasing”: Language and Education in Frederick Douglass and Anzia Yezierska - KATIE AHERN CODA An Eagle on Their Buttons: Frederick Douglass, Archaeology, and Ideology - BENJAMIN A. SKOLNIK Notes on the Contributors

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in French in 2004, Matei Cazacu’s Dracula remains the most authoritative scholarly biography of the Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler (1448, 1456-1462, 1476). Its core is an exhaustively researched reconstruction of Dracula’s life and political career, using original sources in more than nine languages. In addition Cazacu traces Dracula’s metamorphosis, at the hands of contemporary propagandists, into variously a bloodthirsty tyrant, and an early modern “great sovereign.” Beyond this Cazacu explores Dracula’s transformation into “the vampire prince” in literature, film and folklore, with surprising new discoveries on Bram Stoker’s sources for his novel. In this first English translation, the text and bibliography are updated, and readers are provided with an appendix of the key sources for Dracula’s life, in fresh and accurate English translations.Trade Review"This book is the new standard for Dracula studies. Summing Up: Essential." W. L. Urban, Monmoth College, in: CHOICE 55.6 (2018). "Bram Stoker’s iconic depiction of Dracula left a lasting mark on portrayals of vampires in popular culture. However, as Matei Cazacu outlines in his careful study of Vlad Tepes III (the Impaler), the biography of the Wallachian prince is far more complex and nuanced than the figure’s portrait in gothic fiction. In Stephen Reiner’s new edited version, which offers a clear, crisp translation of Cazacu’s French original with an updated bibliography, students and scholars alike will find edifying material on the history of Vlad III and the ways in which he appeared in German, Russian, Latin, and Balkan accounts... This first translation of Matei Cazacu’s Dracula conveys the richness of the original and the depth of the source material consulted in the biography of Vlad III. The accuracy devoted to the text by the editor and translators is admirable. Dracula will undoubtedly prove useful in curricula focusing on folklore, history, and medieval studies. It opens to English-readers the complexity of Vlad III’s rule and the ways in which his legacy was utilized in history, literature, and film." Colleen Lucey, Univserity of Arizona, in: The Polish Review 64.1 (2019). "[Cazacu's] intimate knowledge of the primary sources, his impressive command of languages, and his overall erudition are truly impressive. But what makes this book a truly compelling read is the author's skilled storytelling. Cazacu is a raconteur, and the book's appeal and considerable success... is due to its ability to address two audiences at once. The book is academically solid and showcases a wide breadth of scholarship, but it does not shy away from blood and gore... The book is a treat for readers interested in Vlad/Dracula or in the fifteenth-century history of Wallachia". Marian Comaon, in: Renaissance Quarterly 73.4 (2020).Table of ContentsPreface to the 2004 Edition, by Matei Cazacu Introduction to the 2004 Edition, by Matei Cazacu Introduction to the English Translation, by Stephen W. Reinert Abbreviations List of Illustrations, Genealogies, and Map Map and Genealogies 1 Exile as a Way of Life  “A Fortress on the Water”  The Basarab Dynasty  Mircea the Old  The Ottoman Danger  Wallachia—Strategic and Economic Issues  The Succession Crisis of 1420  Vlad Dracul’s Youth  Transylvania, Land of Welcome  Vlad Dracul, Protector of Transylvanians  Finally, the Throne of Wallachia 2 A Prince and His Sons (1436–1448)  A Peace Treaty with Murad II  The Remarriage of Vlad Dracul  Murad II’s 1438 Campaign in Transylvania  Vladislav, King of Poland and Hungary  János Hunyadi, Defender of the Transylvanian Frontier  Vlad Dracul, Prisoner of the Turks  The Disaster of Varna  The Campaign of 1445 on the Danube  The Conflict with János Hunyadi and the Death of Vlad Dracul  Vladislav II Installed on the Wallachian Throne 3 First Reign and New Exile (1448–1456)  A Transylvanian Childhood  A Wallachian Adolescence  Hostage in Ottoman Territory (1444–1448)  Dracula’s First Reign (1448)  Exile in Moldavia  The Accord with János Hunyadi 4 The Reign (1456–1462)  “Mark of Red Iron”  “A Fierce and Dreadful Appearance”  The Princely Council of Wallachia  Wallachian Society in the Fifteenth Century  Very Restless Neighbors  “To Rule and Govern Accordingly”  Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458)  Vlad Dracula Alone Against Everyone  Bloody Easter  “And Beheaded Him Near His Tomb . . .”  A Moldavian Danger? 5 The Conqueror of Constantinople  Five Hundred Young Men  Dracula’s Danubian Campaign  Alone Against the Turks  Warrior of the Night  Radu the Handsome Assumes Power  Crusade or Internal Peace? 6 Propaganda, Exile, and Death (1463–1476)  The Improbable Treachery  The 1463 German Pamphlet  The Hungarian Manipulation  Dracula’s Liberation  “But He Was Pierced by Many Lances . . .”  A Face Covered With a Silk Cloth  Vlad and Mihnea: The Children of “The Devil”  The Descendants of the Sons of the Impaler 7 Tyrant or Great Sovereign?  The Evolving Die Geschicht Dracole Waide (The History of Voievod Dracula)  The Incarnation of Evil  A Pious Prince?  Dracula “The Beloved”  Discovery of the Russian Accounts of Dracula  The Tale of Voievod Dracula, A Political Manual Used by Ivan III  Laonikos Chalkokondyles  In the Entourage of Mahmud Pasha  Chalkokondyles’ Disappearance 8 Dracula and Bram Stoker  Of Bats in General . . .  . . . and of Dracula in Particular  “Not On the Lips But On the Throat . . .”  Stoker a Plagiarist?  Marie Nizet and her Captain Vampire  The Romanian “Journey” of Marie Nizet  A Family History  Billy the Kid Versus Dracula  A New Golden Age 9 The Vampire in Romania  How to Proceed with a Strigoi  The Vampire’s Identity Card  The Christianization of Vampirism  Vitamin C, Weapon Against Vampires Conclusion Dead Vampires and Living Vampires Appendix Chronology Geschichte Dracole Waide (Anonymous, 1463) Von ainem wutrich der hies Trakle waida von der Walachei (Michel Beheim, 1416–1474) ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞEΙΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ: Historiarum Demonstrationes (Laonikos Chalkokondyles c. 1423–c.1474) Skazanie o Dracole voevode (Fyodor Kuritsyn 1486) Die Geschicht Dracole Waide (Anonymous, 1488) Glossary Illustrations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisVicente Lombardo Toledano was the founder of numerous labour union organisations in Mexico and Latin America between the 1920s to the 1960s. He was not only an organiser but also a broker between the unions, the government, and business leaders, able to disentangle difficult conflicts. He cooperated closely with the governments of Mexico and other Latin American nations and worked with the representatives of the Soviet Union when he considered it useful. As a result he was alternately seen as a government stooge or a communist, even though he was never a member of the party or of the Mexican government administration. Daniela Spenser's is the first biography of Lombardo Toledano based on his extensive private papers, on primary sources from European, Mexican and American archives, and on personal interviews. Her even-keeled portrayal of the man counters previous hagiographies and/or vilifications.Trade Review"Spenser provides a highly readable portrait of Lombardo Toledano, deftly navigating the complexities of Mexican domestic politics and global ideological crosscurrents. She is remarkably balanced, giving us insights into her subject’s worldview while not hesitating to present him in a critical light. [...] In Combat offers a clear and coherent view of a figure who stood at the heart of Mexico’s twentieth century." – Tony wood, Princeton University, in: HAHR (February, 2022), doi 10.1215/00182168-9497668 “… there is no doubt that Spenser has written a tome that will be cited for years to come. This work will prove useful not only to scholars interested in Lombardo Toledano himself but also to those who seek to learn more about postrevolutionary Mexico, Latin American labor movements, and even the transnational influence of the Soviet Union.” – Nathan Ellstrand, Loyola University Chicago, in: Humanities and Social Sciences Online (May, 2021) [Full review]Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Changing Times and Ideas 1 Family  1 The Village  2 Children  3 Vicente Lombardo Toledano  4 The Wise Man  5 The Family 2 Knowledge and Power  1 Renewal  2 The Break  3 On the Campaign Trail  4 From the Government Palace  5 On the Road to the Chamber of Deputies  6 The Trip  7 The Polemical Dispute  8 Ideological Passion 3 Exodus  1 In the CROM  2 Collapse  3 The Labour Law  4 The Road to the Left Part 2 Crusades 4 A Journey into the World of the Future  1 The Preparations  2 The Trip  3 Different Perspectives  4 Back in Mexico  5 The President and the Leader  6 The Gide Case 5 The Foundations of the Nation  1 The Preparations  2 The First Pillar  3 Into Action  4 The Schism  5 Disunity  6 The President and the Leader 6 A Continental Feat  1 In Santiago de Chile  2 The Planning  3 In the United States  4 In Europe  5 The Founding Congress  6 To the Attack Part 3 War: Threshold of a Better World? 7 Fight Fascism!  1 The Defeat of the Spanish Republic  2 Exile  3 Face to Face with Leon Trotsky  4 The Pact and Its Violation  5 In Soviet Intelligence  6 The Undesirable Anti-fascists 8 The Illusory Unity  1 On the Campaign Trail  2 The Victory  3 The Farewell  4 The Re-election  5 The Elusive Unity 9 The Fragile Harmony  1 The Latin American Panorama  2 The Congress  3 The Celebrated Trip  4 The Catavi Massacre  5 Coups and Blows  6 From Montevideo to Caracas  7 From Philadelphia to Cali  8 The Elusive Harmony Part 4 Animosities and Confrontations 10 For the Renewal of the Nation  1 The Future  2 On the Campaign Trail  3 The Roundtable  4 Elections in the CTM  5 The Expulsion  6 The Crisis of the Nation 11 For the Spilled Blood  1 The Postwar Map  2 In London  3 In Paris  4 In the Other Europe  5 Confrontations  6 In People’s China 12 Emancipation  1 Removing Obstacles  2 On an Inspection Tour  3 In Lima  4 The Third Congress  5 The Oil Workers  6 Failed Emancipation Part 5 On the Fronts of the Cold Peace 13 Rearmament  1 The People’s Party  2 UGOCM  3 Back on the Campaign Trail  4 Aftermath of Defeat  5 The Succession  6 The Cold Peace 14 Mission Completed  1 Anti-communist Liberalism  2 Liberal Internationalism  3 In Decline  4 The CTAL Dies in Bucharest  5 The CTAL Completed Its Historic Mission 15 The Road to 1968  1 PPS  2 Against the Current  3 On the Final Campaign Trail  4 Schism in the Party  5 1968 Epilogue: Testament and Testimonies Bibliography and Works Cited Index Illustrations

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Book SynopsisIn The Identities of Catherine de' Medici, Susan Broomhall provides an innovative analysis of the representational strategies that constructed Catherine de’ Medici and sought to explain her behaviour and motivations. Through her detailed exploration of the identities that the queen, her allies, supporters, and clients sought to project, and how contemporaries responded to them, Broomhall establishes a new vision of this important sixteenth-century protagonist, a clearer understanding of the dialogic and dynamic nature of identity construction and reception, and its consequences for Catherine de' Medici’s legacy, memory, and historiography.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Introduction  1 Scholarly Contexts  2 Sources  3 Book Structure 1 Heir: The Medici Legacy  1 Caterina Maria, Child Bride of the Medici  2 Feelings for the Medici  3 Liberality and Dissimulation: Catherine’s ‘Medici’ Emotions  4 Asserting Rights to Medici Financial Inheritance  5 Conclusions 2 Partner: The King’s Representative  1 Intimacy with the King  2 Representing a King  3 Henri’s Everlasting Partner  4 Conclusions 3 Mother: Raising Son-Kings  1 Ventriloquising the Father  2 Bonds of Devotion  3 A Life of Sacrifice  4 Conclusions 4 Friend and Ally: Nurturing Daughter-Queens  1 Intimacy and the Confessions of a Mother  2 Consorts as Daughters of France  3 Allies of the Family  4 A Daughter’s Hopes of a Mother  5 Conclusions 5 Chief Mourner of the Valois: The Exclusivity of Intimacy  1 Mourning as a Solitary Affliction I: The Widowed Partner of Henri  2 Mourning as a Solitary Affliction II: The Mother of Deceased Children  3 Mourning as Motivating Action  4 Keeper of Memory  5 Conclusions 6 Carer: Production and Investment as Protection of France  1 Countess of Clermont  2 A Demonstrable Practice of Care  3 The Pride of France  4 A Charitable Labour of Love  5 Protection, Investment, and Development of France  6 Conclusions: Who Cares? 7 Murderer: Histories of Violent Emotions  1 The Violence of Emotions  2 Narrating Catherine’s Emotions  3 Conclusions: Speaking for the Queen 8 Spiritual Sister: The Community of Le Murate  1 Enclosure: A Hostage of the Florentine Government  2 Providers of Reciprocal Assistance  3 Community and Memory  4 Conclusions Conclusions Bibliography  Primary Sources  Secondary Sources Index

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Book SynopsisHugo Grotius (1583-1645) is the most famous humanist scholar of the Dutch Golden Age. He wrote influential works on the laws of war and peace, Dutch history and the unification of the churches. His plea for a freedom of the seas in Mare liberum offered the Dutch East India Company a ready justification for the establishment of a trading empire in the East Indies. As far as his daily duties left him any spare time, he penned confidential, learned and beautifully-written letters. This voluminous correspondence offers a trove of information on Grotius’ life and works, and forms the basis of his newest biography which sketches a life caught in a fierce struggle for peace in Church and State.Trade ReviewAWARDS The Dutch version of this biography, Hugo de Groot, een leven in strijd om de vrede (Amsterdam: 2007) was awarded two literary prizes: the ‘Litteraire Witte Prijs’ by Sociëteit de Witte (The Hague) in 2008 and the ‘Henriëtte de Beaufort Prijs’ by the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Leiden) in 2010.Table of ContentsPreface ... xiii List of Illustrations ... xvi Notes on the Illustrations ... xx 1 INTRODUCTION ... 1 Hugo de Groot: A World-Famous Scholar ... 1 A Biography ... 2 Some Main Lines: A Troubled Triangular Relationship ... 7 Terminology ... 13 2 CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1583-99) ... 14 Ancestry ... 14 Grotius’ Earliest Childhood ... 24 Grotius as a Student ... 33 The French Journey (1598) ... 44 3 ON THE WAY TO ADULTHOOD (1599-1607) ... 53 Scholarly Activities, Relations with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ... 53 Leiden Friends: Heinsius, Meursius and Baudius ... 61 Grotius and Simon Stevin ... 67 ‘De republica emendanda’ ... 71 Advocate in The Hague; Relations with Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 73 The Bankruptcy of Jan de Groot ... 82 Family Life ... 88 4 ADVOCATE-FISCAL (1607-13) ... 91 De iure praedae as a Step towards the Advocate-Fiscalship ... 91 Grotius as Advocate-Fiscal ... 94 Maria van Reigersberch ... 97 Peace or Truce? ... 102 Mare liberum and De antiquitate ... 106 Administrative Duties ... 112 Relationship with the Stadholder Maurice ... 116 A Poem for Hendrik Delmanhorst ... 118 Leiden Friends: Scaliger, Baudius and Heinsius ... 120 5 A BUDDING POLITICIAN (1609-13) ... 124 The Troubles of the Truce Years ... 124 The Death of Jacobus Arminius ... 127 Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 133 Conradus Vorstius ... 136 Meletius ... 137 Leiden Friends: Petrus Bertius and Petrus Cunaeus ... 143 Political Complications (1611–13) ... 147 The English Journey (1613) ... 149 Discussions with the King and Other Great Men at the English Court ... 155 Return ... 162 6 PENSIONARY OF ROTTERDAM (1613-16) ... 165 The Pensionary’s Office as a Turning Point ... 165 The Appointment ... 167 Rotterdam ... 168 Family Life ... 170 Ordinum pietas ... 171 The Aftermath ... 177 Three Letters from 1614 ... 191 Political Career ... 199 7 AN INTELLECTUAL IN A TIME OF REVOLUTION (1616-18) ... 209 Political and Scholarly Activities ... 209 Adolphus Venator, A Hunter for the Truth ... 216 Hubbub in The Hague ... 220 Troublesome Missions: Oudewater and After ... 222 De satisfactione ... 232 De imperio circa sacra ... 239 English Connections ... 244 French Policy ... 249 The Approach of the National Synod ... 251 The Denouement ... 255 8 TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT (1618-21) ... 264 The Road to Arrest ... 264 Arrest and Imprisonment ... 268 The Trial ... 272 Loevestein ... 293 A Brother’s Services ... 298 The Escape ... 302 9 EXILE (1621-25) ... 313 Paris, A Refuge in a Turbulent World ... 313 Family Life ... 315 Grotius and the French Political Authorities ... 323 Developments in French Calvinism ... 330 Remonstrants in Exile ... 332 Disquisitio an pelagiana sint ... 335 Verantwoordingh ... 340 Grotius and Charenton ... 353 Introduction to the Learned World of Paris. The Cabinet Dupuy ... 355 The ‘fratres tergemini’ ... 363 De iure belli ac pacis ... 367 10 EXILE (1625-31) ... 380 The Change of Power in 1625 ... 380 Financial Uncertainties ... 387 Negotiations ... 392 Maria and Nicolaes van Reigersberch as Grotius’ Advocates ... 398 Exile in Practice. Grotius’ View of France ... 403 Contacts with French Arminians ... 409 A Troubled Relationship: Grotius and Daniel Heinsius ... 412 A New Friendship: Grotius and Claude Saumaise ... 416 An Old Friend: Johannes Wtenbogaert ... 418 De veritate and other Scholarly Publications ... 422 Plans for Return ... 437 11 INTERMEZZO IN HOLLAND (1631-32) ... 443 Unexpected Return ... 443 Amsterdam’s Hospitality ... 452 12 PASSING THROUGH HAMBURG: HESITATIONS AND UNCERTAINTIES (1632-34) ... 463 Hamburg: A Harbour of Refuge ... 463 Negotiations with Sweden ... 471 The Journey to Paris ... 477 Sophompaneas ... 478 13 FRICTION BETWEEN OFFICE, SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION: THE FIRST YEARS OF THE PARIS EMBASSY (1635-40) ... 486 Entree ... 486 Family Life ... 488 Grotius and John Selden ... 494 Learned Contacts ... 499 Philology: The Study of Antiquity in All Its Aspects ... 502 Grotius, Heinsius and Saumaise ... 506 The Question of Interest ... 514 Grotius and the Church of Charenton ... 517 Grotius and His Domestic Chaplain Brandan Daetri ... 524 Grotius and Socinianism ... 529 Nicolaes van Reigersberch in Debate with André Rivet ... 536 14 TOWARDS A FINAL BREACH WITH HOLLAND (1635-40) ... 541 The Diplomatic Task ... 541 The General Political Situation ... 544 Grotius’ Diplomatic Reporting ... 548 Grotius’ Relations with French Political Leaders ... 551 Grotius, William Laud and John Scudamore ... 556 Grotius and Peter Abel Schmalz ... 559 A Spoiled Relationship: Grotius and the Republic ... 563 Willem de Groot, Aspirant Pensionary ... 571 Reigersberch, Grotius and Petter Spiring Silvercrona ... 580 Once Again: The Relationship with Holland ... 586 Activities as a Publicist ... 587 15 DIPLOMACY AND EXEGESIS: THE PARIS EMBASSY (1640-44) ... 592 A New Address 592 The Cinq-Mars Affair and the Contacts with the Cabinet Dupuy 598 Grotius and the ‘Réunion des Eglises’ 602 De Antichristo 608 Printers in France and Holland 618 Grotius’ Exegesis 629 The Path to Rome 643 Grotius’ Position in the Learned World: A Homeless Intellectual 657 16 A DISAPPOINTED DIPLOMAT (1640-43) ... 661 Politics and Protocol ... 661 Hazards of the Embassy ... 669 The Swedish-Danish War ... 675 Controversy with Johan de Laet ... 683 A Brittle Friendship: Grotius and Claude Saumaise ... 690 A Long-drawn-out Controversy: Grotius and André Rivet ... 699 Contacts with the Vossii and Wtenbogaert ... 710 Final Verdict on the Paris Years ... 714 Departure from Paris ... 716 A Grass Widow ... 718 17 SWEDISH JOURNEY AND DEATH (1645) ... 720 Journey to the Republic ... 720 Grotius in Sweden ... 722 Departure from Sweden and Death at Rostock ... 725 18 ABUSE AND HONOUR ... 737 Posthumous Controversies ... 737 Grotius’ Influence in Later Centuries ... 750 19 EPILOGUE ... 759 BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 765 Manuscripts ... 765 Printed Sources, Reference Works, Abbreviations ... 765 Secondary Literature ... 776 Index of Personal Names and Works Written by Grotius ... 807 Illustration Section (colour)

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Book SynopsisThe Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson

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Book SynopsisThe Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson

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Book SynopsisThe Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to provide an updated scholarly introduction to all aspects of his work. Arguably the most influential secular writer of medieval Britain, Geoffrey (d. 1154) popularized Arthurian literature and left an indelible mark on European romance, history, and genealogy. Despite this outsized influence, Geoffrey’s own life, background, and motivations are little understood. The volume situates his life and works within their immediate historical context, and frames them within current critical discussion across the humanities. By necessity, this volume concentrates primarily on Geoffrey’s own life and times, with the reception of his works covered by a series of short encyclopaedic overviews, organized by language, that serve as guides to further reading. Contributors are Jean Blacker, Elizabeth Bryan, Thomas H. Crofts, Siân Echard, Fabrizio De Falco, Michael Faletra, Ben Guy, Santiago Gutiérrez García, Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Paloma Gracia, Georgia Henley, David F. Johnson, Owain Wyn Jones, Maud Burnett McInerney, Françoise Le Saux, Barry Lewis, Coral Lumbley, Simon Meecham-Jones, Paul Russell, Victoria Shirley, Joshua Byron Smith, Jaakko Tahkokallio, Hélène Tétrel, Rebecca Thomas, Fiona Tolhurst.Trade Review"Georgia Henley and Joshua Byron Smith’s Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth presents a very welcome addition to scholarship on a significant figure in Insular, and wider European, literature and history. The collection brings together both longstanding and new scholarship on Geoffrey’s work, situated in medieval multilingual and cross-border contexts, highlighting, alongside established lines of enquiry, important new areas in which I hope we will continue to see future developments. [...] the Companion encompasses a universe of scholarship, and [...] presents a rich resource. A comprehensive state of the field of immense value to a graduate, and a sophisticated undergraduate, student audience, it is also essential reading for scholars engaged with advanced work on Geoffrey of Monmouth and his legacy, which will leave you full of ideas of what we might do with Geoffrey next." Victoria Flood, in The Medieval Review, 22.06.18. See the full review here.Table of ContentsContents A Note on Translations List of Figures Abbreviations Contributors Introduction and Biography  Joshua Byron Smith Part 1: Sources 1 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Welsh Sources  Ben Guy 2 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Classical and Biblical Inheritance  Paul Russell 3 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the English Past  Rebecca Thomas 4 Riddling Words: the Prophetiae Merlini  Maud Burnett McInerney Part 2: Contemporary Contexts 5 Early Manuscript Dissemination  Jaakko Tahkokallio 6 Early Reactions to Geoffrey’s Work  Simon Meecham-Jones 7 The Latin Reception of the De gestis Britonum  Siân Echard 8 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De gestis Britonum and Twelfth-Century Romance  Françoise Le Saux 9 The Most Excellent Princes: Geoffrey of Monmouth and Medieval Welsh Historical Writing  Owain Wyn Jones 10 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Conventions of History Writing in Early 12th-Century England  Georgia Henley Part 3: Approaches 11 Colonial Preoccupations in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De gestis Britonum  Michael Faletra 12 Geoffrey and Gender: the Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth as Medieval “Feminism”  Fiona Tolhurst 13 Geoffrey of Monmouth and Race  Coral Lumbley 14 Religion and the Church in Geoffrey of Monmouth  Barry Lewis Part 4: Reception 15 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Byzantine Reception  Thomas H. Crofts 16 The De gestis Britonum in Castile  Paloma Gracia 17 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the Crown of Aragon  Nahir I. Otaño Gracia 18 The Middle Dutch Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth  David F. Johnson 19 The English Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth  Elizabeth Bryan 20 The Anglo-Norman and Continental French Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Corpus from the 12th to the 15th Centuries  Jean Blacker 21 The German Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth  Joshua Byron Smith 22 The Old Icelandic “Brut”  Hélène Tétrel 23 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Ireland  Joshua Byron Smith 24 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Work in Italy  Fabrizio De Falco 25 Geoffrey of Monmouth in Portugal and Galicia  Santiago Gutiérrez García 26 The Scottish Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth  Victoria Shirley 27 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Wales  Ben Guy Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis study addresses encounters between Jews and Muslims in interwar Berlin. Living on the margins of German society, the two groups sometimes used that position to fuse visions and their personal lives. German politics set the switches for their meeting, while the urban setting of Western Berlin offered a unique contact zone. Although the meeting was largely accidental, Muslim Indian missions served as a crystallization point. Five case studies approach the protagonists and their network from a variety of perspectives. Stories surfaced testifying the multiple aid Muslims gave to Jews during Nazi persecution. Using archival materials that have not been accessed before, the study opens up a novel view on Muslims and Jews in the 20th century. This title is available in its entirety in Open Access.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Map of Muslim and Jewish Places in West Berlin Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction PART 1: THE SETTING 1. Crossroads 2. The Spaces in Between PART 2: CASE STUDIES 3. The Hiking Club: S. M. Abdullah and the Oettinger Women 4. An Artist’s View: Lisa Oettinger Between ‘Civilizations’ 5. The Sting of Desire: Hugo Marcus’s Theology of Male Friendship 6. The Rebels: Luba Derczanska and her Friends 7. An Indian Muslim in Jewish Berlin: Khwaja Abdul Hamied Summary and Conclusion Archival Materials, Websites, Copyrights of Images References Index of Names General Index

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Book SynopsisJohann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa by the German scholar traveller Wansleben. Wansleben was in the Ottoman Empire to buy manuscripts, statuary, and curios for the French king, but it is his off-hand observations about Ottoman society that often make Wansleben’s account such a valuable historical source. His experiences add to our knowledge of such diverse topics as prostitution in the Ottoman Empire, taxation, and the French consular system. His visit to Bursa is also noteworthy because few Western travellers included the first Ottoman capital in their tours of the East or described it at such length.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Turkish Journal Appendix 1: Haraç Collection in Istanbul Appendix 2: Prostitution in Izmir Appendix 3: Protocol and Precedence Appendix 4: The Monetary System Appendix 5: Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Description of Bursa, 1670 Appendix 6: Westerners Entering Mosques in Istanbul Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs a key figure in baroque Rome, Sforza Pallavicino embodies many of the apparent tensions and contradictions of his era: a man of the church deeply involved in the new science, a nobleman and courtier drawn to ascetism and theology, a controversial polemicist involved in poetry and the arts. This volume collects essays by specialists in the fields and disciplines that cover Pallavicino’s activities as a scholar, author and Jesuit, and situate him within the Roman cultural, political and social elite of his times. Through the figure of Pallavicino, an image of baroque Rome emerges that challenges historical periodisations and disciplinary boundaries. Contributors: Silvia Apollonio, Stefan Bauer, Eraldo Bellini, Chiara Catalano, Maarten Delbeke, Maria Pia Donato, Federica Favino, Irene Fosi, Sven K. Knebel, Alessandro Metlica, Anselm Ramelow, Pietro Giulio Riga, and Jon R. Snyder.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Note on the Editor Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations Note on the Translations 1 Sforza Pallavicino: A Jesuit Life in Baroque Rome  Maarten Delbeke 2 City, Church, and Court: Roman Culture in the Age of Sforza Pallavicino  Maria Pia Donato 3 ‘Before the Explosion of the Novatores’ Ideas’: Sforza Pallavicino Lincean  Federica Favino 4 ‘The Great Friendship that Exists between Us’: The Correspondence between Sforza Pallavicino and Fabio Chigi (1629–1651)  Irene Fosi 5 The Challenge of the Poem: The Classicism of I fasti sacri  Silvia Apollonio 6 The ‘Paths of Parnassus’ in the Literary Thinking of Sforza Pallavicino  Pietro Giulio Riga 7 Language and Idiom in Sforza Pallavicino’s Trattato dello stile e del dialogo  Eraldo Bellini 8 ‘With Ultramarine Hues’: Sforza Pallavicino and Baroque Poetics  Jon R. Snyder 9 Pallavicino the Optimist  Sven K. Knebel 10 Pallavicino’s God in Part and Whole  Anselm Ramelow 11 Sforza Pallavicino and the Condemnation of Jansenius’s Five Propositions  Chiara Catalano 12 Writing the History of the Council of Trent  Stefan Bauer 13 Intellect and Imagination in Pallavicino’s Arte della perfezion cristiana: A Close Reading  Alessandro Metlica Bibliography Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisPetra Schönemann-Behrens provides an informative review of the life and times of Alfred H. Fried (1864-1921), a significant if underappreciated German pacifist of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In response to the militarism and international anarchy of the European states, Fried developed his unique notion of “revolutionary” or “scientific” pacifism, differentiating it from reform pacifism, in order to address the material causes of war. As theorist, practitioner, and journalist, Fried advanced radical ideas at the time: the formation of a pan-European union, the establishment of an effective international court of arbitration, the elimination of a secretive diplomatic class, and the expansion of international economic and cultural cooperation. This book is a translation of the German biography Alfred H. Fried: Friedensaktivist – Nobelpreisträger, published by Römerhof Verlag in 2011, and commemorates the 100th anniversary of Fried’s death.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Childhood and Youth  1 The Early Years  2 Apprenticeship with a Bookseller and Fried’s First Experiences of Pacifism 2 The Berlin Years 1884–1903  1 From Apprentice Bookseller to Publisher  2 Alfred H. Fried and Company  3 The Path to the Peace Movement  4 Experiments   4.1 Fried’s Hygienic Trash Collection and Removal Apparatus   4.2 The Self-Dating Envelope   4.3 An Election Atlas   4.4 Supplemental Encyclopedia  5 The Conference at The Hague 1899   5.1 The Founding of the Friedens-Warte in 1899  6 Consolidation Attempts around 1900   6.1 Esperanto  7 Flight from Berlin (1903) 3 The Vienna Years, 1903–1915  1 A Reluctant Return Home  2 Fried, von Suttner, and the Austrian Peace Society  3 Work as a Journalist to 1907  4 Impulses from the Hague  5 The Foundations of Revolutionary Pacifism, 1908  6 Integration and Recognition  7 The Association of International Understanding  8 Nobel Peace Prize in 1911 and Honorary Doctorate in 1913  9 Before the Great War 4 In Swiss Exile 1914/15–1919  1 The Move to Berne  2 1916: In the Crossfire of the Critics  3 Swiss Exile from 1917 to the End of the War  4 After the War – the Final Months in Switzerland 5 Everywhere a Foreigner  1 Back to Vienna, via Munich  2 Final Works and Plans  3 Obituaries and Testimonials 6 Survivors and Successors  1 Therese Fried  2 Fried and German Pacifism after 1921 7 Die Friedens-Warte  1 The First Years 1899–1904  2 Consolidation Phase 1904–1909  3 Period of Growth, 1910–1914  4 War Censorship and the Path into Exile  5 Die Friedens-Warte in Swiss Exile  6 The Friedens-Warte after the War, 1918–1919  7 The Conflict over Succession, 1921–1924  8 The Friedens-Warte under Hans Wehberg, 1924 – 1962  9 A New Beginning in 1974 Epilogue Appendix 1: To my beloved wife Appendix 2: Program of Revolutionary Pacifism, 1908 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Lives and Legacy of Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493) offers an account of the most extraordinary figure of Korean literature and intellectual history. The present work narrates the fascinating story of a prodigious child, acclaimed poet, author of the first Korean novel, Buddhist monk, model subject, Confucian recluse and Daoist master. No other Chosŏn scholar or writer has been venerated in both Confucian shrines and Buddhist temples, had his works widely read in Tokugawa Japan and became an integral part of the North Korean literary canon. The nine studies and further materials presented in this volume provide a detailed look on the various aspects of Kim Sisŭp’s life and work as well as a reflection of both traditional and modern narratives surrounding his legacy. Contributors are: Vladimír Glomb, Gregory N. Evon, Dennis Wuerthner, Barbara Wall, Kim Daeyeol, Miriam Löwensteinová, Anastasia A. Guryeva, Sixiang Wang, and Diana Yüksel.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Abbreviations Conventions Notes on Contributors Introduction  Vladimír Glomb A Chronology of Key Biographical Events and Writings  Gregory N. Evon “Thus I May Now Dare Explain My Actual Situation without Hiding Anything”—Autobiographical and Biographical Writings  Dennis Wuerthner In the Vortex of Intellectual Change: Buddhist–Confucian Tensions in Memorializing Kim Sisŭp  Gregory N. Evon Kim Sisŭp, the Ghost Story Teller: From Obscurity to the Screen  Barbara Wall Kim Sisŭp and Daoist Schools  Kim Daeyeol Dream Narratives  Miriam Löwensteinová Commemoration in Early Chosŏn Political Culture: How Kim Sisŭp Became a Loyal Official  Sixiang Wang Art, Word and the Art of the Word in Poems by Kim Sisŭp  Anastasia A. Guryeva Kim Sisŭp: Paragon of Defiant Political Action  Diana Yüksel Kim Sisŭp and His Place in Korean Confucianism  Vladimír Glomb Index

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Book SynopsisThe Book of Later Han (Houhanshu) by Fan Ye (398-445) is enormously important as China’s most complete work on Eastern Han history in biographical form. For the first time in any Western language, the author introduces Fan Ye’s magnificent writings in lively translation with rich annotation and informative and insightful commentary. This first volume covers its early military history and highlights the lives and achievements of the twenty-eight generals who helped Emperor Guangwu unify China and establish the Eastern Han dynasty. Also included are images of these twenty-eight founding fathers, maps, and information related to early Eastern Han systems.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures, Plates, and Maps Reign Titles of the Western and Eastern Han Emperors Place Names Order by Province Maps Introduction Brief Individual Introductions to Each of the Twenty-Eight Yuntai Generals, Including Illustrations, Fan Ye's Conclusion, and List of Their Ranking Orders in HHS 22 1 HHS 16: Biographies of Deng and Kou 鄧寇列傳 6  1 Biography of Deng Yu 鄧禹  4 Biography of Kou Xun 寇恂 2 HHS 17: Biographies of Feng, Cen, and Jia 馮岑賈列傳 7  1 Biography of Feng Yi 馮異  2 Biography of Cen Peng 岑彭  3 Biography of Jia Fu 賈復 3 HHS 18: Biographies of Wu, Ge, Chen, and Zang 吳蓋陳臧列傳 8  1 Biography of Wu Han 吳漢  2 Biography of Ge Yan 蓋延  3 Biography of Chen Jun 陳俊  4 Biography of Zang Gong 臧宮 4 HHS 19: Biography of Geng Yan 耿弇列傳 9  1 Biography of Geng Yan 耿弇  2 Biography of Geng Guo 耿國 5 HHS 20: Biographies of Yao Qi, Wang Ba, and Zhai Zun 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 10  1 Biography of Yao Qi 銚期  2 Biography of Wang Ba 王霸  3 Biography of Zhai Zun 祭遵 6 HHS 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, and Geng 任李萬邳劉耿列傳 11  1 Biography of Ren Guang 任光  2 Biography of Li Zhong 李忠  3 Biography of Wan Xiu 萬脩  4 Biography of Pi Tong 邳彤  5 Biography of Liu Zhi 劉植  6 Biography of Geng Chun 耿純 7 HHS 22: Biographies of Zhu, Jing, Wang, Du, Ma, Liu, Fu, Jian, and Ma 朱景王杜馬劉傅堅馬列傳 12  1 Biography of Zhu You 朱祐  2 Biography of Jing Dan 景丹  3 Biography of Wang Liang 王梁  4 Biography of Du Mao 杜茂  5 Biography of Ma Cheng 馬成  6 Biography of Liu Long 劉隆  7 Biography of Fu Jun 傅俊  8 Biography of Jian Tan 堅鐔  9 Biography of Ma Wu 馬武 8 HHS 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, and Lai 李王鄧來列傳 5  1 Biography of Li Tong 李通  2 Biography of Wang Chang 王常  3 Biography of Deng Chen 鄧晨  4 Biography of Lai Xi 來歙 9 The Commentaries 論曰 and Rhymed Summaries 贊曰 by Fan Ye in Chapters 1–8  1 Introduction  2 Chapter 1 (HHS 16): Commentary  3 Chapter 2 (HHS 17): Commentary  4 Chapter 3 (HHS 18): Commentaries  5 Chapter 4 (HHS 19): Commentaries  6 Chapter 5 (HHS 20): Commentary  7 Chapter 6 (HHS 21): Commentary  8 Chapter 7 (HHS 22): Commentary  9 Chapter 8 (HHS 15): Commentaries Appendix 1: The Twenty-Eight Yuntai Generals and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Lodgings, with Notes and a Table of the Twenty-Eight Yuntai Generals and Their Corresponding Lunar Lodgings Appendix 2: Ban Gu’s Description of an Emperor’s Funeral and Images of the Burial Chamber Built with Yellow Cypress Wood 黃腸題凑 Appendix 3: Analysis and Translation of Texts on Seals and Seal-Ribbons (yin shou 印綬) in HHS zhi 志 30 B Chariots and Clothing 輿服下 Appendix 4: Metadata and Models for Eastern Han Warships, as Reconstructed and Exhibited at the People’s Military Museum in Beijing 中國人民軍事博物館 Appendix 5: An Iron Charter 鐡券, with an Introduction and an Ancient Chinese hu 斛 Measuring Device Glossary 1: Titles for Military Leaders and Civil Servants (1) English–Chinese Glossary 2: Titles for Military Leaders and Civil Servants (2) Chinese–English Glossary 3: Chinese Military Idioms, Proverbs, and Special Terms in the Book of Later Han Plates Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Mary Queen of Scots: The First Biography, Ronald Santangeli has recovered a long-forgotten document of great historiographical, literary and cultural importance. Written in 1624 in Neo-Latin by George Con, a young expatriate Scot in Rome, the Vita Mariae Stuartae is worthy of study, both for its content and its literary dimension. The fully recensed Latin text is presented with a meticulous translation into English and a fully-annotated commentary. The image Con creates of the Scottish Queen has prevailed in European cultural representations from poetry and drama to novels, paintings and opera, while Con's own meteoric career highlights the impact on seventeenth-century Catholic Europe by members of the Scottish diaspora. A significant addition to Marian and Scottish Neo-Latin studies.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Part 1 A Brief Life: George Con (c. 1598–1640) 1 Two Baroque Tombs 2 From Douai to Bologna 3 The Nexus of Patronage 4 The Young Diplomat 5 London and the Court of Queen Henrietta 6 Return to Rome Afterword Part 2 Con and the Counter-Reformation 7 Con versus Buchanan 8 Con’s Account of the Execution of Mary 9 Stands Scotland Where It Did? Part 3 Vita Mariae Stuartae 10 The Biography and Con’s Sources 11 Con’s Latin 12 The Speeches Note on Latin Text  The Latin Transcription Note on Translation and Commentary Part 4 Vita Mariae Stuartae / The Life of Mary Stuart Dedicatory Preface The Life of MARY STUART Queen of Scotland, Dowager Queen of France, Heir to the Throne of England and of Ireland Appendix 1: The Latin Epitaphs of Thomas Chambers to George Con Appendix 2: The Diamond Poem Appendix 3: The Bastard’s Visit to Mary in France: Lesley’s Account Appendix 4: The Mission of Nicholas de Gouda Appendix 5: George Con’s account of the Battle of Glenlivet Appendix 6: The Enforced Abdication of Mary: Blackwood’s Account Appendix 7: Bassiano Gatti’s Poema Heroico Maria Regina di Scozia Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comparative exploration of the impact of a celebrated Chinese historical novel, the Sanguozhi yanyi (Three Kingdoms) on the popular culture of Korea since its dissemination in the sixteenth century. It elucidates not only the reception of Chinese fiction in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910), but also the fascinating ways in which this particular story lives on in modern Korea. The author specifically explores the dissemination, adaptations, and translations of the work to elucidate how Three Kingdoms has spoken to Korean readers. In short, this book shows how a quintessentially Chinese work equally developed into a Korean work.Table of ContentsContents Preface List of Figures 1 Introduction 2 The Importation of Chinese Fiction and Its Influence on Chosŏn Fiction  1 The Importation of Chinese Literary Works into Premodern Korea  2 Condemnation of Fiction by Yangban Literati  3 New Stories and the Development of Fictional Narratives in East Asia  4 The Dissemination and Influence of Taiping guangji in Premodern Korea  5 Selective Accommodation of Chinese Fictional Narratives 3 The Dissemination of Three Kingdoms into Chosŏn Korea  1 First Official Reference to Three Kingdoms in Historical Records  2 Ready from the Very Beginning? Background for Chosŏn’s Receptivity to Three Kingdoms  3 Notable Editions of Three Kingdoms Published in Chosŏn Korea  4 How Guan Yu Became a National Hero of Korea  5 Guan Yu as an Antidote to the Japanese 4 Three Kingdoms in Late Chosŏn Korea  1 The Fall of Ming China and the Identity Crisis of Chosŏn Korea  2 Chosŏn as the Sole Guardian of Authentic Confucian Heritage  3 Sociopolitical Background of the Dissemination of Three Kingdoms in Late Chosŏn  4 Korean Stories with the Theme of Shu-Han Legitimacy 5 The Advent of Modern Translations and Adaptations of Three Kingdoms  1 The Japanese Colonial Era as a Transitional Period for Three Kingdoms  2 Translations of Three Kingdoms in Late Chosŏn and the Early Colonial Era in sech’aek, panggakpon, and ttakchibon Editions  3 Sech’aek Editions of Three Kingdoms  4 Panggakpon Editions of Three Kingdoms  5 Ttakchibon Editions of Three Kingdoms  6 Stories Adapted from Three Kingdoms in Chosŏn Korea  7 Kwan Unjang silgi  8 Cho Charyong silgi  9 Chang Pi Ma Ch’o silgi  10 Chegal Ryang chŏn  11 Hwang puin chŏn  12 Taedam Kang Yu silgi  13 Korean Translations of Three Kingdoms by Modern Writers and Competition with Yoshikawa’s Rewriting  14 Yoshikawa Eiji’s Rewriting of Three Kingdoms and Its Impact on Korean Translations  15 Yoshikawa’s Three Kingdoms and the Tradition of the Samurai Novel 6 South Korean Authors’ Rewritings of the Three Kingdoms Text  1 South Korean Authors as Rewriters of Three Kingdoms  2 The First Immensely Sold Full-Scale Re-creation of Three Kingdoms in South Korea  3 The First Response to Yi’s Translation: Hwang Sŏgyŏng’s Return to the Original  4 Another Response to Three Kingdoms Translations: Chang Chŏngil’s Liberal and Nationalistic Version  5 The Heyday of Amateur Sinologist Translators: Ezra Pound and His Korean Counterparts  6 Errors, Omissions, and Rewritings in Translations of Three Kingdoms  7 Textual Manipulation Based on the Translator’s Ideology  8 Translation Practices of Three Kingdoms by Modern Korean Writers: The Treatment of Diaochan in Their Revisions  9 Three Kingdoms as Best Seller  10 Establishment of Three Kingdoms as a Canonical Work 7 Conclusion: Readership and Authorship of Three Kingdoms as an Interactive Text Appendix 1: Ttakchibon Editions of Three Kingdoms Translations or Adaptations Appendix 2: List of Three Kingdoms Editions in Korea Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the life, thought, social activism and political conflicts of the Quaker intellectual and peace activist Henry Cadbury (1883-1974). Born into an established Orthodox Philadelphia Quaker family, Cadbury was among the most prominent Quaker intellectuals of his day. During his lifetime, he was well known as a contributor to one of the most important English translations of the Bible (the Revised Standard Version) and wrote scores of articles and books on the early history of Christianity and the history of the Society of Friends. He also had enormous influence over what may be the single best institutional instantiation of the Quaker commitment to nonviolence—the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an organization Cadbury helped to found in 1917 and served throughout his long lifetime. When the AFSC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947, Cadbury was asked to accept the prize on its behalf.Table of ContentsContents  Acknowledgments  Abstract  Keywords  1 Introduction  2 Henry Cadbury and His World until World War I  3 Faith, Politics, and Controversy in the Shadow of World War I  4 Cadbury and the Nazis  5 Conclusion  6 Chronology  References

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Book SynopsisThe book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of trips to the USSR as a courier, he had intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of the dissident movement and participated in many of the campaigns to obtain the release of Soviet political prisoners. In the late 1980s he became involved in building a humane and ethical practice of psychiatry in Eastern Europe and the (ex-) USSR, based on respect for the human rights of persons with mental illness. The book describes the dissident movement and many of the people who formed it, mental health reformers in Eastern Europe and the response of the Western psychiatric community, the battle with the World Psychiatric Association over Soviet, and later, Chinese political abuse of psychiatry, his contacts with former KGB officers and problems with the KGB’s successor organization, the FSB. It also vividly describes the emotional effects of serving as a courier for the dissident movement, the fear of arrest, the pain of seeing friends disappear for many years into camps and prisons, sometimes never to return.Trade Review"Il s’agit d’un document exceptionnel, tant dans sa forme que son contenu, qui nous plonge dans l’histoire des abus politiques de la psychiatrie et dans l’histoire individuel de cet homme qui a décidé de consacrer sa vie à combattre ces abus malgré toutes les difficultés et toutes les déceptions. Un travail abyssal qui s’avère sans fin tel le tonneau des danaïdes." – in: Revue Européenne de Psychologie et de Droit, May 2012 "Robert van Voren has written an unusual and deeply engaging book. (…) Remarkable, contrasting evolutions occur in the basic perceptions of individuals who come together from totally different worlds and, miraculously, interact. The resulting relationships can be both startling and moving. For all these reasons, van Voren’s book is hard to put down. I recommend it to students of human nature and international affairs - without reservation." – Peter Reddaway, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, George Washington University "The author of this book presents the picture that shows how in the broken empire, people accustomed to humility, fear and other attributes of slavery are learning to live in the space of freedom - freedom of responsibility, humanism and respect for human dignity. Robert van Voren personally participated in all these processes. He was so much involved in our situation and our problems that we seemed to forget that he was a foreigner." – Semyon Gluzman, former dissident and political prisoner "Robert van Voren is the rare revolutionary leader who can continue to provide leadership in the complexity of a post revolutionary period. He also possess a superb capacity to write about these events in a most interesting fashion. Many readers will be deeply interested in learning about these important accomplishments." – Dr. Melvin Sabshin, Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association from 1974 to 1997 and an active participant in criticizing the abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet UnionTable of ContentsForeword By Leonidas Donskis Introduction Chapter 1: The Soviet Union on my mind Chapter 2: The Soviet Union in 1980 Chapter 3: The world of couriers Chapter 4: Campaigning for dissidents Chapter 5: Demonstrating in Poland Chapter 6: Playing “musical chairs” with the WPA Chapter 7: The Soviet Union in 1985 Chapter 8: Sleeping behind my desk Chapter 9: Intermission, and back to work Chapter 10: The gorillas of Sakharov Chapter 11: The mouse and the elephant Chapter 12: Playing chess in Athens Chapter 13: The Soviet Union in 1990 Chapter 14: The doors are opened Chapter 15: Ukraine on the map Chapter 16: The Romanian marsh Chapter 17: Change of course in Bratislava Chapter 18: From black and white to shades of grey Chapter 19: From humanitarian aid to structural aid Chapter 20: Romance with the WPA Chapter 21: New style abuse Chapter 22: A successful failure Chapter 23: Renewed struggle with the WPA Chapter 24: Into prison Chapter 25: Becoming Lithuanian Chapter 26: Reforming against the wind Chapter 27: Looking back Epilogue Historical Data Index of Names

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Book SynopsisThe book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of trips to the USSR as a courier, he had intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of the dissident movement and participated in many of the campaigns to obtain the release of Soviet political prisoners. In the late 1980s he became involved in building a humane and ethical practice of psychiatry in Eastern Europe and the (ex-) USSR, based on respect for the human rights of persons with mental illness. The book describes the dissident movement and many of the people who formed it, mental health reformers in Eastern Europe and the response of the Western psychiatric community, the battle with the World Psychiatric Association over Soviet, and later, Chinese political abuse of psychiatry, his contacts with former KGB officers and problems with the KGB’s successor organization, the FSB. It also vividly describes the emotional effects of serving as a courier for the dissident movement, the fear of arrest, the pain of seeing friends disappear for many years into camps and prisons, sometimes never to return.Trade Review"Il s’agit d’un document exceptionnel, tant dans sa forme que son contenu, qui nous plonge dans l’histoire des abus politiques de la psychiatrie et dans l’histoire individuel de cet homme qui a décidé de consacrer sa vie à combattre ces abus malgré toutes les difficultés et toutes les déceptions. Un travail abyssal qui s’avère sans fin tel le tonneau des danaïdes." – in: Revue Européenne de Psychologie et de Droit, May 2012 "Robert van Voren has written an unusual and deeply engaging book. (…) Remarkable, contrasting evolutions occur in the basic perceptions of individuals who come together from totally different worlds and, miraculously, interact. The resulting relationships can be both startling and moving. For all these reasons, van Voren’s book is hard to put down. I recommend it to students of human nature and international affairs - without reservation." – Peter Reddaway, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, George Washington University "The author of this book presents the picture that shows how in the broken empire, people accustomed to humility, fear and other attributes of slavery are learning to live in the space of freedom - freedom of responsibility, humanism and respect for human dignity. Robert van Voren personally participated in all these processes. He was so much involved in our situation and our problems that we seemed to forget that he was a foreigner." – Semyon Gluzman, former dissident and political prisoner "Robert van Voren is the rare revolutionary leader who can continue to provide leadership in the complexity of a post revolutionary period. He also possess a superb capacity to write about these events in a most interesting fashion. Many readers will be deeply interested in learning about these important accomplishments." – Dr. Melvin Sabshin, Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association from 1974 to 1997 and an active participant in criticizing the abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet UnionTable of ContentsForeword By Leonidas Donskis Introduction Chapter 1: The Soviet Union on my mind Chapter 2: The Soviet Union in 1980 Chapter 3: The world of couriers Chapter 4: Campaigning for dissidents Chapter 5: Demonstrating in Poland Chapter 6: Playing “musical chairs” with the WPA Chapter 7: The Soviet Union in 1985 Chapter 8: Sleeping behind my desk Chapter 9: Intermission, and back to work Chapter 10: The gorillas of Sakharov Chapter 11: The mouse and the elephant Chapter 12: Playing chess in Athens Chapter 13: The Soviet Union in 1990 Chapter 14: The doors are opened Chapter 15: Ukraine on the map Chapter 16: The Romanian marsh Chapter 17: Change of course in Bratislava Chapter 18: From black and white to shades of grey Chapter 19: From humanitarian aid to structural aid Chapter 20: Romance with the WPA Chapter 21: New style abuse Chapter 22: A successful failure Chapter 23: Renewed struggle with the WPA Chapter 24: Into prison Chapter 25: Becoming Lithuanian Chapter 26: Reforming against the wind Chapter 27: Looking back Epilogue Historical Data Index of Names

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