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Book SynopsisCovering the major social and political events of British history from the late Victorian era through to the present day, the 6th edition of this landmark textbook helps students critically examine the relationship between the British state and its citizens. With accessible and engaging prose, the book guides students through a mix of chronological and thematic coverage connecting key political, economic and social changes, helping them examine the main themes and trends in British political history. Newly featuring definitions of key terms, and with 20 additional illustrations, the 6th edition has also been updated to cover events since the 2015 general election, including:- The 2017 and 2019 general elections- The Brexit vote and negotiations- The COVID-19 pandemic- The resignation of David Cameron, the fall of Theresa May, and the rise of Boris Johnson- The rise of cultural politics, including feminism, Black Lives Matter, the centralisation of government and identity politicsThisTrade ReviewMartin Pugh’s State and Society has become something of a classic of its type: its punchy, provocative prose makes it the first book on any list of recommendations to students new to studying British political history. * Lewis Mates, Associate Professor in Political Theory, Durham University, UK *State and Society continues to engage the reader thanks to the ambition, relevance, and clarity of its coverage. But its bold avoidance of fence-sitting also means that, six editions in, there is still much to chew over. * Dr Christopher Prior, Associate Professor in Colonial and Postcolonial History, University of Southampton, UK *Pugh’s State and Society remains an outstanding overview of Britain from the 1870s into the 2020s, weaving together politics, economics, and social life. State and Society is engagingly written, offering a rigorous and critical view of the period, and it is a must-read for students of citizenship in Britain. * Kate Bradley, Reader in Social History and Social Policy, University of Kent, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables and Figures Preface Part I: The Loss of Confidence, 1870–1902 1. The Retreat of the Industrial Revolution The beginnings of decline? Britain and free trade The banks and the question of investment The problem of entrepreneurship Industrialization in perspective 2. Not Quite a Democracy The system of government Gladstone and Victorian Liberalism The impact of parliamentary reform The Conservative revival under Disraeli and Salisbury Socialism and the rise of the Labour Movement 3. The Victorian State and its People The rising standard of living The persistence of mass poverty Popular attitudes towards the state and self-help The growth of local government Ideas and experiments in social welfare 4. Victorian Values: Myth and Reality The expansion of the state The angel in the house Marriage and the family Population and sex First-wave feminism Victorian indulgences Work, leisure and improvement 5. British National Identity: Unity and Division The Union with Scotland The integration of Wales with Britain Ireland: the threat to the Union Religion and national identity Migration and immigration Monarchy and national identity The Victorian class struggle 6. Isolation and Expansion The defence of the realm The new imperialism Was the Empire popular? British militarism Part II: The Reorientation: The Emergence of the Interventionist State, 1902–18 7. The State, Social Welfare and the Economy Liberal social reform Popular attitudes to state welfare The taxation revolution The state and the economy 8. The Liberal–Labour Alliance The politics of the People’s Budget The Conservative dilemma Labour’s turning-point 9. Crisis and Controversy in Edwardian Britain Class struggle and class collaboration The challenge of feminism The Irish Question Plans for war An ungovernable society? 10. Politics and Society in the Great War The Continental commitment State intervention in the economy Coalition politics Social reconstruction The Lost Generation Mass war and popular participation Part III: The Period of Confusion: Collectivism versus Capitalism, 1918–40 11. The Failure of Laissez-faire The legacy of war The return to gold Unemployment Capitalism, Socialism and Keynesianism Economic recovery in the 1930s 12. Mass Democracy in an Age of Decline National identity between the wars Structural changes in politics The first Labour government The General Strike and the 1929 election The National Governments The Labour revival, 1935–9 Why was Britain so stable? The challenge of British fascism 13. The Era of Domesticity The rising standard of living The housing revolution Leisure and consumerism Women, family and marriage Social welfare and income distribution 14. Imperial Climax and Decline Defence and disarmament Popular opposition to war The Empire and nationalism Appeasement and rearmament Part IV: Consensus: The Age of the Benign State, 1940–70 15. The People’s War Breaking the mould Mass war and social change The origins of the post-war consensus The collapse of British power 1945: the Labour landslide 16. The Keynesian Era Planning and the mixed economy The welfare state The politics of consensus The affluent society Adjusting to decline Challenges to the political system 17. The Permissive Society Liberal reform The family and marriage Limited emancipation for women The rise of an educated society The reaction Race and immigration 18. The Loss of Great Power Status Cold War defence Decolonization Reluctantly into Europe Part V The Era of Reaction and Decline, 1970–2020 19. The Breakdown of the Post-war Consensus, 1970–9 Heath and the crisis of Conservatism Multi-party politics The decline of Labour The origins of Thatcherism 20. The Era of Thatcherism Monetarism and depression Delusions of grandeur Breaking the mould of politics The growth of poverty and inequality Rolling back the state Presidential government and the limited revolution The crisis over Europe 21. New Labour and the Blair Era Continuity or change? Social and political reform The British presidency Changes in the political system The Iraq War and the attack on civil liberties The crisis of national identity 22. Crisis and Coalition The banking crisis and economic recession, 2007–15 The coalition era The growth of poverty and inequality National disunity 23 Brexit and the Pandemic Theresa May’s Government Why Did the Public Change Its Mind about Brexit? The Impact of Brexit The Premiership of Boris Johnson Why Did Britain Fail to Manage the Pandemic ? What Was the Impact of the Pandemic ? 2021: The Dual Crisis Index

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Book SynopsisThe Empire''s Reformations provides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity into multiple denominations Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and more. It exposes the origins of modern religious pluralism, both in battle for souls among these emerging camps and in the struggles of political leaders at every level to manage the threat that religious diversity posed to tranquillity and order in a rigidly hierarchical society. As such, it offers a prehistory of religious toleration, not as a positive value few regarded toleration as inherently good but as a strategy for keeping the peace.David M. Luebke considers the reformations of religion in the context of concurrent transformations in the political and judicial structures of the Holy Roman Empire, that sprawling confederation of principalities and city-states that embraced most regions where German was spoken. This allows Luebke t

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Book SynopsisWhile the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nation-wide communal dining schemes during this era. Welcomed by some as a symbol of a progressive future in which wasteful' home dining would disappear, and derided by others for threatening the social order, these sites of food and eating attracted great political and cultural debate. Using extensive primary source material, Feeding the People in Wartime Britain examines the cuisine served in these communal restaurants and the people who used them. It challenges the notion that communal eating played a marginal role in wartime food policy and reveals the impact they had in advancing nutritional understanding and new food technologies. Comparing them to similar ventures in mainland Europe and understanding the role of propaganda from the Ministry of Food in their success, Evans unearths this neglected history of emergency public feeding Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Emergency public feeding in 20th and 21st century Britain § The National Kitchen § The British Restaurant § Public Feeding § Eating Out § Many Mouths § Emergency Measures 1. British Food and Feeding up to the First World War § Introduction § Faith and Consumption § Female Voluntarism, Class and Gender § Scientific Advance, Class, and Nutritional Reform § Humanitarianism, Socialism and the New Liberalism § Conclusion 2. The Birth of Emergency Public Feeding in the First World War Introduction From soup kitchens to communal kitchens The radical threat of communal dining Avoiding the taint of charity and establishing the female role: the organisation of the new national kitchens Conclusion 3. The development of Emergency Public Feeding in the First World War Introduction Food Control Committees and the forward march of public feeding The ‘Peripatetic Piewoman’: a case study in female leadership in public feeding Food Reformers: Nutritional Instruction and Egalitarian Eating ‘Civilizational Value’? Arnold Bennett versus GK Chesterton Resistance grows Conclusion 4. British Food and Feeding in the Interwar period · Introduction · Public Feeding limps on as British society changes · Nutrition, the Body and National Health · Communal Feeding as Communism and the female call for ‘permanent relief’ · International Comparisons · Conclusion 5. The Birth of Emergency Public Feeding in the Second World War Introduction The British Restaurant is born Nutritional Reform § British Restaurants: how they looked and how they worked Left/Right political divisions Conclusion 6. The Development of Emergency Public Feeding in the Second World War Introduction Nutritional reformers versus the sausage roll Emergency Feeding Schemes – the Queen’s Messenger Convoys A Plethora of Schemes Eating Out with Tommy Trinder (and Barbara Cartland) Utility – ‘marginal’ to the war effort, or more significant? Conclusion Conclusion: Emergency feeding in historical perspective Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWithin the vast network of Nazi camps, Stutthof may be the least known beyond Poland. This book is the first scholarly publication in English to break the silence of Stutthof, where 120,000 people were interned and at least 65,000 perished. A Nazi Camp Near Danzig offers an overview of Stutthof's history. It also explores Danzig's significance in promoting the cult of German nationalism which led to Stutthof's establishment and which shaped its subsequent development in 1942 into a Concentration Camp, with the full resources of the Nazi Reich.The book shows how Danzig/Gdansk, generally identified as the city where the Second World War started, became under Albert Forster, Hitler's hand-picked Gauleiter, the vanguard of Germandom in the east' and with its disputed history, the poster city for the Third Reich. It reflects on the fact that Danzig was close enough to supply Stutthof with both prisoners initially local Poles and Jews as well as local men for its SS workforceTrade ReviewAn imaginative close reading of Günter Grass’s Danzig trilogy with its hints of nearby “Stutthof” leads into and frames a fully researched historical account of the creation and changing functions of that concentration camp in the context of Nazi policies before and during World War II. From the role of local SS men and the camp’s changing organizational structure to harrowing details from published memoirs and oral histories by witnesses, perpetrators and survivors, Ruth Schwertfeger’s book offers a full view of the unimaginable level of truly hellish terror and violence unleashed in just one small site of the “Bloodlands.” This must have been a very hard book to research and write for an author whose humane voice shines through in A Nazi Camp Near Danzig. * Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English, Emeritus, Harvard University, USA *Outstanding study on the Danzing/Gdansk as city and Stutthof/Sztutowo as a concentration camp near by it. The book of Professor Ruth Schwertfeger put in the light of day names, experiences and feelings of inhabitants of the concentration camp’s micro-socium. This much needed and thought-provoking book discusses values of a human being in the circumstances of dehumanization and connect History, Literature and contemporary specific understanding of such places as Stutthof. * Prof. Dr. Jurgita Šiauciunaite-Verbickiene, Faculty of History, Vilnius University, Lithuania *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Promoting German-Consciousness in a Revamped Gau, 1930-1939 2. Danzig-West Prussia and Stutthof: Implementing Germandom, September 1939 – January 1942 3. Gaining the Next Tier of Germandom as a Nazi Konzentrationslager 4. Entering the Zone of the Final Solution, Summer of 1944 5. The Collapse of Germandom, Winter of 1945 Epilogue Sources Abbreviations and Key Terms Bibliography Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisDerek Hastings's Nationalism in Modern Europe is the essential guide to a potent political and cultural phenomenon that featured prominently across the modern era. With firm grounding in transnational and global contexts, the book traces the story of nationalism in Europe from the French Revolution to the present. Hastings reflects on various nationalist ideas and movements across Europe, and always with a keen appreciation of other prevalent signifiers of belonging such as religion, race, class and gender which helps to inform and strengthen the analysis. The text shines a light on key historiographical trends and debates and includes 20 images, 14 maps and a range of primary source excerpts which can serve to sharpen vital analytical skills which are crucial to the subject.New content and features for the second edition include:- A chapter examining region, religion, class and gender as alternative markers of identity' throughout the 19th century- An enhancTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps Introduction 1. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 2. Restoration, Romanticism, and Emancipatory Impulses, 1815-1850 3. Industrialization, Ideological Radicalization, and Imperialism, 1850-1890 4. Nationalism and Alternative Markers of Identity across the Long Nineteenth Century 5. European Nationalism between Mass Politics and the Great War, 1890-1920 6. Nationalism, Race, and Belonging in an Age of Extremes, 1920-1945 7. The Fate of Nationalism in a Divided Europe, 1945-1989 8. The Politics of Belonging in Europe after the Cold War Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHalf a million European Roma were exterminated by the Nazi regime; many more were subjected to a policy of racial discrimination similar to that suffered by the Jewish people. However, the persecution and torment of Roma in Hitler''s Europe has little presence in the history books. The Roma and the Holocaust places the Roma genocide in the context of the widespread violence of the Second World War, while offering an explanation that places it within a broader trajectory of anti-Roma persecution in modern societies.The book explores the separation and destruction of families, the sterilisation of adults and children, the plunder of property and deprivation of livelihoods, slave labour, medical experiments, the horror of extermination camps and the mass murder that the Romani people were subjected to. María Sierra uses the first section of the book to provide a much-needed critical overview and synthesis of the fragmented research and scholarship in the area that has be

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the question of the repression of LGBT people through psychiatry during the fascist regime in Italy, a subject that has not been investigated until now. It draws together the substantial archival record of patients, doctors and fascist authorities to reconstruct intricate behind-the-scenes dialogue, and to document one of the ways in which the regime repressed LGBT lives in this period.Italian Fascism's Forgotten LGBT Victims focusses on three different psychiatric hospitals in three parts of the country - Rome, Florence and the small Calabrian town of Girifalco, which had different attitudes and therapeutic approaches. Archive research results are contextualised within the psychiatric theory of the time, highlighting the existing discrepancies between theory and daily routine practice of mental health institutions in Italy during the regime.Using a variety of sources, Gabriella Romano expands current knowledge of the history of Ital

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Book SynopsisBringing together a range of perspectives from across Europe, this book examines the Munich crisis of 1938. It reveals how the actions of the West, Nazi Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia and others influenced each other at this time, driving the world to the brink of a new war.The Munich Crisis of 1938 explores the critical political dimension to events as they unfolded, but it also offers insights into military aspects, pivotal private meetings, street riots, demonstrations, and reports in the international media to offer a rounded study of the subject. Piotr M. Majewski shines a light on the internal turmoil in Prague and the Czechoslovak preparations for war, the dramatic Anglo-German summits, Hitler''s anti-Czech fury, the Polish sabre-rattling, the Hungarian hesitation, the duplicitous manoeuvres of the Soviets, the underhand political intrigues, and the intricate intelligence battle which ensued throughout. Majewski convincingly contends that 1938, and the appeasem

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Book SynopsisUsing the life and work of Günter Henle, Volker R. Berghahn examines the postwar West German approach to labour relations and European integration. The study of Henle simultaneously allows Berghahn to reflect on the unique insights into German Jewish life before and during the Nazi dictatorship that his story provides.The book looks at how Henle suffered from Nazi persecution, but was ultimately protected by the Establishment he had married into. It then charts how, reinstated after 1945, he involved himself not only in the reconstruction of his Klockner industrial enterprise, but also in the rebuilding of the West German economy and society, and the development of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - the embryo of what was ultimately to become the European Union. The Insider-Outsider of Early 20th-Century German Industry discusses West European and American strategies to complement NATO as the political and military counter to the perceived

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the latest archaeology and research this is the most detailed study in recent years of Alexander's Macedonian army, the most efficient and successful war machine of its era.

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Book Synopsis1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband''s powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband King Edward II in the process. It was also a year, however, when the majority of English people carried on living their normal, ordinary lives: Eleyne Glaswreghte ran her own successful glass-making business in London, Jack Cressing the master carpenter repaired the beams in a tower of Kenilworth Castle, Alis Coleman sold her best ale at a penny and a half for a gallon in Byfleet, and Will Muleward made the king ''laugh greatly'' when he spent time with him at a wedding in Marlborough. England sweltered in one of the hottest, driest summers of the Middle Ages, a whale washed ashore at Walton-on-the-Naze, and the unfortunate John Toly died when he relieved himself out of the window of his London house at midnight, and lost his ba

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Book SynopsisThe Mighty Warrior Kings traces the history of early Europe through the biographies of nine kings, who had the courage, determination and martial might to establish their dominance over the fragmented remnants of the Roman Empire. The book begins with Charlemagne, who united large regions of current-day France, Germany and Italy into the Holy Roman Empire and ends with Robert the Bruce, who gallantry defended Scotland against the attempted usurpation of England. There are many famous warrior kings in the book, including Alfred the Great of Wessex, whose victories over the Vikings led to the unification of England under a single ruler, William I of Normandy, whose triumph at Hastings in 1066 changed the course of English history, while Frederick I Barbarossa led his army to victory in Germany and Italy solidifying and expanding the lands under the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Emperor. Among the lesser known monarchs discussed in the work are Cnut, whose victory at the battle of Ashingdo

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Book SynopsisGraphic account of the two major battles fought at Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars. Confirms Gareth Glovers reputation for pioneering work on the less-well-known aspects of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Book SynopsisThis is the third volume in Paul Dawson's ground-breaking Waterloo trilogy, following Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras, and Napoleon and Grouchy, Waterloo, the Truth at Last concludes this sensational story.

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Book SynopsisOver sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take the bridges at Arnhem was given the code name ''Operation Market Garden'', Market being the air side of the operation and Garden the subsequent ground operation. The main problem was communications between the ground forces and the re-supply aircraft of the Royal Air Force.Its their efforts and the courage on evident display at Arnhem that the book is based upon. Over a period of seven days troops of the 1st Airborne were taken by the RAF in towed gliders and then in subsequent days showed courage of the highest order to make sure that the ground troops were supplied with ammunition and food to sustain them in their efforts to take the bridges at Arnhem. Their efforts were costly, 309 aircrew and 79 Air Dispatchers were killed and 107 aircraft, which included the men and aircraft who supported the main re-supply armada. One of the re-supply

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Book SynopsisOperation NEPTUNE was the codeword for the naval side of the OVERLORD plan for the historic June 1944 landings in Normandy. Massive in its scale, its tasks were wide-ranging and varied, from beach reconnaissance, minesweeping, shore bombardment as well as the organisation of loading, assembly and disembarkation; it was also responsible for positioning two Mulberry artificial harbours and Pluto: the laying of the cross-channel fuel pipeline under the sea. Operation NEPTUNE may not have been a naval battle in the traditional sense, but it ranks as one of the greatest naval exploits in history. In this timeless book, Vice Admiral Schofield describes the great events of June 1944 which, as Captain of HMS Dryad, the Royal Naval shore establishment which housed General Dwight Eisenhowers Supreme Allied Headquarters before the landing, he witnessed at first hand.

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Book SynopsisExamines the life and ministry of John Kennedy (1819 84), minister of Dingwall Free Church of Scotland. Explores how Kennedy became the effective leader of the Highland Evangelicals through his preaching, writing and public speaking.Trade Review"This is a superb study of the life and times of John Kennedy of Dingwall, eminent Scottish preacher, theologian and church politician. Through extensive research and balanced historical analysis, Alasdair Macleod shows Kennedy's immense influence in shaping and preserving a distinctive Highland Presbyterian evangelical culture in nineteenth-century Scotland. " -Stewart J. Brown, University of Edinburgh

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Book SynopsisExplores the development of the Scottish Liberal Party's organisation, ideology and electoral performance over two centuries

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Book SynopsisHow have the Scottish Conservatives influenced Scottish politics?

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Book SynopsisStudies the first half of Sidonius' fifth book of letters from a philological, literary and historical perspectiveTrade Review"In the first commentary ever published on Book 5 of the letters of Sidonius, Giulia Marolla combines philological, literary and historical expertise to offer a profound new insight into the coherent artistic unit created from the largely secular matters that preoccupy the bishop in Book 5. Fresh discoveries abound in this tour de force." -Roy Gibson, Durham University

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Book SynopsisDeploys recent philosophical scholarship on feminist epistemology as an interpretive lens

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Book SynopsisCan anything new be said about a document as well known as the Declaration of Arbroath? This volume demonstrates that there can. The text of the Declaration marked political ideologies proclaiming Scottish desire for independence. Its relevance was not just to Scotland though, and it remains controversial, inspirational, and often misappropriated.

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Book SynopsisOffers an in-depth study of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus in its primeTrade Review"Eduardo Manzano Moreno has written a gripping account of the court of one of the two most powerful rulers in tenth-century Europe together with the Byzantine emperor based on a detailed contemporary history. If you want to know how medieval government worked, this is a book you have to read. It's all there, from financing war to the culture of urban processions. Manzano Moreno is a master of his field." -Chris Wickham, Chichele Professor of Medieval History Emeritus, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisThis book is aimed at students coming to the study of western European medieval history for the first time, and also graduate students on interdisciplinary medieval studies programmes. And it concludes with an exploration of the relevance of medieval history in today's world.Trade Review'This book is erudite, thoughtful, sometimes provocative, sometimes inspiring, always stimulating, and it is informed by a profound understanding of both the middle ages and the discipline of history. Marcus Bull has a real feeling for his subject and for the way that those embarking on a study of the middle ages might receive it. And a further bonus is that it is written well. Marcus Bull draws the reader along with a style that is compellingly page-turning...This book is both informative and useful and it ought to be required reading for all medievalists, for all students embarking on a study of the middle ages.' - Stephen Church, Reviews in HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is 'Thinking Medieval'? Popular Images of the Middle Ages What are the 'Middle Ages'? The Evidence for Medieval History Is Medieval History Relevant? Conclusion Suggested Reading

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Book SynopsisAddressing questions about the musical life in English nunneries in the later Middle Ages, Yardley pieces together a mosaic of nunnery musical life, where even the smallest convents sang the monastic offices on a daily basis and many of the larger houses celebrated the late medieval liturgy in all of its complexity.Trade Review'...a text of limitless value and timeless relevance to all students of music, the middle ages and women religious.' - Lisa Padden, History of Women Religious in Britain and Ireland 'This excellent and accessible study is heartily recommended not only to those studying women's history, but also to anyone who is interested in gaining a better insight into medieval religious life, literature, music and spirituality.' - Lisa Colton, Early Music '...a labour of love...Yardley's book is a major contribution and highly recommended to readers interested in English ecclesiastical history, monastic spirituality and musical practices in the Middle Ages.' - Ecclesiastical History '...[Anne Bagnall Yardley] writes convincingly and persuasively of a topic she knows intimately. A richly rewarding book, it will be of great use for scholars of medieval monasticism and music history for years...Performing Piety is an impressively thorough and well-written monograph, and an entirely enjoyable read to boot. Yardley has made an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of medieval musical practice.' - Ars LyricaTable of ContentsIntroduction The Monastic Rules Musical Leadership in the Nunnery The Reality of Musical Life Everyday Musical Practices: Psalters, the Office of the Dead, and Polyphony Pomp and Piety: Processional Practices in Nunneries The Bride of Christ: Liturgies for the Consecration of Nuns A Case Study in Benedictine Practices: Barking Abbey Syon Abbey: The English Manifestation of St. Bridget's Order Conclusions

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Book SynopsisAbandoning the traditional narrative approach to the subject, Richard Rex presents an analytical account which sets out the logic of Henry VIII''s shortlived Reformation. Starting with the fundamental matter of the royal supremacy, Rex goes on to investigate the application of this principle to the English ecclesiastical establishment and to the traditional religion of the people. He then examines the extra impetus and the new direction which Henry''s regime gave to the development of a vernacular and literate devotional culture, and shows how, despite Henry''s best intentions, serious religious divisions had emerged in England by the end of his reign. The study emphasises the personal role of Henry VIII in driving the Reformation process and how this process, in turn, considerably reinforced the monarch''s power.This updated edition of a powerful interpretation of Henry VIII''s Reformation retains the analytical edge and stylish lucidity of the original text while taking f

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PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. Written in a lucid, accessible style, this is an indispensable guide to the complex origins of the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisThis concise study of Ireland's revolutionary years charts the demise of the home rule movement and the rise of militant nationalism that led eventually to the partition of Ireland and independence for southern Ireland. The book provides a clear chronology of events but also adopts a thematic approach to ensure that the role of women and labour are examined, in addition to the principal political and military developments during the period. Incorporating the most recent literature on the period, it provides a good introduction to some of the most controversial debates on the subject, including the extent of sectarianism, the nature of violence and the motivation of guerrilla fighters. The supplementary documents have been chosen carefully to provide a wide-ranging perspective of political views, including those of constitutional nationalists, republicans, unionists, the British government and the labour movement. The Irish Revolution 1916-1923 is ideal for students andTable of ContentsPART ONE BACKGROUND. 1. THE IRISH QUESTION, 1870-1916. PART TWO ANALYSIS. 2. THE EASTER RISING. 3. THE REPUBLICAN RESURGENCE, 1917-18. 4. THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENCE, 1919-21. 5. THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21. 6. PEACE AND CIVIL WAR, 1921-23.

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Book SynopsisIn the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach--across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five centuries of Western supremacy across the globe and usher in an era of transatlantic exploration that eventually gave rise to the modern world. It was a time of discovery and adventure, of great political and social change--a time when Spain learned to rule the world.It was also a time of great turbulence and transition, which fueled an exceptional flourishing of art and literature and inspired new ideas about international law, merchant banking, and economic and social theory. Chronicling the lives and achievements of a cast of legendary characters--great soldiers like the Duke of Alba, artists and writers like El Greco, Velázquez and Cervantes, and the powerful monarchs who ruled over them--Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to brTrade ReviewThis is history as it should be but so rarely is. Never, since Richard Cobb's great books on ancien régime France, has an English historian written on the history of a foreign country so much from the inside, with such intense love and flair and intimacy. The result is a gourmet's delight of a book: to be devoured greedily and digested at length and with pleasure * David Starkey *This is a vivid blend of grand narrative and colourful anecdote, written with pace, verve and a sharp sense of time and place. Dr Goodwin has dug deep in the archives, re-read the chronicles and come up with fresh insights that bring the politics and culture of early-modern Spain into a new alignment. A feast for both the general reader and the specialist * B. W. Ife, Cervantes Professor of Spanish, King’s College London, Emeritus *

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Book SynopsisThis debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry.Trade ReviewIn writing a history of science and cultural politics in nineteenth-century France, Fox has achieved a formidable and admirable synthesis. -- Mary Jo Nye Metascience Such a bold undertaking would flounder in the hands of anyone not possessed of superior scholarship and decades of experience. Savant and the State could have been written by no one other than Robert Fox. -- Clifford Cunningham Sun News Network A skilful balance between speculative and thought-provoking thematic work and accounts of the specific, the confined, and the material... Brilliant and well-researched. -- Sophie Waring British Journal for the History of Science This work should be of inestimable value to all historians of science, France, and European culture. -- Martin S. Staum American Historical Review A valuable synthesis of the variety of political and cultural roles played by the scientific enterprise in France from the end of the First Empire to the outbreak of World War I... A broad-ranging, balanced survey of the state of the field... In The Savant and the State, Fox has written what is likely to remain the definitive survey of public science in nineteenth-century France for some time to come. -- Alex Csiszar Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Science and the New OrderThe Return of the BourbonsPatronage, Authority, and the Profession of ScienceScience and the Industrial AgeA Philosophy for the Times: The Roots of Positivism2. Voices on the PeripheryAcademies and SocietiesThe Devotee: Nature, Learning, and LocalityScience and DecentralizationThe Triumph of the Center3. Science, Bureaucracy, and the EmpireThe Trials of Academic ScienceEducation, Industry, and the Imperial StateThe Bureaucracy of LearningThe Roots of Academic Reform4. Science, Philosophy, and the Culture of SecularismThe Midcentury: Conformity and Dissent in French PhilosophyThe Nature of Life: Pasteur–Pouchet RevisitedThe Radical Synthesis and Its EnemiesA Faith for the Age: The Religion of Humanity5. Science for AllFashioning the AudienceMasters of the Mass Market: Flammarion and FiguierThe Spoken WordBroader Audiences, Bigger Stakes6. The Public Face of Republican ScienceThe Savant at War and PeaceCountercurrents: Science in the Catholic TraditionThe Republic of the SavantsFin de Siècle: From Inspiration to AnxietyConclusionAppendix A: The French System of Education and ResearchAppendix B: Exchange Rates and Incomes in Nineteenth-Century FranceAbbreviationsNotesBibliographical NoteIndex

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Greek Religion covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical, and into the hellenistic period. Each of the volume's 27 essays is written by an international expert and provides a survey of a particular area that reflects contemporary scholarship.Trade Review"The organization of this useful volume invites dipping into rather than a linear perusal. The contributors ... manage to be both informative and fair in their presentation of controversial issues, and blessedly jargon free." (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) "This collection of essays is a welcome addition to the existing books on Greek religion. Both advanced students and scholars will find it a useful introduction to the state of research on the subject." (Acta Classica, 2009) "A splendid book at a not unreasonable price." (Reference Reviews, 2008) "Modestly aiming to offer a mere impression of such a vast field, and eschewing any specific intellectual agenda, Daniel Ogden has done an excellent job both in defining major topics for discussion and in commissioning a varied list of contributors, senior and junior, European and North American, classicists, archaeologists, and historians of religion. ... Ogden has done in excellent job." (Greece and Rome, 2008) "The Companion to Greek Religion is overall an excellent package of the best and most interesting research in Greek religion." (Scholia Reviews, 2008) "Blackwell Companions have well-established reference potential defined by the breadth of scholarly perspectives presented. This volume offers ... well-documented narrations, along with cross-referencing between them." (CHOICE) "Covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world. ... Each of the volume's essays is written by an international expert." (Wordtrade.com) "Blackwell maintains the high standard of its Companion series with these twenty seven essays. ... All in all, [there is] much excellent material here." (Journal of Classics Teaching)Table of ContentsList of Figures x Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xvii Note on Authors and Translations xviii Abbreviations xix Ancient Author Fragment Series xxi Introduction 1Daniel Ogden Part I In the Background 19 1 Greek Religion and the Ancient Near East 21Scott B. Noegel Part II The Powers: The Gods and the Dead 39 2 Olympian Gods, Olympian Pantheon 41Ken Dowden 3 A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion 56Jennifer Larson 4 Personification in Greek Religious Thought and Practice 71Emma Stafford 5 The Dead 86D. Felton 6 Heroes and Hero-Cults 100Gunnel Ekroth Part III Communicating with the Divine 115 7 Prayers and Hymns 117William D. Furley 8 Greek Normative Animal Sacrifice 132Jan N. Bremmer 9 Divination 145Pierre Bonnechere Part IV From Sacred Space to Sacred Time 161 10 A Day in the Life of a Greek Sanctuary 163Beate Dignas 11 Purity and Pollution 178Andreas Bendlin 12 Festivals 190Scott Scullion 13 Time and Greek Religion 204James Davidson Part V Local Religious Systems 219 14 ‘‘Famous Athens, Divine Polis’’: The Religious System at Athens 221Susan Deacy 15 The Religious System at Sparta 236Nicolas Richer 16 The Religious System at Alexandria 253Françoise Dunand 17 The Religious System in Arcadia 264Madeleine Jost Part VI Social Organization, the Family, and Sex 281 18 Religion and Society in Classical Greece 283Charles W. Hedrick Jr. 19 Women, Religion, and the Home 297Janett Morgan 20 ‘‘Something to do with Aphrodite’’: Ta Aphrodisia and the Sacred 311Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Part VII Mysteries and Magic 325 21 Finding Dionysus 327Susan Guettel Cole 22 The Mysteries of Demeter and Kore 342Kevin Clinton 23 Magic in Classical and Hellenistic Greece 357Matthew W. Dickie Part VIII Intersections: Greek Religion and 371 24 Greek Religion and Literature 373Thomas Harrison 25 Greek Religion and Philosophy: The God of the Philosopher 385Fritz-Gregor Herrmann 26 Greek Religion and Art 398T.H. Carpenter Part IX Epilogue 421 27 Gods of the Silver Screen: Cinematic Representations of Myth and Divinity 423Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Bibliography 439 Index 477

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Roman Italy investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms political, cultural, social, and economic upon Italy s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy.Trade Review'A Companion to Roman Italy will be of interest to a wide public and shows that the study of the Greek and Roman civilizations is anything but dry as dust .' - Peter Wellburn, Reference Reviews, Vol 30 No 8. The wonderful thing about A Companion To Roman Italy is the sheer breadth of subject matter. Within this book are essays by twenty four academics whose contributions build toward a coherent and deeply insightful picture of Italy under Roman rule, covering the political, cultural, economic, social, and historical relationships of those peninsular regions surrounding the eternal city. - Marc Ollard, UNRV.comTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Tables xii Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgements xvi Introduction: Setting the Scene 1 1 Italy Before the Romans 2 Elena Isayev Part I The Impact of Rome – Unification and Integration 33 2 Rome’s Encroachment on Italy 35 Rafael Scopacasa 3 Italy and the Greek East, Second Century BC 57 Celia E. Schultz 4 The Social War 76 Edward Bispham 5 The Civil Wars and the Triumvirate 90 Edward Bispham 6 Coming to Terms with Dynastic Power, 30 BC–AD 69 103 Alison E. Cooley 7 Italy during the High Empire, from the Flavians to Diocletian 121 Alison E. Cooley 8 Late Roman and Late Antique Italy: from Constantine to Justinian 133 Neil Christie Part II Local and Regional Diversity 155 2.1 Cultural Diversity 157 9 Funerary Practices 159 Emma‐Jayne Graham and Valerie M. Hope 10 Diversity in Architecture and Urbanism 181 Margaret L. Laird 11 Language and Literacy in Roman Italy 217 Kathryn Lomas 2.2 Greek Italy 235 12 Roman Naples 237 Kathryn Lomas 13 Magna Graecia, 270 BC–AD 200 253 Kathryn Lomas 2.3 Case-study: Becoming Roman in Cisalpina 269 14 The Changing Face of Cisalpine Identity 271 Clifford Ando Part III Town and Country 289 3.1 Settlement Patterns 291 15 Urbanization 293 Joanne Berry 16 Urban Peripheries 308 Penelope J. Goodman 17 Villas 330 Nigel Pollard 3.2 Case-studies of Towns and their Territories 355 18 Republican and Early Imperial Towns in the Tiber Valley 357 Simon Keay and Martin Millett 19 Cosa and the Ager Cosanus 378 Elizabeth Fentress and Phil Perkins 20 Pompeii and the Ager Pompeianus 401 Ray Laurence 21 Ostia 417 Janet DeLaine Part IV Economy and Society 439 22 Regional Interaction 441 Rebecca R. Benefiel 23 Agricultural Production in Roman Italy 459 Robert Witcher 24 Local Elites 483 John R. Patterson 25 Sub‐Elites 498 Jonathan S. Perry Index 513

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Book SynopsisLouis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert, the man who became King George VI and whose challenges were so vividly brought to life in the award winning film, The King''s Speech. Greig''s influence helped to guide the prince from a stammering, shy schoolboy to become one of the most respected constitutional monarchs, seeing the nation through the Second World War and bringing the monarchy closer to the people. Geordie Greig, grandson of Louis Greig, has drawn on private family papers and public archives to reveal an intimate friendship which lasted almost half a century. Previously published as Louis and the Prince by Hodder and Stoughton.Trade ReviewEssential reading * Mail on Sunday *Charming, intriguing, well-written * Sunday Times *A revealing insight into the world of the royals... fascinating * Observer *

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Book SynopsisA gripping and fascinating account of the Great War - told through the events of 100 key dates between 1914 and 1918.Trade ReviewOriginal and effective...Professor David exceeds the reader's expectations...one of the best measured accounts. * Times Literary Supplement *A splendid read... a specialist in 19th century colonial wars and a fine writer, David has intelligently boiled down recent scholarship on the war. * The Observer *Saul David has come up with an ingenious approach... The charm of this unorthodox technique becomes clear as soon as you open the book... a remarkable book. * Daily Mail *Splendidly well written - fluent, engaging, well paced and, despite the grim subject matter, often entertaining. * New Statesman *Fascinating, original...vivid...brilliantly conveys the global scale of the conflict...if you usually find military history rather turgid you must read this. * The Bookseller *A free-flowing work of great originality and insight. * Charles Spencer *All the really important dates are here, as well as some inspired choices ... If any book will inspire readers to investigate further, this one will. * Mail on Sunday *David picks out 100 individual days from the war that allow him to paint the entire picture ... as ever, he is at his best when shells are landing and whistles are blowing. * Sunday Times *Absorbing because of, not despite, the harrowing detail. * The Independent *100 Days to Victory adopts a remarkably original approach to telling the story of the First World War in an accessible fashion ... the author is gifted with acute judgement as well as accomplished narrative skills. His book offers a really admirable introduction to the conflict. -- Max Hastings * The Times *

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Book SynopsisThe first book on the Wars of the Roses to centre on Richard III`s closest friend, Sir Francis Lovell.

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Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resource.Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for OCR''s British period studies and enquiries.- Develops the analytical skills required to succeed in the period study by organising the narrative content around the key issues for students to explore- Enhances understanding of the chosen historical period, supplying a wealth of extracts and sources that offer opportunities to practise the evaluative skills needed for the enquiry- Progressively improves study skills through developmental activities and advice on answering practice exam questions- Helps students to review, revise and reflect on the course material through chapter summaries and revision activ

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