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Book SynopsisEssays offer a lively snapshot of important topics. The essays presented here draw on a number of different approaches and perspectives to address and illuminate key aspects and issues of the period. Longitudinal studies of king's confessors and corrodies of the crown provide insights into the intersection of political, religious and demographic currents over the longue durée, and are complemented by studies of documentary sources of various kinds - newsletters, chronicles, and municipal archives - to challenge current understandings of important events and processes such as the deposition of Edward II, the evolving identity of the parliamentary peers, and Richard II's vision for the house of Lancaster. Prosopographical and biographical studies of post-plague clerics, and of knights within comital affinities and within their own individual affinity groups, shed light on county communities and gentry society; they also demonstrate the impact of the Black Death on society at large, especially on the question of religious continuity and discontinuity at the parish level. Contributors: Paul Dryburgh, Pierre Gaite, Chris Given-Wilson, Michael Jones, Taylor Kniphfer, Samuel Lane, Jonathan Mackman, Alison McHardy, Matt Raven, David Robinson.Table of ContentsThe King's Confessors and the Royal Conscience in Late Medieval England - Chris Given-Wilson 'Such maintenance as...': Corrodies of the Crown - Alison K. McHardy 'Vos maisons sount pris al eops le counte': Walter Bedwyn, Treasurer of York, and the Return of Piers Gaveston - Jonathan Mackman and Paul Dryburgh The Deposition of Edward II: The Kenilworth Embassies - Sam Lane The English Parliament and the Trial of the 'Peers of the Land' in Henry of Lancaster's Revolt (1328-29): The Origins of a Privilege - Matthew Raven A Brotherhood Uncovered: Investigating the Knightly Following of Thomas Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, 1329-1369 - Pierre Gaite The Black Death and Clerical Prospects in England - David Robinson

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Book SynopsisFirst comparative study of landless households brings out their major role in European history and society. The numbers of landless people - those lacking formal rights to land, or possessing only tiny smallholdings - grew rapidly across post-medieval Europe, as rural population and economic growth divided landowners and farmers from (increasingly) landless rural workers. But they have hitherto been relatively neglected, a gap which this volume, covering Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, France and Spain from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries, aims to fill, making creative use of a diverse range of unexplored sources. Instead of concentrating on the well-documented cases of landholding peasants, it explores the many different experiences of the numerous rural landless. It explains how their households were formed (often in the face of economic difficulties and official hostility), how all the members of a family contributed to its survival, how the landless related to other social groups and negotiated access to vital resources, and how they adapted as rural society was changed by war, politics, agrarian and industrial development, government policy and welfare systems. Contributors: Arnau Barquer i Cerdà, John Broad, ⴕ Dieter Bruneel, Christine Fertig, Henry French, Margareth Lanzinger, Jonas Lindström, Riikka Miettinen, Richard Paping, Wouter Ronsijn, Merja Uotila, Nadine VivierTable of ContentsIntroduction - Christine Fertig, Richard Paping & Henry French 1. The treballadors of Girona: evidence of the emergence of wage labour in early modern Catalonia (16th and 17th centuries) - Arnau Barquer i Cerdà 2. The squatter economy of the English countryside - building new landless communities in England c. 1600-1900 - John Broad 3. The rise of landless households in the Dutch countryside c. 1600-1900 - Richard Paping 4. 'Gaining ground' in Flanders after the 1840s: access to land and the coping mechanisms of landless and semi-landless households, c. 1850-1900 - Wouter Ronsijn 5. Strategies of survival, landlessness, and forest settlement in Flanders: the Forest of Houthulst in a changing landscape of survival (c. 1500-1900) - † Dieter Bruneel 6. Landless and pauper households in England c. 1760-1835: A comparison of two southern English rural communities - Henry French 7. Landless rural households in France 1852-1910 - Nadine Vivier 8. Survival in a hostile agrarian regime: non-landed households in seventeenth-century Sweden and Finland - Riikka Miettinen & Jonas Lindström 9. Farming craftsmen? Access to land and the socio-economic position of rural artisans in early modern Finland - Merja Uotila 10. Landlessness and marriage restrictions: Tyrol and Vorarlberg in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - Margareth Lanzinger 11. Cottages, barns and bake houses: Landless rural households in North-western Germany in the eighteenth century - Christine Fertig

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Book SynopsisThe first book-length study of musical education and culture in twentieth-century Oxford. Music has always played a central role in the life of Oxford, in both the city and university, through the great collegiate choral foundations, the many amateur choirs and instrumentalists, and the professional musicians regularly drawn to perform there. Oxford, with its collegiate system and centuries-long tradition of musical activity, presents a distinctive and multi-layered picture of the role of music in urban culture and university life. The chapters in this book shed light on music's unique ability to link 'town and gown', as shown by the Oxford Bach Choir, the city's many churches, and the major choral foundations. The twentieth century saw the emergence of new musical initiatives and the book traces the development of these, including the University's Faculty of Music and the University Opera Club. Further, it explores music in the newly-founded women's colleges, contrasted with the musical society formed in 1930 at University College, an ancient men's college. The work of Oxford composers, including George Butterworth, Nicola Lefanu, Edmund Rubbra, and William Walton, as well as the composer for several 'Carry on' films, Bruce Montgomery, is surveyed. Two remarkable figures, Sir Hugh Allen and Sir Jack Westrup, recur throughout the book in a variety of contexts. The volume is indispensable reading for scholars and students of musical life in twentieth-century Britain, as well as those interested generally in the history of Oxford's thriving cultural life.Table of ContentsForeword - Eric Clarke 1. Setting the Scene - Robin Darwall-Smith and Susan Wollenberg Part I - Town and Gown 2. Music in the Town - Robin Darwall-Smith and Susan Wollenberg 3. The Oxford Bach Choir, 1896-1997 - Robin Darwall-Smith 4. Music in the City Churches - Peter Ward Jones Part II - Collegiate Music-Making 5. The Choral Foundations - Timothy Day 6. Music in the Oxford Women's Colleges, 1879-1939 -Susan Wollenberg and Melanie von Goldbeck 7.The Balliol Concerts - Susan Wollenberg 8. The University College Musical Society, 1930-2000 - Robin Darwall-Smith Part III - University Institutions 9. The Oxford University Opera Club - Susan Wollenberg with an afterword by Michael Burden 10. The Development of the Faculty of Music - Susan Wollenberg 11. Oxford Composers - John Caldwell 12. 'For the purpose of encouraging the practice and knowledge of chamber music': The Oxford & Cambridge Musical Club, 1899-1940 - Ian Maxwell Index

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Book SynopsisThe lives and experiences of Irish women religious highlight how an expanding nexus of female houses perpetuated European Counter-Reformation devotion in Ireland. JOINT WINNER: 2023 National University of Ireland's Publication Prize in Irish History HONORABLE MENTION: 2023 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (USA) Book Awards SHORT-LISTED: Royal Historical Society 2023 Whitfield Book Prize LONG-LISTED: 2023 Reformation Research Consortium (REFORC) Book Award This book investigates the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries on women religious and examines their survival in the following decades, showing how, despite the state's official proscription of vocation living, religious vocation options for women continued in less formal ways. McShane explores the experiences of Irish women who travelled to the Continent in pursuit of formal religious vocational formation, covering both those accommodated in English and European continental convents' and those in the Irish convents established in Spanish Flanders and the Iberian Peninsula. Further, this book discusses the revival of religious establishments for women in Ireland from 1629 and outlines the links between these new convents and the Irish foundations abroad. Overall, this study provides a rich picture of Irish women religious during a period of unprecedented change and upheaval.Trade ReviewHONORABLE MENTION: A fascinating account of the experiences and journeys religious Irish women underwent, both in Ireland and continental Europe. * SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY MODERN WOMEN & GENDER *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Female religious communities and the Henrician suppression campaigns 2. Negotiating religious change: survival and continuity in post-dissolution Ireland 3. 'What difficultie a place is heare gotten for won to enter': Irish women religious in France, and Flanders during the first half of the seventeenth century 4. Irish nuns in Iberia: The Dominican convent of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Lisbon 5. Reintegration and renewal: female religious communities in Ireland, 1629-49 6. Cromwell and the cloister: female religious and the impact of the Cromwellian campaigns, 1649-60 7. Restoration, revival and survival, 1660-1700 Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA lively exploration of the medieval and early modern attitudes towards dance, as the perception of dancers changed from saints dancing after Christ into cows dancing after the devil. WINNER: 2022 Guittard Book Award The devil's cows, impudent camels, or damsels animated by the devil: late medieval and early modern authors used these descriptors and more to talk about dancers, particularly women. Yet, dance was not always considered entirely sinful or connected primarily to women: in some early medieval texts, dancers were exhorted to dance to God, arm-in-arm with their neighbors, and parishes were filled with danced expressions of faith. What led to the transformation of dancers from saints dancing after Christ into cows dancing after the devil? Drawing on the evidence from medieval and early modern sermons, and in particular the narratives of the cursed carolers and the dance of Salome, this book explores these changing understandings of dance as they relate to religion, gender, sin, and community within the English parish. In parishes both before and during the English Reformations, dance played an integral role in creating, maintaining, uniting, or fracturing community. But as theological understandings of sacrilege, sin, and proper worship changed, the meanings of dance and gender shifted as well. Redefining dance had tangible ramifications for the men and women of the parish, as new definitions of what it meant to perform one's gender collided with discourses about holiness and transgression, leading to closer scrutiny and monitoring of the bodies of the faithful.Trade ReviewA fascinating study of ecclesiastical attitudes to dance in pre-modern England * Church Times *Women, Dance and Parish Religion represents a new and welcome contribution within dance historical research, bringing to light a textual archive never before mined for what it tells us about premodern and early modern attitudes toward dance, gender, and religion. * CHURCH HISTORY *References and Appendices are extremely comprehensive and I must commend the use of Old English characters (Thorn and Yogh for instance) in printed excerpts of sermons. This isn't a book for the general reader, but as an academic publication, I would highly recommend it. * FACHRS *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Reforming and Redefining True Religion Chapter 2: Dance and Protecting Sacred Space Chapter 3: Dance and Disrupting Sacred Time Chapter 4: "Satan Danced in the Person of the Damsel" Chapter 5: "In Her Dance She Had No Regard Unto God" Chapter 6: Performing Dance, Sin, and Gender Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive reassessment of British musical films 1946-1972 including King's Rhapsody, Beat Girl, The Tommy Steele Story, Rock You Sinners, The Golden Disc, and Oliver! Acting as a sequel to Adrian Wright's Cheer Up! British Musical Films, 1929-1945 (Boydell, 2020), Melody in the Dark offers the first major reassessment of the British musical film from the end of Second World War up to the beginning of the 1970s. In the immediate post-war world, British studios sought to reflect fast-changing social attitudes as they struggled to create inventive diversions in an effort to rival American competition. Hollywood stars Errol Flynn, Vera-Ellen, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Garland were among those brought in to provide Hollywood glamour. Embedded in the British consciousness, the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan were represented in three productions. Studios occasionally attempted adaptations of British stage musicals, among them King's Rhapsody and Expresso Bongo, and sexploitation movies turned musical via Secrets of a Windmill Girl and Beat Girl. It was left to minor studios to acknowledge the impact of rock'n'roll on social change in three early films, The Tommy Steele Story, Rock You Sinners and the iconic The Golden Disc. Through the sixties, British cinema seemed intent on flooding the market with entertainments promoting pop singers and rock groups such as Cliff Richard, Billy Fury and The Beatles. Towards the end of the period, it aspired to more grandiose projects such as Oliver! and Oh! What a Lovely War.Trade ReviewAdrian Wright's meticulous research has unearthed some gems, and his analyses are suffused with wit, humour and affection. Melody in the Dark shines a light on some fascinating stories, and one is left with a strong desire to watch many of the films. -- John Altman, Emmy and Anthony Asquith Award winner, composer of over 50 movie scores.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements 1945 (from May 1945) Old Mother Riley at Home * Sweethearts for Ever * Here Comes the Sun * What Do We Do Now? 1946 Under New Management * Lisbon Story * George in Civvy Street * Gaiety George * I'll Turn to You * Meet the Navy * Amateur Night * Piccadilly Incident * London Town * Spring Song * The Laughing Lady * Walking on Air 1947 When You Come Home * Life Is Nothing Without Music * The Courtneys of Curzon Street * Holiday Camp * The Hills of Donegal * Comin' thro' the Rye 1948 Nightbeat * One Night with You * Spring in Park Lane * A Song for Tomorrow * Cup-Tie Honeymoon * Holidays with Pay * The Red Shoes * Date with a Dream * Here Come the Huggetts * The Brass Monkey 1949 Vote for Huggett * Somewhere in Politics * Bless 'em All * Melody in the Dark * The Huggetts Abroad * It's a Wonderful Day * Murder at the Windmill * Maytime in Mayfair * Old Mother Riley's New Venture * Trottie True * What a Carry On! * Skimpy in the Navy * High Jinks in Society 1950 The Dancing Years * Old Mother Riley Headmistress * The Lady Craved Excitement * A Ray of Sunshine * Soho Conspiracy * Lilli Marlene 1951 Happy Go Lovely * The Tales of Hoffmann * Lady Godiva Rides Again * London Entertains 1952 Song of Paris * Sing Along with Me * Judgment Deferred * Where's Charley? * Mother Riley Meets the Vampire * Meet Me Tonight * Down Among the Z Men * Tread Softly 1953 Valley of Song * The Wedding of Lilli Marlene * The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan * The Beggar's Opera * Always a Bride * Melba * Laughing Anne * Forces' Sweetheart * The Limping Man * It's a Grand Life * Trouble in Store 1954 The Gay Dog * Harmony Lane * Lilacs in the Spring * One Good Turn 1955 As Long As They're Happy * You Lucky People! * Value for Money * Man of the Moment * Oh ... Rosalinda!! * King's Rhapsody * Gentlemen Marry Brunettes * An Alligator Named Daisy * All for Mary 1956 Fun at St Fanny's * Charley Moon * It's Great to be Young * Ramsbottom Rides Again * Invitation to the Dance * It's a Wonderful World * A Touch of the Sun * On the Twelfth Day * Stars in Your Eyes * Up in the World * Five Guineas a Week 1957 The Good Companions * Let's be Happy * The Tommy Steele Story * Rock You Sinners * After the Ball * These Dangerous Years * Davy 1958 The Golden Disc * 6.5 Special * The Duke Wore Jeans * Wonderful Things * A Cry from the Streets * The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw * tom thumb * Hello London * Life Is a Circus 1959 The Lady Is a Square * Make Mine a Million * Idol on Parade * Serious Charge * The Heart of a Man * Sweet Beat * Tommy the Toreador * Desert Mice * Follow a Star * Expresso Bongo 1960 Jazz Boat * Let's Get Married * Girls of the Latin Quarter * Climb Up the Wall * In the Nick * The Entertainer * Too Hot to Handle * Beat Girl 1961 Rag Doll * The Young Ones * The Johnny Leyton Touch 1962 Play It Cool * The Painted Smile * It's Trad, Dad! * The Road to Hong Kong * Some People * Band of Thieves * I Could Go On Singing 1963 The Cool Mikado * Summer Holiday * Just for Fun * It's All Happening * Take Me Over * A Place to Go * What a Crazy World * Live It Up * Farewell Performance * It's All Over Town 1964 A Hard Day's Night * Wonderful Life * Just for You * Swinging UK * UK Swings Again * Rhythm 'n' Greens * Mods and Rockers * Every Day's a Holiday * Ballad in Blue * Ferry Cross the Mersey * The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown 1965 Pop Gear * Gonks Go Beat * I've Gotta Horse * Three Hats for Lisa * Be My Guest * Catch Us if You Can * Help! * Up Jumped a Swagman * Cuckoo Patrol * Dateline Diamonds 1966 Stop the World - I Want to Get Off * Secrets of a Windmill Girl * Just Like a Woman * Finders Keepers * 1967 The Mikado * Half a Sixpence * Smashing Time * Red and Blue * Two a Penny 1968 Oliver! * A Little of What You Fancy * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang * Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter * Les Bicyclettes de Belsize * Popdown 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? * What's Good for the Goose * Oh! What a Lovely War * Goodbye Mr Chips 1970 Toomorrow * Scrooge 1972 The Boy Friend Notes to the Text Select Bibliography

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Book Synopsis"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King This year's volume is made up of articles that were presented at the conference in Bonn, held under the auspices of the University. In this volume, Alheydis Plassmann, the Allen Brown Memorial lecturer, analyses how two contemporary commentators reported the events of their day, the contest between two grandchildren of William the Conqueror as they struggled for supremacy in England and Normandy during the 1140s. The Marjorie Chibnall Essay prize winner, Laura Bailey, examines the geographical spaces occupied by the exile in The Gesta Herewardi and Fouke le Fitz Waryn. Andrea Stieldorf compares the seals and the coins of Germany/Lotharingia in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries with those made in England, exploring the ideas embedded in the iconography of the two connected visual sources. Domesday Book forms the focus of two important new studies, one by Rory Naismith looking at the moneyers to be found in Domesday, adding substantially to the information gained on this important group of artisans, and one by Chelsea Shields-Más on the sheriffs of Edward the Confessor, giving us new insights into the key officials in the royal administration. Elisabeth van Houts examines the life of Empress Matilda before she returned to her father's court in 1125 throwing new light on Matilda's "German" years, while Laura Wangerin looks at how tenth-century Ottonian women used communication to further their political goals. Steven Vanderputten takes the challenge of thinking about religious change at the turn of the Millennium through the lens of the Life of John, Abbot of Gorze Abbey, by John of Saint-Arnoul. Benjamin Pohl looks at the role of the abbot in prompting monk-historians to embark on their historiographical tasks through the work of one individual chronicler, Andreas of Marchiennes, responsible for writing, at his abbot's behest, the Chronicon Marchianense. And Megan Welton explores the implications of honorific titles through an examination of the title dux as it was attached to two tenth-century women rulers. The volume offers a wide range of insightful essays which add considerably to our understanding of the central middle ages.Table of ContentsWilliam of Malmesbury, the Gesta Stephani, and the Idea of Successful and Good Rule in the Twelfth Century (The Allen Brown Memorial Lecture) Alheydis Plassmann The Spaces of Exile in the Gesta Herewardi and Fouke le fitz Waryn (The Marjorie Chibnall Essay Prize, 2022) Laura Bailey Empty Honorifics: Elites, Titles, and the Economy of Esteem in the Tenth Century (The Des Seal Memorial Lecture) Megan Welton The Sheriffs of Edward the Confessor Chelsea Shields-Más Seals, Coins, and the Exchange of Imagination and Images Andrea Stieldorf Matilda in the Empire, 1110-1125 Elisabeth van Houts Communications and Power: Ottonian Women Laura Wangerin A Reluctant Historian and his Craft: The Scribal Work of Andreas of Marchiennes Reconsidered Benjamin Pohl Community Building as a Vector of Social and Religious Change in the Life of John of Gorze (973/74-984) Steven Vanderputten The Moneyers and Domesday Book (The Christine Mahany Memorial Lecture) Rory Naismith

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Book SynopsisValuable new insights into the multi-layered and multi-directional relationship of law, literature, and social regulation in pre-Conquest English society. Pre-Conquest English law was among the most sophisticated in early medieval Europe. Composed largely in the vernacular, it played a crucial role in the evolution of early English identity and exercised a formative influence on the development of the Common Law. However, recent scholarship has also revealed the significant influence of these legal documents and ideas on other cultural domains, both modern and pre-modern. This collection explores the richness of pre-Conquest legal writing by looking beyond its traditional codified form. Drawing on methodologies ranging from traditional philology to legal and literary theory, and from a diverse selection of contributors offering a broad spectrum of disciplines, specialities and perspectives, the essays examine the intersection between traditional juridical texts - from law codes and charters to treatises and religious regulation - and a wide range of literary genres, including hagiography and heroic poetry. In doing so, they demonstrate that the boundary that has traditionally separated "law" from other modes of thought and writing is far more porous than hitherto realized. Overall, the volume yields valuable new insights into the multi-layered and multi-directional relationship of law, literature, and social regulation in pre-Conquest English society.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Law as Literature/Literature as Law Andrew Rabin and Anya Adair Part I. Law and Literature: Normative Alliances 1. The Alfredian Prose Psalms and a Legal English Identity Jay Paul Gates 2. Cynescipe, Bishop Æthelwold, and the Spread of Legal Language Arendse Lund 3. Traces and Supplements: Literary Prose in Sawyer 404 Scott T. Smith 4. The Curious Incident of the Monster in the Night-Time: Circumstantial Evidence in Law and Poetry Anya Adair 5. Uncertain Judgment: The Ordeal in Hagiography and Law Andrew Rabin Part II. Literature and Law: Normative Renewals 6. The Historical and Literary Context of the Legatine Capitulary of 786 in England and Abroad Kristen Carella 7. Liturgy as Law: Coronation Ordines in Tenth-Century England Nicole Marafioti 8. The Passive Ealdorman? Juxtaposing the later Old English Law Codes and the 'Dispute Narratives' Mary Elizabeth Blanchard 9. Royal Reeves, Royal Authority, and the 'Holy Society' in Archbishop Wulfstan's Writings Chelsea Shields-Más 10. Laying Down the Law? Bishop Headda's Visit to Saint Guthlac Stefan Jurasinski 11. The Terms of Hypocrisy in Early English Law and Literature: Ælfric and Wulfstan Sherif Abdelkarim

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Book SynopsisExplores the variety of legal and regulatory regimes that existed in Western Europe to control labour and how workers experienced those controls. Many economic historians have assumed that labour in Western Europe was 'free' after the end of serfdom in the fifteenth century. These assumptions are increasingly being questioned and labour laws have been identified as creating significant restrictions on workers' freedom. This collection is the first book to look at labour laws across Western Europe from a longer-term perspective. It is interdisciplinary in nature bringing together studies in social, political, economic and legal history. Elements of labour legislation appeared before the Black Death, but were strengthened afterwards particularly in places and periods where labour became scarce. The collection focuses on the rural economy in the late medieval and early modern period. It provides a series of studies which introduce a range of approaches to labour regulation and the very idea of labour across Europe. Uniquely, the collection offers observations on the impact of labour laws on everyday social relations. Attempts to regulate work and labour varied widely: in places they amounted to wishful thinking on the part of the regional authorities, whereas elsewhere they could impose severe limitations on individual freedoms. Contributors: Davide Cristoferi, Theresa Johnsson, Thijs Lambrecht, Charmian Mansell, Francine Michaud, Hanne Østhus, Raffaella Sarti, Carolina Uppenberg and Jane Whittle.Trade ReviewMakes clear that a better understanding of the developing ideas and practices in Europe before the sixteenth century will also lead to a better understanding of the slave trade. It invites new questions about self-representations of the organization of labor within Europe over a longer period. This makes it an important book. Original Dutch: Het maakt duidelijk dat een beter begrip van de zich ontwikkelende ideeën en praktijken in Europa vóór de zestiende eeuw ook tot meer inzicht zal leiden in de door slavenhandel. Het nodigt ook uit tot het stellen van nieuwe vragen over zelfrepresentaties van de organisatie van arbeid binnen Europa over een langere periode. Daarmee is het een belangrijk boek. * TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Towards a Comparative History of Europe's Labour Laws c.1350-1850 Thijs Lambrecht and Jane Whittle Part I: Regulating Agricultural Workers c.1350-1600 1. Attitudes to Wage Labour in English Labour Legislation, 1349-1601 Jane Whittle 2. Agricultural Workers and their Contractual Terms of Employment in Marseille, 1349-1400 Francine Michaud 3. The Ties that Bind: Mezzadria and Labour Regulations after the Black Death in Florence and Siena, 1348-c.1500 Davide Cristoferi Part II: The Regulation and Classification of Labour in Early Modern Europe 4. Slaves, Servants and Other Dependent People: Early Modern Classifications and Western Europe's Self-Representation Raffaella Sarti 5. The Servant, the Law and the State: Servant Law in Denmark-Norway, c.1600-1800 Hanne Østhus 6. Labour Legislation in the Southern Low Countries, c.1600 - c.1820 Thijs Lambrecht 7. Dimensions of Free and Unfree Labour in the Swedish Servant Acts, 1664-1858 Carolina Uppenberg Part III: The Experience of Regulation 8. Objecting to Youth: Popular Attitudes to Service as a Form of Social and Economic Control in England, 1564-1641 Charmian Mansell 9. Exposed Lives: Compulsory Service and 'Vagrancy' Practices in Sweden in the 1830s Theresa Johnsson 10. The Moral Economy of Compulsory Service: Labour Regulations in Law and Practice in Nineteenth-Century Iceland Vilhelm Vilhelmsson Index

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Book SynopsisCarolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 – 1787) was born the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, and Anne, Princess Royal and was thus the granddaughter of King George II. It was upon the King's orders that she was named after his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. She was the first of Anne and William's children to survive to adulthood. When her father was at last made stadtholder of all seven united provinces, Carolina was included in the line of succession, in the event she had no brothers. A brother was eventually born, but due to his weak health, she remained an important figure. Carolina married Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and suffered the loss of half her children, either in childbirth or infancy. Despite this, she acted as regent for her minor brother while heavily pregnant and remained devoted to him and the Dutch republic. Her children married well and her descendants sit upon the royal thrones of Europe, truly making her a grandmother of Europe.

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Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to make accessible to a wider audience the works of Nicholas Mesarites, who deserves to be better known than he is. He was an ecclesiastic, who from the turn of the twelfth century provides a vivid record from personal experience of his troubled times, which saw the descent of the Byzantine Empire into factionalism, the loss of its capital Constantinople in 1204 to the armies of the fourth crusade, and its eventual reconstitution in exile as the Empire of Nicaea. Nicholas Mesarites is difficult to place, because the record he left behind was not that of a historian, more that of a social commentator. He preferred to highlight individual incidents and to emphasise personal experience and family relationships. He does not try to make sense of events; only to record their immediate impact. His is a fragmented autobiographical approach, which brings the reader closer to events, but leaves him to construct the bigger picture for himself; whether it is an eyewitness account of a palace coup that failed; a description of the relics of the passion; the memories of a brother, who became a defender of Orthodoxy; the detailed evocation of the Church of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople; the portrayal of his own nervous collapse following the loss of Constantinople; a character study of an ecclesiastical rival; or not least the mishaps -often for comical effect - suffered in the course of his travels. Because he was writing, as he tells us, largely to please himself, Nicholas Mesarites provides an idiosyncratic view of the society in which he moved, and, as he was less bound by literary convention than his contemporaries, he writes with a refreshing directness.Trade Review'Angold provides the first comprehensive study of Mesarites and his literary production, a contribution that helps us better situate the writer’s output in the broader picture of the Greek-Orthodox world and its dynamics in the time of fragmentation for the medieval Roman polity.’ Stefanos Dimitriadis, The Byzantine ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsI INTRODUCTIONII NARRATIVE OF THE COUP OF JOHN THE FAT1. Introduction2. TranslationIII DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES1. Introduction2. TranslationIV EPITAPHIOS FOR HIS BROTHER JOHN1. Introduction2. TranslationV DOSSIER ON THE PATRIARCHATE1. Introduction/TranslationVI FOURTH LENTEN SERMON 12151. Introduction2. TranslationVII ETHOPOIIA OF A MATHEMATICIAN1. Introduction2. TranslationVIII LETTERS1. Letters2. Synodal DocumentsBIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisSimilar in theme and method to the first and second volumes, Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, third volume of the series Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, illuminates how an understanding of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship of the period in significant ways. In discussing fishing, for example, we learn in what ways fish and fishing might have impacted the life of the average person who lived near fishing waters in early medieval England: how fishing affected that person’s diet, livelihood, and religious obligations, as well as how fish and fishing waters influenced social and cultural structures. Similar lines of enquiry in the volume’s chapters shed insight on water imagery in Old English poetry, on place names that delineate types of watery bodies across the early medieval landscape, and on human interactions (poetic and otherwise) with fens and other wetlands, sacred wells and springs, landing spaces, bridges, canals, watermills, and river settlements, as well as a variety of other waterscapes. The volume’s examination of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world fosters an understanding, in the end, not only of the archaeological and material circumstances of water and its uses, but also the imaginative waterscapes found in the textual records of the peoples of early medieval England.Trade Review'There are comprehensive references throughout, as notes and selected texts to spur further investigation.'Sue Harrington, Archaeological Journal '[The] chapters are very accessible, wide in scope, and will be useful to students and specialists alike... [It] is... a clear and well co-ordinated book.' Caroline Goodson, English Historical Review‘This volume brings a central, but sometimes technical and obscure, aspect of Anglo-Saxon life to a wider pubic, and should be the first point of reference for many years to come. It sets high standards for continuing the series.’ John BlairTable of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction – Della Hooke and Maren Clegg Hyer 1. From Whale’s Road to Water under the Earth: Water in Anglo-Saxon Poetry – Jill Frederick 2. Water in the Landscape: Charters, Laws and Place-Names – Della Hooke 3. Fens and Frontiers – Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley 4. Marshlands and Other Wetlands – Stephen Rippon 5. Rivers, Wells and Springs in Anglo-Saxon England: Water in Sacred and Mystical Contexts – Della Hooke 6. Food from the Water: Fishing – Rebecca Reynolds 7. Inland Waterways and Coastal Transport: Landing Places, Canals and Bridges – Mark Gardiner 8. Watermills and Waterwheels – Martin Watts 9. Water, wics and burhs – Hal Dalwood† Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe manuscript translated here contains one of the most important texts for understanding the development of early Ottoman historiography in the fifteenth century. The so-called Oxford Anonymous chronicle is a comprehensive history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish, compiled from various sources to tell the story of the dynasty from its rise to the year 1484 (AH 889). Like several other histories produced around the same time, some of which it influenced, it presents the Ottomans in the context of wider Islamic history and contains a coherent argument for their superiority over other dynasties. The manuscript had previously belonged to the Dutch orientalist Jacob Golius (d. 1667). Although its history is largely unknown, it was probably a presentation copy made for Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512). The work itself is a product of Bayezid’s patronage, and shows a strong preoccupation with the perennial Ottoman problem of dynastic succession. Fully one third of the manuscript contains an older text recounting in epic terms the struggles of Mehmed I against his brothers (1402–13). The obvious explanation is that when Oxford Anonymous was compiled, Bayezid II was also facing a rival claimant to the throne, his brother Cem Sultan (d. 1495).Trade Review'The utility of Kastritsis’s crisp and eminently readable translation of OA (on the finer points of which both space and time inhibit me from commenting), together with his illuminating and thoughtful introduction, will be of great value not only to specialists in the field but to other late medieval historians who may not be so well acquainted with fifteenth-century Ottoman Turkish. Its appearance, in the series, be it noted, Translated Texts for Byzantinists, is to be greatly welcomed.' Colin Heywood, SpeculumTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ixNote on style and transliteration xiAbbreviations xiii1 Introduction 1Oxford Anonymous (Marsh 313) in the context of early Ottoman historical writing 1Description and history of the manuscript 8The author and circumstances of composition 10Overview of the contents 11The introductory chapters and their significance 16The sections on Ottoman history 282 Translation 43Preface 45Chapter 1 52Chapter 2 55[Lacuna]Inquiry 2 (Orhan) 69Inquiry 3 (Murad I) 74Inquiry 4 (Bayezid I) 85Inquiry 5 (Mehmed I) 97Inquiry 6 (Murad II) 155Inquiry 7 (Mehmed II) 175Inquiry 8 (Bayezid II) 213Glossary 219Bibliography 223Index 243

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Book SynopsisThe two decades since the last authoritative general history of Dutch Jews was published have seen such substantial developments in historical understanding that new assessment has become an imperative. This volume offers an indispensable survey from a contemporary viewpoint that reflects the new preoccupations of European historiography and allows the history of Dutch Jewry to be more integrated with that of other European Jewish histories. Historians from both older and newer generations shed significant light on all eras, providing fresh detail that reflects changed emphases and perspectives. In addition to such traditional subjects as the Jewish community’s relationship with the wider society and its internal structure, its leaders, and its international affiliations, new topics explored include the socio-economic aspects of Dutch Jewish life seen in the context of the integration of minorities more widely; a reassessment of the Holocaust years and consideration of the place of Holocaust memorialization in community life; and the impact of multiculturalist currents on Jews and Jewish politics. Memory studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial studies, and digital humanities all play their part in providing the fullest possible picture. This wide-ranging scholarship is complemented by a generous plate section with eighty fully captioned colour illustrations.Trade ReviewReviews‘This volume features new research and, more importantly, new historiographic perspectives about how to write the history of the Jews in Europe. Because it is very sensitive to issues with which historians of other Jewish communities grapple - for example, the place of Holocaust memorialization in community life, the impact of multicultural politics, Israel and Zionism - it has the potential to move the history of Dutch Jewry into closer conversation with other European Jewish histories.’ Todd Endelman, Professor Emeritus of History and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan 'Two decades have passed since the last history of the Jews of the Netherlands was published, and the editors of the present volume have taken great care to ensure that the main points of the substantial amount of new research on the history and culture of Dutch Jewry have been incorporated.'Jonathan I. Israel, Emeritus Professor of European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton'This welcome new volume positions the history of the Jews of the Netherlands squarely in the contemporary historiographical landscape. It is persuasive as to how and why it has something to say to the broader field, and why it should be seen as an integral part of that field.'David Rechter, Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Oxford‘This new overview of Dutch Jewish history reflects changes and turns in historical approaches as well as the growth of research on multiple aspects of Dutch Jewish history… This rich book will undoubtedly remain the most authoritative textbook on the history of Dutch Jewry for many years to come. It is wholeheartedly recommended.’ Dan Michman, Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies‘Reappraising the History of the Jews in the Netherlands is a substantially balanced and nuanced book. It carefully places the history of Dutch Jewry in a general Dutch and international Jewish context, demonstrating that Jewish identity, and belonging, are never fixed, but fluid, constantly evolving. Everyone interested in or studying Dutch Jewish history should consider this book a starting point.’ Sietske van der Veen, Journal of Modern Jewish StudiesTable of ContentsList of illustrationsEditorial noteList of abbreviationsIntroduction IVO SCHÖFFER1. The Middle Ages B. M. J. SPEETFirst Signs of a Jewish PresenceThe Northern Netherlands Violent Persecution Gelderland in the Fifteenth Century Discrimination and Expulsion The Christian Origins of Antisemitism Fresh Accusations In Search of an Explanation2. Between the Middle Ages and the Golden Age, 1516–1621 DANIEL M. SWETSCHINSKIJews in the Holy Roman Empire The Iberian Background Portuguese New Christians in Antwerp The Attitude of Humanists and Reformers to Jews and Judaism The Toleration Debate and the Jews Portuguese New Christians in Holland Four Christian Views of Jews The Growth of the Sephardi Colony in Amsterdam The Future Still Uncertain3. The Republic of the United Netherlands until about 1750: Demography and Economic Activity JONATHAN I. ISRAELThe Early Decades, 1595–1648 Expansion and Colonization The Burgeoning of Commerce and of the Credit System, 1648–1713 Growing Population Figures During the Period of Economic Decline, 1713–17504. The Jews in the Republic until about 1750: Religious, Cultural, and Social Life YOSEF KAPLANThe Organization of the Community Three Congregations The Influx of Paupers The Power of the Mahamad New Synagogues Sephardim and Ashkenazim outside Amsterdam Religious Life: Tradition and Change A Good Education Ashkenazi Life Jewish Printers in Amsterdam The Shabbatean Movement in Amsterdam Influential Rabbis Culture and Secular Creativity Literature and the Stage Everyday Life Ideological Conflicts Relations between Jews and Christians Jewish Stereotypes5. Enlightenment and Emancipation, c.1750–1814 RENATE G. FUKS-MANSFELDGood Citizens Demographic Changes and Emigration Economic Changes The Administration of the Jewish Communities Administrative Changes after 1796 Religious and Cultural Life6. Arduous Adaptation, 1814–1870 RENATE G. FUKS-MANSFELDThe Government and the Jews Education The Reorganization of the Jewish Communities after 1848 The Government and Jews under Threat Abroad Dutch Jews as Citizens Economic and Social Changes The Attitude of Protestants and Catholics towards Jews Cultural and Religious Trends Reactions to the New Jewish Fellow-Citizens7. Jewish Netherlanders, Netherlands Jews, and Jews in the Netherlands, 1870–1940 J. C. H. BLOM and JOEL J. CAHENDemography Occupations, Economic Role, and Poverty Religious Life, (Sub)culture, and Pillarization Assimilation, Integration, and Antisemitism Solidarity with International Jewry and Zionism Refugees from Germany Jews in the Dutch Colonies Jew and Netherlander8. The War, 1940-1945 PETER ROMIJNThe German Invasion • Registration Segregation New Regulations Outlaws Deportations and the Yellow Star Forced Removal and Labour Camps Organization and Selection Flight, Going into Hiding, and Resistance The Transit Camps Deportation and Murder Conclusion9. After the Second World War: From Religious Community to Cultural Minority F. CHAYA BRASZThe First Few Months The Jewish Co-ordination Committee Antisemitism Religious Congregations Migration The Struggle for the Jewish War Orphans The Purges Jews in Modern Dutch Society after 1950 Numbers and Distribution A Cultural Minority Religious Developments The Colonies Jews and Christians Zionism Middle East Policy The Holocaust EpilogueBibliographical essaysBibliographyNotes on contributorsIndex of namesGeneral Index

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Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to make accessible to a wider audience the works of Nicholas Mesarites, who deserves to be better known than he is. He was an ecclesiastic, who from the turn of the twelfth century provides a vivid record from personal experience of his troubled times, which saw the descent of the Byzantine Empire into factionalism, the loss of its capital Constantinople in 1204 to the armies of the fourth crusade, and its eventual reconstitution in exile as the Empire of Nicaea. Nicholas Mesarites is difficult to place, because the record he left behind was not that of a historian, more that of a social commentator. He preferred to highlight individual incidents and to emphasise personal experience and family relationships. He does not try to make sense of events; only to record their immediate impact. His is a fragmented autobiographical approach, which brings the reader closer to events, but leaves him to construct the bigger picture for himself; whether it is an eyewitness account of a palace coup that failed; a description of the relics of the passion; the memories of a brother, who became a defender of Orthodoxy; the detailed evocation of the Church of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople; the portrayal of his own nervous collapse following the loss of Constantinople; a character study of an ecclesiastical rival; or not least the mishaps -often for comical effect - suffered in the course of his travels. Because he was writing, as he tells us, largely to please himself, Nicholas Mesarites provides an idiosyncratic view of the society in which he moved, and, as he was less bound by literary convention than his contemporaries, he writes with a refreshing directness.Trade Review'Angold provides the first comprehensive study of Mesarites and his literary production, a contribution that helps us better situate the writer’s output in the broader picture of the Greek-Orthodox world and its dynamics in the time of fragmentation for the medieval Roman polity.’ Stefanos Dimitriadis, The Byzantine ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsI INTRODUCTIONII NARRATIVE OF THE COUP OF JOHN THE FAT1. Introduction2. TranslationIII DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES1. Introduction2. TranslationIV EPITAPHIOS FOR HIS BROTHER JOHN1. Introduction2. TranslationV DOSSIER ON THE PATRIARCHATE1. Introduction/TranslationVI FOURTH LENTEN SERMON 12151. Introduction2. TranslationVII ETHOPOIIA OF A MATHEMATICIAN1. Introduction2. TranslationVIII LETTERS1. Letters2. Synodal DocumentsBIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisIntellectual traditions are commonly regarded as cultural variations, historical legacies, or path dependencies. By analyzing road junctions between different traditions of Public Administration this book contests the dominant perspective of path-dependent national silos, and highlights the ways in which they are hybrid and open to exogenous ideas. Analyzing the hybridity of administrative traditions from an historical perspective, this book provides a new approach to the history of Public Administration as a scientific discipline. Original and interdisciplinary chapters address the question of how scholars from the U.S., Germany and France mutually influenced each other, from the closing years of the 19th Century, up until the neo-liberal turn of the 1970s. Offering a thorough analysis of the transatlantic history of Public Administration, the conclusion argues that it is vital to learn from the past, in order to make Public Administration more realistic in theory, as well as more successful in practice. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate political science scholars will find this to be a valuable tool in understanding the foundations of transatlantic Public Administration. This book will also greatly benefit researchers on comparative and transnational history with a keen interest in Public Administration.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: why study the transatlantic history of administrative ideas? 2. Setting the scene: the administrative traditions of Germany, France and the USA 3. Examining the scene: the transfer-of-ideas approach applied to the history of administrative traditions 4. The transfer of knowledge from Germany and France to the USA 5. The import of US ideas by German Public Administration 6. The transfer of knowledge from the USA to France 7. Public Administration in Germany, France and the USA: Traditional flavors or hybrid traditions? 8. Lessons learned: making administrative theory more realistic and administrative practice more successful References Index

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Book SynopsisSir Francis Bryan was Henry VIII's most notorious ambassador and one of his closest companions. Bryan was a man of many talents; jouster, poet, rake and hell-raiser, gambler, soldier, sailor and diplomat. He served his king throughout his life and unlike many of the other men who served Henry VIII, Bryan kept his head and outlived his sovereign. This book tells the story of his life from coming to court at a young age through all his diplomatic duties to his final years in Ireland. The latest book from the best-selling author of Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of King Henry VIII

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Book SynopsisEach of the three volumes of this magisterial work provides a comprehensive picture of the realities of Jewish life in the Polish lands in the period it covers, while also considering the contemporary political, economic, and social context. Volume I: 1350 to 1881 provides a wide-ranging overview down to the mid-eighteenth century, including social, economic, and religious history. The period from 1764 to 1881 is covered in more detail, with attention focused on developments in each country in turn, especially with regard to the politics of emancipation, acculturation, assimilation, and forced integration. Volume II: 1881 to 1914 explores the factors that had a negative impact on Jewish life as well as the political and cultural movements that developed in consequence: Zionism, socialism, autonomism, the emergence of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Jewish urbanization, and the rise of popular Jewish culture. Galicia, Prussian Poland, the Kingdom of Poland, and the tsarist empire are all treated individually, as are the main cities. Volume III: 1914 to 2008 covers the interwar period, the Second World War, and the Holocaust, including Polish–Jewish relations and the Soviet record on the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludes with an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communismTrade Review‘An invaluable research resource with maps, tables, endnotes, statistics, glossary, and bibliography. It also delivers a compelling picture and credible picture of how Jews responded to dramatic change . . . does well to focus on women, whom previous histories often ignore.’- Lawrence Joffe, Jewish Chronicle‘Remarkable for its scale and ambition . . . Polonsky manages to combine great themes with fascinating detail . . . [he] has read widely in numerous languages. The erudition is impressive . . . extremely judicious in negotiating a number of notorious historiographical minefields . . . makes important distinctions between different countries in eastern Europe and consequently the different experience of the Jews . . . a magnificent, scholarly work, clearly written, with a magisterial overview of its subject.’- David Herman, Jewish Renaissance'Polonsky's sweeping study offers an illuminating, accessible view of Jewish life in eastern Euope since the end of World War II. In elegant prose, the author engages major historiographical issues while analyzing important cultural, religious, social, and political trends among eastern European Jewry. He carefully frames each section with a chapter-long overview of the relevant historical context for the following chapters . . . Throughout, Polonsky masterfully navigates the different realms of a turbulent eastern European Jewish world, conveying both the richness of its history and the tragedy of its destruction. Highly recommended.'J. Haus, Choice 'Exemplary and formidable . . . Polonsky, as much as anyone else, has created the field of modern Jewish history as a subject to be considered and understood rather than simply a tragic past to be mourned. He is too good a historian to confuse the history of Jewish life with the German policies that brought Jewish death . . . The barely visible commitment in these three wonderful volumes is to rescue a world from polemic, for the sake of history.'Timothy Snyder, Wall Street Journal 'Succeeds admirably. Simply put, these volumes are required reading for anyone with a serious interest in East European history or for anyone looking for a scholarly assessment of a particular feature of Polish or Russian Jewish history. Handsomely produced, with extensive maps and tables, and a glossary . . . will remain a standard work in the field for some time.'Sean Martin, European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsGeneral Introduction I The Polish-Lithuanian Background Introduction 1 Jews and Christians in early modern Poland-Lithuania 2 Jewish Autonomous Institutions 3 Jewish Places: Royal Towns and Noble Towns 4 Jews in Economic Life 5 Religious and Spiritual Life II Governmental Attempts to Transform and Integrate the Jews and the Jewish Response, 1750-1880 Introduction 1 The Last Years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 2 The Jews in the Prussian Partition of Poland 3 The Jews in Austrian Poland (Galicia) down to the mid-1870s 4 The Jews in the Kingdom of Poland, 1815-1881 5 The Jews in the Tsarist Empire, 1772-1825 6 Nicholas I and the Jews of Russia, 1825-1855 7 The Reign of Alexander II, 1855-1881 III The Deterioration of the Position of the Jews and the New Jewish Politics, 1881-1914 Introduction 1 The Deterioration of the Position of the Jews in the Tsarist Empire after 1881 2 The Revolution of 1905-7 in the Tsarist Empire and its Consequences 3 The Kingdom of Poland, 1881-1914 4 Galicia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 5 Prussian Poland from 1869 to 1914 6 The Emergence of Modern Jewish Literature in the Tsarist Empire and Galicia 7 Jewish Religious Life in the Nineteenth Century 8 Jewish Spaces: Shetlakh and Towns in the Nineteenth Century 9 Women in Jewish Eastern Europe 10 The Rise of Jewish Mass Culture: Literature, Press, Theatre IV War, Revolution, and Totalitarianism, 1914-1939 Introduction 1 The Impact of the First World War on Jewish Life in Eastern Europe 2 The Jews in Polish Political and Social Life 3 Jewish Life in the Towns and Shtetlakh of Interwar Poland 4 Jewish Cultural and Intellectual Life in Independent Poland 5 Religious Life in Interwar Poland 6 Jews in Interwar Lithuania 7 Jews in Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, 1921-1941 8 Jews in Towns and Shtetlakh in the USSR 9 Jewish Culture in the Soviet Union down to 1941 V The Twilight of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1939 to the present day Introduction 1 Jews under Nazi and Soviet Occupation, September 1939 - June 1941 2 The Nazi Holocaust in Eastern Europe 3 Jews in Poland, 1944-1989 4 Jews in the Soviet Union, 1944-1991 5 Jews in Poland since the end of communism 6 Jews in Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus since 1991

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Book SynopsisThis book draws on a lengthy experience of teaching graduates how to approach medieval books. It leads the reader through the stages of the editorial process, using part of Richard Rolle's Commentary on the Song of Songs as the working exemplar. In the humane sciences, the need for texts is ubiquitous; they provide the regular objects of study. But far less prevalent than editions is any discussion of the premises underlying these objects, or the mechanisms by which they have been constructed. This volume takes up both challenges. First, in a preliminary chapter, it discusses what is at stake in any edition one might read; the persistent argument is that these represent products of modern scholarly decision-making, the imposition of various kinds of unity on the extremely diverse evidence medieval books offer for any literary work. This chapter also explains broadly various options for the presentation of texts – and the difficulties inherent in them all. The remainder of the volume is given over to a step-by-step guide to the process of editing (and eventually to a finished presentation of) a heretofore unpublished medieval text. The discussion seeks to exemplify the decisions editors routinely face, and to suggest ways of addressing them.Trade ReviewReviews ‘In this smart handbook, Ralph Hanna shares his insights about the process of creating an edition of a medieval Latin text, based on his extensive experience editing English vernacular poetry of the later Middle Ages. This is a book for beginners. It provides a clear and thoughtful introduction to the steps necessary to progress from an unedited text in a premodern manuscript to the formal presentation of a textual edition. One of the virtues of this book is its practical approach; Hanna walks the reader through his preparation of an edition of a small portion of a straightforward Latin prose text: Richard Rolle's commentary on the biblical Song of Songs, composed in the 1330s. Reading over Hanna's shoulder, scholars can follow the reasoning behind his editorial decisions and pick up a great deal of practical knowledge about scribal practice in the process.’ The Medieval ReviewTable of ContentsForewordPreliminary: On Editions 1 Collecting the Witnesses 2 Finding a Copy-text and Transcribing it 3 Comparing the Witnesses, or Collation 4 The Examination of the Variants 5 AnnotationRichard Rolle, ‘Super Canticum’ 4: Edition, Collation, and TranslationAppendix: Additional Manuscript Descriptions; the Manuscripts and the TextNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe manuscript translated here contains one of the most important texts for understanding the development of early Ottoman historiography in the fifteenth century. The so-called Oxford Anonymous chronicle is a comprehensive history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish, compiled from various sources to tell the story of the dynasty from its rise to the year 1484 (AH 889). Like several other histories produced around the same time, some of which it influenced, it presents the Ottomans in the context of wider Islamic history and contains a coherent argument for their superiority over other dynasties. The manuscript had previously belonged to the Dutch orientalist Jacob Golius (d. 1667). Although its history is largely unknown, it was probably a presentation copy made for Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512). The work itself is a product of Bayezid’s patronage, and shows a strong preoccupation with the perennial Ottoman problem of dynastic succession. Fully one third of the manuscript contains an older text recounting in epic terms the struggles of Mehmed I against his brothers (1402–13). The obvious explanation is that when Oxford Anonymous was compiled, Bayezid II was also facing a rival claimant to the throne, his brother Cem Sultan (d. 1495).Trade Review'The utility of Kastritsis’s crisp and eminently readable translation of OA (on the finer points of which both space and time inhibit me from commenting), together with his illuminating and thoughtful introduction, will be of great value not only to specialists in the field but to other late medieval historians who may not be so well acquainted with fifteenth-century Ottoman Turkish. Its appearance, in the series, be it noted, Translated Texts for Byzantinists, is to be greatly welcomed.' Colin Heywood, SpeculumTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ixNote on style and transliteration xiAbbreviations xiii1 Introduction 1Oxford Anonymous (Marsh 313) in the context of early Ottoman historical writing 1Description and history of the manuscript 8The author and circumstances of composition 10Overview of the contents 11The introductory chapters and their significance 16The sections on Ottoman history 282 Translation 43Preface 45Chapter 1 52Chapter 2 55[Lacuna]Inquiry 2 (Orhan) 69Inquiry 3 (Murad I) 74Inquiry 4 (Bayezid I) 85Inquiry 5 (Mehmed I) 97Inquiry 6 (Murad II) 155Inquiry 7 (Mehmed II) 175Inquiry 8 (Bayezid II) 213Glossary 219Bibliography 223Index 243

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Book SynopsisThis book studies the political role of the Chilean military during the years 1808-1826. Beginning with the fall of the Spanish monarchy to Napoleon in 1808 and ending immediately after the last royalist contingents were expelled from the island of Chiloé, it does not seek to give a full picture of the participation of military men on the battlefield but rather to interpret their involvement in local politics. In so doing, this book aims to make a contribution to the understanding of Chile’s revolution of independence, as well as to discuss some of the most recent historiographical contributions on the role of the military in the creation of the Chilean republic. Although the focus is placed on the career and participation of Chilean revolutionary officers, this book also provides an overview of both the role of royalist armies and the influence of international events in Chile.Trade Review'This book takes a fresh look at Chilean independence, focused on war and the rise of military leadership. Based on extensive research in primary sources and entering into debate with recent historiography, it makes a valuable contribution to the literature on war and politics in the age of Latin American independence.' Anthony McFarlane, University of Warwick'Armies, Politics, and Revolution: Chile, 1808-1826 can be regarded as a significant contribution to the collection of books relating to Independence, especially with regard to the study of civil-military relations, to the the social impact of war and the politicization of the army at the construction stage in the framework of a welcome turn to a political and army.'Gabriel Cid, Universidad Diego Portales'In Armies, Politics, and Revolution, Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz examines the impact warfare had on political modernity in Chile between 1808 and 1826.Ossa Santa Cruz argues “that the revolutionary war was a prolonged experience that—for good or bad—had permanent effects on Chilean society” (5). The book describes in detail the different armies in wars that led to Chilean independence. It analyzes both royal forces and the Army of the Andes, which finally won the war and established—in the words of Ossa Santa Cruz—a military regime in Chile.'Ulrich Mücke, Latin American Research ReviewTable of ContentsAbbreviations Maps Introduction I. Themes and hypotheses II. Book structure III. A note on sources and terminology Chapter I: Building up a revolutionary army in Chile, 1808-1814 I. 1808-1810: internal responses to imperial crisis II. A conflict of politics, a conflict between provinces III. Revolutionary warfare in Chile IV. The political legitimization of a revolutionary movement Chapter II: Political and military counterrevolution in Chile, 1814-1817 I. Mariano Osorio’s political and military behaviour II. Francisco Marcó del Pont: alienating internal inhabitants, facing an external threat III. Was it possible to re-conquer Chile? Chapter III: Mendoza: the preparation of a South American army, 1814-1817 I. Chilean émigrés in a foreign territory II. The Army of the Andes and the militarization of civil society III. Chileans in the Army of the Andes. Spies, military intelligence and the guerra de zapa IV. Crossing the Cordillera Chapter IV: The establishment of a military regime in Chile, 1817-1823 I. Ruling over an unruly population II. Maipú: battle for territorial dominance III. Irregular warfare in the south of Chile IV. The personalization of politics Chapter V: Becoming a Chilean army. The Ejército Libertador del Perú, 1818-1823 I. The organization of the Ejército Libertador del Perú and the first Chilean navy II. Lima: royalist stronghold III. Internal conflicts, external consequences IV. Becoming a Chilean army Chapter VI: The political role of the military in the making of the Chilean republic, 1822-1826 I. The revival of Concepción and the Army of the South II. The political role of the military in the 1820s. The case of Francisco Antonio Pinto III. Politicizing the army in the Chilean Congress IV. Chiloé: capitulation of revolutionary warfare Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThe book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the ranks was not confined to ‘the scum of the earth’ but included a cross section of ‘respectable’ working class men.Common soldiers represent a huge unstudied occupational group. They worked as artisans, servants and dealers, displaying pre-enlistment working class attitudes and evidencing low level class conflict in numerous ways. Soldiers continued as members of the working class after discharge, with military service forming one phase of their careers and overall life experience. After training, most common soldiers had time on their hands and were allowed to work at a wide variety of jobs, analysed here for the first time. Many serving soldiers continued to work as regimental tradesmen, or skilled artificers. Others worked as officers’ servants or were allowed to run small businesses, providing goods and services to their comrades. Some, especially the Non Commissioned Officers who actually ran the army, forged extraordinary careers which surpassed any opportunities in civilian life. All the soldiers studied retained much of their working class way of life. This was evidenced in a contract culture similar to that of the civilian trade unions. Within disciplined boundaries, army life resulted in all sorts of low level class conflict. The book explores these by covering drinking, desertion, feigned illness, self harm, strikes and go-slows. It further describes mutinies, back chat, looting, fraternisation, foreign service, suicide and even the shooting of unpopular officers.Trade ReviewReviews 'Overall, Mansfield shows himself to be the master of summary and synthesis and Soldiers as Workers achieves its goal of defining a 'labour history of soldiers' (210). Many of the subsections on military tradesmen and class conflict could be extended into article-length investigations. This work therefore provides an invaluable introduction for labour historians interested in researching the military.' Joe Cozens, Labour History Review'Mansfield has brought individuality and complexity to a topic that used to be treated fairly homogeneously. It adds to a wave of historiography that has refused to accept characterizations, initially perpetuated by commanders, of rankers as infantile drifters and wastrels in need of constant discipline..... Rather than seeing mechanical automatons in blind fear of the lash, Nick Mansfield recognizes the men beneath the uniform and their complex histories and motivations. This book paves the way for an integrated history of the British poor that stresses the connections between the manufacturing trades and soldiering. Historians have separated these groups far too often.' Jennine Hurl-Eamon, Canadian Journal of History'Soldiers as Workers addresses a lacuna in labour history, and one hopes that Mansfield will pursue these questions more fully in future work' Lynn MacKay, Labour/ Le Te Travail'Mansfield has written a very informative and engaging book from many perspectives and this will be a useful resource for labour and military historians hereon in.' Alan Southern, North West Labour HistoryTable of ContentsAbbreviationsNotesList of illustrationsPrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Class structure and the British armyChapter 3 Soldiers as workersChapter 4 Class conflict in the armyChapter 5 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFunding Philanthropy investigates Dr Barnardo’s work and philanthropic ‘empire’ as early manifestations of promotional and branding mechanisms in the mid- to late-Victorian period, processes that would seem commonplace by the mid- to late-twentieth century. Barnardo possessed a strategic sense of what would excite people’s interest and pity, as well as a seemingly unfailing capacity to package and promote evangelical philanthropy on behalf of children, the nation and the Empire. Thus, the book explores Barnardo as creative promoter and ‘showman,’ a savvy entrepreneur in an evangelical context that overtly mandated against privileging business principles generally, and the practice of direct appeal specifically. To manage the business of philanthropy, Barnardo operated as narrator, orchestrator, and showman, depending upon artfully constructed bodies, images and stories as imperatives for emotional engagement and collective participation. Funding Philanthropy offers new knowledge to anyone interested in Victorian history, conceptualising children, literary modes, and marketing practices. The book also considers how Barnardo’s conception of charity is closely aligned with principles of unconditional hospitality, precisely at a moment in time when the English were intent on centralising philanthropy and on meting out support according to measures Barnardo regarded as punitive and unchristian. Part One explicates how institutional branding evolved according to the properties associated with the metaphor of the ‘open door’; Part Two elucidates how narrative devices associated with fiction raise both affect and funds; Part Three concentrates on how Barnardo exploited strategies associated with dramatic performance in public spectacles, despite his adamant strictures against the theatre itself. Discussion burrows down to elucidate such events as highly ritualised Annual General Meetings, child picnics, as well as ubiquitous ‘bazaars’ and self-denial drives. Extensive research in Barnardo’s vast archive of periodical publication for children, youth and adults and the wider public press underpin the discursive analysis.Trade ReviewReviews 'A very engaging and insightful account of Barnardo’s work.' Kate Bradley, University of KentTable of ContentsPart One: Metaphor Chapter One The ‘Open Door’: Metaphor and Promoting the Barnardo Brand Part Two: Narrative Chapter Two Narrative: Raising Affect, Raising Funds Chapter Three Dr Barnardo’s ‘Young Helpers’: Agency, Philanthropy and Juvenile Periodicals Chapter Four The ‘Queen’s Shades’ and a ‘Gothicized’ London Part Three: Spectacle Chapter Five: Barnardo’s Bazaars, Desire and Self Denial Chapter Six ‘Panoramas’ and ‘Living Pictures’: Dr Barnardo’s Annual Meetings

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Book SynopsisThe Material Culture of the Built Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, second volume of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, continues to introduce students of Anglo-Saxon culture to aspects of the realities of the built environment that surrounded Anglo-Saxon peoples through reference to archaeological and textual sources. It considers what structures intruded on the natural landscape the Anglo-Saxons inhabited – roads and tracks, ancient barrows and Roman buildings, the villages and towns, churches, beacons, boundary ditches and walls, grave-markers and standing sculptures – and explores the interrelationships between them and their part in Anglo-Saxon life.Trade ReviewReviews 'Wide-ranging and definitive.' Paul Cavill, Medieval Settlement Research Group‘This achieves its aim in opening up new areas of research in aspects of early medieval English life that are often neglected.’ Richard Holt, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of Contents Introduction , Gale R. Owen- Crocker Chapter 1: Enta geweorc: The Ruin and its Contexts Reconsidered, Christopher Grocock Chapter 2: Roads and Tracks in Anglo-Saxon England , Paul Hindle Chapter 3: Domestic Dwellings, Workshops and Working Buildings, Kevin Leahy and Michael Lewis Chapter 4: Place and Power: Meetings between Kings in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Damian Tyler Chapter 5: The Cuckoo and the Magpie: The Building Culture of the Anglo-Saxon Church, Michael Shapland Chapter 6: Landmarks of Faith: Crosses and other Free-Standing Stones, Elizabeth Coatsworth Chapter 7: Landmarks of the Dead: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Geographies, Sarah Semple and Howard Williams Chapter 8: Boundaries and Walls, Margaret Worthington Hill and Erik Grigg Chapter 9: The Landscape of Late Saxon Burghs and the Politics of Urban Foundation, Jeremy Haslam Chapter 10: Signalling Intent: Beacons, Lookouts and Military Communications, John Baker and Stuart Brookes

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Book SynopsisIn the hearts of London and New York stand their two oldest public monuments, Cleopatra’s Needles, the last of a series of obelisks from Ancient Egypt to be moved abroad during a period of over two thousand years. This book uses the Needles to examine how objects embody the cultures that create them, and how the use, value, and meaning of these objects change as they are transferred between cultures by gift, sale, barter, or theft. It explores the way in which obelisks functioned as imperial trophies, how their transfer was part of the complex political manoeuvring between European powers, America, the Ottoman Empire, and the semi-autonomous rulers of Egypt, and how their acquisition reflected the relative power of these parties. In contrast, it also examines the crucial role that private individuals and finance played in the acquisition and transport of the obelisks, and how popular understanding of them, and of the culture they came from, often differed from those of social and professional elites. It also relates the Needles to contemporary debates about the ownership of cultural artefacts, the legacy of colonial history, and the nature of reception as the process of understanding and valuing the past and its surviving material and immaterial culture.Trade Review'The author of this new study has explored a whole range of elements which make up the complex tapestry of the subject.’ Hilary Forest, Ancient Egypt

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Book SynopsisSimilar in theme and method to the first and second volumes, Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, third volume of the series Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, illuminates how an understanding of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship of the period in significant ways. In discussing fishing, for example, we learn in what ways fish and fishing might have impacted the life of the average person who lived near fishing waters in early medieval England: how fishing affected that person’s diet, livelihood, and religious obligations, as well as how fish and fishing waters influenced social and cultural structures. Similar lines of enquiry in the volume’s chapters shed insight on water imagery in Old English poetry, on place names that delineate types of watery bodies across the early medieval landscape, and on human interactions (poetic and otherwise) with fens and other wetlands, sacred wells and springs, landing spaces, bridges, canals, watermills, and river settlements, as well as a variety of other waterscapes. The volume’s examination of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world fosters an understanding, in the end, not only of the archaeological and material circumstances of water and its uses, but also the imaginative waterscapes found in the textual records of the peoples of early medieval England.Trade Review'There are comprehensive references throughout, as notes and selected texts to spur further investigation.'Sue Harrington, Archaeological Journal '[The] chapters are very accessible, wide in scope, and will be useful to students and specialists alike... [It] is... a clear and well co-ordinated book.' Caroline Goodson, English Historical Review‘This volume brings a central, but sometimes technical and obscure, aspect of Anglo-Saxon life to a wider pubic, and should be the first point of reference for many years to come. It sets high standards for continuing the series.’ John BlairTable of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction – Della Hooke and Maren Clegg Hyer 1. From Whale’s Road to Water under the Earth: Water in Anglo-Saxon Poetry – Jill Frederick 2. Water in the Landscape: Charters, Laws and Place-Names – Della Hooke 3. Fens and Frontiers – Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley 4. Marshlands and Other Wetlands – Stephen Rippon 5. Rivers, Wells and Springs in Anglo-Saxon England: Water in Sacred and Mystical Contexts – Della Hooke 6. Food from the Water: Fishing – Rebecca Reynolds 7. Inland Waterways and Coastal Transport: Landing Places, Canals and Bridges – Mark Gardiner 8. Watermills and Waterwheels – Martin Watts 9. Water, wics and burhs – Hal Dalwood† Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe historical consciousness of medieval Jewry has engendered lively debate in the scholarly world. The focus in this book is on the historical consciousness of the Jews of Spain and southern France in the late Middle Ages, and specifically on their perceptions of Christianity and Christian history and culture. In his detailed analysis of Jews’ understanding of the history of the communities they lived among, Ram Ben-Shalom shows that in these southern European lands Jews experienced a relatively open society that was sensitive to and knowledgeable about voices from other cultures, and that this had significant consequences for shaping Jewish historical consciousness. Among the topics that receive special attention are what Jews knew of the significance of Rome, of Jesus and the early days of Christianity, of Church history, and of the history of the Iberian monarchies. Ben-Shalom demonstrates that, despite the negative stereotypes of Jewry prevalent in Christian literature and increasing familiarity with that literature, they were more influenced by their interactions with Christian society at the local level. Consequently there was no single stereotype that dominated Jewish thought, and frequently little awareness of the two societies as representing distinct cultures. This book contributes to medieval Jewish intellectual history on many levels, demonstrating that, in Spain and southern France, Jews of the later Middle Ages evinced a genuine interest in history, including the history of non-Jews, and that in some cases they were deeply familiar with Christian and sometimes also classical historiography. In providing a comprehensive survey of the multiple contexts in which historiographical material was embedded and the many uses to which it was put, it enriches our understanding of medieval historiography, polemic, Jewish-Christian relations, and the breadth of interests characterizing Provencal and Spanish Jewish communities.Table of ContentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1 Genres and Motives2 Rome: Images and Influence3 Jesus and the Origins of Christianity4 History of the Church5 History of the Iberian MonarchiesConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisLabour and the Caucus provides a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. In the two decades following the Second Reform Act there was a sustained and concerted campaign for working-class parliamentary representation from a range of labour organisations to an extent that was hitherto unseen in British political history. The franchise revolution of 1867 and the controversial introduction of more sophisticated forms of electoral machinery, which became known as the ‘caucus’, raised serious questions not only for a labour movement seeking to secure political representation but also for a Liberal party that had to respond to the pressures of mass politics. Through a close examination of the interactions between labour and the ‘caucus’ from the 1868 general election to Keir Hardie’s independent labour candidature in 1888, this book provides a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled relationship between working-class radicals and organised Liberalism. The electoral strategy of labour candidates, the links between urban and rural radicalism, the impact of the National Liberal Federation, the influence of American and Irish politics on the labour movement, the revival of socialism, and the contested identity of a ‘Labour party’ are all examined from fresh perspectives. In doing so, this book challenges the existing teleological assumptions about the rise of independent labour, and explores the questions that remain about how working-class radicals and Liberals shared and negotiated power, and how this relationship changed over time.Trade ReviewReviews'Important and fresh, this book presents new material on the pre-history of the Labour party, bridging a gap between the years of the Reform League in the 1860s and the so-called revival of socialism in the 1880s.' Miles Taylor'This is a well researched and important study, it deserves to be widely read.' Chartist, No 268'...a splendid piece of meticulous historical scholarship casting new light on a pivotal and often neglected period of British political and working-class history.'American Historical Review'[By consulting widely and deeply unpublished manuscripts] Owen gives properly wait to [engaging] analysis of the connections between the linguistic, and the political and cultural environments.' William C. Lubenow, Journal of Liberal History'The research is meticulous, delving into the intricate workings of organizations and personal connections among labor and Liberal leaders. Throughout the book, realities at the grass-roots prevail. Owen successfully captures the fluidity of popular politics and the assertiveness that often underscored labor's cooperation with the Liberal party.' James Epstein, Victorian Studies, Vol. 58, No. 3Reviews'Owen makes a significant contribution to the study of the relationship between the Liberal Party and the working class following the electoral reform of 1867.' Detlev Mares, H-Soz-KultTable of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The struggle for political representation: labour candidates and the Liberal party, 1868–1876 2. Activism, identity and networks: urban and rural working-class radicalism, 1868–1874 3. Labour’s response to the caucus: class, America and language, 1877–1885 4. Tensions and fault lines: the Lib-Lab MPs, the wider labour movement, and the role of Irish nationalism, 1885–1888 5. Rethinking the ‘revival of socialism’: socialists, Liberals and the caucus, 1881–1888 Epilogue Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEssays exploring and problematizing the idea of an "exceptional" England within Western Europe during the long thirteenth century. The theme of this volume, "Exceptional England", follows on from that of the previous one, "England in Europe". Both respond to two long-term historiographical trends among British medievalists: to place England and Britain in a wider European context, and, conversely, to emphasise the differences between developments in England and those elsewhere, either explicitly or implicitly. The essays here, in tackling aspects of political, religious, cultural and urban history, are often concerned with shifts that transcend the "national" because they are driven by forces operating on a European, or at least a western European, scale. A number bring developments in England into conversation with those in other regions, turning not only to France, a traditional comparator, but also ranging further, using Poland, Italy, Spain and Hungary as points of comparison. Others problematise England's boundaries by considering the fates of people caught between worlds as English continental possessions shrank. If England emerges in these essays as rather less "exceptional", some of the contributions highlight its unusually rich sources, suggesting ways in which these riches might illuminate the history of Europe in the long thirteenth century more generally. Particular subjects addressed include the fortunes of the knightly class, the dynamics of episcopal election, and models of child kingship, along with new studies of Gerald of Wales and Simon de Montfort.Table of ContentsKing John and Gerald of Wales - Robert Bartlett Why did the Number of Knights in France and England Fall in the Thirteenth Century? - Xavier Hélary Provinces, Policies, and Popes: Comparing Polish and English Episcopal Elections Over the Long Thirteenth Century - Agata Zielinska Magnate Counsel and Parliament in the Late-Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: English Exceptionalism or a Common Theme? - Matthew Raven Ugolino of the Gherardesca and the 'Enigma' of Simon de Montfort - Peter Coss Breaking the Ties: The Cross-Channel Baronage and the Separation of England and Normandy in 1204 - Nick Hopkinson A Typical Periphery: England in Late Twelfth- and Thirteenth-century Cistercian Texts from the Continent - Antoni Grabowski 'A Star Lit by God': Boy Kings, Childish Innocence, and English Exceptionalism during Henry III's Minority, c.1216-c.1227 - Emily Joan Ward Twilight of the Overkings: Edward I's Superior Lordship of Scotland as Paradox - Scott Dempsey Exceptional Flanders? The First Strikes and Collective Actions of Craftsmen in North-Western Europe around the Middle of the Thirteenth Century - Leen Bervoets Social Hierarchies and Networks in the Thirteenth-Century London Jewry - Dean A. Irwin Albion Adrift: The English Presence in Paris and its Environs after 1204 - Nicholas Vincent

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Book SynopsisMedieval manorial records provide a unique insight into the economic and social life of local communities, as well as the different approaches adopted by lords in managing their estates. This volume, edited by James Davis and Joanne Sear, contains the translations of the surviving court and account rolls of Newmarket, together with translations of two royal charters for Newmarket's fairs. Although the court rolls span only fifteen years around the turn of the fifteenth century, the four different types of court they represent - manorial, market, fair and leet - are not replicated in the surviving records of any other medieval English small town. Also included are substantial sets of account rolls from the middle and later years of the fifteenth century which, in particular, provide details of the holdings, stalls and shops that were rented not just to Newmarket tenants but also to traders from further afield. Although the dates of the two sets of rolls do not coincide, their span across most of the fifteenth century provides substantive evidence for the growth and expansion of commercial activities, changing Newmarket from an inconsequential trading post into a significant and vibrant settlement, albeit small, on the main route between London and Norwich. The manorial rolls contain deletions and revisions, showing that they were used as working documents, indispensable to the lord of the manor's officials in overseeing the smooth running of the settlement and in ensuring the maximal receipt of all the income due to him. The commercial focus is a clear and vibrant reminder of the importance of markets to much of medieval society.Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements List of illustrations INTRODUCTION The court roll manuscripts The account roll manuscripts Working practices of the clerks The courts General court Market court Fair court Leet court The accounts The lords of the manor The origins and development of Newmarket as a trading settlement Location Institutional structure Seigneurial investment Trading structures The role of women Editorial method and abbreviations THE COURT ROLLS OF THE MANOR OF NEWMARKET, 1399-1413 General court Market court Fair court Leet court THE ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE MANOR OF NEWMARKET, 1403/4-1482/83 Appendix: Two royal charters for Newmarket fairs Glossary Bibliography Index of people and places Index of subjects

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Book SynopsisA multi-disciplinary re-evaluation of the role of women religious in the Middle Ages, both inside and outside the cloister. Medieval women found diverse ways of expressing their religious aspirations: within the cloister as members of monastic and religious orders, within the world as vowesses, or between the two as anchorites. Via a range of disciplinary approaches, from history, archaeology, literature, and the visual arts, the essays in this volume challenge received scholarly narratives and re-examine the roles of women religious: their authority and agency within their own communities and the wider world; their learning and literacy; place in the landscape; and visual culture. Overall, they highlight the impact of women on the world around them, the significance of their presence in communities, and the experiences and legacies they left behind.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction KIMM CURRAN AND JANET BURTON 1. Reform, Change, and Renewal: Women Religious in the Central Middle Ages, 800-1050 STEVEN VANDERPUTTEN 2. New Movements of the 12th Century: Diversity, Belonging, and Order(s) KATHARINE SYKES 3. Change and Renewal: Mendicants and Tertiaries in Later Medieval Europe ALISON MORE 4. On the Fringes: Anchorites CATE GUNN 5. `Quasi-religious': Vowesses LAURA RICHMOND 6. Authority and Agency: Women as Heads of Religious Houses ELIZABETH A. LEHFELDT 7. Women Religious, Secular Households: The Outside World and Crossing Boundaries in the Later Middle Ages RACHEL M. DELMAN 8. Literacies, Learning, and Communal Reform: The Case of Alijt Bake DIANA DENISSEN 9. Family and Friends: Gift Giving, Books, and Book Inscriptions in Women's Religious Communities SARA CHARLES 10. Communities of Medieval Religious Women and Their Landscapes YVONNE SEALE 11. Materiality and Archaeology of Women Religious TRACY COLLINS 12. Between Collective Memory and Individual Remembrance in Women's Religious Communities MERCEDES PÉREZ VIDAL Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first extensive study of the depiction of the armour in the Thun-Hohenstein Album against the vibrant artistic and cultural contexts that created it. In late medieval and early modern Europe, armour was more than a defensive technology for war or knightly sport. Its diverse types formed a complex visual language. Luxury armour was fitted precisely to a wearer's body, and its memorable details declared his status. Empty armour could evoke an owner's physical presence, prompting recollection of knightly personae, glittering pageantry, and impressive feats of arms. Its mnemonic power persisted long after the battle had ended, the trumpets had gone silent, and the dust had settled in the tournament arena. Previously believed to contain preliminary designs sketched by master armourers, the Thun-Hohenstein album is a bound collection of drawings by professional book painters depicting some of the most artistically and technologically innovative armours of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Like a paper version of the princely armories that first formed during the 1500s, the album's images offered rich sites of meaning and memory. Their organization within the codex suggests the images' significance to their compiler. At the same time, the composition and details allow the reader to trace the transmission of recognizable armours, and the memories they embodied, from the anvil to the page. This book is the first to examine the album, and the armor it depicts, in their vibrant artistic and cultural context. In five thematic chapters, it moves from case studies of these drawings to explore the album's complex intersections with the genres of martial history, material culture, and literature. It also reveals the album's participation in cultures of remembrance that carried mythic, knightly personae constructed around powerful Habsburg princes forward in time from the Middle Ages into the early modern era, from the courts of the Holy Roman Empire to emerging urban audiences.Trade ReviewChassica Kirchhoff's book is a welcome original approach to a series of images, which, while very valuable for the study of armour, cannot be reduced to this simple documentary use. I recommend this book not only to armour scholars and enthusiasts, but also to anyone studying Renaissance art, where armour deserves to have its rightful place. * ARMS & ARMOUR *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations About "Armors": A Note on Usage 1. (Re)Introducing the Thun-Hohenstein Album 2. Bodies of Knowledge: The Thun Album and Visualizations of Martial Practice in the Fight Book Genre 3. Ritterspiele und Gedächtnis: Representations of Knightly Sport in the Thun Album 4. "In this way . . . he graciously rode": Persistent Spectacles and Recollections of Triumph 5. The Thun Album as a Virtual Armory of Heroes Conclusion Diagrams of Armor for Man & Horse Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat did Tallis and Byrd mean to convey by their use of the word "argument" in their title, Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur? Thomas Tallis's and William Byrd's Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (songs, which by their argument are called sacred) of 1575 is one of the first sets of sacred music printed in England. It is widely recognized as a landmark achievement in English music history. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I to mark the seventeenth year of her reign, each composer contributed seventeen motets to the collection, which proved to be greatly influential among the era's composers. But what did Tallis and Byrd mean to convey by their use of the word "argument" in their title? The current view is that they treated their project as an opportunity to pull together a grand compendium of musical accomplishment that drew on the past, but looked to the future, and that the texts functioned as mere vehicles for musical display. In contrast, this book claims that these very texts were chosen by the composers to develop a theme, or argument, on the topic of sacred judgment. In offering a new interpretation of the song collection Smith employs a carefully constructed musical, literary, theological, and political argumentation. The book will encourage new ways of approaching and interpreting Tudor and Elizabethan sacred music.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Panegyrics and Politic 2 Sacred Judgment 3 Salvator Mundi 4 Good Friday: Calvary 5 Holy Saturday: Harrowing of Hell 6 Easter Sunday 7 The Summons 8 The Lesson 9 The Day of Wrath Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable guide to the earliest contemporary account of the Franciscan Order in England. Known as Friars Minor, Franciscans or Greyfriars, the followers of St Francis of Assisi pioneered a new type of religious life, moving beyond the monastic cloister. Their ministry was to bring the Gospel to life through example, preaching, gesture, drama, music and poetry. Founded in 1209, the movement became rapidly popular and spread widely across Europe. By around 1257 there were 49 communities In England, housing some 1,242 friars. The story of the Franciscans' arrival, and the growth of the Order up until c.1257/1258, is related by the chronicler Thomas of Eccleston In his De Adventu Fratrum Minorum in Angliam. The story is not untroubled: for example, Eccleston does not shy away from the painful controversies of the later 1230s, when there were deep divisions about the exercise of authority in the Order. He was disturbed by some developments in the Order and showed his support for caution in the schools and in relation to building, at a time when friars were exposed to searching criticisms. The chronological account is accompanied by exemplum materials which illuminate the friars' preaching and teaching, and by a gallery of virtuous individual friars. This book is the first full-length study of the text, examining it in detail, and providing a careful elucidation.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The launching of the mission to England 2. The first foundations 3. The admission of novices 4. The growth of the Franciscan community 5. The fervour of the early friars 6. The office of preaching 7. The seven custodies 8. The three general visitators 9. The Irish and Scottish provinces 10. The re-location of friaries and their enlargement 11. The friars' schools of theology 12. Confessors 13. Ministers general 14. Ministers provincial 15. A gallery of friars A post script Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSchöffer's Cantiones tell a fascinating story of South-North, Catholic-Protestant co-operation. The Cantiones quinque vocum selectissimæ (Strasbourg: Peter Schöffer the Younger, 1539) are a collection of 28 Latin five-voice motets by composers including Gombert, Willaert, and Jacquet of Mantua. This was Schöffer's first book of Latin motets as well as his last ever musical publication; he was granted an imperial privilege to print it by King Ferdinand I. The pieces had been sent to Schöffer by Hermann Matthias Werrecore, the choirmaster of the Duomo of Milan. However, this was at a time when no liturgical Latin choral singing took place in Strasbourg, following one of the harshest reformations - musically-speaking - across Europe. This book comprises a critical study of the anthology in terms of the circumstances of its assemblage and printing, its confessional significance, and the music itself. It considers the nature of the connection between Schöffer and Werrecore, and why a Protestant publisher based in Protestant Germany would try to sell Latin music that was endorsed by a Catholic monarch and emphatically had no chance of being performed in church in its place of publication. In addition, the monograph includes considerations of the motets themselves, brief biographical details of the composers - including the lesser-known ones (e.g. Ferrariensis, Sarton, Billon) - and a full list of all concordant sources. It will be of interest to performers and scholars alike, combining elements of historical research, musical criticism and - via the transcriptions hosted online - performance.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Catholic Music in a Protestant City? Part I: The Story 1. Peter Schöffer the Younger 2. The Cantiones in Context 3. The Milan Connection Part II: The Music 4. The Gombert Motets 5. The Motets of Jacquet of Mantua and Adrian Willaert 6. The Remaining Composers of the Cantiones Epilogue Appendix 1: Paratexts Appendix 2: Motet Texts and Translations Appendix 3: Extant Exemplars of the Cantiones Anthology and its Motet Concordances Appendix 4: Discography Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA richly informed volume that deserves the attention of all scholars interested in this remarkable figure. - SEHEPUNKTE First modern study devoted to one of the twelfth-century's most enigmatic, influential and fascinating figures. Henry of Blois (d. 1171) was a towering figure in twelfth-century England. Grandson of William the Conqueror and brother to King Stephen, he played a central role in shaping the course of the civil war that characterized his brother's reign. Bishop of Winchester and abbot of Glastonbury for more than four decades, Henry was one of the richest men in the kingdom, and effectively governed the English Church for a time as Papal Legate. Raised and tonsured at Cluny, he was an intimate friend of Peter the Venerable and later saved the great abbey from financial ruin. Towards the end of his life he presided, albeit reluctantly, over the trial of Thomas Becket. Henry was a remarkable man: an administrator of exceptional talent, a formidable ecclesiastical statesman, a bold and eloquent diplomat, and twelfth-century England's most prolific patron of the arts. In the first major book-length study of Henry to be published since 1932, nine scholars explore new perspectives on the most crucial aspects of his life and legacy. By bringing ecclesiastical and documentary historians together with archaeologists and historians of art, architecture, literature and ideas, this interdisciplinary collection will serve as a catalyst for renewed study of this fascinating man and the world in which he operated.Trade ReviewThis volume represents a major step forward for the study of a pivotal figure in twelfth-century history. [...] Ultimately, this book is a vital resource for any scholar hoping to better understand Henry of Blois's place in twelfth-century English history, and a step toward a more comprehensive portrait of this elusive figure. -- COMITATUSA richly informed volume that deserves the attention of all scholars interested in this remarkable figure. * SEHEPUNKTE *The editors and contributors should be applauded for bringing together such a diverse and compelling series of articles on a figure surely deserving of further study. This volume stands as a strong testament to the figure at its heart and goes a long way towards filling the gaps in our understanding of Henry of Blois. -- Craig M. Nakashian * Nottingham Medieval Studies *There is much to admire and enjoy about this collection. ... Historians have become rather too preoccupied by the question of whether Henry was a great man. By ignoring that debate and probing into particular aspects of his life and career, this book sheds new light not only on an individual but also on the many roles played by leading clerics in twelfth-century Europe. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Genealogical Table: The Family Connections of Henry of Blois Introduction: Approaches to Henry of Blois - John Munns and William Kynan-Wilson Causa Dei et ecclesie Cluniacensis: Henry of Blois and Cluny - Michael J. Franklin Henry of Blois and his Legation in England - Barbara Bombi The Episcopal Colleagues of Henry of Blois - John Munns The Architectural Heritage of Bishop Henry of Blois at Winchester Cathedral - John Crook Wolvesey: Henry of Blois' domus quasi palatium in Winchester - Martin Biddle Bishop Henry's Bible - Claire Donovan Henry of Blois and the Construction of Roman Identity - William Kynan-Wilson Henry of Blois: Between Patronage and Representation in the Long Twelfth Century - Matthew M. Mesley The Last Days of Henry of Blois - Edmund King Timeline Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAt the end of the Middle Ages, a group of hatmakers from the Low Countries migrated across the North Sea to London. These men brought with them new skills and technologies, unknown to English artisans, becoming the first to manufacture brimmed felts hats in England. However, though their wares were immediately popular with English consumers, from courtiers to ordinary people, they faced an economic environment in London that restricted and sometimes completely disallowed the production and retail of their goods. In the early years of the sixteenth century, the hatmakers' desire to remain independent from regulation and governance by London civic guilds led to their formation of a craft association of their own. The Hatmakers' fraternity of St James operated for about a decade, until in 1511 the royal council mandated their amalgamation with and subordination to the powerful London Haberdashers' Company. In their short period of independence, the Hatmakers' guild wrote bilingual ordinances, in English and Dutch, regulating the craft of hatmaking in London. The small parchment booklet in which they wrote the ordinances, now housed in the London Guildhall Library, contains more than a simple list of craft rules: it reveals how these Dutch craftsmen negotiated their immigrant lives in both the specifics of their artisanal practice and the broader social and linguistic realities of their daily interactions. This book, uniting historical and philological approaches, uncovers the remarkable lives and writings of these tradesmen, showing how they adapted to their new environment and reacted to the challenges they faced. It also presents a modern edition of the texts of the Hatmakers' guild book. Open Access to this volume will be available under the Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-NDTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Study 1. Citizen Guilds, Stranger Artisans, and the Hat Trade in London, circa 1500 2. The Formation of the Hatmaker's Fraternity 3. The Hatmakers and the 1511 Agreement 4. The Manuscript 5. The Linguistic Interest of the Bilingual Ordinances Conclusion Part II: Texts Editorial Conventions The Bilingual Ordinances of the Hatmakers The Agreement with the Haberdashers The Oath of the Wardens of the Haberdashers Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNew essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia but Bohemia came to him when, in 1382, King Richard II of England married Anne, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. Charles's splendid court in Prague was renowned across Europe for its patronage of literature, art and architecture, and Anne and her entourage brought with them some of its glamour and allure - their fashions, extravagance and behaviour provoking comment from English chroniclers. For Chaucer, a poet and diplomat affiliated to Richard's court, Anne was more muse than patron, her influence embedded in a range of his works, including the Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, the Legend of Good Women and Canterbury Tales. This volume shows Bohemia to be a key European context, alongside France and Italy, for understanding Chaucer's poetry, providing a wide perspective on the nature of cultural exchange between England and Bohemia in the later fourteenth century. The contributors consider such matters as court culture and politics, the writings of Richard Rolle, artistic style, Troy stories, historiographic writing and travel narrative; they highlight the debt Chaucer owed to Bohemian culture, and the affinities between English and Bohemian literary production, whether in the use of Petrarch's tale of Griselde, the iconography of the tapster figure, or satires on the Passion of Christ.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction, Peter Brown and Jan Čermák Lines of Communication 1: Richard II, Queen Anne, Bohemia: Marriage, Culture and Politics Michael Bennett 2: Recommended Reading: Richard Rolle in Bohemia Michael Van Dussen 3: The Golden Book of the Knight Wenceslas: Travelling, Piety and Diplomacy in Late-Medieval Europe Marek Suchý Cultural Analogues 4: Making Sense of the Past: Czech and English Vernacular: Histories in the Fourteenth Century Helena Znojemská 5: Beyond Nations: Translating Troy in the Middle Ages Venetia Bridges 6: Mock Passions in England and Bohemia Lucie Doležalová 7: The Evil Tale of Evil Briselda: Griselda's Wicked Counterpart Klára Petříková 8: The Image of the Tapster in England and Bohemia Jan Dienstbier 9: Bohemian and English Painting in the Last Decades of the Fourteenth Century: Tracing the Bohemian Influence Lenka Panušková Rethinking Queen Anne 10: Contextualizing the Legend of Good Women: Some Possible Bohemian Perspectives Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards 11: Humility and Empire: Anne of Bohemia, Chaucer and the Virgin Mary David Wallace General Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCrucial texts from ninth- and tenth-century Wales analysed to show their key role in identify formation. WINNER OF THE FRANCIS JONES PRIZE 2022 Early medieval writers viewed the world as divided into gentes ("peoples"). These were groups that could be differentiated from each other according to certain characteristics - by the language they spoke or the territory they inhabited, for example. The same writers played a key role in deciding which characteristics were important and using these to construct ethnic identities. This book explores this process of identity construction in texts from early medieval Wales, focusing primarily on the early ninth-century Latin history of the Britons (Historia Brittonum), the biography of Alfred the Great composed by the Welsh scholar Asser in 893, and the tenth-century vernacular poem Armes Prydein Vawr ("The Great Prophecy of Britain"). It examines how these writers set about distinguishing between the Welsh and the other gentes inhabiting the island of Britain through the use of names, attention to linguistic difference, and the writing of history and origin legends. Crucially important was the identity of the Welsh as Britons, the rightful inhabitants of the entirety of Britain; its significance and durability are investigated, alongside its interaction with the emergence of an identity focused on the geographical unit of Wales.Trade ReviewThe Forty-Fourth volume in D. S. Brewer's 'Studies in Celtic History' series is an important contribution to the renaissance in early medieval Welsh History that seems to be going on at present. * CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES *Table of ContentsList of Maps Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Names, Territories, and Kingdoms 2. Language 3. Origin Legends I: the Britons 4. Origin Legends II: Legitimate and Illegitimate Migration 5. Asser and the Origins of Alfred's Kingdom Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJohn Gower's poetry offers an important and immediate response to the turbulent events of his day. The essays here examine his life and his works from an historical angle, bringing out fresh new insights. The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the deposition of Richard II, the papal schism and the emergence of the heretical doctrines of John Wyclif and the Lollards. These social, political and religious crises and conflicts were addressed not only by preachers and by those involved in public affairs but also by poets, including Chaucer and Langland. Above all, though, it is in the verse of John Gower that we find the most direct engagement with contemporary events. Yet, surprisingly, few historians have examined Gower's responses to these events or have studied the broader moral and philosophical outlook which he used to make sense of them. Here, a number of eminent medievalists seek to demonstrate what historians can add to our understanding of Gower's poetry and his ideas about society (the nobility and chivalry, the peasants and the 1381 revolt, urban life and the law), the Church (the clergy, papacy, Lollardy, monasticism, and the friars) gender (masculinity and women and power), politics (political theory and the deposition of Richard II) and science and astronomy. The book also offers an important reassessment of Gower's biography based on newly-discovered primary sources. STEPHEN RIGBY is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Social and Economic History at the University of Manchester; SIAN ECHARD is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. Contributors: Mark Bailey, Michael Bennett, Martha Carlin, James Davis, Seb Falk, Christopher Fletcher, David Green, David Lepine, Martin Heale, Katherine Lewis, Anthony Musson, Stephen Rigby, Jens Röhrkasten.Trade ReviewA rich and substantial addition not only to Gower scholarship but also to our knowledge of late fourteenth-century England. * SEHEPUNKTE *Historians on John Gower provides a superb reassessment of how Gower's work might be read in its historical context. * REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *These original and focused essays will be of great interest to both students and scholars of Gower. * MEDIUM AEVUM *[T]his is an impressive collection that contributes substantially to Gower studies, and to our understanding of the historical contexts for much late medieval English literature generally. * SPECULUM *The fourteen essays (plus a calendar of life records) are informed by consistent awareness of parallels between Gower's works, on the one hand, and chronicles and documentary records on the other, accompanied by careful attention to previous scholarship, judicious cross-referencing between the essays, a comprehensive index, and illustrative figures in color and black and white. The John Gower that emerges from the essays is not an unfamiliar one-a traditionalist moral poet-but one that is more nuanced and more ambivalent in his outlooks, perhaps, than is usually observed. * JOHN GOWER NEWSLETTER *Historians on John Gower [...] is a major contribution to Gower studies as well as to researchers interested in the pivotal historical moment in which the poet lived and worked. This is a collection that brings "imaginative literature" together with historical documentation to provide a more comprehensive view of one of the most important public voices of the time. * STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER *It is not an exaggeration to say that this will immediately be a requisite volume for anyone working on Gower. [...] [I]t provides such rich ground to explore. * THE YEARBOOK OF LANGLAND STUDIES *Historians on John Gower, a large, sturdy, and often foundational (or, at times, re-foundational) set of essays on Gower's life, works, contexts, and outlooks demonstrates many of the virtues of the disciplinary crossover into "history" that literary scholars often invite or instigate but that rarely come from the other side. [...] The results here are excellent. * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: Gower in Context - Sian Echard and Stephen Rigby Chronology of Gower's Life Records - Martha Carlin Gower's Life - Martha Carlin Gower's Works - Stephen Rigby Nobility and Chivalry - David Green The Peasants and the Great Revolt - Mark Bailey Towns and Trade - James Davis Men of Law - Anthony Musson The Papacy, Secular Clergy and Lollardy - David N Lepine Monastic Life - Martin Heale The Friars - Jens U. Rohrkasten Women and Power - Katherine J. Lewis Masculinity - Christopher Fletcher Political Theory - Stephen Rigby Gower, Richard II and Henry IV - Michael J Bennett Natural Sciences - Seb Falk Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEleanor Nesbitt's introduction contextualises the life of Kailash Puri, Punjabi author and agony aunt, providing the story of the book itself and connecting the narrative to the history of the Punjabi diaspora and themes in Sikh Studies. She suggests that representation of the stereotypical South Asian woman as victim needs to give way to a nuanced recognition of agency, multiple voices and a differentiated experience. The narrative presents sixty years of Kailash's life. Her memories of childhood in West Punjab evoke rural customs and religious practices consistent with recent scholarship on 'Punjabi religion' rather than with the currently dominant Sikh discourse of a religion sharply distinguished from Hindu society. Her marriage, as a shy 15-year-old, with no knowledge of English, to a scientist, Gopal Puri, brought ever-widening horizons as husband and wife moved from India to London, and later to West Africa, before returning to the UK in 1966. This life experience, and Gopal's constant encouragement, brought confidence to write and publish numerous stories and articles. Kailash writes of the contrasting experiences of life as an Indian in the UK of the 1940s and the 1960s. She points up differences between her own outlook and the life-world of the post-war community of Sikhs from East Punjab now living in the West. In their distress and dilemmas many people consulted Kailash for assistance, and the descriptive narrative of her responses and advice and increasingly public profile provides insight into Sikhs' experience in their adopted country. In later years, as grandparents and established citizens of Liverpool, Kailash and Gopal revisited their ancestral home, now in Pakistan a reflective and moving experience. An Afterword by Eleanor contextualises the current UK Sikh scene. The book includes a glossary of Punjabi words and suggestions for further reading.Trade Review"This narrative offers a fascinating and thought-provoking glimpse into the long, diverse and well-lived life of a Sikh woman, a perspective sorely lacking given that much of Sikh history and experience has accumulated through male lenses. In her later role of an agony aunt, Kailash Puri was attuned to the deepest hurts and peak moments of members of the South Asian community." - Dr. Doris Jakobsh, University of Waterloo, Canada"Her individual biography intersects evocatively and movingly with the shifting realities of Partition, transnationalism, diaspora, race, gender, sexuality, and religion... As early as the 1950s the Sikh feminist began to address issues of marriage, sex, and relationships in magazines that no Punjabi had dared to discuss... A vital contribution to autobiography and multicultural literature." Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Colby College, Waterville, USA"Pool of Life reflects the wisdom of a woman who naturally engaged with the people around her whatever the context: in village life and the academic world, in pre-and post-partition India, in Great Britain, Nigeria and Ghana, always with an observant eye and a sympathetic ear. It is a book from which one can learn intellectually and emotionally about culture, life and change." Hugh Johnston, Professor Emeritus in History, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada"Through Kailashs eyes the reader can understand, from a new position, changing British attitudes to immigrants, changing gender roles, women in the workplace, and other topics relevant to twentieth-century social and cultural history. Her experiences will complicate any simplistic assumptions about gender relations, womens empowerment and self-expression, and attitudes towards immigrants. This book is a valuable primary source of autobiographical narrative helpfully coupled with a guide for further reading. It should be useful for those interested in Punjabi culture, understanding Sikhism as a living tradition, the Sikh diaspora, and twentieth-century British social history." - Suzanne Newcombe, Inform and the Open University, Religions of South Asia 9.1 (2015) 104105

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Book SynopsisIn 1845 and 1846 Charles Lewis Meryon published the two three-volume sets The Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope and The Travels of the Lady Hester Stanhope, which is still the most important source for the early life and first travels of Lady Hester. Towards the end of his life he wrote the Additional Memoirs for the years 1819-1820, the manuscript of which has lain virtually untouched and unknown for the last 150 years. Recently brought to light and edited with an introduction by Mark Guscin, the Additional Memoirs contains invaluable and fascinating new information about the life not only of Lady Hester, covering in addition to the period 1819-1820 anecdotes and stories from the rest of her life, but also of Meryon himself, finally solving the mystery behind his lengthy and time-consuming journey back to the Lebanon in 1819 and the reasons why he left Lady Hester again almost immediately upon arrival. Many have speculated on the reasons for this journey and why it came to such an abrupt end, and now Meryon himself tells the whole story in his own words. This is essential eye-witness reading for anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century England and Europe, the Middle East, travel (including a detailed description of what was involved in quarantine) and more specifically, the Stanhope family. A companion volume to Mark Guscin's A Very Good Sort of Man: Life of Dr Charles Lewis Meryon (1783-1877).

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Book SynopsisFighting the Antichrist analyzes the discourse against Catholicism from the breach from Rome in 1534 until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Cultural representations of Catholicism were decisive in creating and moulding the perceptions that many Englishmen had of the new Anglican Church and its alleged enemies. Such perceptions were essential not only in promoting policies against English Catholics, but in shaping English national identity. Anti-Catholic propaganda elaborated a stereotype of the Catholic that converged with other negative cultural types common in the period, such as that of the lazy, lecherous monk, the cruel Spaniard, the seductive and deceitful Jesuit and the Machiavellian schemer (the last three enjoying special popularity in the second half of the Elizabethan period). These stereotypes allowed anti-Catholics to send a clear message to their Protestant countrymen: that Catholicism was a devilish, corrupt foreign power that could undermine the most basic pillars of English society their Church and State. Dr Alvarez-Recio explores a wide number of texts of different genres in order to determine their contribution to the aforementioned cultural image of the Roman Catholic Church in England. Special attention is paid to political and doctrinal plays and pamphlets, given their appeal to different social groups and their role in creating a new public opinion. Other kinds of material that are also considered include chronicles and private letters, fragments of royal proclamations, and descriptions of royal entries and coronations. All these texts offer a wide spectrum of responses to the Catholic question and assist in understanding the role of anti-Catholic discourse in royal iconography. Originally published in Spanish by Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, the volume provides an inter-disciplinary approach, addressing issues such as the formation of public opinion, the influence of imperial discourse, and the overriding role of religion in nationalist issues.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers the first full English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). These collections of model legal documents, compiled by scribes as an aid to the composition of future documents, constitute an important source of evidence on government, legal practice and social life during the Merovingian period, both at the local level (for Angers) and at the level of the kingdom’s elite and the entourage of the king (for Marculf). They illuminate aspects of life which would often have been considered too trivial to be worth mentioning in narrative sources, and can include instructions dealing with subjects as diverse as appointing a bishop, making a gift, borrowing money, divorcing, selling an infant child, confiscating property from a rebel, writing Christmas greetings, and settling disputes over murders, thefts or kidnappings. As well as presenting the translations, the introduction also gives a brief outline of the characteristics of this type of source as a whole, with the aim of putting these texts into perspective and providing a methodological handle for them.Trade ReviewRio has given us here is not only a set of translations, but also a work of scholarship that makes the formulae vastly more accessible to students and to professionals. Warren Brown, Early Medieval Europe 19 (2)Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The scope of this book The scope of formulae The problem with formulae Authorship and audience: what the manuscript evidence can tell us The language of formulae Formulae and the written word Formulae and surviving documents Dating formulae: original collections vs. manuscript tradition Local context and diffusion To conclude A note on this translation Part One: The Formulary of Angers Introduction Translation Part Two: The Formulary of Marculf Introduction The scope of the collection Date and place of origin Marculf and Landeric Dating the collection Marculf and St Denis A note on the printed editions Translation Book One Book Two Supplement Additamenta: additional texts from the manuscripts of Marculf a, b, c: three more texts from the manuscripts ofMarculf Appendix I: The original date of the Angers collection: the state of the question Appendix 2: The gesta municipalia Appendix 3: The Marculf collection: manuscripts and editions The manuscript tradition Editions of Marculf and the hierarchy of manuscripts Map Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Venerable Bede composed On the Nature of Things (De natura rerum) and On Times (De temporibus) at the outset of his career, about AD 703. Bede fashioned himself as a teacher to his people and his age, and these two short works show him selecting, editing, and clarifying a mass of difficult and sometimes dangerous material. He insisted that his reader understand the mathematical and physical basis of time, and though he was dependent on his textual sources, he also included observations of his own. But Bede was also a Christian exegete who thought deeply and earnestly about how salvation-history connected to natural history and the history of the peoples of the earth. To comprehend his religious mentality, we have to take on board his views on “science” —— and vice versa. On the Nature of Things is a survey of cosmology. Starting with Creation and the universe as a whole, Bede reads the cosmos downwards from the heavens, through the atmosphere, to the oceans and rivers of earth. This order (recapitulating the four elements or fire, air, water and earth) was derived from his main source, Isidore of Seville’s On the Nature of Things. However, Bede separated out Isidore’s chapters on time, and dealt with them in On Times. On Times, like its “second, revised and enlarged edition” The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione), works upwards from the smallest units of time, through the day and night, the week, month and year, to the world-ages. Bede’s innovation is to introduce a practical manual of Easter reckoning, or computus, into this survey. Hidden beneath the matter-of-fact surface of the work is an intense polemic about the correct principles for determining the date of Easter —— principles which in Bede’s view are bound up with both the integrity of nature as God’s creation, and the theological significance of Christ’s death and resurrection. In these works Bede re-united cosmology and time-reckoning to form a unified science of computus that would become the framework for Carolingian and Scholastic basic scientific education.Trade ReviewThe translation itself is extremely well produced: it stays close to the Latin yet employs the best in modern idioms; I could uncover no errors of any kind. Scholars of Bede and the early Middle Ages will read these works with great interest for the light they throw on the organization of Bede's thought and the larger trajectory of his biblical vision; historians of science, meanwhile, will enjoy having in so inviting a volume translations of two early medieval works that had a strong hold on understandings of chronology and cosmology up till modern times. Scott DeGregorio, ISIS, Volume 103, Number 2Table of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Date and Purpose of On the Nature of Things (ONT) and On Times (OT) Structure and Content of ONT and OT Unity of Conception of ONT and OT The Place of ONT and OT in Bede’s Thought Bede’s template: Isidore of Seville’s De natura rerum (DNR) Bede’s transformation of Isidore’s DNR Bede’s Attitude Toward Isidore The Easter Controversy and the Pedagogy of Computus The Christian World-Chronicle Bede’s Science: Continuities and New Directions The Transmission of ONT and OT The reception of ONT and OT: glosses and excerpts Principles Governing this Translation Inventory of Manuscripts and Editions of Bede’s ONT and OT Bede: On the Nature of Things A Poem of Bede the Priest The Chapters of On the Nature of Things 1. The Fourfold Work of God 2. The Formation of the World 3. What the World Is 4. The Elements 5. The Firmament 6. The Varied Height of Heaven 7. Upper Heaven 8. The Heavenly Waters 9. The Five Circles of the World 10. The Regions of the World 11. The Stars 12. The Course of the Planets 13. Their Order 14. Their Orbits 15. Why Their Colours Change 16. The Circle of the Zodiac 17. The Twelve Signs 18. The Milky Way 19. The Course and Size of the Sun 20. The Nature and Place of the Moon 21. Method for Determining the Course of the Moon through the Signs of the Zodia 22. The Eclipse of the Sun and the Moon 23. Where there is No Eclipse and Why 24. Comets 25. The Air 26. The Winds 27. The Order of the Winds 28. Thunder 29. Lightning 30. Where Lightning is Not and Why 31. The Rainbow 32. Clouds 33. Rains 34. Hail 35. Snow 36. Signs of Storms or Fair Weather 37. Pestilence 38. On the Dual Nature of the Waters 39. The Ocean’s Tide 40. Why the Sea does Not Grow in Size 41. Why It is Bitter 42. The Red Sea 43. The Nile 44. That the Earth is Bound by Waters 45. The Position of the Earth 46. That the Earth is Like a Globe 47. The Circles of the Earth 48. More on the Same Subject: the Art of Using Sundials 49. Earthquake 50. The Fire of Mount Etna 51. The Division of the Earth Bede: On Times The Chapters of On Times 1. Moments and Hours 2. The Day 3. The Night 4. The Week 5. The Month 6. The Months of the Romans 7. Solstice and Equinox 8. The Seasons 9. Years 10. The Leap-Year Day 11. The Nineteen-Year Cycle 12. The ‘Leap of the Moon’ 13. The Contents of the Paschal Cycle 14. The Formulas for the Headings of the Pascal Tables 15. The Sacrament of the Easter Season 16. The Ages of the World 17. The Sequence and Order of Times 18. The Second Age 19. The Third Age 20. The Fourth Age 21. The Fifth Age 22. The Sixth Age Commentary: On the Nature of Things Commentary: On Times Appendix 1: Bede: A Hymn on the Work of the First Six Days and the Six Ages of the World Appendix 2: An Excursus on Bede’s Mathematical Reasoning Appendix 3: Bede’s Calculation of Tidal Periods and the Purported ‘Immaturity’ of On the Nature of Things Appendix 4: Bede and Lucretius Select Bibliography Index of Sources General Index

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Book SynopsisThe Venerable Bede composed On the Nature of Things (De natura rerum) and On Times (De temporibus) at the outset of his career, about AD 703. Bede fashioned himself as a teacher to his people and his age, and these two short works show him selecting, editing, and clarifying a mass of difficult and sometimes dangerous material. He insisted that his reader understand the mathematical and physical basis of time, and though he was dependent on his textual sources, he also included observations of his own. But Bede was also a Christian exegete who thought deeply and earnestly about how salvation-history connected to natural history and the history of the peoples of the earth. To comprehend his religious mentality, we have to take on board his views on “science” —— and vice versa. On the Nature of Things is a survey of cosmology. Starting with Creation and the universe as a whole, Bede reads the cosmos downwards from the heavens, through the atmosphere, to the oceans and rivers of earth. This order (recapitulating the four elements or fire, air, water and earth) was derived from his main source, Isidore of Seville’s On the Nature of Things. However, Bede separated out Isidore’s chapters on time, and dealt with them in On Times. On Times, like its “second, revised and enlarged edition” The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione), works upwards from the smallest units of time, through the day and night, the week, month and year, to the world-ages. Bede’s innovation is to introduce a practical manual of Easter reckoning, or computus, into this survey. Hidden beneath the matter-of-fact surface of the work is an intense polemic about the correct principles for determining the date of Easter —— principles which in Bede’s view are bound up with both the integrity of nature as God’s creation, and the theological significance of Christ’s death and resurrection. In these works Bede re-united cosmology and time-reckoning to form a unified science of computus that would become the framework for Carolingian and Scholastic basic scientific education.Trade ReviewThe translation itself is extremely well produced: it stays close to the Latin yet employs the best in modern idioms; I could uncover no errors of any kind. Scholars of Bede and the early Middle Ages will read these works with great interest for the light they throw on the organization of Bede's thought and the larger trajectory of his biblical vision; historians of science, meanwhile, will enjoy having in so inviting a volume translations of two early medieval works that had a strong hold on understandings of chronology and cosmology up till modern times. Scott DeGregorio, ISIS, Volume 103, Number 2Table of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Date and Purpose of On the Nature of Things (ONT) and On Times (OT) Structure and Content of ONT and OT Unity of Conception of ONT and OT The Place of ONT and OT in Bede’s Thought Bede’s template: Isidore of Seville’s De natura rerum (DNR) Bede’s transformation of Isidore’s DNR Bede’s Attitude Toward Isidore The Easter Controversy and the Pedagogy of Computus The Christian World-Chronicle Bede’s Science: Continuities and New Directions The Transmission of ONT and OT The reception of ONT and OT: glosses and excerpts Principles Governing this Translation Inventory of Manuscripts and Editions of Bede’s ONT and OT Bede: On the Nature of Things A Poem of Bede the Priest The Chapters of On the Nature of Things 1. The Fourfold Work of God 2. The Formation of the World 3. What the World Is 4. The Elements 5. The Firmament 6. The Varied Height of Heaven 7. Upper Heaven 8. The Heavenly Waters 9. The Five Circles of the World 10. The Regions of the World 11. The Stars 12. The Course of the Planets 13. Their Order 14. Their Orbits 15. Why Their Colours Change 16. The Circle of the Zodiac 17. The Twelve Signs 18. The Milky Way 19. The Course and Size of the Sun 20. The Nature and Place of the Moon 21. Method for Determining the Course of the Moon through the Signs of the Zodia 22. The Eclipse of the Sun and the Moon 23. Where there is No Eclipse and Why 24. Comets 25. The Air 26. The Winds 27. The Order of the Winds 28. Thunder 29. Lightning 30. Where Lightning is Not and Why 31. The Rainbow 32. Clouds 33. Rains 34. Hail 35. Snow 36. Signs of Storms or Fair Weather 37. Pestilence 38. On the Dual Nature of the Waters 39. The Ocean’s Tide 40. Why the Sea does Not Grow in Size 41. Why It is Bitter 42. The Red Sea 43. The Nile 44. That the Earth is Bound by Waters 45. The Position of the Earth 46. That the Earth is Like a Globe 47. The Circles of the Earth 48. More on the Same Subject: the Art of Using Sundials 49. Earthquake 50. The Fire of Mount Etna 51. The Division of the Earth Bede: On Times The Chapters of On Times 1. Moments and Hours 2. The Day 3. The Night 4. The Week 5. The Month 6. The Months of the Romans 7. Solstice and Equinox 8. The Seasons 9. Years 10. The Leap-Year Day 11. The Nineteen-Year Cycle 12. The ‘Leap of the Moon’ 13. The Contents of the Paschal Cycle 14. The Formulas for the Headings of the Pascal Tables 15. The Sacrament of the Easter Season 16. The Ages of the World 17. The Sequence and Order of Times 18. The Second Age 19. The Third Age 20. The Fourth Age 21. The Fifth Age 22. The Sixth Age Commentary: On the Nature of Things Commentary: On Times Appendix 1: Bede: A Hymn on the Work of the First Six Days and the Six Ages of the World Appendix 2: An Excursus on Bede’s Mathematical Reasoning Appendix 3: Bede’s Calculation of Tidal Periods and the Purported ‘Immaturity’ of On the Nature of Things Appendix 4: Bede and Lucretius Select Bibliography Index of Sources General Index

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Book SynopsisSince the onset of the troubles in the late 1960s, people in Northern Ireland have been working together to bring about a peaceful, non-violent end to the conflict. In doing so, they have used their efforts as a means to support the transition to a post-conflict society in the wake of the ceasefires and the Good Friday Agreement. This collection is the first to examine the different forms of peace and reconciliation work that have taken place. It brings together an international group of scholars to examine initiatives such as integrated education, faith-based peace building, cross-border co-operation and women’s activism as well as the impact that government policy and European funding have had upon the development of peace and reconciliation organisations. This unique collection of essays demonstrates the contribution that such schemes have made to the peace process and the part that they can play in Northern Ireland’s future. Contributors include: Kevin Bean (Liverpool), Katy Hayward (Queens), Peter Shirlow(Queens), and Kieron McEvoy (Queens).Trade ReviewThe book constitutes a valuable contribution to scholarly debate on the role of civil society in conflict resolution, and a timely reminder that the hard work of building peace in Northern Ireland has only just begun. . . . Hopefully, the insights of the authors will inform policies to support and enhance the grassroots peacebuilding work that, while often taken for granted, has not been insignificant. Gladys Ganiel, Irish Literary Supplement * Irish Literary Supplement *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction: Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland - Maria Power 2. Understanding the role of non-aligned civil society in peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: towards a fresh approach - Nicholas Acheson, Carl Milofsky and Maurice Stringer 3. The role of civil society in promoting peace in Northern Ireland - Timothy J. White 4. The contribution of integrated schools to peacebuilding in Northern Ireland - Claire McGlynn 5. Providing a prophetic voice for peace? Church leaders and peacebuilding - Maria Power 6. ‘Peace Women’, gender and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: from reconciliation and political inclusion to human rights and human security - Marie Hammond-Callaghan 7. Encumbered by data: understanding politically motivated former prisoners and the transition to peace in Northern Ireland - Kieran McEvoy and Pete Shirlow 8. Loyalism and peacebuilding in the 2000s - Joana Etchart 9. Civil Society, the State and conflict Transformation in the Nationalist Community - Kevin Bean 10. Examining the peacebuilding policy framework of the Irish and British governments - Sandra Buchanan 11. Building peace and crossing borders: the north/south dimension of reconciliation - Katy Hayward, Cathal McCall and Ivo Damkat 12. Peace dividends: the role of aid in peacebuilding - Elham Atashi Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of propaganda and patriotism in First World War Britain too often focuses on the clichés of Kitchener, ‘over by Christmas’ and the deaths of patriotic young volunteers at the Somme and elsewhere. A common assumption is that familiar forms of patriotism did not survive the war. However, the activities of the National War Aims Committee in 1917-18 suggest that propaganda and patriotism remained vigorous in Britain in the last years of the war. The NWAC, a semi-official Parliamentary organisation responsible for propaganda to counteract civilian war-weariness, produced masses of propaganda material aimed at re-stimulating civilian patriotism and yet remains largely unknown and rarely discussed. This book provides the first detailed study of the NWAC’s activities, propaganda and reception. It demonstrates the significant role played by the NWAC in British society after July 1917, illuminating the local network of agents and committees which conducted its operations and the party political motivations behind these. At the core of the book is a comprehensive analysis of the Committee’s propaganda. NWAC propaganda contained an underlying patriotic narrative which re-presented many familiar pre-war patriotic themes in ways that sought to encompass the experiences of civilians worn down by years of total war. By interpreting propaganda through the purposes it served, rather than the quantity of discussion of particular aspects, the book rejects common and reductive interpretations which depict propaganda as being mainly about the vilification of enemies. Through this analysis, the book makes a wider plea for deeper attention to the purposes behind patriotic language.Trade ReviewReviews'Impressively detailed, this book is a major, original and illuminating contribution to the scholarship of propaganda.' Adrian Gregory'Monger has been able to shed important light on a crucial propaganda organisation, existing during the last months of the war when the maintenance of morale had become so important, and successfully presents this in a fashion that would interest anyone concerned with the employment of propaganda in the early part of the 20th century.'William Butler, Reviews in History'…the NWAC mattered, and was seen to matter. The same can, and should, be said of this monograph. Monger has written an interesting and original book on an important subject; this work deserves to become required reading not only for students of wartime propaganda, but for anyone interested in the nature of the wartime British state, or in the very idea of “patriotism” in modern Britain.' Matthew Johnson, English Historical Review'Monger has written an interesting and original book on an important subject; this work deserves to become required reading not only for students of wartime propaganda, but for anyone interested in the nature of the wartime British state, or in the very idea of ‘patriotism’ in modern Britain.' Matthew Johnson, English Historical ReviewTable of Contents List of figures and tables List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: The National War Aims Committee 1: The development of wartime propaganda and the emergence of the NWAC 2: The NWAC at work 3: Local agency, local work: the role of constituency War Aims Committees Part 2: Patriotism for a purpose: NWAC propaganda 4: Presentational patriotisms 5: Adversaries at home and abroad: the context of negative difference 6: Civilisational principles: Britain and its allies as the guardians of civilisation 7: Patriotisms of duty: sacrifice, obligation and community – the narrative core of NWAC propaganda 8: Promises for the future: the encouragement of aspirations for a better life, nation and world Part 3: The impact of the NWAC 9: ‘A premium on corruption’? Parliamentary, pressure group and national press responses 10: Individual and local reactions to the NWAC Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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