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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Law and Kinship in ThirteenthCentury England
Book SynopsisFirst comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined whom they might marry (decided in the canon law courts) and they determined from whom they might inherit (decided in the common law courts). This book seeks to uncover the association between the two, exploring the ways in which the two legal systems shared ideas about family relationship, where the one jurisdiction - the common law - was concerned about ties of consanguinity and where the other - canon law - was concerned toadd to the kinship mix ties of affinity. It also demonstrates how the theories of kinship were practically applied in the courtrooms of medieval England. SAM WORBY is a civil servant and independent scholar.Trade ReviewWorby has provided a significant contribution to the scholarship, and her book must be welcomed as an important corrective to Maitland's criticisms of medieval legal scholarship. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *This book makes an important contribution to the narrative of family in late medieval England and the inter-relationship of English common law and the ius commune. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Canon law kinship structures Common law kinship structures The dominance of canon law kinship ideas Kinship laws in practice Trends underlying legal kinship structures Conclusion Appendix 1: Raymón of Penyafort's Quia tractare intendimus Appendix 2: The historical introduction to Sciendum est Appendix 3: Common law adaptations of canon law treatises: Quibus modis Appendix 4: Common law adaptations of canon law treatises: Triplex est
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince
Book SynopsisA close study of clothes worn by aristocratic families and their households at the time of the Black Prince - and of Chaucer - showing Europe-wide influences.1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton broke new ground with this detailed study, which discusses fourteenth-century costume in detail. She draws on surviving accounts from the Royal courts, the evidence of chronicles and poetry (often from unpublished manuscripts), and representations in painting, sculpture andmanuscript illumination. Her exploration of aspects of chivalry, particularly the choice of mottoes and devices worn at tournaments, and of the exchange of gifts of clothing between reigning monarchs, offers new insights into thesocial history of the times, and she has much to say that is relevant to the study of illuminated manuscripts of the fourteenth century. STELLA MARY NEWTON's lifelong interest in costume has been the mainspring of her work, from early days as a stage and costume designer (including designing the costumes for the first production of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral) to her later work at the National Gallery advising on the implications ofcostume for the purpose of dating, and at the Courtauld Institute where she set up the department for the study of the history of dress.Trade ReviewSomething of a landmark in the history of dress... the period is notably rich in its documentation, and by carefully analysing both the manuscript sources and published accounts [the author] is able to produce an abundantly detailed narrative of the changes in fashion... Tighter clothes outraged moralists, incensed monastic chroniclers and stirred poets... in the last chapter the author discuss[es] the relationship of the garments she has meticulously reconstructed with their possible representations in manuscript illumination, sculpture and painting... Of lasting value... a pioneering book which will be of enduring value to historians of dress and art alike. * APOLLO *The evidence for this scholarly and detailed study is drawn in the first instance from documentary sources... contemporary illustrations reinforce the written evidence... The book contains much that is of wider interest than the subject matter suggests: the various mottoes used by Edward III are discussed, and the problem of his expanding waistline is revealed; there are interesting sidelights on the new orders of chivalry. -- Michael Prestwich * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Democracy in Europe
Book SynopsisThis history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century. Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent. Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848. Compares the different manifestations of democracy within Eastern and Western Europe during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Considers fascism and its consequences for democracy in Europe during the twentieth century. Demonstrates how in the recent past democracy itself has become thTrade Review"Canfora's book provides powerful insights into the idealogical use of democracy." European Review of Labour and Research Table of ContentsPrologue. 1. A constitution imbued with Hellenism: Greece, Europe, and the West. 2. The beginning: democracy in ancient Greece. 3. How Greek democracy came back into play, and finally left the stage. 4. Liberalism’s first victory. 5. Universal suffrage: act one. 6. Universal suffrage: act two. 7. Trouble for the “old mole”. 8. Europe “on the march”. 9. From the slaughter of the Communards to the “sacred unions”. 10. The Third Republic. 11. The second failure of universal suffrage. 12. The “European civil war”. 13. Progressive democracies, people’s democracies. 14. The cold war: democracy in retreat. 15. Towards the “mixed system”. 16. Was it a new beginning?. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the City of Rome
Book SynopsisA Companion to the City of Rome presents a series of original essays from top experts that offer an authoritative and up-to-date overview of current research on the development of the city of Rome from its origins until circa AD 600.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xiPreface xix Abbreviations xxi List of Illustrations xxiii List of Tables xxvii List of Maps xxix PART I Introductory 1 1 Source Material: i Archaeological Sources 3Maria Kneafsey ii Written Sources 9Richard Flower iii The Marble Plans 13Pier Luigi Tucci iv The Epigraphic Record 20Boris Rankov v Coins 24Andrew Burnett 2 Historical Overview: From City]state to Christian Center 29Christopher Smith PART II The Urban Landscape 53 3 A City of Stories 55T.P. Wiseman 4 Defining the City: The Boundaries of Rome 71Penelope J. Goodman 5 The Development of the City: An Archaeological Perspectivei From its Origins to the Second Century BCE 93Amanda Claridge ii From 100 BCE to 600 CE 115Amanda Claridge PART III The People 137 6 The Population 139Elio Lo Cascio 7 Social Structure and the plebs Romana 155David Noy 8 The Army in Imperial Rome 173Jon Coulston PART IV The Urban Infrastructure 197 9 Rivers, Roads, and Ports 199Candace M. Rice 10 Feeding Rome: The Grain Supply 219Giovanni Geraci (translated Claire Holleran) 11 Water Supply and Sewers 247Harry B. Evans 12 Streets and Street Life 263J. Bert Lott 13 Urban Administration in Rome 279John R. Patterson PART V Living in Rome 297 14 Housing: i The Development and Role of the Roman Aristocratic Domus 299Hannah Platts ii Insulae 317Janet DeLaine 15 The Imperial Thermae 325Janet DeLaine 16 Libraries and Literary Culture in Rome 343Matthew Nicholls PART VI Dying in Rome 363 17 Hazards of Life in Ancient Rome: Floods, Fires, Famines, Footpads, Filth, and Fevers 365Gregory S. Aldrete 18 Funerary Practice in the City of Rome 383Valerie M. Hope 19 Roman Cemeteries and Tombs 403Barbara E. Borg PART VII The Urban Economy 425 20 The Labor Market 427Laurens E. Tacoma 21 Production in Rome 443Dennis Kehoe 22 The Retail Trade 459Claire Holleran 23 The Construction Industry 473Janet DeLaine PART VIII Civic Life 491 24 Temples, Colleges, and Priesthoods 493Jörg Rüpke 25 Entertainment 511David Potter 26 Law and Lawcourts 527Leanne Bablitz 27 The Roman Church 541John Curran 28 Political Space 559Elizabeth H. Pearson PART IX The Roman Triumph 581 29 The Triumphal Procession 583Geoffrey S. Sumi 30 Urban Commemoration: The Pompa Triumphalis in Rome 599Diane Favro PART X Receptions of Rome 619 31 Written Rome: Ancient Literary Responses 621Diana Spencer32 The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome 643Brian A. Curran 33 Napoleonic Rome and “Roma Capitale” 673Pier Luigi Tucci 34 Mussolini and Rome 683Borden Painter35 The City of Ancient Rome on Screen 699Monica S. Cyrino Index 715 Topographical Index 731 Source Index 739
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to NineteenthCentury Europe 1789
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides an overview of European history during the "long" nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914. * Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars. * Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns.Trade Review"The nature of the writing is impressive, and any library owning this volume, and other Blackwell Companions, will be a rich library indeed. This book works well as a text for further study at undergraduate level and beyond; it works well as a collection of enjoyable reads; and most importantly, it works well as a reference resource and study aid." (Reference Reviews) "The volume includes a wealth of interesting and useful information. It provides a clear and concise introduction to many important topics in the history of nineteenth-century Europe. The helpful bibliographic essays at the close of each chapter and the comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book should provide students with additional resources as they pursue their research." (H-Net Reviews) "Readers who bring to this book a reasonably strong background and an open mind will be well rewarded." (Choice) "A scintillating volume, full of detailed and thought-provoking contributions." (English Historical Review)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Notes on Contributors x Maps xiv Introduction xvii Stefan Berger Part I The Idea of “Europeanness” and the Construction of European Identity 1 1 Insiders and Outsiders: Borders in Nineteenth-Century Europe 3 Bo Stråth 2 Visual Representations of Europe in the Nineteenth Century: The Age of Nationalism and Imperialism 11 Michael Wintle Part II Agriculture, Industry, and Social Change 29 3 Rural Society and Agricultural Revolution 31 Hamish Graham 4 Industrial Revolution, Commerce, and Trade 44 Robert Lee 5 Demography, Urbanization, and Migration 56 Robert Lee 6 Lords and Peasants 70 Carl Levy 7 Bourgeois Society 86 Pamela Pilbeam 8 The Disappearance of the Traditional Artisan 98 James R. Farr 9 The Social Condition of the Working Class 109 Jutta Schwarzkopf Part III Political Developments 123 10 Revolutions and Revolutionaries: Histories, Concepts, and Myths 125 Sharif Gemie 11 The Rise of the Modern Leviathan: State Functions and State Features 137 Jörn Leonhard 12 The Democratic Experience 149 John Garrard 13 Labor Movements 164 Stefan Berger 14 National Movements 178 Stefan Berger 15 The “Woman Question” 193 Kathleen Canning Part IV Intellectual Developments and Religion 209 16 Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism 211 Edmund Neill 17 Social Darwinism and Race 224 Mike Hawkins 18 The Age of Catholic Revival 236 Oded Heilbronner 19 Protestantism 248 Anthony J. Steinhoff 20 Orthodoxy 262 Shane P. O’Rourke 21 The Jews: A European Minority 274 David Rechter Part V Cultural Developments 289 22 European Culture in the Nineteenth Century 291 James A. Winders 23 Schooling: Culture and the State 304 Sharif Gemie 24 The Age of Historism 316 Matthew Jefferies 25 The Century of Science 333 Kathryn M. Olesko 26 Police and the Law 345 Chris A. Williams 27 The Cultural History of Crime 355 Daniel M. Vyleta 28 Medical Discourses 369 John C. Waller 29 Sexuality 382 Ivan Crozier Part VI The International System, Colonialism, and War 399 30 Restrained Competition: International Relations 401 William Mulligan 31 War 417 Ute Frevert 32 Colonialism 432 Trutz von Trotha Bibliography 449 Index 499
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Mediterranean World
Book SynopsisStructured around four interlocking themes-mobility, state development, commerce, and frontiers-this beautifully illustrated book brings new dimensions to the concepts of Mediterranean nationality and identity.Trade Review. . . handy. . .—Renaissance QuarterlyThe Mediterranean World succeeds as an accessible, up-to-date synthesis of recent interpretations of the Mediterranean for students and general readers. Specialists will undoubtedly be familiar with many of its interpretive points, and the book focuses more on stressing the consistent permeability of Mediterranean borders and boundaries than it does on defending a single overarching thesis. But this stress on synthesizing recent trends, coupled with the book’s enviable readability, will make it an excellent classroom text for undergraduates or even beginning graduate students. It is a book that defies assumptions about a Mediterranean splintered by religion, politics and culture and instead presents a nuanced view of a geographical body where divisions coexisted with deep connections that often traversed differences.—European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of MapsPrefaceA Note on Names and DatesIntroductionHistorians and the SeaApproaches and Themes1. The Waning of the Roman MediterraneanMare NostrumA Christian MediterraneanAn Eastern and a Western Mediterranean2. Forging New TraditionsAn Arabic MediterraneanBetween New Imperial CapitalsClimate Change and Collapse3. Early Medieval Economies and CulturesShifting Economies and Merchant NetworksCultural Capitals and Intellectual ExchangeReligious LifeReligious InstitutionsThe Rise of Religious Orthodoxies4. Reshaping Political CommunitiesNew Contenders for Power from the PeripheriesChristian Ideas of Holy War and the First CrusadeA Second Wave of Holy Warriors in the East and WestNew Monarchs, New States5. Crossing BoundariesIndividual and Community Lives on the FrontierConversion, Persuasion, and InquisitionMobility, Accommodation, and AcculturationMovement of Ideas and IntellectualsIntellectual and Artistic Cultures at Court6. Commerce, Conquest, and TravelCommercial Exchange and InnovationsTrade, Colonization, and the StateCompetition, Conflict, and CrusadeMobility of PeopleThe Bubonic Plague7. Crisis and Consolidation in State and SocietyNew Contenders for PowerThe Fourteenth-Century CrisisCivil Wars and Centralizing RegimesTransitions in the Eastern Mediterranean8. The Renaissance BazaarNetworks of Exchange and Material CultureIntellectual DiscoursesPatronage and Power9. Mediterranean EmpiresThe Ottoman EmpireHabsburg SpainVeniceCommon Friends, Common Enemies10. Life on the FrontierDefining and Mapping FrontiersMigration and MovementMediterranean SlaveryCorsairsRenegadesReligion and Life on the Frontier11. Mediterranean TransformationsThe EnvironmentDemographyDisease and FamineEconomyTravel and Literature12. The Waning of the Early Modern MediterraneanRussiaNapoleonCorsairs and SlavesCollecting the MediterraneanGuide to ResourcesIndex
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Columbia University Press Internationalist Aesthetics
Book SynopsisInternationalist Aesthetics offers a groundbreaking account of the crucial role that China played in the early Soviet cultural imagination. Reading across genres and media from reportage and biography to ballet and documentary film, Edward Tyerman shows how Soviet culture sought an aesthetics that could foster a sense of internationalist community.Trade ReviewIn this book, Tyerman achieves nothing less than a full historical reconstruction of how “China” became mediated as an essential component of Soviet political and cultural imagining after the failure of hoped for revolutions in Western Europe. This is a landmark work of Sino-Soviet transnational cultural history. -- Roy Chan, author of The Edge of Knowing: Dreams, History, and Realism in Modern Chinese LiteratureEdward Tyerman has produced the most sophisticated and rigorous study to date of Soviet-Chinese cultural interactions in the 1920s and beyond. Internationalist Aesthetics is a feat of both scholarship and conceptualization and is a must-read for all those seriously interested in leftist internationalism or transnational cultural encounters. -- Katerina Clark, author of Eurasia Without Borders: The Dream of a Leftist Literary Commons, 1919–1943A tour de force of scholarship that examines the possibilities and contradictions of the radical early Soviet project of transforming subjectivity from a completely new perspective: the Soviet engagement with China. Relying on his broad and deep knowledge of two different cultural contexts, Tyerman reveals the Soviet aspiration to create an “internationalist, anti-imperialist community” through the transformation of sensory experience across cultures. -- Elizabeth Papazian, author of Manufacturing Truth: The Documentary Moment in Early Soviet CultureThis scintillating study explores the efforts of Soviet cultural producers in the 1920s to construct ‘China’ as a site for imagining a socialist 'international aesthetics.' With insight and sympathy, Tyerman conveys the idealism involved in this project while showing that it was undercut by assumptions about the universality of the Soviet experience. -- S.A. Smith, author of Revolution and the People in Russia and China: A Comparative HistoryThis is a pathbreaking work. With great nuance and superbly insightful close readings, Internationalist Aesthetics shows the rise of this aesthetic, as well as its decline, and ponders its legacies for both Soviet culture and global cultural production. -- Nicolai Volland, author of Socialist Cosmopolitanism: The Chinese Literary Universe, 1945-1965Tyerman carve[s] out huge new areas of inquiry . . . The scholarship is fine-grained. -- Caryl Emerson * Times Literary Supplement *Ambitious, complex, and skilfully executed, Tyerman’s study is a true journey of discovery. -- Iva Glisic * Australian Book Review *A phenomenal intellectual achievement . . . Internationalist Aesthetics is a staggeringly erudite, formidably argued and fundamentally important book. -- Julian Graffy * Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema *A timely interdisciplinary study . . . abounds in rich factual and theoretical interpretations. -- Victor Zatsepine * Journal of Asian Studies *Ground-breaking, erudite and sophisticated . . . an impressive example of scholarship that cuts across, and brings into conversation, multiple fields, disciplines, and intellectual and aesthetic debates to shed light on the significance and use of China in the formation of early Soviet revolutionary culture of the 1920s. -- Susanna Lim * China Quarterly *This masterfully curated tour of the many Chinas documented, imagined, and crafted by some of the most creative minds in the Soviet cultural milieu of the 1920s is a definitive treatment of a topic that so far has evaded systematic elucidation. -- Elizabeth McGuire * The Russian Review *Internationalist Aestheticsis a well-crafted and insightful study that will inspire future scholarship. -- Emily Wilcox * Twentieth-Century China *Original and highly revealing . . . [this book] represents a welcome addition to the study of Chinese-Russian cultural relations. -- Qiang Zhai * The Chinese Historical Review *Ambitious, sophisticated, and wide-ranging. * Modern Language Review *This is a very close textual analysis of important sources, some of which are not easily accessible, andthus this study will be useful for those interested in these sources. * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: China and Early Soviet Culture 1. Sight, Sound, and Similarity: Soviet Writers Travel to China2. Translating China Onstage: Roar, China! and The Red Poppy3. Through an Internationalist Lens: China in Early Soviet Cinema4. Confessions and Collaborations: Authority, Agency and Factographic Internationalism in Den Shi-khuaEpilogue: International Literature, National Form, and Missed ConnectionsNotesBibliography and SourcesIndex
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Yale University Press The Overseas Trade of British America
Book SynopsisA sweeping history of early American trade and the foundation of the American economyTrade ReviewRecipient of The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York’s 69th Annual Distinguished Book Award“Thomas Truxes demonstrates that trade was the essential element in the success of Britain’s American colonies—and of their revolution. He weaves together contemporary opinion and modern analysis in highly readable prose, always with the telling detail.”—Karen Ordahl Kupperman, author of Pocahontas and the English Boys“A dazzling tour de force of erudition and empirical heft. This is an indispensable and extraordinary work, immediately the authority in the field.”—Trevor Burnard, University of Hull“We could have no better guide than Truxes explaining incisively how American colonial merchants enriched their communities through licit and illicit trade, and how this enrichment was the product of slavery and the slave trade.”—Nicholas Canny, author of Imagining Ireland’s Pasts“Sailing across four centuries and comprehending multiple perspectives, Thomas Truxes offers us a fascinating new understanding of a complex development that subjugated black laborers, strengthened white enterprisers and inhabitants, and ultimately facilitated an uneasy independence.”—David Hancock, University of Michigan
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Franciscans in Medieval Bury St Edmunds
Book SynopsisA volume of translated documents chronicling the conflict between Franciscan friars and Benedictine monks in medieval Bury St Edmunds and the subsequent Franciscan community at Babwell Between 1233 and 1263 Franciscan friars engaged in a fierce confrontation with one of the most powerful abbeys in western Christendom, St Edmunds Abbey. Bringing together the documents that describe the sometimes violent and destructive conflict, which was litigated in both the royal court and the papal curia, this volume traces the history of the Franciscan presence at Bury St Edmunds both before and after the friars established a permanent home at Babwell Fen outside the town's North Gate in 1265. The controversy created by the arrival of mendicant friars was one of the major religious events of thirteenth-century Europe; the events in Bury are the best evidenced in England, and among the most richly documented mendicant-monastic conflicts in Europe. The volume includes documents produced by the monks of St Edmunds, the royal chancery, the papal curia and the friars themselves, chronicling a mendicant community that continued to challenge and disrupt the authority of the Abbey over Bury St Edmunds.Table of ContentsPreface List of illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Editorial methods Documents Part I: The friars in the banleuca of St Edmund, 1233-1263 Part II: The friars at Babwell, 1265-1538 Appendix: Friars who spent time in Bury St Edmunds Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman
Book SynopsisA Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities.Trade Review"The contributions are consistently readable and often inspiring...also comprehensively and carefully documented..." SehepunkteTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Dean Hammer 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) 8 David Konstan Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities 21 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 23 Kurt A. Raaflaub 3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 44 Michael P. Fronda Part II Constructing a Past 65 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth 67 Kathryn A. Morgan 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth 83 Mary Jaeger Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica 99 6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities 101 Vincent Farenga 7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic 113 Malcolm Schofield Part IV Institutions 129 8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities 131 P.J. Rhodes 9 The Incongruence of Power: The Roman Constitution in Theory and Practice 146 Henrik Mouritsen Part V Law 165 10 Tyranny or the Rule of Law? Democratic Participation in Legal Institutions in Athens 167 David Cohen 11 The Evolution of Law and Legal Procedures in the Roman Participatory Context 179 Callie Williamson Part VI Social Values 193 12 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in Greek Participatory Communities 195 Nick Fisher 13 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in the Roman Participatory Context 217 Valentina Arena Part VII Power Relations and Political Groups 239 14 The Practice of Politics in Classical Athens, and the Paradox of Democratic Leadership 241 Robert W. Wallace 15 The Practice of Politics and the Unpredictable Dynamics of Clout in the Roman Republic 257 W. Jeffrey Tatum Part VIII Rhetoric 275 16 Persuading the People in Greek Participatory Communities 277 Joseph Roisman 17 Persuading the People in the Roman Participatory Context 294 Robert Morstein-Marx Part IX Global Contexts 311 18 Interstate Relations, Colonization, and Empire among Greek Participatory Communities 313 Sarah Bolmarcich 19 Interstate Relations, Federal States, Colonization, and Empire during the Roman Republic 329 Craige B. Champion Part X Economic Life 347 20 Production, Trade, and Consumption in Greek Democracy 349 David W. Tandy 21 Production, Trade, and Consumption in the Roman Republic 368 Luuk de Ligt Part XI Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion 387 22 Women and Slaves in Greek Democracy 389 Ryan K. Balot and Larissa M. Atkison 23 Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic 405 Roberta Stewart Part XII Entertainment 429 24 Tragedy and Comedy in Greek Participatory Communities 431 Keith Sidwell 25 Tragedy and Comedy in the Roman Participatory Context 446 Shawn O’Bryhim Part XIII Visual Culture 459 26 Art, Architecture, and Spaces in Greek Participatory Communities 461 Tonio Hölscher 27 Art, Architecture, and Space in the Roman Participatory Context 482 Ellen Perry Part XIV Conclusion 501 28 Thinking Comparatively about Participatory Communities 503 Dean Hammer Index 521
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Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh History of the Greeks 20th and
Book SynopsisModern Greek History and more general history within GreeceTrade Review"Who are the Greeks? This volume provides new answers to the long-vexing question, situating its subject both within national boundaries and broader global context. With this truly modern and sophisticated history, Liakos and Doumanis provide an account of Greece's - and the Greeks' -dynamic, complex and complicated twentieth century. " -Katherine Fleming, Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization , NYU and President of the J. Paul Getty Trust
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Cornell University Press The Gumilev Mystique
Book SynopsisIn The Gumilev Mystique, Mark Bassin investigates the complex structure of Lev Gumilev's theories, revealing how they reflected and helped shape a variety of academic as well as political and social discourses in the USSR, and he traces how his authority has grown yet greater across the former Soviet Union.Trade Review"The Gumilev Mystique is by far the most authoritative account in English on the ideas and life of a scholar whose star is still rising in Eurasia. In this widely researched book, Mark Bassin explains the popularity of Gumilev and explores the process by which a somewhat repressed figure in the Stalinist period became a guru of the post-Soviet period. The book reads extremely well and has a quality to it that makes the reader want to know what will come next from this outlandish figure whose real life is stranger than fiction." -- David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen, author of Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia: The Number One Reindeer Brigade"A son of two great Russian poets and an inmate of Stalin's Gulag, Lev Gumilev was the founding father of neo-Eurasianism, a powerful ideological framework for claiming Russia's special civilization and for justifying its predominance on the territory of the USSR. In tracing the origins and transformation of Gumilev’s theories, this book provides the best available explanation of the appeal of neo-Eurasianism in Russia,including among its top political leaders." -- Vera Tolz-Zilitinkevic, University of Manchester, author of Russia’s Own Orient: The Politics of Identity and Oriental Studies in the Late Imperial and Early Soviet Periods"In 1996, the government of independent Kazakhstan named a new university after him. In 2005, the capital of Tatarstan commemorated his work by erecting a statue in the middle of Kazan. There is a mountain peak in the Altai range and a street in the Kalmyk Elista named after him. A son of Russia's two major poets, a prisoner of the Gulag, a celebrity historian, and a key figure behind the revival of the Eurasianist movement, Lev Gumilev was the man who provided postsocialist nationalisms with a conceptual lexicon and theoretical models. In this lucid and informative book, Mark Bassin meticulously reconstructs historical details, social networks, and intellectual contexts that shaped Gumilev's essentializing theory of 'biological communities’ and their ethnogenesis. The Gumilev Mystique is an important and timely biography of the ideas that continue to constitute the theoretical core of nation building processes in postcommunist societies." -- Serguei Alex. Oushakine, Princeton University, author of The Patriotism of Despair: Nation, War, and Loss in RussiaTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 GUMILEV'S THEORY OF ETHNOS AND ETHNOGENESIS1. The Nature of Ethnicity2. Ethnogenesis, Passionarnost′, and the Biosphere 3. Varieties of Ethnic Interaction 4. The Ethnogenetic Drama of Russian History Part 2 THE SOVIET RECEPTION OF GUMILEV5. Soviet Visions of Society and Nature 6. Ethnicity as Ideology and Politics 7. Gumilev and the Russian Nationalists Part 3 GUMILEV AFTER COMMUNISM8. Neo-Eurasianism and the Russian Question 9. Biopolitics and the Ubiquity of Ethnicity 10. "The Patron of the Turkic Peoples" Conclusion: The Political Significance of Gumilev
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 751
Book SynopsisOf all Rome''s western successors, the Frankish kingdom that emerged in France, Belgium, the Rhineland and Switzerland was the longest lasting and most powerful; yet the Merovingians, who ruled it for nearly 300 years (481-751), have been harshly treated by posterity. This is partly through the hostility of the Carolingians who usurped and succeeded them, and partly because of a family history that was lurid and bloody even by contemporary standards. Ian Wood rescues them from the shadows of obscurity and contempt in this superb survey which will be required reading for all early medievalists.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations. Preface. Introduction: Constructing Merovingian History. 1. The Barbarians in Gaul. 2. Literary continuity anddiscontinuity: Late-fifth-and-sixth-century culture. 3. The establishment of Merovingian power: the Franks before 537. 4. Kings and kingdoms: the structure of the realm in the 6th century. 5. The limites of ecclesiastical power: Episocopal jurisdiction and politics. 6. Stability in disunity: the civil wars of the 6th century. 7. Laws and law-codes: Merovingian legislation. 8. Royal women: Fredegund, ~Brunhilda and Radegund. 9. Redefining the Kingdom: Chlothar II, Dagobert I, Sigibert III and Clovis II. 10. The Merovingians and their neighbours. 11. The place of the monasteries: politics and the religious life, 613-64. 12. Land, wealth and the economy. 13. The failure of consensus: Merovingian politics from 656-80. 14. The culture of churchmen: education, theology and book-production in the later 7th century. 15. The check on ambition: Merovingian politics, 680-721. 16. Towards reunification: wars and politics, 721-751. 17. The Northern Emporia: Quentovic, Dorestad and the `Sceatta' economy. 18. Mission aaccomplished: the Merovingian church east of the Rhine. Conclusion: The Merovingian achievement.
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Buchanans History of Scotland The second edition revised and corrected from the Latin original by Mr Bond
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British Library, Historical Print Editions The New Domesday Book of Hertfordshire Compiled from the official return issued in 1873
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British Library, Historical Print Editions Geschichtliche Nachrichten uber den ostlichen Theil des Kreises Ludinghausen etc
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Oxford University Press Renaissance and Reformation France
Book SynopsisThis volume makes accessible some of the most recent research of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in France. Using a topical approach to provide broad thematic coverage of the period from 1500 to 1648, each chapter focuses on a specific area of French history: politics and the state, the economy, society and culture, religion, and gender and the family. The book is more than a collection of topical essays, however, as each chapter is linked to the others, together forming a coherent narrative of French history from the advent of the Reformation, through the civil wars of the second half of the sixteenth century, to the Fronde. The result is the most up-to-date synthesis of this period, showing how recent scholarship has significantly revised the traditional narrative of French history.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Kingdom of France in the Sixteenth Century ; 2. Social Groups and Cultural Practices ; 3. Rural, Urban, and Global Economies ; 4. Gender and the Family ; 5. Religion and the Sacred ; 6. The Wars of Religion ; 7. Catholic Reform and Religious Coexistence ; 8. Redrawing the Lines of Authority ; Conclusion ; Further Reading ; Chronology ; Maps
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Picador USA When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain
Book SynopsisObscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles MiltonThe first installment in Giles Milton''s outrageously entertaining series, History''s Unknown Chapters: colorful and accessible, intelligent and illuminating, Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves into the little-known stories from the past.There''s the cook aboard the Titanic, who pickled himself with whiskey and survived in the icy seas where most everyone else died. There''s the man who survived the atomic bomb in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And there''s many, many more. Covering everything from adventure, war, murder and slavery to espionage, including the stories of the female Robinson Crusoe, Hitler''s final hours, Japan''s deadly balloon bomb and the emperor of the United States, these tales deserve to be told.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc First World War for Dummies
Book SynopsisFrom the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War For Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars.Trade Review"...this beautifully constructed and richly detailed book goes into the complicated reasons behind the start of the war and tracks its progress in an easy-to-follow manner" (On: Yorkshire Magazine, June 2014) "This book is brilliant. Well-researched and full of anything you would want to know about World War 1" (Frost Magazine, June 2014) "The author succeeds in communicating the complexities of the whole issue in a straightforward, impartial and easy-to-read style... helping the reader to understand the Great War and all its many facets" (Leopard Magazine, July 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Origins of War 7 Chapter 1: The First World War: An Overview 9 Chapter 2: The World in 1900 29 Chapter 3: Crisis Mismanagement: Unpicking the Causes of the First World War 55 Part II: Europe at War, 1914–1916 75 Chapter 4: 1914: The First World War Starts Here 77 Chapter 5: 1915: Cunning Plans to Win the War 101 Chapter 6: 1916: The Big Battles 117 Part III: A World at War 137 Chapter 7: Welcome to the World of the Trenches 139 Chapter 8: War at Sea, War in the Air 155 Chapter 9: Turkish Delights 175 Chapter 10: The Imperial War 195 Chapter 11: America Goes to War 213 Part IV: Home Fronts 229 Chapter 12: The Civilian War 231 Chapter 13: Women at War 249 Chapter 14: Struggles for Power 265 Part V: Armistice and Aftermath, 1917–1918 and Beyond 281 Chapter 15: 1917: The Year of Big Changes 283 Chapter 16: 1918: Victory and Defeat 303 Chapter 17: Aftermath: The World After the War 323 Chapter 18: Remembering the War 343 Part VI: The Part of Tens 359 Chapter 19: Ten Key Generals of the First World War 361 Chapter 20: Ten Great First World War Films 367 Chapter 21: Ten Famous Wartime Writers and Poets 371 Chapter 22: Ten Enlightening Places to Visit 377 Index 381
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John Murray Press Scottish History A Complete Introduction Teach
Book Synopsis Scottish History: A Complete Introduction is a comprehensive guide to the exciting story of this nation, from pre-history right through to the present day. With the question of Scottish independence once again on the agenda, this book will allow you to trace the events, both peaceful and bloody, that have brought the country to this point. Tracing events from the pre-history of the land and the coming of the Scots to the rise of the Scottish National Party, it provides an informative and accessible introduction to Scotland''s history. Whether it is the Jacobite Rebellion, the advances of the Scottish Enlightenment or its role in WWI and WWII, this is the perfect place to start.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author''s many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember
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Yale University Press The French Renaissance Court
Book SynopsisThe court of France in the sixteenth century has often been seen merely as a focus of political intrigue and conflict. This book traces its evolution from a nomadic institution to a more sedentary one. It explores the political and cultural importance of the French court through seven reigns from Charles VIII to Henry III.Trade Review"Engagingly and illustratively written and meticulously researched, The French Renaissance Court, 1483-1589 is a valuable contribution to the political, cultural, intellectual, and social history of early modern France. Replete with genealogies, a complete bibliography, and colorful illustrations, it will be useful for art historians and historians alike who desire an insightful comparison to studies of other Renaissance courts and monarchical government."—Carolyn Corretti, Sixteenth Century Journal -- Carolyn Corretti * Sixteenth Century Journal *
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Lays of Marie de France
Book SynopsisThis edition includes Edward Gallagher's prose translations of The Lays of Marie de France; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays—-The Lay of Melion and The Lay of Tyolet; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialized terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie's Prologue, Guigemar, Bisclavret, and Yonec.Trade ReviewWith admirable sensitivity to the meaning and style of the originals, Edward J. Gallagher has skillfully rendered these charming Old French verse narratives from the late twelfth century into engaging and readable modern English prose. Gallagher includes a detailed commentary on each of the twelve lays, two useful glossaries, and a selection of lays in Old French. Readers will appreciate his substantial and informative introduction to the works of Marie de France and to the illustrious literary and cultural context within which these masterpieces in miniature took shape. --Donald Maddox, University of Massachusetts AmherstEditions and translations of Marie de France's Lais have appeared at a steady rate since 1885, indeed in every decade since the 1940s. Edward Gallagher's prose translation (which also translates two anonymous lais, Melion and Tyolet) is the latest, a lively, readable version. . . . [T]his book is welcome: it should help introduce yet more students to these fascinating poems in a clear and energetic prose. --Modern Language ReviewProfessor Gallagher’s translation is a very timely one. It is produced in a handsome paperback and is highly accessible in price and in its level of critical language to undergraduates, graduates, and lay (no pun intended) readers alike. Students of medieval literature, French or European, will find it a congenial text, written in clear English prose, of Marie’s twelve Lays, along with two other lays not attributed to Marie. Each Lay is followed by an illuminative commentary. The body of the text is preceded by an excellent Introduction wherein Gallagher provides the chief facts about Marie, her oeuvre, and recent critical scholarship on Marie, without indulging in unneeded pedantry. --Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures
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Oxford University Press The Middle Ages
Book SynopsisThe Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the people and their lifestyles. Including stories of kingship and Christian salvation, agriculture and trade, Rubin demonstrates the remarkable nature and legacy of the Middle Ages.Table of Contents1. 'The Middle Ages' ; 2. People and their life styles ; 3. Big ideas ; 4. Environments and resources ; 5. The Middle Ages of others ; 6. The 'Middle Ages' in our daily lives ; Further reading ; Index
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PublicAffairs,U.S. The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and
Book SynopsisStimulating, encyclopaedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering." , Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) A lively, full-to-bursting history of the turbulent tenth century in Europe, . Collins presents chaotic upheaval across Europe in an organized and riveting fashion." , Kirkus (starred review)The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. The stability once provided by Imperial Rome had dissolved, leaving a perilous landscape behind. Yet the story of the tenth century is the story of our culture's birth. This was the moment that civilization emerged from the Dark Ages into the light of day.The Birth of the West tells the story of a transformation from chaos to order, exploring the alien landscape of Europe in transition. It thoroughly renovates older conceptions of feudalism and what medieval life was actually like. The result is a wholly-new vision of how civilization sprang from the unlikeliest of origins, and proof that our tenth-century ancestors are not as remote as we might think. The Birth of the West is a re-making of what we think we know about the end of the Dark Ages. It is also the gate to the utterly unexpected cosmos of European forebears., The characters who people The Birth of the West are as familiar as relatives,as indeed they are,groping their way to a cohesive Western culture. The Birth of the West is thus the tale of our birth, and Collins tells it with a narrative grace and elegance which will make readers cherish it." , Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's ArkTrade ReviewStephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) "The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era... [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece ... his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary... Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering." Thomas Keneally "The Birth of the West is a re-making of what we think we know about the end of the "Dark Ages". It is also the gate to the utterly unexpected cosmos of European forebears. In some ways, from waterlogged England by way of the folk beliefs of French peasants, to the ambitious consolidation of Germany, corruption and reform in the Papacy, the machinations of Constantinople and the continuing presence of Moorish culture in Western Europe, the characters who people 'The Birth of the West' are as familiar as relatives--as indeed they are--groping their way to a cohesive Western culture as yet dominant in the world. The 'Birth of the West' is thus the tale of our birth, and Collins tells it with a narrative grace and elegance which will make readers cherish it." "Very readable... The 900s are a fascinating time in history, and many lessons might be derived from the era's amazing and usually violent changes in reigns and rulers...Collins follows the lead of other recent historians in seeing this period not just as brutish and stagnant, but also rich in its cultural and spiritual life, and his best chapters focus on everyday people and experiences." Shelf Awareness"An engaging account of an often overlooked era." National Catholic Reporter"Australian Collins, historian and former priest, has a masterly touch throughout, for he writes the book on the several levels. He describes Europe, physically. He tells us what we are looking at, the stage set of history, the extensive woodlands, the major massifs and plateaus. All the while he is populating this landscape. This is truly history from the bottom up, layering the terrain...Collins' history is telling that though the ages were dark, not all the lights had been turned off. What we are receiving from Collins' sure hand is what happened after the fall of Rome...This is an intriguing 395-page read that gradually comes together at the end as Collins pulls on all the threads to tie into a fine knot." Shepherd Express Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A lively, full-to-bursting history of the turbulent 10th century in Europe...Collins presents chaotic upheaval across Europe in an organized and riveting fashion." Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse "In The Birth of the West, Paul Collins makes accessible and exciting the world of tenth-century Europe. With a sense for both the grand narrative and for the quirks of particular personalities, Collins makes this central medieval century seem not so dark. Rather, lit by the fiery eyes of three German kings named Otto, who stand at the heart of Collins' story, it is an era of significant cultural achievement and political advance--though no less bloody for it." Publishers Weekly "Western Europe claws its way out of the Dark Ages--just barely--in this hair-raising history... Writing with a supple prose and an eye for colorful detail and vivid characters, Collins shapes some of history's most appalling behavior--first prize might go to Pope Steven VI, who exhumed his predecessor's rotting corpse and placed it on trial for heresy--into a lively narrative with a comprehensible story line. Behind the blood-lettings and betrayals of medieval politics, he sketches an illuminating interpretation of a society and worldview shaped by insecurity, superstition, and personal loyalties. The result is a fascinating account of how a desperate struggle for survival bequeathed a civilization." Booklist "Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers." Macleans"He makes a lively... case that the foundations of 11th-century expansion--by the end of which, Europe was powerful enough that, after fighting off or assimilating invaders on all fronts, it was able to start invading its neighbours in the First Crusade--were laid in the 10th century." Dallas Morning News
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