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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Excellent translation of Barbero’s text. . . . The author of this rich, scholarly but accessible study provides an intimate portrait of the man—right down to his shirt and underpants—and a sensitive analysis of his government and times. " * Publishers Weekly *“[Professor Barbero] ... has a lightness of touch indispensable in approaching a subject which has constipated generations of continental scholars. He is particularly good in following through the repercussions of war down the social scale to the peasants who made up at least 90 per cent of the population. . . . Barbero is also a historical novelist, and knows how to hold the attention with arresting details.” * Spectator *“Cameron’s translation makes the book lively an readable, and he has captured Barbero’s wit, keen eye for detail, and sharp analysis of sources. . . . Accessible to a wide audience and educated non-specialists, and it would be an excellent addition to required texts in a survey class.” * Canadian Journal Of History *“Vivid descriptions and careful research combine to paint a picture of a bygone era that entertains the reader as much as edifies her. Charlemagne: Father of a Continent is not just another biography but a fascinating and immensely useful one.” * Envoi: A Review Journal of Medieval Literature *“Judiciously avoids scholarly arcana and long-winded digressions into source-criticism and historiographical debates. . . . and effectively communicates to a wider audience the essentials of these debates, both within the text and in the discursive bibliography, with elegance, wit, and attitude.” * H-France Review of Books *"This book has been vividly and compellingly translated by Allan Cameron, and is an enjoyable and informative read." * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Paderborn, Summer of 7991. The Frankish Tradition2. The War against the Lombards3. Wars against the Pagans4. The Rebirth of Empire5. Charlemagne and Europe6. The Man and His Family7. Government of the Empire: The Institutions8. Government of the Empire: The Resources9. Government of the Empire: The Justice System10. An Intellectual Project11. The Frankish Military Machine12. A New Economy13. Patronage and Servitude14. Old Age and DeathNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBenjamin Curtis is Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Seattle University, USA.Trade ReviewThis volume, a fascinating and an impeccably executed addition to the Series, is commended to all serious researchers. -- Jennifer Harrison, University of Queensland * Australian Journal of Politics and History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. From not-so-humble beginnings (c. 1000-1439) 2. Austria's destiny (1440-1519) 3. The greatest generation (1516-64) 4. The European superpower (1156-1621) 5. Division in faith and family (1564-1619) 6. Endless war (1619-65) 7. Rise and fall (1657-1705) 8. Opulent stagnation (1705-40) 9. Enlightenment and reform (1740-92) 10. Revolution and reaction (1792-1848) 11. To succumb with honor (1848-1918) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars. Provides an overview of current thinking on the period. Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time. Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry. Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Maps xiv Introduction: Europe in Agony, 1900–1945 xxi Gordon Martel Part I Continuity and Change; Forces and Movements 1 1 Urbanization, Poverty, and Crime 3 Paul Lawrence 2 The Revolution in Science 19 Cathryn Carson 3 Feminism: Women, Work, and Politics 35 June Hannam 4 Modernism 50 Robin Walz 5 The Cult of Youth 66 Elizabeth Harvey 6 Sexuality and the Psyche 82 Lesley A. Hall 7 The Economy 98 Peter Wardley Part II Before the Deluge 117 8 Europe’s World: Power, Empire, and Colonialism 119 Woodruff D. Smith 9 Social Reform or Social Revolution? 135 Gary P. Steenson 10 Modernity: Approaching the Twentieth Century 150 Angela K. Smith 11 Politics: The Past and the Future 165 Peter Waldron 12 The Coming of War, 1914 180 Annika Mombauer Part III World War I 195 13 August 1914: Public Opinion and the Crisis 197 David Welch 14 The War in the Trenches 213 Tim Travers 15 The War from Above: Aims, Strategy, and Diplomacy 228 Matthew Stibbe 16 The War and Revolution 243 Mark Baker Part IV The Aftermath of War 259 17 Peacemaking after World War I 261 Alan Sharp 18 Demobilization and Discontent 277 James M. Diehl 19 The Socialist Experiment 292 William J. Chase 20 The Fascist Challenge 309 Martin Blinkhorn 21 Revisionism 326 Carole Fink Part V The New Age 341 22 The Jazz Age 343 Thomas J. Saunders 23 The Nazi New Society 359 Dick Geary 24 The Popular Front 375 Michael Richards 25 The Strategic Revolution 391 Tami Davis Biddle 26 Hitler and the Origins of World War II 407 Anita J. Prazmowska Part VI World War II 423 27 Grand Strategy and Summit Diplomacy 425 Michael Jabara Carley 28 The Real War 441 David French 29 The Home Fronts: Europe at War, 1939–1945 456 Nicholas Atkin 30 The Holocaust 472 David Engel 31 Memories of World War II and the Holocaust in Europe 487 Harold Marcuse Bibliography 505 Index 539

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Book SynopsisPopular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius'' thousand tales are arranged thematically in ninety-one chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wide-ranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. As a whole, the work gives the reader fascinating insights into what it felt like to be an ancient Roman, what the ancient Romans really believed, what their private world was like, how they related to one another, and what they did when nobody was watching.Trade ReviewThe publication of Henry John Walker's translation of Memorable Deeds and Sayings ensures a wider readership for Valerius' great compendium of Greco-Roman lore. Of the many merits of Walker's translation, I would cite especially its readability. Walker has produced a version of Valerius Maximus that reflects the original’s wide sweep, but in Walker's hands Valerius tells a seamless story in multiple parts. This translation will be easily used by students in the classroom and by scholars. It is a substantial accomplishment: a superior new translation that renders a monument of Latin literature accessible in every way to multiple audiences.--Joseph Pucci, Brown University

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Book SynopsisThe story of one woman''s journey from a cultured life in pre-war Europe, through the devastation of Hitler''s regime, to her commitment of helping the world understand the Holocaust.

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Book SynopsisComparative studies on the age of Sutton Hoo (5c - 8c) with English and European focus, plus summary of the latest site excavations.`The Sutton Hoo `princely' burials play a pivotal role in any modern discussion of Germanic kingship.'EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE The age of Sutton Hoo runs from the fifth to the eighth century AD - a dark and difficult age,where hard evidence is rare, but glittering and richly varied. Myths, king-lists, place-names, sagas, palaces, belt-buckles, middens and graves are all grist to the archaeologist's mill. This book celebrates the anniversary of the discovery of that most famous burial at Sutton Hoo. Fifty years ago this great treasure, now in the British Museum, was unearthed from the centre of a ninety-foot-long ship buried on remote Suffolk heathland. Included in this volume are 23 wide-ranging essays on the Age of Sutton Hoo and director Martin Carver's summary of the latest excavations, which represent the current state of knowledge about this extraordinary site. That it still has secrets to reveal is shown by the last-minute discovery of a striking burial of a young noble with his horse and grave goods.M.O.H. CARVER is Professor of Archaeology at York University, and Director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project.Trade ReviewComprehensive and lavish... [the] volume's twenty-four papers provide not only an unrivalled and tantalizing preview of the most recent finds at Sutton Hoo, but also a survey of the whole context of the burial, local, national and international. -- J R Maddicott * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *The Sutton Hoo `princely' burials play a pivotal role in any modern discussion of Germanic kingship. * EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE *A valuable interim report on the 1983-92 excavation... most exciting may be the parallels suggesed from Merovingian and Scandinavian Europe. A major contribution to the Sutton Hoo literature. * CHOICE *A major reassessment of the political and economic context of this burial ground-a very important book. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *A book clearly aimed at academics and university students, [but] of value to anyone seriously interested in early Anglo-Saxon England.. Martin Carver's succinct account of Sutton Hoo...explain[s] the burials in ways which go beyond traditional historical archaeological interpretation. * HISTORY TODAY *

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1963, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod's pioneering work traces the role of the Arab intelligentsia in increasing Arab awareness of Europe and in shaping an Arab image of the West.Trade Review'Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual' Edward Said, Guardian 'One of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America.' Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University 'A significant contribution to the study of Arab adjustment to the modern age. Abu-Lughod has combined insight and careful interpretation with thorough scholarship.' C. F. Dawn, University of IllinoisTable of ContentsPreface v Introduction: The Setting of Westernization 3 I Arab Awareness of the West: Modern Beginnings 11 The Napoleonic Proclamations * The Arab Chroniclers of the French Expedition II The Development of the Translation Movement 28 Unorganized Official Interpreting * Random Translation * Organized Period of Official Translation * The Decline of Official Translation * The Revival of the Translation Movement III The Nature of the Translated Material 46 Translations Undertaken * List of Translations * Content of the Translations * Other Translators of the Nineteenth Century * A Digression on Ninth and Nineteenth-Century Translation * Justifications for the Translations * Impact of Translations on Arab Intellectual Development IV Arab Travellers to Europe 66 Pre-Nineteenth-Century Travellers * Nineteenth- Century Travellers * Travel Accounts * The Subject Matter of Travel Books * Impact of the Travels V Travellers' Views of Europe: Political and Social Organization 86 The Political Organization of the State * Private Organizations VI Travellers' Views of Europe: The Educational 115 System and the Social Order Education and Learning * Miscellaneous Sociological Observations VII Arab Attitudes and Reactions to Western 135 Achievements Statements of Individual Writers * Reactions to th Invidious Comparisons VIII Conclusions and Subsequent Developments 155 Bibliography 169 Index 181

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Book SynopsisCites the fears of radical Christians that conversions to Islam were on the increase and that more Christians were being assimilated into Arab Muslim culture. This title investigates the origins of this "martyrs' movement" in Cordoba, then flourishing as a center of Islamic culture. It presents a fresh view at apogee of al-Andalus, Muslim Spain.

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Book SynopsisA JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil - literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew's demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author reveals how these myths still exist in transmuted form in the modern era.

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Book SynopsisFirst full-length study of the campaigns led by Henry of Lancaster in Aquitaine, including a detailed biographical study of the individuals involved. In 1345 Henry of Lancaster, earl of Derby - the most prominent soldier, diplomat and statesman of his generation - led an English royal army to the duchy of Aquitaine and inflicted two devastating defeats on the French royal forces, at Bergerac and then Auberoche. These were the first decisive victories for either side, and swung the course of the Hundred Years' War dramatically in England's favour. The remarkable success of the expedition, however, has been overshadowed in history by Edward III's more celebrated victory at Crécy the following year. This reassessment of a neglected campaign draws on a wealth of original source material to furnish an examination of the campaign "in the round"; recruitment, preparations and financial administration, as well as its events and achievements, are examined closely. A detailed biographical study of the individuals who took up arms under Lancaster's command forms a main part of this work: the portrayal of hundreds of careers in arms allows us to glean a sense of what life was like for soldiers in this army and in the later Middle Ages in general. An investigation of the men's martial experience, motivations for service and personal military networks provides an understanding of how and, indeed, why the army was so effective in the field of war. It also reveals much about the emergence of professionalism in English medieval armies and offers a reassessment of Lancaster's importance as a captain, administrator and diplomat, and above all, as a successful military commander.Trade Review[In]-depth survey. [...] Gribit has established an approach that other military scholars could use to illuminate the experience of recruitment for not only the soldiers themselves but also local communities, and the impact of the mobilization of resources required for the military preparations. -- H-NET REVIEWSThrough the careful assembly, assessment, and analysis of a wealth of new material from archival and printed records, the book offers much food for thought on the organization of war and military recruitment at this time. * WAR IN HISTORY *In this carefully produced and detailed study...Nicholas Gribit analyses with impressive forensic skill what turned out to be the first notably victorious English land campaigns in the developing Anglo-French war. * NORTHERN HISTORY *This is a book that rewards the reader with insight concerning the importance of sound leadership and also the value of professionalism in leading to military success in campaigns, with lessons that are easily applicable to other campaigns in the Hundred Years' War and other areas of study within military history for the wise researcher. * DE RE MILITARI *Table of ContentsIntroduction Henry of Lancaster and the English Expedition to Aquitaine, 1345-46 English and Welsh Soldiers: Troop Types in Lancaster's Army Raising an Army: Recruitment and Composition Paying an Army: Financial Administration The Twin Victories: The First Campaign, 1345 Siege and Conquest by Sword: The Second Campaign, 1346 Lancaster's War Retinue in 1345: Formation and Structure Lancaster's War Retinue in 1345: Cohesion and Stability An Era of Military Professionalism: Careers and Patterns of Service Conclusion Appendix A: Transcription and Translation of Lancaster's Indenture Appendix B: Prosopographical Catalogue of Men in Lancaster's Retinue

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Book SynopsisLong before Greeks dominated the ancient Mediterranean, Phoenicians were the lords of the sea. Setting out from their Levantine cities, they introduced their alphabet, art, technology, and gods to places as far as off as Iberia. Carolina López-Ruiz highlights the enduring Phoenician imprint, displacing the Hellenocentric model of the ancient world.Trade ReviewA masterclass in historiographic and cultural research aiming to upend common stereotypes regarding Phoenicians and their role ‘in the making of the Mediterranean.’ It demonstrates solid, up-to-date research and a thoughtful approach to a variety of topics. -- Vadim Jigoulov * H-Soz-Kult *A real plea in favor of Phoenician studies, this volume offers an original and welcome contribution to research on the archaic Mediterranean. -- Hédi Dridi * American Journal of Archaeology *[A] substantial and important contribution…to the ancient history of the Mediterranean. López-Ruiz’s work does justice to the Phoenicians’ role in shaping Mediterranean culture by providing rational and factual argumentation and by setting the record straight. -- Hélène Sader * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *This is an important and substantial contribution to our understanding of the development of the Mediterranean in a crucial period. -- Hugh Bowden * Middle Ground Journal *An important new book…Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean offers a powerful call for historians of the ancient Mediterranean to consider their implicit biases in writing ancient history and it provides an example of how more inclusive histories may be written. -- Denise Demetriou * New England Classical Journal *Ground-breaking…Succeeds in its goal of showcasing the Phoenician imprint on the Mediterranean world and challenging the Hellenocentric model that has dominated scholarship of this region. The author is to be congratulated on her landmark study. -- Ann E. Killebrew * Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies *For generations, the Phoenicians have been an invisible culture, overwritten by Greek historians. Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean restores their rightful position as the principal engine of the early Iron Age, connecting the eastern Mediterranean to North Africa and Spain. With a light touch and a masterful command of the literature, López-Ruiz replaces old ideas with a subtle and more accurate account of the extensive cross-cultural exchange patterns and economy driven by the Phoenician trade networks that ‘re-wired’ the Mediterranean world. A must read. -- J. G. Manning, author of The Open SeaA call to recognize the role of the Phoenicians and acknowledge our own preconceptions and prejudices about ancient history, López-Ruiz’s magnum opus will not only revolutionize our understanding of the Early Iron Age Mediterranean but also how we write the history of this region in the future. -- Denise Demetriou, author of Negotiating Identity in the Ancient MediterraneanLópez-Ruiz weaves together evidence from diverse scholarly fields to spotlight the central role played by Phoenicians in shaping the ancient Mediterranean world. The result is a study as rich as the Phoenicians’ own famed luxury arts. -- Tamar Hodos, author of The Archaeology of the Mediterranean Iron Age

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Book SynopsisThe Great, the Pious, the Fair; the Wise, the Lame, the Mad. Imprisoned, deposed, exiled. Excommunicated, assassinated; devout, debauched; loved, loathed — the Middle Ages produced a fascinating array of monarchs. From Britain to Russia, from Scandinavia to Sicily, from the 9th century CE to the completion of the Reconquista of Spain in 1492, Kings & Queens of the Medieval World explores the captivating stories of monarchs from all across Europe. Arranged thematically, the book groups the kings and queens by their achievements – military leaders, law-makers, religious reformers, patrons of the arts. These are stories of monarchs leading their armies into battle to expand or defend their territory, and of kings – and queens – going on crusade – both within Europe and to the Holy Land. These, too, are stories of, on the one hand, countries united by marriage, and, on the other, sons scheming against fathers in an effort to gain – and maintain – power. And yet these are also the stories of the people who constructed beautiful cathedrals, who founded universities and supported artists, of religious kings who were later canonised, of kings who created more just legal systems, established parliaments and permanent armies, and laid the foundations for more modern governments and societies. Featuring the major European dynasties, Kings & Queens of the Medieval World is a lively account of monarchs from Charlemagne to Alexander Nevsky to Ferdinand and Isabella. Illustrated with 180 colour and black-and-white artworks, photographs and maps, this is a colourful, accessible history.Table of ContentsIntroduction MILITARY LEADERS Charlemagne (800-814) – king of the Franks who defeated the Lombards and made incursions into Muslim Spain and campaigned against the Saxons to the East. Uniting most of western Europe for the first time since the Romans, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope. Louis the Pious (814–40) – King of Aquitaine and King of the Franks, Son of Charlemagne, reconquered parts of northern Spain from the Muslims, including Barcelona and Pamplona. William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, King of England – Norman invasion of England (1066). Alexander Nevsky (1221–63) – rose to legendary status in Kievan Russia on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. Casimir the Great (1310–70) – doubled the size of Poland, mostly through wars in what is modern-day Ukraine. Władysław II Jagiełło (r.1386–1434) – Born a pagan in Lithuania, Władysław was the Grand Duke of Lithuania, before becoming King of Poland. The allied Polish–Lithuanian victory against the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, secured the Polish and Lithuanian borders and marked the emergence of the Polish–Lithuanian alliance as a significant force in Europe. Philip II Augustus of France – broke up the Angevin Empire presided over by the crown of England and defeated a coalition of his rivals (German, Flemish and English) at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. Robert the Bruce, king of Scots, led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence, defeating King Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Edward III, who transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe, launching the conflict that became known as the Hundred Years’ War to reclaim land in France, and defeating the French at Crécy (1346). Henry IV of England, deposed his cousin Richard II. Richard later died in prison, possibly of starvation. Henry went on to defeat the Welsh uprising led by Owain Glyndwr. Henry V of England and his defeat of the French at Agincourt (1415), bringing him close to conquering France. English civil conflict: The Wars of the Roses – Edward IV, Richard III and Henry Tudor (Henry VII) Ivan III ‘The Great’ of Russia (1462–1505) tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus. CRUSADERS, PERSECUTORS AND RELIGIOUS REFORMERS Monarchs on crusade: Richard I (the Lionheart) of England, Philip II of France, Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor led the Third Crusade. Louis IX took part in the Seventh and Eighth Crusades, dying on the latter. Louis’ son, Philip III, later died on the Aragonese Crusade. Sigismund von Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, led the last West European Crusade – the Crusade of Nicopolis of 1396 against the Turks. The crusaders, with forces from across Europe, were defeated in a single day. In attempting to reform England’s relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, Henry II of England (1154–89) came into conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. Becket was later murdered by followers of the king. Jews: In 1182, Philip II of France expelled all Jews from his lands; John I, Duke of Brittany drove them out of his duchy in 1239; and in the late 1240s Louis IX of France expelled the Jews from the royal demesne. In 1306, Philip IV ‘the Fair’ expelled the Jews from France. Edward I of England first exploited Jews, taxing them; in 1279, in the context of a crack-down on coin-clippers, he had 300 of them executed and finally expelled remaining Jews from the country in 1290. In contrast, Casimir the Great of Poland (1310–70) encouraged Jews to settle in his country. Devoutly religious, Louis IX of France (1226–70) punished blasphemy, gambling, interest-bearing loans and prostitution. Philip IV of France’s (1285–1314) persecution and execution of the Knights Templar. Władysław II Jagiełło (r.1386–1434) – the Pagan duke of Lithuania became a Christian and subsequently converted Lithuania to Christianity. Ferdinand and Isabella and the Spanish Inquisition QUEENS Following the death of Henry I of England, Empress Matilda, his only surviving child, fought his nephew, Stephen of Blois, for control of England in a war that lasted, on and off, for 20 years (1135–54). When her son, Henry II, became king in 1154, she settled in Rouen, was in charge of the administration of Normandy for her son and founded Cistercian monasteries. Eleanor of Aquitaine, first married Louis VII of France, but their marriage was annulled on grounds of consanguinity. Later she married Henry II of England, making her Queen of France (1137–1152) and then of England (1154–1189). She led armies several times in her life, including taking part in the Second Crusade (1147–1149). Blanche of Castile, mother of Louis IX (1226-70), reigned in the first years of her son’s reign until he reached maturity. She brought an end to the 20-year-long Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars. Isabella of France (1308–27) – estranged from her husband, King Edward II of England, Isabella began an affair with noble Roger Mortimer and led an army against Edward, deposing him. She may also have been responsible for Edward’s death. She then acted as regent to her 14-year-old son, Edward. Four years later, Edward led a coup against Mortimer, killing him and becoming King Edward III. No longer politically active, Isabella lived out the remaining decades of her life in style. Joanna I of Naples (1343–82) – who sided with the Avignon Papacy and was assassinated. Margaret I of Denmark (1387–1412), who was also monarch of Sweden and Norway. Isabella I of Castile (1474 –1504) – married Ferdinand II of Aragon and formed the basis for the later political unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. She reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and unburdened the kingdom of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Ferdinand and Isabella completed the Reconquista of Spain, forcing the conversion to Christianity or expulsion of Jews and Muslims. They also financed Christopher Columbus’s exploratory voyage that led to the opening to the New World. PATRONS & BUILDERS Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, founded the University of Naples, and is author of the first treatise on the subject of falconry. Edward the Confessor (r. 1042 – 5 January 1066) built an early Westminster Abbey, which was rebuilt in the 13th century by Henry III. Richard II finished Westminster Hall in the late 14th century. Philip II Augustus (1180–1223) played a significant role in one of the greatest centuries of innovation in construction and education in France. With Paris as his capital, he had the main thoroughfares paved, built a central market, Les Halles, continued the construction begun in 1163 of Notre-Dame de Paris, constructed the Louvre as a fortress, and gave a charter to the University of Paris in 1200. Roger II of Sicily (1130–54) – developed Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture, architecture, map-making. Louis IX of France (1226–70), having bought presumed relics of Christ, built Sainte- Chapelle. In response to the Mongol invasions, Bela IV of Hungary (1235-70) promoted the development of fortified towns, allowing the barons and the prelates to erect stone fortresses and to set up their private armed forces. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1346–78), made Prague his capital. His patronage of the city led to the building of the first Charles Bridge, Charles University, Prague Castle and the Cathedral of Saint Vitus. Casimir the Great of Poland (1310–70) built extensively, including Wawel Castle in Krakow. Henry VI of England founded King’s College, Cambridge in the 15th century. Philip the Good of Burgundy (1419–67) was a great patron of Flemish musicians and artists, including Jan van Eyck. Ivan III of Russia renovated the Moscow Kremlin in the late 15th century. LAW-MAKERS & SOCIAL REFORMERS Philip II (1179-1223) transformed France from a small feudal state into the most prosperous and powerful country in Europe. He checked the power of the nobles and helped the towns to free themselves from seigniorial authority, granting privileges and liberties to the emergent bourgeoisie. King John of England agreed to the limitations of royal power in Magna Carta. Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, re-established Roman law, which counterbalanced the papal power that had dominated the German states since the conclusion of the Investiture Controversy earlier in the 12th century. Louis IX of France (1227-70) – Saint Louis – developed French royal justice, in which the king is the supreme judge to whom anyone is able to appeal to seek the amendment of a judgment. He banned trials by ordeal, tried to prevent the private wars that were plaguing the country and introduced the presumption of innocence in criminal procedure. Edward I of England (1272–1307) established Parliament as a permanent institution and thereby also a functional system for raising taxes. Known as the ‘Polish Justinian’, Casimir the Great (1310–70) reformed Polish law. John III of France (1350–64) created the Franc in an effort to stabilise the country’s currency. Charles V of France (1364–80) established the first permanent army paid with regular wages, which liberated the French populace from the companies of routiers who regularly plundered the country when not employed. Louis XI of France (1461–83) brought France out of the Middle Ages, establishing the modern structure of government that lasted until the French Revolution. George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia between 1458 and 1471, a Hussite, attempted to spread a Message of Peace across Christendom by uniting the states in what can be regarded as an early idea of the European Union. It would have a Parliament and member states would pledge to settle all differences by exclusively peaceful means. He sent a member of his court on a European tour with a draft treaty, but the idea wasn’t taken up. In the late 15th century, Ivan III of Russia laid the foundations of what later became called the Russian state. Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology -- many of which are translated into English for the first time here--provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. In providing representative examples of the many disparate types of Muslim sources, this volume opens a window onto life in the Islamic Near East during the Crusader period and the interactions between Franks and Muslims in the broader context of Islamic history. Ideally suited for use in undergraduate courses on the Crusades or the pre-modern Islamic Near East, this anthology will also appeal to any readers seeking a better understanding of the Islamic response to the Crusades and the general history of the Near East in this period.Trade Review"Historians and instructors alike will enthusiastically greet this book, which presents in a student-friendly manner Islamic sources relating to the crusades that are not otherwise available to persons who lack a working knowledge of Arabic and its rich literary treasury." Alfred J. Andrea, Emeritus Professor of History, The University of Vermont

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bjornlie’s translation is fluid and excellent. . . .this is a much-needed and masterfully crafted addition to the historical corpus, of interest to historians, Byzantinists, and scholars of the ancient world interested in the Ostrogothic Court, Justinian’s conquest of Ravenna, and the early Byzantine world." * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction Italy in the Sixth Century Cassiodorus as Statesman and Author The Variae as an Epistolary Collection Nachleben The Variae in Translation Chronology of Key Events Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus’s Tenure in Public Offices Maps THE VARIAE Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 Book 11 Book 12 Bibliography of Related Reading Index of Individuals Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms Index of Places

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Beatrice E. Kitzinger explores the power of representation in the Carolingian period, demonstrating how images were used to assert the value and efficacy of art works. She focuses on the cross, Christianity''s central sign, which simultaneously commemorates sacred history, functions in the present, and prepares for the end of time. It is well recognized that the visual attributes of the cross were designed to communicate its theology relative to history and eschatology; Kitzinger argues that early medieval artists also developed a formal language to articulate its efficacious powers in the present day. Defined through form and text as the sign of the present, the image of the cross articulated the instrumentality of religious objects and built spaces. Whereas medieval and modern scholars have pondered the theological problems posed by representation, Kitzinger here proposes a visual argument that affirms the self-reflexive value of art works in the early medieval West. InTrade Review'Over the past decades, multiple studies have analysed early medieval representations of the Cross, but Beatrice Kitzinger's fresh approach to the subject sets this book apart from previous publications … Kitzinger's probing, thoughtful, highly original study stands as a major contribution not only to modern understanding of Carolingian crosses and illuminated gospel books, but to medieval image theory as a whole.' Celia Chazelle, The Burlington Magazine'This active component of the iconography is well articulated throughout Kitzinger's scholarly volume.' Eric Ramírez-Weaver, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. The Cross and the Work of Art: Introduction: temporality, utilitas, and the signum crucis; 1. Making the multitemporal cross; Part II. The Cross and the Gospels: 2. Otfrid of Weissenburg's Book of the Gospels; 3. Cross-image and Gospel Book; 4. The angers gospels: sign and story; Conclusion: the fact of manufacture.

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Book SynopsisDynasties Intertwined traces the turbulent relationship between the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In doing so, it reveals the complex web of economic, political, cultural, and military connections that linked the two dynasties to each other and to other polities across the medieval Mediterranean. Furthermore, despite the contemporary interfaith holy wars happening around the Zirids and Normans, their relationship was never governed by an overarching ideology like jihad or crusade. Instead, both dynasties pursued policies that they thought would expand their power and wealth, either through collaboration or conflict. The relationship between the Zirids and Normans ultimately came to a violent end in the 1140s, when a devastating drought crippled Ifriqiya. The Normans seized this opportunity to conquer lands across the Ifriqiyan coast, bringing an end to the Zirid dynasty and forming the Norman kingdom of ATable of ContentsIntroduction: Writing the History of the Zirids and Normans 1. Geographic Orientations and the Rise of the Fatimids 2. The Contest for Sicily in the Eleventh Century 3. Commerce and Conflict from 1087 to 1123 4. The End of the Emirate and the Beginning of the Kingdom 5. The Norman Kingdom of Africa 6. The Fall of Norman Africa and the Legacy of Zirid-Norman Interactions Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThe eleventh-century monk Ekkehard IV’s Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall chronicles the 880s to 972, near the end of the famous Swiss monastery’s two-century-long golden age, bearing witness to the struggles of the tenth-century church reform movement. This volume publishes the Latin text alongside its first complete English translation.Trade ReviewMake[s] this text and its author accessible to a new generation of scholars. -- Rutger Kramer * Speculum *

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking account of British and French efforts to channel their eighteenth-century geopolitical rivalry into peaceful commercial competitionTrade Review“Shovlin challenges the conventional perception of unbridled Franco-British rivalry and aggression in the 18th century by giving greater emphasis to the cumulative process by which diplomats negotiated and merchants lobbied to cut cross-channel tariffs and pursue other means of enabling free trade.”—Christopher Silvester, Financial Times“A highly original account. . . . With skill, Shovlin challenges the conventional understanding of Franco-British rivalry and belligerence in the eighteenth-century in emphasising the process by which diplomats negotiated, and merchants lobbied, to cut tariffs and in turn to facilitate free trade.”—Paul Ridgway, Africa Ports & Ships“Original, thought-provoking, and deeply researched. Shovlin topples textbook oppositions of war and peace, rivalry and collaboration, and protection and free trade.”—Lauren Benton, author of A Search for Sovereignty“Lucid, subtle, and wide-ranging. Trading with the Enemy decisively revises views of eighteenth-century Franco-British relations as a scene of endless war, imperial rivalry, and jealousy of trade. Its recovery of more cooperative and peaceful history provides both lessons for the present and signposts for the future.”—David Armitage, author of Civil Wars: A History in Ideas“A refreshing interpretation. Through his skilful unpacking of the intertwined histories of capitalism and the state, Shovlin shows us once and for all how mythic was the supposed opposition between free trade and protectionism.”—Renaud Morieux, author of The Channel

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Book SynopsisThe Resistance in Western Europe is a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy, Olivier Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors that shaped the resistance and its place in Anglo-American military strategy.Trade ReviewWith a subject like this, where the stories are almost always saturated with romanticism, and tend to look at events in just one country, Wieviorka's transnational accounting provides a useful antidote. -- Thomas E. Ricks * New York Times Book Review *Olivier Wieviorka treats the resistance in Western Europe as a multinational coalition. Anglo-Americans supplied arms and funding to resistance groups on the continent, and Resistance movements in turn aided in the Allied war effort. It was part tug-of-war, résistants striving to maintain autonomy, and part pas de deux, the two sides working together in a common effort that helped shape what Wieviorka calls an incipient “European consciousness.” This is a history on a grand scale commensurate with the epic character of the complex struggle it recounts. -- Philip Nord, Princeton UniversityWieviorka presents a clear-eyed view of the achievements and limitations of resistance efforts, moving beyond romanticized tales of valor and dismissive tales of military ineffectiveness. Above all, the book shows the vital role played first by the British and, later, American secret services—all too often forgotten in Europe since the war—in coordinating and directing the efforts of disparate movements across Western Europe. -- Clifford Rosenberg, City College of New YorkThis book is as richly informative about the Allies as about the resistance. Wieviorka examines more fully than any previous work the complicated three-way negotiations among the Anglo-American authorities, the exiled governments of France, Holland, Belgium, and Norway in London, and the underground movements that together made it possible to plan and execute clandestine operations. -- From the foreword by Robert O. Paxton[An] impressive overview of Western European resistance during the war. * New York Review of Books *Masterfully analyzes the resistance to the German occupations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway during World War II. * Foreign Affairs *With a subject like this, where the stories are almost always saturated with romanticism, and tend to look at events in just one country, Wieviorka’s transnational accounting provides a useful antidote. * New York Times Book Review *His study is a welcome addition to WWII collections. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword, by Robert O. PaxtonList of MapsList of AbbreviationsPrelude: A Glowing Picture1. Reinventing a Coalition2. Set Europe Ablaze!3. Internecine Struggles4. Ententes Cordiales?5. Legitimacy at Stake6. The Dual Shock of 1941 and Its Consequences7. Coming of Age8. Developments9. Compulsory Labor: An Opportunity or a Curse?10. Mixed Results11. Taking Up Arms12. Propaganda13. Cadres14. Minor Maneuvers, Major Policies15. Italian Complexities16. Planning for Liberation17. Plans and Instructions18. Political Liberation19. Action!20. Peripheries21. Order or Chaos?EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA collection of writings by papal advisor and historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), including letters, treatises, reports, and orations spanning his long career in service to the Medici. Table of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Limits of Self-InterestTo HimselfReport on SpainHow to Ensure the State for the House of the MediciOn the Use of ForceOn Suicide for Political ReasonsOn Progressive Taxation: The Scaled TenthReport on the Defense of ParmaLetter to Francesco Maria della RovereConsolationAccusationDefense Against the PrecedingSavonarolian Excerpts (Selections)Response on Behalf of the Duke to the Complaints of the ExilesIndex

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Book SynopsisThroughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against Muslim armies. In Invisible Weapons, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin focuses on the ways in which Latin Christians communicated their ideas and aspirations for crusade to God through liturgy, how public worship was deployed, and how prayers and masses absorbed the ideals and priorities of crusading. Placing religious texts and practices within the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin offers a new understanding of a crucial facet in the culture of holy war.Open Access edition funded by the National Endowment for the HumanitiesTrade ReviewGaposchkin delivers her argument not only with historical exactitude and ingenuity, but also with the care of a seasoned educator.... Gaposchkin’s work stands at the top of crusade studies. Her work will strengthen the syllabi of seminars dedicated to liturgical history, especially of the medieval and crusading periods, and associated reading lists for doctoral students. * Homiletic *The intricate web linking thought, expression, and action at the heart of this marvelous book [will surely make it] indispensable for anyone interested in the Crusades as a manifestation of medieval religious culture. * American Historical Review *A model demonstration of how the liturgy promoted ecclesiastical goals, and how the technical, seemingly intractable, medieval liturgy can be made accessible to historians.... Comprehensive, convincing, and successful. * H-France Review *This illuminating and detailed book reveals an aspect of crusading that is too easily forgotten—the practice of prayer and its dynamic relationship with the practice of arms—and urges us to remember that medieval Latin Christians were as serious about their faith as they were about their warfare. * Reading Religion *This is a hardworking and exciting piece of work... that makes an original and impressive contribution to scholarship on the crusades. * The Medieval Review *In this exceptionally learned, well-written, and important monograph, Gaposchkin makes a singular contribution to not one but two fields: liturgical studies and crusades history.... This is a monumental work deserving the attention of every medievalist. * Church History *Invisible Weapons is one of the most important books on the crusades to be published in recent decades. Like the very best scholarship in the field, it deepens our understanding of the crusades and the ideology that fuelled them, but situates the whole phenomenon within the wider cultural context of the medieval West, revealing ultimately how 'the liturgy imbibed the ideals of crusade such that crusade ideals and aspirations became part of Christian identity' * Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies *Table of ContentsIntroductionPreliminariesChapter 1. Liturgy and the Origins of Crusade IdeologyChapter 2. From Pilgrimage to CrusadeChapter 3. On the MarchChapter 4. Celebrating the Capture of Jerusalem in the Holy CityChapter 5. Echoes of Victory in the WestChapter 6. Clamoring to God: Liturgy as a Weapon of WarChapter 7. Praying against the TurksConclusion

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Book SynopsisBy the middle of the second century BCE, after nearly one hundred years of warfare, Rome had exerted its control over the entire Mediterranean world, forcing the other great powers of the regionCarthage, Macedonia, Egypt, and the Seleucid empireto submit militarily and financially. But how, despite its relative poverty and its frequent numerical disadvantage in decisive battles, did Rome prevail? Michael J. Taylor explains this surprising outcome by examining the role that manpower and finances played, providing a comparative study that quantifies the military mobilizations and tax revenues for all five powers. Though Rome was the poorest state, it enjoyed the largest military mobilization, drawing from a pool of citizens, colonists, and allies, while its wealthiest adversaries failed to translate revenues into large or successful armies. Taylor concludes that state-level extraction strategies were decisive in the warfare of the period, as states with high conscription and low taxTrade ReviewThe great strength of this book is that it is comparative; all too often studies probing Roman victory focus too much on Rome and consequently miss things about Rome’s rivals...Taylor considers the systems of all of the major players in the Mediterranean state system...and that fact alone puts this study head and shoulders above similar older efforts. * A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry *An interesting read…Taylor has succeeded at clarifying an often-unclear topic with some fine scholarship. * Ancient World Magazine *This book will be of interest to anyone with a serious interest in the mechanics of ancient Roman and Hellenistic warfare. Its emphasis on the interplay between recruitment and finance – an aspect that has only recently received more scholarly attention – shows the importance of a solid financial structure behind any military venture. * Ancient Warfare *Soldiers & Silver is an important and valuable study for ancient military historians...Soldiers & Silver provides the basis for renewed debate among specialists about ancient military manpower, finance, and the relationship between war and the state...Taylor’s work is a good candidate for a graduate course and a valuable addition to the military history of the Roman republican and Hellenistic periods. * Journal of Military History *This book represents a rare and impressive breadth of research across the ancient Mediterranean and sheds new light on a critical period in Western history. Its conclusions will be fundamental to future study of an age-old but still highly relevant area of enquiry. * Journal of Roman Studies *Soldiers and Silver is a compelling and insightful exploration of the 'grand game of Mediterranean geopolitics' (3) during a portion of the Roman Republican period (509–27 BCE)...An invaluable overview of inter-Mediterranean conflicts and the military economy in this period....Soldiers and Silver will no doubt become a standard 'go-to' text for military historians regarding economic aspects of the Roman conquests of the Republican era. * Michigan War Studies Review *[A] tightly written monograph...Taylor argues that Romans won ultimately because they were able to muster a larger fighting force. The narrative includes a number of fresh and more nuanced thoughts about how Romans paid for and deployed their numerical advantage...The author’s excellent mind for military strategy and tactics is on display throughout...Taylor’s sturdy account is welcome reading. * American Historical Review *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Manpower Chapter 1. Roman Manpower Chapter 2. Rival Manpower Part II. Finance Chapter 3. Roman Finance Chapter 4. Rival Finance Conclusions Appendix: A Note on Ancient Demography Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRussians from all walks of life joyously celebrated the end of Nicholas II’s monarchy, but one year later, amid widespread civil strife and lawlessness, a fearful citizenry stayed out of sight. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa offers a new perspective on Russia’s revolutionary year through the lens of violent crime and its devastating effect on ordinary people.Trade ReviewAn innovative study that’s about more than its title would suggest. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa shows how the social breakdown that followed the February Revolution triggered a surge in crime that the provisional government could not reverse. -- Andrew Stuttaford * Wall Street Journal *Hasegawa is one of our leading historians of the February Revolution…[He] makes a strong case that the catastrophic social breakdown, most especially the violent crime that pervaded life in Petrograd after the collapse of the monarchy, ‘served as a stepping-stone toward the creation of the pervasive instrument of terror that became an integral part of the Communist dictatorship.’ -- Joshua Rubenstein * New York Times Book Review *Tsuyoshi Hasegawa’s Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution offers a street-level analysis of the chaos that engulfed the Russian capital in 1917…The mob in Hasegawa’s account is no mere bit player on the revolutionary stage of 1917 but a primal agent of social transformation. -- Daniel Beer * Times Literary Supplement *Detail[s] meticulously the social history of crime in Petrograd in the months between the February Revolution and the October Revolution, the latter of which would see the rise of the Bolsheviks. Hasegawa’s book is a great reminder of the ways in which revolutionary fervor often betrays its own cause and makes life worse for those caught in the crosswinds…Hasegawa’s book is essential reading. -- Jerrod A. Laber * American Conservative *[A] compelling book. -- Robert Levgold * Foreign Affairs *This book makes a fundamental contribution to our understanding of the Russian Revolution by revealing the violent, chaotic lived experience of the revolution in the capital city. In a narrative full of colorful characters and stories, Hasegawa gives us a street-level view of the collapse of state authority that cleared the way for the Bolshevik seizure of power. -- Eric Lohr, American UniversityHasegawa addresses the very important, largely ignored thus far, role of crime and the breakdown of social order and public safety. In doing so he changes the way we think and write about the Russian Revolution, making this one of the more original things I have seen in a very long time. -- Rex Wade, George Mason University

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Book SynopsisExploration of the historical legacy, cultural relations, economic ties, and communications between Poland and Ukraine.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“[Enriches] the existing literature by providing a fresh and convincing argument about the importance of domestic politics in international conflict.”—Konstantinos Xypolytos, Strife JournalWinner of the 2019 Stratfor Book Award for Geopolitical Analysis, sponsored by the Mackinder Forum“Rahe has written a clear and thorough history of the Pentecontaetia. His profound command of the sources and prose, supported by clear and well placed maps, makes this book a must for the general reader as well as scholars.”—Bob Strassler, founder and series editor, Landmark Ancient Histories

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A] jaunty book.”—James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review“Devlin leads a cheerful pursuit to rediscover the hero of 13th-century European mathematics, taking readers across centuries and through the back streets of medieval and modern Italy in this entertaining and surprising history.”—Publishers Weekly“Finding Fibonacci showcases Devlin’s writerly flair.”—Davide Castelvecchi, Nature“[Devlin] talks his way into Italian research libraries in search of early manuscripts, photographs all 11 street signs on Via Leonardo Fibonacci in Florence and strives to cultivate a love for numbers in his readers.”—Andrea Marks, Scientific American“Engaging and entertaining.”—Library Journal“Personal and lively.”—Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society“Devlin’s enthusiasm for his subject is infectious.”—Tony Mann, Times Higher Education

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Book SynopsisIn a meticulous account of this period, Professor Duncan disentangles the power struggles during the 'Great Cause' between the Balliols and the Bruces, and of the actions, motives and decisive interventions of Edward I.

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Book SynopsisBembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a Roman Catholic cardinal, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian. The History of Venice was published posthumously, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.

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Book Synopsis"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those children, who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers, survivors of a family shattered by violence who were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line – Edgar Ætheling, Margaret, and Christina – who sought refuge in Scotland, where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors, such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward, became legendary for rebelling against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some, like Eadmer of Canterbury, who chose to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. From sagas and saints’ lives to chronicles and romances, Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales – some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries, others carelessly forgotten over time – are ones of endurance, adaptation and vulnerability, and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and shaped the country England was to become.Trade ReviewConquered is beautifully produced and written with flair and great scholarly acumen. -- John Carey * The Sunday Times *In her superbly adroit new history, Eleanor Parker examines how memories of Edgar and his like – the generation that straddled the Conquest – survived, or were melded to meet the needs of the time…. It is much to the credit of Parker’s sensitivity as a scholar that, almost 1,000 years later, she has been able to resurrect, often from silence, the pathos of those decades and the plight of those who endured them. -- Alex Burghart * The Spectator *This outstanding, beautifully written history follows the young Anglo-Saxons whose lives were shattered by the Norman conquest. -- Andrew Holgate and Robbie Millen * The Times, Best Books of 2022 *This excellent book offers an original premise: that there is much to learn by considering the children whose lives were upended by the Conquest… Parker insightfully shows how the experiences of these children of Anglo-Saxons (among others) illustrate the accommodations being made in England as conquered and conquerors adjusted to the new reality, and reframed the 1066 narrative for future generations. -- Dave Musgrove * BBC History Magazine *A child grasps a woman’s hand as they flee a house being torched by two men seemingly unconcerned for their plight. This image, embroidered onto the Bayeux Tapestry several years after 1066, is a hauntingly timeless reminder of the devastation warfare and conquest can wreak on individuals, families and communities... Conquered narrates their stories vividly and knowledgably in a refreshing departure from popular narratives of the Norman Conquest, which concentrate on the political and military concerns of adult men. -- Emily J. Ward * Times Literary Supplement *Fascinating and accessible. -- Sarah Foot * The Church Times *This book is a revelation. What it demonstrates is the international inter-connectedness of the pre-Norman secular and ecclesiastical aristocracy. -- Duncan Bowie * The Chartist *It is hard to criticise such a welcome addition to the literature. It remains an excellent book. -- Julian Calcagno * Parergon *Eleanor Parker has written an innovative book in clear and evocative language. She invites the reader to engage with an idea we do not often consider—that many of the European historical sources from the late-11th century were written by people whose childhoods were defined by the Norman Conquest. Parker’s use of Icelandic Sagas and other non-English texts shows us the world in which these “conquered” children lived and worked, exploring how their stories continued past 1066 and its aftermath. * Dr Janet Kay, Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, USA *Eleanor Parker brings to life what the upheaval of the Norman Conquest meant for men and women in England. Following the personal experiences of individuals, she eloquently evokes the loss and uncertainty of the age. This is a book of rich stories of misfortune, perseverance and adaptability, told in an accessible yet authoritative voice. * Dr Rory Naismith, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Genealogical Tables Introduction 1. Hero of the English: Hereward 2. A Sparrow in the Snare: Margaret of Scotland 3. A Lost Generation: The Grandchildren of Gytha and Godwine 4. Warrior, Traitor, and Martyr: Waltheof 5. Child of Memory: Eadmer of Canterbury Epilogue: New Englands Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis From the line of succession to the Queen's corgis, this charming book is a perfect primer on the fascinating world of British royalty. Full of fun facts and surprising stories to delight longtime enthusiasts and new fans alike, This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals digs into all of the aspects of everyone's favorite monarchy. Uncover the history of British royalty and answers to common questions -- like how royal titles work, who is in the line of succession, and why the guards at Buckingham Palace never smile -- as well as deep dives into fashion, jewelry, and other palace perks. Profiles of popular family members, including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, Prince William and Kate Middleton, and more, add personality to this irresistible celebration of the crown.

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Book SynopsisBehind the Iron Curtain, the politics of sexuality and gender were, in many ways, more progressive than the West.While Polish citizens undoubtedly suffered under the oppressive totalitarianism of socialism, abortion was legal, clear laws protected victims of rape, and it was relatively easy to legally change one''s gender. In Gender, Pleasure, and Violence, Agnieszka Koscianska reveals that sexologists-experts such as physicians, therapists, and educators-not only treated patients but also held sex education classes at school, published regular columns in the press, and authored highly popular sex manuals that sold millions of copies. Yet strict gender roles within the home meant that true equality was never fully within reach. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, and archival work, Koscianska shares how professions like sexologists defined the notions of sexual pleasure and sexual violence under these sweeping cultural changes.By tracing the study of sexual human behavior as it was developed and professionalized in Poland since the 1960s, Gender, Pleasure, and Violence explores how the collapse of socialism brought both restrictions in gender rights and new opportunities.Trade ReviewGender, Pleasure, and Violence is one of the most interesting critical works on sexuality published in Poland in recent years. -- Barbara Klich-Kluczewska * Aspasia *In highlighting the patient-centric and holistic approaches that Polish sexology developed in the 1970s and 1980s the book offers an important counternarrative to the presumed historical superiority of Western sexological approaches and more generally a rebuttal of Western representations of state socialism as a non-modern and static system. . . . Capturing the complexities of sexologists and sexological discourses under state-socialism aside, the book is particularly insightful in discussing continuities and changes within sexological approaches to sex and sexuality since 1989. -- Anita Kurimay * Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe *Kościańska's book is an outstanding example of how to popularize Poland's cultural history and can help readers from a non-(post)socialist background to understand the significance of research done behind the Iron Curtain. For decades, it has been an unquestioned primacy of the West to judge whether post-socialist countries have either failed or succeeded in their transformation – i.e. in terms of culture. Kościańska opposes this self-assumed entitlement of the West by presenting not only a strong, but also a highly nuanced Polish point of view. In doing so, her book is a substantial contribution to overcome orientalization of Central European history and sciences. -- Elisa-Maria Hiemer * H / SOZ / KULT *Gender, Pleasure, and Violence presents a complex and fascinating picture of Polish sexology in the twentieth century. The author's detailed research and nuanced analysis renders palpable the robustness of the community of experts and their output, showing that sexuality was a topic of sustained interest in the medical community. The author sees many Polish sexologists as global pioneers in their approach, which combined psychological and cultural elements earlier than many US counterparts. Embracing a sex-positive perspective early on, Polish sexologists provided both expertise and educational materials for wider consumption that depicted sexual pleasure as a natural component of our humanity, which needed to be understood, nurtured, and valued. -- Maria Bucur * Aspasia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Sexology and Society1. The Development of Sexology and Sexual Rights Activism in Europe and North America2. The Polish School of SexologyPart II. Pleasure: Towards Good Sex3. Sexuality and Scientific Knowledge4. "Civilized" Sex and Gender Relations under Socialism5. Gender and Pleasure in Expert Discourse TodayPart III. Violence: Expert Discourse of Rape6. Rape: Definitions, Legal Understanding and Statistics7. The Provocative Victim and the Male Limits of Self-Restraint: Stereotypes in Expert Literature8. In the Court Room9. Feminism: Changes in Expert Discourse and in the Court RoomConclusionsWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThis compelling new study forms part of a new wave of scholarship on the medieval rural environment in which the focus moves beyond purely socio-economic concerns to incorporate the lived experience of peasants. For too long, the principal intellectual approach has been to consider both subject and evidence from a modern, rationalist perspective and to afford greater importance to the social elite. New perspectives are needed. By re-evaluating the source material from the perspective of the peasant worldview, it is possible to build a far more detailed representation of rural peasant experience. Susan Kilby seeks to reconstruct the physical and socio-cultural environment of three contrasting English villages - Lakenheath in Suffolk, Castor in Northamptonshire and Elton in Huntingdonshire - between c. 1086 and c. 1348 and to use this as the basis for determining how peasants perceived their natural surroundings. In so doing she draws upon a vast array of sources including documents, material culture, place-names and family names, and the landscape itself. At the same time, she explores the approaches adopted by a wide variety of academic disciplines, including onomastics, anthropology, ethnography, landscape archaeology and historical geography. This highly interdisciplinary process reveals exciting insights into peasant mentalities. For example, cultural geographers’ understanding of the ways in which different groups ‘read’ their local landscape has profound implications for the ways in which we might interpret evidence left to us by medieval English peasant communities, while anthropological approaches to place-naming demonstrate the distinct possibility that there were similarities between the naming practices of First Nations people and medieval society. Both groups used key landscape referents and also used names as the means by which locally important history, folklore and legends were embedded within the landscape itself. Among many valuable insights, this study also reveals that, although uneducated in the formal sense, peasants understood aspects of contemporary scientific thought. In addition to enhancing academic understanding of the lived experience, this new approach augments our comprehension of subjects such as social status, peasant agency, peasants’ economic experiences and the construction of communal and individual memory. Susan Kilby’s groundbreaking study enables us to reclaim significant elements of the environment inhabited and traversed by English people over 700 years ago.Table of ContentsIntroduction Understanding the rural environment: the seigneurial perspective Ordering the landscape The unseen landscape Naming the landscape The remembered landscape The economic landscape Managing the landscape Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisSeveral hundred Huguenot refugee artists and craftsmen are recorded as working in London before and after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, which marked the height of the persecution of the Protestants in France. This book is an introduction to the range of their artistic contributions, centred on the British metropolis, and the extents of their artistic influence outside London. Huguenots are associated with the London goldsmiths' and silkweaving trades, but their contribution to art education, decorative painting, engraving, sculpture, wood-work, furniture, upholstery, jewellry and watch-making in this period is less well known.Trade Review"An excellent introduction to the subject ... pleasing illustrations of Huguenot craftmanship." TLS

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Book Synopsis''At least in The Handmaid''s Tale they value babies, mostly. Not so in the true stories here'' Margaret Atwood ''[A] furious, necessary book'' Sinéad GleesonUntil alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of ''fallen women''. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned to servitude. And in the mother-and-baby homes, women who had become pregnant out of wedlock were hidden from view, and in most cases their babies were adopted - sometimes illegally. Mortality rates in these institutions were shockingly high, and the discovery of a mass infant grave at the mother-and-baby home in Tuam made news all over the world. The Irish state has commissioned investigations. But the workings of the institutions and of the culture that underpinned it - a shame-industrial complex - have long been cloaked in secrecy and silence. For countless people, a search for answers continues. Caelainn Hogan - a brilliant young journalist, born in an Ireland that was only just starting to free itself from the worst excesses of Catholic morality - has been talking to the survivors of the institutions, to members of the religious orders that ran them, and to priests and bishops. She has visited the sites of the institutions, and studied Church and state documents that have much to reveal about how they operated. Reporting and writing with great curiosity, tenacity and insight, she has produced a startling and often moving account of how an entire society colluded in this repressive system, and of the damage done to survivors and their families. In the great tradition of Anna Funder''s Stasiland and Barbara Demick''s Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea - both winners of the Samuel Johnson Prize - Republic of Shame is an astounding portrait of a deeply bizarre culture of control.''Achingly powerful ... There will be many people who don''t want to read Republic of Shame, for fear it will be too much, too dark, too heavy. Please don''t be afraid. Read it. Look it in the eye'' Irish Times''A must read for everyone'' Lynn Ruane''Republic of Shame is a careful, sensitive and extremely well-written book - but it is harrowing. It would break your heart in two'' Ailbhe Smyth''Hogan''s captivatingly written stories of people who were consigned to what she calls the shame-industrial complex puts faces - many old now, and lined with pain - to the clinical data ... Brilliant'' Sunday Times''Utterly brilliant. Please read it'' Marian Keyes''Riveting, immensely insightful and horrifically recognisable'' Emma Dabiri''[A] sensitive, can''t-look-away book ... Through moving stories, Hogan shows how the past is still present'' NPRTrade ReviewAt least in The Handmaid's Tale they value babies, mostly. Not so in the true stories here.[A] furious, necessary bookAchingly powerful ... There will be many people who don't want to read Republic of Shame, for fear it will be too much, too dark, too heavy. Please don't be afraid. Read it. Look it in the eye * Irish Times *Utterly brilliant. Please read itHogan's captivatingly written stories of people who were consigned to what she calls the "shame-industrial complex" puts faces - many old now, and lined with pain - to the clinical data. ... Brilliant * Sunday Times *[A] searing account of the Church's treatment of women during its period of dominance over Irish society ... It is never less than compelling * Irish Independent *Republic of Shame is a careful, sensitive and extremely well written book - but it is harrowing. It would break your heart in twoRiveting, immensely insightful and horrifically recognisableA must read for everyoneCompelling ... devastatingly human, [Republic of Shame] will make you shake with sadness and anger * RTÉ Guide *A beautifully written and impeccably researched book ... We need more books like thisCaelainn's book brings real people to the fore * Hot Press *A vital and damning portrait of Ireland's mother and baby homes * GCN.ie *I've laughed, cried & RAGED reading this bookFor anyone interested in understanding modern Ireland. A compelling and beautifully written investigation into institutions for "fallen women" and the culture which facilitated themCaelainn Hogan's harrowing account of the "shame industrial complex" shows how the legacy of Ireland's treatment of "fallen women" remains part of the scenery of modern life * Totally Dublin *[A] sensitive, can't-look-away book ... Through moving stories, Hogan shows how the past is still present * NPR *A gripping, eye-opening and challenging read ... Hogan sheds light on the darkest corners of our recent history in Ireland, but also holds up a mirror to today * Dublin Inquirer *

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