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Book SynopsisThe Commentary on Revelation is Bede's first venture into Biblical exegesis -- an ambitious choice for a young monastic scholar in a newly Christianized land. Its subject matter – the climax of the great story of creation and redemption, of history and of time itself – adds to the Commentary's intrinsic importance, for these themes lie at the heart of Bede's concerns and of his achievement as a historian, exegete, scholar, and preacher. But Bede was also a man of his age. When he penned the Commentary around 703, speculation and anxiety about the end of the world was in the air. According to conventional chronology, almost 6000 years had passed since creation. If for God 'one day… is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day' (2 Peter 3:8), the world was destined to last six millennia, corresponding to the six days of creation. The end, then, was close. Bede vigorously opposed the temptation to calculate the time of the end. The Commentary argues that Revelation is not a literal prophecy, but a symbolic reflection on the perennial struggle of the Church in this world. At the same time, the young Bede is starting to shape his own account of how the end-times would unfold. This translation, prefaced by a substantial Introduction, will be of interest to students of medieval religious and cultural history, of Anglo-Saxon England, and of the history of Biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages.Trade Review[Faith Wallis's] translation is accurate and animated and she has done a splendid job of situating the work in the context of Bede's early writings on time and the millennium. Michael LapidgeNow Faith Wallis, known for her Bedan scholarship, especially for Bede’s The Reckoning of Time, has produced a translation of the Commentary with introduction and very informative notes that superbly complements Gryson’s edition. Her accurate translation of Bede’s work along with an informative commentary condenses Gryson’s French and Latin notes and adds some additional references. Wallis’s translation, besides being accurate and occasionally adding in brackets Bede’s Latin wording, has the advantage of indicating by the use of italics and notes when Bede incorporates within his commentary (as he very frequently does in this early work) comments by patristic authorities such as Tyconius, Primasius, Gregory, and Augustine; her book also provides a Select Bibliography and an excellent Index of Sources and Parallel Passages. A scholar who has Gryson’s Latin edition and Wallis’s detailed introduction and annotated translation at hand will be eminently equipped to read, understand, and reflect on Bede’s Commentary on Revelation. George Hardin Brown, Digressus 13 (2013) -- George Hardin Brown * Digressus 13 (2013) *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Bede and the Latin Tradition of Exegesis of Revelation 1.1 The Roots of Bede’s Major Exegetical Theme 1.2 Victorinus of Pettau 1.3 Apocalyptic Retreats and Revivals in the Fourth Century 1.4 Tyconius 1.5 The Tyconian Tradition from Augustine to the End of the Sixth Century 2. Bede’s Immediate Sources and How He Used Them 2.1 ‘Commaticum interpretandi genus’ 2.2 A Mosaic of Quotations 2.3 Reconstructing Bede’s Use of Tyconius 2.4 The Occlusion of Primasius 2.5 Did Bede Read Caesarius? 2.6 Bede’s Borrowings from Augustine 2.7 Bede Reads Jerome and Gregory 2.8 Was Bede’s Exegesis Influenced by Visual Sources? 2.9 Bede and the Text of the Bible 3. Date and Circumstances of Composition 3.1 The Significance of the Date of Composition 3.2 The Commentary on Revelation and the Preface to the Commentary on Acts 3.3 Obstrepentes causae? 3.4 An Apocalyptic Eighth Century? 4. Shape and Style of the Commentary on Revelation 4.1 The Poem of Bede the Priest 4.2 Bede’s Preface: The Structure of Revelation and the ‘periochae’ 4.3 Bede’s Preface: The Methodological Framework 4.4. The Unscheduled Future: How Bede Shapes the Meaning of Revelation 4.5 Judgement and Reform 5. Bede’s Commentary on Revelation: Transmission and Translation 5.1 Transmission in Manuscript 5.2 The Commentary in Print 5.3 Principles Governing the Present Translation Bede: Commentary on Revelation The Poem of Bede the Priest Preface Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Appendix: The capitula lectionum on Revelation Ascribed to Bede Select Bibliography Index of Sources and Parallels General Index

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Book SynopsisThe Commentary on Revelation is Bede's first venture into Biblical exegesis -- an ambitious choice for a young monastic scholar in a newly Christianized land. Its subject matter – the climax of the great story of creation and redemption, of history and of time itself – adds to the Commentary's intrinsic importance, for these themes lie at the heart of Bede's concerns and of his achievement as a historian, exegete, scholar, and preacher. But Bede was also a man of his age. When he penned the Commentary around 703, speculation and anxiety about the end of the world was in the air. According to conventional chronology, almost 6000 years had passed since creation. If for God 'one day… is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day' (2 Peter 3:8), the world was destined to last six millennia, corresponding to the six days of creation. The end, then, was close. Bede vigorously opposed the temptation to calculate the time of the end. The Commentary argues that Revelation is not a literal prophecy, but a symbolic reflection on the perennial struggle of the Church in this world. At the same time, the young Bede is starting to shape his own account of how the end-times would unfold. This translation, prefaced by a substantial Introduction, will be of interest to students of medieval religious and cultural history, of Anglo-Saxon England, and of the history of Biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages.Trade Review[Faith Wallis's] translation is accurate and animated and she has done a splendid job of situating the work in the context of Bede's early writings on time and the millennium. Michael LapidgeNow Faith Wallis, known for her Bedan scholarship, especially for Bede’s The Reckoning of Time, has produced a translation of the Commentary with introduction and very informative notes that superbly complements Gryson’s edition. Her accurate translation of Bede’s work along with an informative commentary condenses Gryson’s French and Latin notes and adds some additional references. Wallis’s translation, besides being accurate and occasionally adding in brackets Bede’s Latin wording, has the advantage of indicating by the use of italics and notes when Bede incorporates within his commentary (as he very frequently does in this early work) comments by patristic authorities such as Tyconius, Primasius, Gregory, and Augustine; her book also provides a Select Bibliography and an excellent Index of Sources and Parallel Passages. A scholar who has Gryson’s Latin edition and Wallis’s detailed introduction and annotated translation at hand will be eminently equipped to read, understand, and reflect on Bede’s Commentary on Revelation. George Hardin Brown, Digressus 13 (2013) -- George Hardin Brown * Digressus 13 (2013) *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Bede and the Latin Tradition of Exegesis of Revelation 1.1 The Roots of Bede’s Major Exegetical Theme 1.2 Victorinus of Pettau 1.3 Apocalyptic Retreats and Revivals in the Fourth Century 1.4 Tyconius 1.5 The Tyconian Tradition from Augustine to the End of the Sixth Century 2. Bede’s Immediate Sources and How He Used Them 2.1 ‘Commaticum interpretandi genus’ 2.2 A Mosaic of Quotations 2.3 Reconstructing Bede’s Use of Tyconius 2.4 The Occlusion of Primasius 2.5 Did Bede Read Caesarius? 2.6 Bede’s Borrowings from Augustine 2.7 Bede Reads Jerome and Gregory 2.8 Was Bede’s Exegesis Influenced by Visual Sources? 2.9 Bede and the Text of the Bible 3. Date and Circumstances of Composition 3.1 The Significance of the Date of Composition 3.2 The Commentary on Revelation and the Preface to the Commentary on Acts 3.3 Obstrepentes causae? 3.4 An Apocalyptic Eighth Century? 4. Shape and Style of the Commentary on Revelation 4.1 The Poem of Bede the Priest 4.2 Bede’s Preface: The Structure of Revelation and the ‘periochae’ 4.3 Bede’s Preface: The Methodological Framework 4.4. The Unscheduled Future: How Bede Shapes the Meaning of Revelation 4.5 Judgement and Reform 5. Bede’s Commentary on Revelation: Transmission and Translation 5.1 Transmission in Manuscript 5.2 The Commentary in Print 5.3 Principles Governing the Present Translation Bede: Commentary on Revelation The Poem of Bede the Priest Preface Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Appendix: The capitula lectionum on Revelation Ascribed to Bede Select Bibliography Index of Sources and Parallels General Index

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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 SynopsisFocused on the period between 1500 and 1700, Land Travel and Communications in Tudor and Stuart England documents the unprecedented growth that occurred in road travel by all sections of society, from paupers to princes; the burgeoning volume of wheeled vehicles using the highways; and the radical changes in the means by which correspondence was conveyed throughout the realm and beyond. Unprecedented growth in ordinary travel by road occurred in Tudor and Stuart England between c.1500 and c.1700: increasingly complex itineraries and ambitious distances were achieved. Though mostly repaired in only rudimentary fashion, England’s highways supported increasing volumes of pedestrian, equine, and wheeled traffic. The framing of legal provisions for road maintenance and the burgeoning production of way-finding materials reflected the scale of demand. As well as considering regular trips to local markets or county fairs or for the freighting of building materials, the book considers the quotidian peregrinations of common and private carriers, chapmen journeying to sell to distant customers, the escort of prisoners to county gaols, wounded soldiers struggling homeward, and itinerant paupers on the move. The twice-yearly circuits of assize court judges and the more frequent movement of county justices and apparitors serving bishops’ courts are also reviewed. Journeys by players and other entertainers are included, and elite tourists travelling both within the realm and beyond for experience, education, and improved job prospects are considered. The ostentatious, orchestrated travels of monarchs and the high-born, and the stressful journeys of royalty on the run are also featured.Trade ReviewReviews 'The book adds appreciably to our understanding of the ways in which travel and communication developed within and beyond Britain during the early modern period.' Geoff Timmins, Journal of Transport History'One of the most useful aspects of the work for historians is the seventy-one routes and road networks, sites of road and bridge repairs, carriers' schedules and destinations, patterns of militia deployment, travel routes of major dramatic companies, routes of royal progresses, carriers' rates,location of posts, and journey times for sending letters from London. Information on these and related subjects will prove enormously useful to those interested in any form of domestic communication between ca. 1500 and ca. 1700.' Robert Tittler, Music and LettersTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Tables 1 Land travel and communications in the Tudor and Stuart state 2 The Tudor and Stuart highway network 3 Wayfinding and the means of travel 4 Travel by the ordinary users of the highways 5 Travel by élite users of the highways 6 Communication by messenger and post 7 Conclusion Appendix 1 Masters of the Posts, 1512-1685 Appendix 2 Posts of the Court and Posts of London, 1540s–1630s Appendix 3 Post Stages and Posts Serving on 1 April 1556 Appendix 4 Post Stages and Posts Serving on 1 April 1599 Appendix 5 The Post Office Establishment, 1695-1696 Appendix 6 Postal Services and Charges, England and the Colonies Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLong before the arrival of the ‘Empire Windrush’ after the Second World War, Liverpool was widely known for its polyglot population, its boisterous ‘sailortown’ and cosmopolitan profile of transients, sojourners and settlers. Regarding Britain as the mother country, ‘coloured’ colonials arrived in Liverpool for what they thought to be internal migration into a common British world. What they encountered, however, was very different. Their legal status as British subjects notwithstanding, ‘coloured’ colonials in Liverpool were the first to discover: ‘There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack’. Despite the absence of significant new immigration, despite the high levels of mixed dating, marriages and parentage, and despite pioneer initiatives in race and community relations, black Liverpudlians encountered racial discrimination, were left marginalized and disadvantaged and, in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots of 1981, the once proud ‘cosmopolitan’ Liverpool stood condemned for its ‘uniquely horrific’ racism. ‘Before the Windrush’ is a fascinating study that enriches our understanding of how the empire ‘came home’. By drawing attention to Liverpool’s mixed population in the first half of the twentieth century and its approach to race relations, this book seeks to provide historical context and perspective to debates about Britain’s experience of empire in the twentieth century.Trade Review'With this - his best - book, Professor Belchem tells a story from the Mersey that not only speaks to the British present, it roars. [...] So roll over Nigel Farage: longer then anywhere else in Britain, Liverpool has heard it all before and knows where it leads.' Ed Vulliamy, The Observer * The Observer *'… a pioneering study of race relations in twentieth-century Liverpool, based on a wealth of primary sources and written with clarity. The general treatment is chronological, from the early 1900s to the Toxteth riots in 1981. ...This book is more than a contribution to the city’s history: it should be read by people responsible for shaping the country’s future race relations.'Northern History'The research on which [Before the Windrush] is based is characteristically deep and wide-ranging... it is informed throughout by an intimate understanding of the peculiarities of place and people. Belchem has written an important monograph which merits study by all concerned with the subject, and it is right to salute here both this particular achievement and his overall contribution to the history of Liverpool.'Philip Waller, English Historical ReviewTable of Contents List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: ‘The most disturbing case of racial disadvantage in the United Kingdom’ 1. Edwardian cosmopolitanism 2. Riot, miscegenation and inter-war depression 3. War-time hospitality and the colour bar 4. Repatriation, reconstruction and post-war race relations 5. Race relations in the 1950s 6. 1960s: race and youth 7. The failure of community relations 8. ‘It took a riot’ Sources consulted Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the often-overlooked chewa Ethiopian warriors and their crucial role in defending their homeland against invasion, as well as their strong influence on political identity and the social infrastructure. Today best known for their role in defending Ethiopia from Italian invasion 1935-41, chewa warriors protected Ethiopia for centuries. Yet, depicted by some 19th-century Western observers as little more than "a horde" of warmongers, and later suppressed by Ethiopian monarchs who sought to create a centralized modern state, their contribution has been neglected. Drawing on oral and written sources, as well as the zeraf poetry through which theyexpressed themselves, this book explores for the first time in depth the history, practices and principles of warriorhood of the chewa, and their wider influence on society and state. Often self-trained individuals who began by defending their communities, by the end of the 19th century there were chewa warrior groups from almost all linguistic groups who fought together to resist foreign invaders. Some chewa enrolled in the service of the Ethiopian "kings of kings", who organized them as named corps that supplemented the formal defence of the state. Today, chewa political identity, which transcended social, familial, political and other groupings, remains deeply rooted in Ethiopian society. Tsehai Berhane-Selassie taught Social Anthropology, Gender and Development Studies in universities in Ethiopia, the UK, the USA and Ireland. She is a former member of The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Her publications include editing Gender Issues in Ethiopia.Trade ReviewIn Ethiopian Warriorhood: Defence, Land and Society, Tsehai Berhane-Selassie provides a nuanced analysis of the role of the chewa - voluntary, community supported warriors - in the evolution of the Ethiopian state. .[F]or historians of the Horn, this book provides a valuable analysis of state formation that shifts the focus from individual monarchs to a misunderstood group of intermediary actors, and adds a new layer to the complicated history of land rights in Ethiopia. * CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES / REVUE CANADIENNE DES ÉTUDES AFRICAINES *[Tsehai Berhane-Selassie's] book is a thoroughly researched contribution in the growing literature of Ethiopian social history. It is truly an insider view carefully drawn from oral testimonies such as heroic recitals and various written accounts of historical importance. .The study should truly interest academic scholars, policy makers, students, and education experts alike. * AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY *The book (composed of ten chapters) is well written and extensively footnoted. [...] She [the author] should indeed be congratulated for her splendid contribution to Ethiopian studies. * Aethiopica *It is very recently that indigenous thought acquired currency in the scholarly world. Tsehai's current book is pioneering in this regard. [...]Her book is a thoroughly researched contribution in the growing literature of Ethiopian social history. It is truly an insider view carefully drawn from oral testimonies such as heroic recitals and various written accounts of historical importance. * African Studies Quarterly *Ethiopian Warriorhood provides a data-rich historical ethnography of an imperial institution. From a scholarly perspective, it is a very useful book for students of the modern history and anthropology of the Horn of Africa, as well as of comparative studies on conflict, militarism, and empire. * Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute *A vast and remarkable undertaking, Tsehai's book is a recommended reading for any serious student of Ethiopian history and for all who wish to understand Ethiopia's enduring traditions today. * Orientalistische Literaturzeitung *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Traditions of hierarchical warriorhood The historical context of emergent warriors Military lands and power politics Ecological roots of local leadership Social localities of emergent warriors Military training in sports, horsemanship and hunting Political authority and military power Zeraf: symbols and rituals of power and rebellion First Italian invasion, 1896 Guerrilla warfare, 1935-41 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating survey ranges from the communal buildings of the early 19th-century political radicals, Owenites and Chartists, through Arts and Crafts influenced socialist structures of the late Victorian and Edwardian period to the grand union `castles’ of the mid twentieth century. There are also chapters on the ubiquitous co-operative architecture, long forgotten socialist holiday camps, and those memorials associated with the hidden story of radical ex-servicemen and their remembrance of war dead. The countryside is also not forgotten with rural labour buildings, as well as the clubhouses of idealistic socialist cyclists. The book though is not just about bricks and mortar but uncovers the social history of the men and women who worked so hard locally to achieve their goals. Though many buildings have been lost over the years, the book outlines the recent struggle for their preservation and details many which can still be visited. Trade Review'well-written and beautifully illustrated'... little has so far been written directly about the subject, and for this reason alone this book is very welcome. -- Cynthia Brown * Family & Community History, Vol 17/1 *Buildings of the Labour Movement has a plethora of excellent photos, and some equally interesting written snapshots to support them. ... One thing is certain; this book provides both a visual treat and some equally important historical nuggets. Its insights are informative and form an important addition to the history of the Labour Movement. -- Dave Putson * Problems of NATO edited by Tony Simpson, The Spokesman, 124 *... a much needed and very welcome addition to the literature of the labour movement. Whilst the book is essential for its wonderful and evocative collection of photographs, it is much more than a picture book ... ... This book is a delight to browse through as well as to read, and Mansfield is to be congratulated in writing it and English Heritage for publishing such an important text. -- Eddie Cass * Manchester Region History Review *Nick Mansfield's book is a welcome and important development in the study of the built environment used by the people of the labour and radical movements. With the publication of this significant volume it is hoped a neglected area of research and publication will receive much wider attention. Highly recommended. -- Bob Hayes * North West Labour History Journal *Yet, thankfully, Mansfield's new book captures the remarkable history of those lost buildings and, in so doing, opens up a series of characteristically learned and sympathetic insights into the history of socialism. As the former director of The Peoples' History Museum and one of Britain's finest social historians, Mansfield is a superb guide to this otherwise abandoned field of architectural and labour history. -- Tristram Hunt * Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, Volume 59 (2015) *Table of ContentsForeword by Tony Benn Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Trade Societies 3. Nonconformity 4. Radicalism 5. Owenism 6. Chartism 7. Co-operation 8. Trade Unions 9. Mechanics Institutes and Education 10. Socialism 11. The Clarion movement 12. The Labour Party 13. The rural labour movement 14. Ex-servicemen and the commemoration of war 15. Holidays and leisure 16. Buildings associated with key events 17. Decline and demolition 18. Preservation and interpretation 19. Sites to visit

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Book SynopsisOur understanding of the human past is very limited. The mute evidence from excavation – the dusty pot shards, fragments of bone, slight variations in soil colour and texture – encourages abstraction and detachment. Reconstruction art offers a different way into the past, bringing archaeology to life and at times influencing and informing archaeologist’s ideas. At its best it delivers something vivid, vital and memorable. Illustrating the Past explores the history of reconstruction art and archaeology. It looks at how attitudes have swung from the scientific and technical to a freer more imaginative way of seeing and back again. Through the exploration of seven artists’ work, the reader is shown how the artist’s way of seeing illustrates the past and sometimes how it has changed the way the past is seen. Illustrators working in archaeology are often anonymous and yet the picture that summarises an excavation can be the idea that endures. As well as drawing on her specialist knowledge, Judith Dobie uses conversation and correspondence to build a picture of how these artists’ personalities, interests and backgrounds influences their art. Case studies featuring working sketches demonstrate how reconstruction artists deliver understanding and can change the interpretation of a site. This book celebrates and acknowledges reconstruction art within the field of archaeology.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Ways of seeing the past 2. Alan Sorrell 3. Terry Ball 4. Frank Gardiner 5. Ivan Lapper 6. Peter Dunn 7. Allan Adams 8. Judith Dobie 9. Summary: Interpreting the past

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Book SynopsisHow can an environment be created in Cuba in which safety is not sacrificed for more open markets and politics? This book examines present security conditions in Cuba and forecasts the effects that economic and social liberalization could have on levels of criminality. For decades, Cuban citizens have enjoyed relatively good security, as a consequence of surveillance and tight political control by an authoritarian state. However, economic liberalization necessitated by the loss of Soviet support has resulted in illicit activities and increased criminality including drugs, contraband and human trafficking. Today, relatively good security and a stable political system coexist with widespread illegality. But as restrictions are eased, the average citizen is becoming less secure. Cuba's privileged geographical location, combined with economic scarcity, the remnants of the communist system and the local criminal organizations it created, also makes it vulnerable to more dangerous foreign criminal groups. Based on both quantitative and qualitative data including in-depth interviews with experts on Cuba and democratization and observational research in Cuba itself, the book seeks to identify the risks associated with liberalization and to explore workable solutions. More broadly, it aims to shed light on how the negative consequences of social and economic liberalization can be minimized for the average citizen during periods of political transition from authoritarian systems. How can an environment be created in which safety is not sacrificed for more open markets and politics?Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1 - Security, Illegality, and Liberalization in Cuba 2 - Order and Liberalization 3 - Order in Cuba: Good Security and Illegality 4 - Illicit Activities in Cuba 5 - Comparative Perspective 6 - The Perils to Order 7 - Where Should Cuba Head? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDid Spain fall into decline or flourish in the seventeenth century? This edited collection looks at perceptions and representations of Philip IV, Spain's 'Planet King', and his government against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century General Crisis in Europe, wars, revolutions and a sovereign debt crisis. Scholars often associate Philip's reign (1621-1665) with decline, decadence, crisis, stagnation and adversity (as did many contemporaries); yet the glittering cultural and artistic achievements (enhanced by his patronage) of the period led it to be dubbed 'the' Golden Age. The book analyses these contradictions, examining Philip's own understanding of kingship and how he and his courtiers used art and ceremony to project an image of strength, tradition, culture and prestige, while, at the same time, the empire grappled with revolts in Europe and falling trade with its New World colonies.Table of ContentsAn Historiographical Introduction to the World of Philip IV - Alexander Samson PART I: BEHIND THE SCENES 'Perceptions of Kingship: Governing with and without a valido' - Alistair Malcolm 'Spain's Seventeenth-Century Crisis Seen from the Perspective of the New World' - Guillermo Mira Delli-Zotti 'Naples versus the Neapolitans: The Political Role of the Viceroy during the Crisis of the Viceregal System (1637-1647)' - Marina Perruca Gracia 'St Rose of Lima as Exemplar of the Political Health of Philip IV's Kingdoms (1630s-1660s)' - Stephen M. Hart Two 'Prophets' and One Confessor: Philip IV's Spiritual Stage in 1643-1644 - Gianfranco Armando and Alberto Pérez Camarma 'Smugglers, Thieves and Fraudsters: Francisco de León and the Seville Revolt of 1652' - Fred Carnegy-Arbuthnott PART II: ON THE WORLD STAGE 'Staging the Planet King: Apotheosis and Glory' - Julio Vélez Sainz 'Do You Paint, or Give Life? The Power of Diego Velázquez's Lifelike Portraits of Philip IV' - R.T.C. Goodwin 'Heroic Virtue: The Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos 'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente 'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci 'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samson

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Book Synopsis Hyam Maccoby's now classic study focuses on the major Jewish—Christian disputations of medieval Europe: those of Paris (1240), Barcelona (1263), and Tortosa (1413–14). It examines the content of these theological confrontations with a sense of present-day relevance, while also discussing the use made of scriptural proof-texts. Part I provides a general thematic consideration of the three disputations and their social and historical background. Part II is a complete translation of the account of the Barcelona Disputation written by Nahmanides, one of the greatest figures in the history of Jewish learning, and was Jewish spokesman at the disputation. Part III contains Jewish and Christian accounts of the Paris and Tortosa disputations. A new introduction reviews the relevant literature that has been published since the original edition appeared.Trade Review'A classic text of three famous disputations ... When the book first appeared in 1982 it received much praise, and it certainly deserves the new paperback edition which has now been brought out.'European Judaism'For those coming to this book for the first time, Judaism on Trial is a fascinating and gripping account; for students, it has enough material to bear re-reading and studying in depth. Its strength is not only that it is a most scholastic and erudite work, but that it makes compulsive reading. We await his further works with anticipation and excitement.'Alan Orchover, Jewish Book News & Reviews'Maccoby has rendered an important service in making their salient features available in English. ... certainly not only for scholars in that Maccoby has blended this learning with an exposition of the issues involved that is accessible to the layman. Both Jew and Christian will learn much from the records of these confrontations, which are important in Jewish history.'Lionel Kochan, Jewish Chronicle'A superb work of committed scholarship ... Judaism on Trial is a work full of interest to those already familiar with the material it contains, and compelling reading for those who are not. Maccoby has done a fine job in recapturing the intellectual and social drama of the confrontations. ... Altogether an impressive addition to the already outstanding Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.'Jonathan Sacks, Jewish Journal of Sociology'Prefaced by a most competent introduction ... should be obligatory reading for both the student of Jewish history and the intelligent layman not only because of its literary and expositional merits, which are considerable, but because it highlights an important stratagem of the medieval Church in its attempts to convert contemporary Jewry to the dominant faith.'Sydney Leperer, Le'elaTable of ContentsIntroduction to the paperback editionAdditional bibliographyList of abbreviationsIntroductionPart 1 The Three Disputations: General Considerations1 The Paris Disputation, 12402 The Barcelona Disputation, 12633 The Vikuah: Textual Considerations4 Biographical Notes on the Chief Persons Present at Barcelona5 The Tortosa Disputation, 1413-14Part 2 The Barcelona Disputation: Texts6 Introductory Note on the Vikuah7 The Vikuah of Nahmanides: Translation and Commentary8 The Christian Account of the Barcelona DisputationPart 3 The Paris and Tortosa Disputations: Texts9 The Vikuah of R. Yehiel of Paris: A Paraphrase10 The Christian Account of the Paris Disputation11 A Hebrew Account of the Tortosa Disputation12 The Christian Account of the Tortosa DisputationNotesBibliographyGeneral indexIndex of quotations

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Book SynopsisIn his three-volume history, Antony Polonsky provides a comprehensive survey—socio-political, economic, and religious—of the Jewish communities of eastern Europe from 1350 to the present. Until the Second World War, this was the heartland of the Jewish world: nearly three and a half million Jews lived in Poland alone, while nearly three million more lived in the Soviet Union. Although the majority of the Jews of Europe and the United States, and many of the Jews of Israel, originate from these lands, their history there is not well known. Rather, it is the subject of mythologizing and stereotypes that fail both to bring out the specific features of the Jewish civilization which emerged there and to illustrate what was lost. Jewish life, though often poor materially, was marked by a high degree of spiritual and ideological intensity and creativity. Antony Polonsky recreates this lost world—brutally cut down by the Holocaust and less brutally but still seriously damaged by the Soviet attempt to destroy Jewish culture. Wherever possible, the unfolding of history is illustrated by contemporary Jewish writings to show how Jews felt and reacted to the complex and difficult situations in which they found themselves. This first volume begins with an overview of Jewish life in Poland and Lithuania down to the mid-eighteenth century. It describes the towns and shtetls where the Jews lived, the institutions they developed, and their participation in the economy. Developments in religious life, including the emergence of hasidism and the growth of opposition to it, are described in detail. The volume goes on to cover the period from 1764 to 1881, highlighting government attempts to increase the integration of Jews into the wider society and the Jewish responses to these efforts, including the beginnings of the Haskalah movement. Attention is focused on developments in each country in turn: the problems of emancipation, acculturation, and assimilation in Prussian and Austrian Poland; the politics of integration in the Kingdom of Poland; and the failure of forced integration in the tsarist empire. Volume 2 covers the period 1881–1914; Volume 3 covers 1914–2008.Trade Review'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'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 . . . a body of work that, in summarizing the current state of our knowledge, effectively sets the agenda for future scholars. Polonsky is perhaps the scholar most responsible for the growth of Polish Jewish studies in the late twentieth century . . Very few historians could write a series of volumes like this . . . [he] has armed scholars with a formidable tool that will help them dispel stereotypes . . . Just as these volumes are destined to become the starting point for the work of many students, they will be the touchstone for scholars working in the field at all levels.' Sean Martin, European History Quarterly'Combines a masterful grasp of Jewish history with that of eastern Europe. While underlining the unique features and achievements of the Jewish communal experience he authoritatively integrates them into the history of the countries in which Jews lived . . . Incorporating current, ground-breaking scholarship from North America, Israel, and Europe these beautifully narrated volumes should not only be seen as a staple of university courses, but also as a must-read for anyone attempting to understand any aspect of modern Jewish history and religious tradition, wherever it may be playing out . . . With this extremely important book, Antony Polonsky not only writes history but, following the example of his illustrious predecessors, makes it.' Katarzyna Person, European Judaism'We can only commend Antony Polonsky for his massive effort to explain seven centuries of Jewish history in a mere 2,000 pages . . . Polonsky's strength lies in his ability to illuminate intellectual and cultural developments . . . Because of the excellent bibliographies, extensive annotation, and wonderful maps included in each volume, any reader wishing to read in greater detail about Polish and Russian Jewry will have plenty of resources to enable the search.' Alexandra S. Korros, Jewish Quarterly'Magisterial . . . all three volumes, but particularly Volume 3, should be of special interest to Polish Americans and all Americans interested in the history of the Jews in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia.' Anna M. Cienciala, Polish Review'Definitive . . . The scope is immense and the author does an impressive job of synthesizing a vast literature . . . This trilogy will no doubt serve as a standard history of east European Jewry for a long time.' - Shaul Stampfer, Religious Studies Review'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‘The first serious, and most successful, effort thus far to summarize the history of the Jews of “Eastern Europe” . . . the first book to synthesize the vast research that has emerged since the seventies . . . comprehensive and multidisciplinary . . . there is no book today that can compare to its scope and to the vast and new materials that he brings forth and analyzes with a broad imagination, an intensive approach, and a moderate style.’ - Moshe Rosman, ZionTable of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables Note on Transliteration Note on Place Names Maps General Introduction I Jewish Life in Poland–Lithuanian to 1750 Introduction 1 Jews and Christians in Early Modern Poland–Lithuania 2 The Structure of Jewish Autonomous Institutions 3 Jewish Places: Royal Towns and Noble Towns 4 Jews in Economic Life 5 Religious and Spiritual Life Conclusion Appendix: The Polish-Lithuanian Background II 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, 1772–1870 3 The Jews in Galicia to the mid-1870s 4 The Jews in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland, 1807–1881 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 Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExciting fresh perspectives on Edward I as man, king and administrator. The reign of Edward I was one of the most important of medieval England, but the king's activities and achievements have not always received the full attention they deserve. The essays collected here offer fresh insights into Edward's own personality as well as developments in law, governance, war and culture. Edward the man emerges in chapters on his early life, his piety and his family, while the administrator king is discussed in evaluations of his twogreat ministers, his handling of the crucial issue of law and order and the way he managed the realm from abroad through his correspondence. Edward's nobles, both in England and Scotland, naturally appear as vital to understanding the reign, while his rule is set in a British and European context. Overall, the book aims to move the debate on the reign beyond K.B. McFarlane's hugely influential judgement that "Edward I preferred masterfulness to the arts of political management", by highlighting his skills -- and failings -- as a politician and manager.Trade ReviewThe nine essays collected here offer fresh perspectives on Edward I and showcase emerging scholars' work after the retirement of the Michael Prestwich-J. R. Maddicott-D. A. Carpenter generation. [...] Well argued and convincing. -- PARERGON[A] valuable addition to undergraduate reading lists, and genuinely thought-provoking for those who already know the field well. -- SPECULUMTable of ContentsIntroduction - Andy King and Andrew Spencer The Lord Edward and the Administration of Justice across his Apanage, 1254-72 - Rodolphe Billaud A Tale of Two Ministers: Robert Burnell, Walter Langton and the Government of Edward I - Richard Huscroft Law and Order in the Reign of Edward I: Some New Thoughts - Caroline Burt Magnates, Ritual and Commensality at Royal Assemblies: Bogo de Clare and Edward I's Easter Parliament, 1285 - Lars Kjaer Royal Daughters and Diplomacy at the Court of Edward I - Louise J. Wilkinson Hearts and Bodies: Edward I and the Scottish Magnates 1296-1307 - Michael H Brown Edward I and the Blessed Virgin Mary - Charles Farris Letters and Political Discourse under Edward I - Kathleen B. Neal Crisis? What Crisis? 1297 and the Civil War that Never Was - Andy King

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Book SynopsisFresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence. From the Gregorian reforms to the Protestant Reformation, heresies and heretics helped shape the religious, political, and institutional structures of medieval Europe. Within this larger history of religious ferment, the late medieval period presents a particularly dynamic array of heterodox movements, dissident modes of thought, and ecclesiastical responses. Yet recent debates about the nature of heresy in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries have too easily created an impression of the period after 1300 as merely an epilogue to the high medieval story. This volume takes the history of heresy in late medieval Europe (1300-1500) on its own terms. From Paris to Prague and fromnorthern Germany to Italy and even extending as far as Ethiopia, the essays shed new light on a vibrant world of audacious beguines, ardent Joachites, Spiritual Franciscans, innovative mystics, lay prophets, idiosyncratic alchemists, daring magicians, and even rebellious princes locked in battles with the papacy. As befits a collection honoring the pioneering career of Robert E. Lerner, the studies collected here combine close readings of manuscripts andother sources with a grounding in their political, religious and intellectual contexts, to offer fresh insights into heresies and heretics in late medieval Europe. MICHAEL D. BAILEY is Professor of History at Iowa State University; SEAN L. FIELD is Professor of History at the University of Vermont. Contributors: Louisa A. Burnham, Elizabeth Casteen, Jörg Feuchter, Samantha Kelly, Richard Kieckhefer, Deeana Copeland Klepper, FrancesKneupper, Georg Modestin, Barbara Newman, Sylvain Piron, Justine L. Trombley.Trade ReviewA welcome collection..The standard of scholarship throughout the volume is uniformly high. * THE RICARDIAN *[Those] who are interested in late medieval religion will surely find this essay collection valuable not only for the individual essays but also for the larger picture it presents of late medieval religious dissent. * Sixteenth Century Journal *The volume forces us to continue to ask the most basic questions: Who or what, after all, was a heretic in the later Middle Ages? These essays reveal the "staggering variety" (248) that emerges as we continue to try to answer that question. They thus stand alone, in their own right, as a significant contribution to our ongoing efforts to rethink the later Middle Ages as an era of manifold religious options. As such, they seem a most fitting honor for the scholar [Robert Lerner] who has done so much over so many years to help us see that complexity anew. * Archa Verbi *Table of ContentsRobert E. Lerner: A Portrait - Richard Kieckhefer Historiography, Methodology, and Manuscripts: Robert E. Lerner and the Study of Late Medieval Heresy - Michael D. Bailey Historiography, Methodology, and Manuscripts: Robert E. Lerner and the Study of Late Medieval Heresy - Sean L. Field The Heresy of the Templars and the Dream of a French Inquisition - Sean L. Field The Dissemination of Barthélemy Sicard's Postilla super Danielem - Sylvain Piron Magic, Mysticism, and Heresy in the Early Fourteenth Century - Michael D. Bailey The Making of a Heretic: Pope John XXII's Campaign against Louis of Bavaria - Georg Modestin Unusual Choices: The Unique Heresy of Limoux Negre - Louisa Burnham Princely Poverty: Louis of Durazzo, Dynastic Politics, and Heresy in Fourteenth-Century Naples - Elizabeth Casteen Disentangling Heretics, Jews, and Muslims: Imagining Infidels in Late Medieval Pastoral Manuals - Deeana Copeland Klepper New Frontiers in the Late Medieval Reception of a Heretical Text:The Implications of Two New Latin Copies of Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls - Justine Trombley Disputing Prophetic Thought: The 1466 Questio quodlibetalis of Johannes of Dorsten - Frances Kneupper Heretics, Allies, Exemplary Christians: Latin Views of Ethiopian Orthodox in the Late Middle Ages - Samantha Kelly 'By them in reality I meant the Jews': Late Medieval Heretics in the Work and Life of Renate Riemeck (1920-2003) - Jorg Feuchter Who or What Was a Heretic in the Late Middle Ages? - Barbara Newman Robert E. Lerner: A Chronological Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn important new contribution to the emerging field of late medieval supplicatory cultures. Late medieval petitions, providing unique insights into medieval social and legal history, have attracted increasing scholarly attention in recent years. This wide-ranging collection brings two approaches into dialogue with each other: the study of royal justice and secular petitions presented to the English crown, and the study of papal justice, canon law and ecclesiastical petitions (emphasising the international dimension of petitioning as a legal device exercising authority across Latin Christendom). In so doing, it crosses the traditional demarcation lines between secular and ecclesiastical systems of justice, of particular importance, given the participation by many litigantsand legislators in both of those legal spheres. A major focus is the mechanics of petitioning - who were the intermediaries in this process, and what were the "strategies of persuasion" they employed? The essays also re-examine the relationship between petitioners and their advisors, and the specific legal, rhetorical and linguistic choices they made in the composition of these texts. In so doing, the volume makes an important new contribution to theemerging field of late medieval supplicatory cultures. THOMAS W. SMITH is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Leeds; HELEN KILLICK is a post-doctoral researcher at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading.Trade ReviewOverall, the collection's strength lies not just in the individual chapters-all of which are well researched and effectively argued and, as I hope I have shown, thought provoking-but in the sum effect of the volume. It brings the technical, theoretical and practical aspects of both secular and ecclesiastical petitioning together in a very effective package. -- James Bothwell * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsForeword - W. Mark Ormrod Introduction: Medieval Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion - Thomas W. Smith and Helen Killick Blood, Brains and Bay-Windows: The Use of English in Fifteenth-Century Parliamentary Petitions - Gwilym Dodd Petitioners for Royal Pardon in Fourteenth-Century England - Helen Lacey The Scribes of Petitions in Late Medieval England - Helen Killick Patterns of Supplication and Litigation Strategies: Petitioning the Crown in the Fourteenth Century - Anthony Musson Petitions of Conflict: The Bishop of Durham and Forfeitures of War, 1317-1333 - Matthew Phillips A Tale of Two Abbots: Petitions for the Recovery of Churches in England by the Abbots of Jedburgh and Arbroath in 1328 - Shelagh Sneddon 'By Force and Arms': Lay Invasion, the Writ de vi laica amovenda and Tensions of State and Church in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries - Philippa M. Hoskin The Papacy, Petitioners and Benefices in Thirteenth-Century England - Thomas W. Smith Playing the System: Marriage Litigation in the Fourteenth Century - Frederik J G Pedersen Killer Clergy: How did Clerics Justify Homicide in Petitions to the Apostolic Penitentiary in the Late Middle Ages? - Kirsi Salonen

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Book SynopsisOffers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial in the twelfth century and onward. Shortlisted for the 2020 Whitfield Prize The long twelfth century heralded a fundamental transformation of monarchical power, which became increasingly law-based and institutionalised. Traditionally this modernisation of kingship, in conjunction with the ecclesiastical reform movement, has been seen as sounding the death knell for sacral kingship. Increasingly concerned with bureaucracy and the law, monarchs supposedly paid only lip service to the idea that they ruled in the image of God and the Old Testament rulers of Israel. The liturgical ceremony through which this typology was communicated, inauguration, had become a relic from a bygone age; it remained significant, but for its legally constitutive nature rather than for its liturgical content. Through a groundbreaking comparative approach and an in-depth engagement with the historiographical traditions of the three realms, this book challenges the paradigm of the desacralisation of kingship and demonstrates the continued relevance of liturgical ceremonial, particularly at the moment of a king's accession to power. In integrating the study of male and female rites and by bringing together multiple source types, including liturgical texts, historical narratives, charter evidence and material culture, the author demonstrates that the resonances of liturgical ceremonial, and the biblical models for kingship and queenship it encompassed, continued to shape concepts of rulership in the high Middle Ages. JOHANNA DALE is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at University College London.Trade ReviewProvides valuable information for any art historian about the culture and mind-sets of this period. * ART NEWSPAPER *An eminently readable, rich and subtle book to which it is impossible to do justice in a short review...Dale has made a major contribution to our understanding of kingship, political culture, and the interplay between the sacral and the secular in medieval Europe. Hers is, in fact, one of the most important books on the subject to be published in the last thirty years. It heralds the arrival of a major new voice in medieval studies. * HISTORY *[T]his book makes a helpful contribution to our current understanding of the nature of rulership by taking us through these texts carefully and comparatively. -- Sarah Hamilton * Speculum *Dale's contribution to the field is remarkable. . . . The variety of sources she uses as well as her meticulous approach and thorough discussion make Dale's work a must-read for anyone studying medieval rulership and liturgical rituals. * Comitatus *Table of ContentsIntroduction Liturgical Texts: The Spoken Word and Song Liturgical Ritual: Rubrication and Regalia Who and Where? Actors, Location and Legitimacy What and When? Consecration and the Liturgical Calendar Royal Titles, Anniversaries and their Meaning: The Charter Evidence Seal Impressions and Christomimetic Kingship Conclusion Appendix 1: Editions and Manuscripts of the Selected Ordines Appendix 2: Prayer Formulae Incipits Appendix 3: Tables of Ritual Elements in the Ordines Appendix 4: Brief Descriptions of Royal and Imperial Seals and Bullae Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn-depth study of an important writer and close associate of Becket. Herbert of Bosham (c.1120-c.1194) was one of the most brilliant, original and versatile thinkers of the twelfth century. Herbert was Thomas Becket's closest confidant, a theologian, biblical commentator, historian, letter-writer and Hebrew scholar; he wrote a Life of St Thomas unlike any other contemporary biography, produced one of the most visually-arresting illuminated Bible books of his age, and composed a commentary on the Psalms inspired by Jewish scholarship. His uncompromising character, and the originality and complexity of his thought, meant that Herbert's works were largely ignored during his lifetime and forgotten for centuries, but more recently they have begun to receive the attention and approval that their author insisted they deserved. The chapters in this book, the first to be devoted to Herbert's life and works, examine his eventful and troubled life, his remarkable corpus of works,and how they came to be neglected and rediscovered. They provide an introduction to his life, writings and legacy, direction to existing scholarship on the subject, and new insights on, interpretations of and discoveries about anidiosyncratic representative of the "twelfth-century renaissance". MICHAEL STAUNTON is Associate Professor of History at University College Dublin. Contributors: Julie Barrau, Laura Cleaver, Matthew Doyle, Anne J. Duggan, Christopher de Hamel, Sabina Flanagan, Michael Staunton, Nicholas Vincent.Trade ReviewA superb book which will be the first port of call for anyone choosing to study the life and works of Herbert of Bosham. It is also an essential read for anyone interested in the intellectual culture of the twelfth century. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH HISTORY *[E]xtremely useful and enlightening. . . . This should be the starting point for graduate students and other scholars seeking to understand Herbert's contributions to ecclesiastical culture as well as to learn the contours of his corpus and its reception. Beautifully illustrated and accessible throughout thanks to the contributors' uniformly clear presentations, Staunton's collection adds new layers to our understanding of the era of Thomas Becket and his circle of eruditi. -- John Cotts * The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Herbert of Bosham Master Herbert: Becket's eruditus, envoy, adviser, and ghost-writer? Herbert of Bosham and Peter Lombard Pages covered with as many tears as notes: Herbert of Bosham and the glossed manuscripts for Thomas Becket Scholarship as a weapon: Herbert of Bosham's letter collection Time, Change and History in Herbert of Bosham's Historia John Allen Giles and Herbert of Bosham: The Criminous Clerk as Editor The Missing Leaves of Arras MS 649: A Tale of Lost and Found Encounters with Herbert of Bosham Appendix: A New Letter of Herbert of Bosham (1175 X 1178) Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA radical re-interpretation of the chivalric biography of Boucicaut. The Livre des fais du bon messire Jehan le Maingre (1409) is one of the most famous chivalric biographies of the Middle Ages. It presents Jean II Le Meingre, known as Boucicaut (1366-1421), as an ideal knight and role model, and has frequently been seen by modern scholars as a last-ditch effort to defend traditional chivalric values that were supposedly in decline. Here, however, Craig Taylor argues that the biography is a much more complex and interesting text, fusing traditional notions of chivalry with the most fashionable new ideas in circulation at the French court at the start of the fifteenth century. Rather than a nostalgic criticism of contemporary knighthood, it should be seen as a showcase of the latest ideas on chivalry, written to renew the enthusiasm of the great French princes for a man who was in grave danger of falling out of favour: its purpose was to celebrate and to defend a beleaguered Boucicaut against his critics at the royal court, and to explain his actions as governor of Genoa, his failed crusading enterprises in the Eastern Mediterranean and his unsuccessful efforts to broker a solution to the Papal Schism. CRAIG TAYLOR is a Reader in Medieval History at the University of York; he was Director of its Centre for Medieval Studies from 2010 to 2011 and from 2014 to 2017.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Life of Jean II Le Meingre dit Boucicaut [1366-1421] The Livre des fais du bon messire Jehan le Maingre Defending the Marshal A Flower of Knighthood The Virtues, the Good Habits and the Good Disposition of the Marshal Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst English translation of seminal essays on heresy and other aspects of medieval religious history. In the field of medieval religious history, few scholars have matched the originality of the German academic Herbert Grundmann (1902-1970). Trained at the University of Leipzig and president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica from 1959 until his death, Grundmann published a series of brilliant books and articles that fundamentally reshaped how historians of culture and religion conceptualized the medieval past. Yet although later generations of scholarshave since approached their research from vantage points shaped by his arguments, few of his writings have been previously accessible to an Anglophone audience. This volume presents translations of six of Grundmann's most significant essays on the intertwined themes of medieval heresy, literacy, and inquisition. Together, they offer new access to Grundmann's scholarship, one which will catalyze new perspectives on the medieval religious past and enable a fresh consideration of his intellectual legacy in the twenty-first century. JENNIFER KOLPACOFF DEANE is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Morris.Trade ReviewStudents of medieval religion not yet directly acquainted with Grundmann probably will be struck by how many familiar ideas they find here. Like reading Shakespeare for the first time, one can expect several "ah, that's where that comes from" moments. Those who already know the master's work will still appreciate these excellent translations. -- Michael D. Bailey * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on the Text The Profile (Typus) of the Heretic in Medieval Perception Women and Literature in the Middle Ages: A Contribution on the Origins of Vernacular Writing Litteratus - Illiteratus: The Transformation of an Educational Standard from Antiquity to the Middle Ages Heresy Interrogations in the Late Middle Ages as a Source-Critical Problem Oportet et Haereses Esse: The Problem of Heresy in the Mirror of Medieval Biblical Exegesis Learned and Popular Heresies of the Middle Ages Herbert Grundmann (1902 - 1970) [by Arno Borst, annotations by Dr. Letha Böhringer] Bibliography of Herbert Grundmann Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity. Historical texts of all kinds were written in the community of St Cuthbert c.700-1130, from short annals to extended narrative history, political tracts and works on the lives and miracles of saints.At the same time, scribes in the community worked to copy and procure notable classics of historiography, from Classical Antiquity down to the Norman Conquest of England. But what did these various forms of writing about past events mean to their original authors and readers? What were these texts for? This book offers a narrative of historiographical production within St Cuthbert's community from the time of its foundation on the island of Lindisfarne, through subsequent translations to Chester-le-Street and Durham, down to the vibrant intellectual revival of the Anglo-Norman period. Focusing on several watershed moments in the story of this community, it identifies political, religious, intellectual andcultural triggers for historical writing, and argues that knowledge of past events gave successive guardians of Cuthbert's cult their single most valuable tool in the continuous effort to define who they were, where they had comefrom, and what they hoped to continue to be.Trade Review[T]horoughly researched. -- SPECULUM[A] fascinating case-study in early medieval historiography -- JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN EARLY MEDIEVAL ASSOC.A short review cannot do justice to the wealth of detail contained within this monograph. * LIBRARY AND INFORMATION HISTORY *The huge bibliography is extremely helpful, as are the appendix summary of the texts discussed and a useful, not overwhelming, index. -- Margaret Coombe * Nottingham Medieval Studies *Table of ContentsAppendix: Historical Writing with the community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130 Introduction Conclusion The Origins of History Writing in the Community of St Cuthbert to c.750 Preserving the Past at Chester-le-Street, c.882-995 Establishing a new Cult Centre at Durham, c.995-1080 Constructing a Monastic Past and Future at Durham, c.1083-1115 Reinterpreting the Past in the Light of the Present, c.1080-1130 Placing Durham in Time: Writing Annals and Chronicles, c.1100-1130

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Book SynopsisNational Jewish Book Awards Winner of the Maurice Amado Foundation Award for Sephardic Studies, 2000. In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam took in several thousand New Christians from the Iberian peninsula, descendants of Jews who had been forcibly baptized some two hundred years earlier. Shortly after their initial settlement, the members of this mostly Portuguese refugee community chose to manifest themselves as Jews again. No real obstacles were put in their way. The tolerance extended to them by the Amsterdam authorities was as exemplary as their new-found commitment to Jewish orthodoxy (barring a few famous instances) was strong. These circumstances engendered the new dynamic of a traditional Jewish society creatively engaged with the non-Jewish, secular world in relative harmony. Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewry was in this sense the first modern Jewish community. Through a fresh and rigorous approach to the documents, Daniel Swetschinki’s lively and original portrait of this justly famous community presents some unexpected conclusions. As well as characterizing the major dimensions of the New Christian migrations and identifying trends within an array of economic activities, it explores the appeal that Judaism as a religion and as a communal structure exercised. Throughout, the analysis focuses on the common rather than the exceptional and seeks the centre from which the interrelationship of all the constituent parts may be grasped. Swetschinski’s emphasis is on the social dimension of Portuguese Jewish economic and religious life, formal and informal. He thereby uncovers the internal dynamics of this remarkable Jewish community that moulded a renegade New Christian population into a model Jewish society, ‘model’ in the sense that it had the support of proponents of modernity and traditionalism alike and also won the respect of the Christian population. His research adds a broad and authentic vision to the panoply of images of early modern Jewish history and enables him to offer new insights into the troublesome question of the transition from medieval to modern Judaism.Trade Review‘A detailed and innovative analysis of the subject based on rich documentation.’ - Rachel Simon, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter‘A social history that focuses . . . upon political status, economic pursuits, and community organization . . . advanced students will find this book of considerable value.’ - M. A. Meyer, Choice‘A rich and detailed description . . . Of particular note is Swetschinski’s careful weaving together of archival and published primary sources with secondary work, which gives readers a sense of the “norm” of the daily existence of the members of this community. His emphasis on the social dimension of this community’s religious and economic life is admirably exhaustive.’ - Jeremy W. Webster, Eighteenth-Century Life‘Ever since it began to become known in its original form, as an unpublished PhD thesis, Swetschinski’s work has been recognized by all scholars in the field as the best available general survey of the subject and in its final, polished form the book fully lives up to its earlier, emerging reputation. There is much invaluable material here, often taken from the Amsterdam notarial archives, which cannot be found anywhere else. Indeed, no-one will doubt that it will remain an indispensable tool for everyone working in this area for decades to come . . . It is always solidly, usually convincing, and not infrequently highly original . . . this book is a fine achievement . . . It is well-written, eschews unnecessary socio-historical jargon, and often reveals the author’s shrewd and discerning view of life and of people . . . will undoubtedly be one of those works which is widely cited by scholars working in a broad range of fields.’- Jonathan Israel, History‘Thoroughly researched’- Edgar Samuel, Jewish Historical Studies'Admirable . . . a fine addition to the growing number of studies of this fascinating community.’ - Stephen D. Benin, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsA Note on Orthography, Transliteration, and Special UsagesList of TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction. The Dutch Jerusalem: The Distortions of History1 'The True Book of Experience': Amsterdam's Toleration of the JewsThe Law in Practice * Traditions of Toleration * A Distinctive Liberalism2 Refuge and Opportunity: The Geography of a Jewish MigrationThe Genesis of a Diaspora * Geographical and Historical Origins * Gender and Prosperity * Sizes of Community * Complexities of Flight and Attraction3 Commerce, Networks, and Other Relations: The Inner Workings of Portuguese Jewish Entrepreneurship Trade Circuits and Kin Networks * International Alternatives to Commerce * Brokers and Interlopers at the Local Exchange * Industries of Mass Consumption and Luxuries * Some Forms of Jewish Solidarity4 Nacao and Kahal: A Religious Community in the MakingThe Genesis of a Kahal Kados * Membership and Administration * Charity, Worship, and Education * Orthodoxy and Morality * Dimensions of Conservacao5 'Dissonant Words, 'Bad Opinions', and 'Scandals': Varieties of Religious Discord and Social ConflictMatters of Contention * Challenging Authority * Questioning Tradition * Internal Tensions and Communal Identity6 A Patchwork Culture: Iberian, Jewish, and Dutch Elements in Peaceable CoexistenceLanguages and Names * Writing, Reading, Performing, and the Arts * Cultural Conservatisms, Exorcisms, and FlirtationsConclusion. Reluctant Cosmopolitans: Jewish Ethnicity in statu renascendiAppendix: Details of Freight ContractsBibliographyIndex of PersonsIndex of Subjects

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Book SynopsisIn his three-volume history, Antony Polonsky provides a comprehensive survey—socio-political, economic, and religious—of the Jewish communities of eastern Europe from 1350 to the present. Until the Second World War, this was the heartland of the Jewish world: nearly three and a half million Jews lived in Poland alone, while nearly three million more lived in the Soviet Union. Although the majority of the Jews of Europe and the United States, and many of the Jews of Israel, originate from these lands, their history there is not well known. Rather, it is the subject of mythologizing and stereotypes that fail both to bring out the specific features of the Jewish civilization which emerged there and to illustrate what was lost. Jewish life, though often poor materially, was marked by a high degree of spiritual and ideological intensity and creativity. Antony Polonsky recreates this lost world—brutally cut down by the Holocaust and less brutally but still seriously damaged by the Soviet attempt to destroy Jewish culture. Wherever possible, the unfolding of history is illustrated by contemporary Jewish writings to show how Jews felt and reacted to the complex and difficult situations in which they found themselves. This second volume covers the period from 1881 to 1914. It considers the deterioration of the position of the Jews during that period and the new political and cultural movements that developed as a 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 towns of these areas. Volume 1 covers the period 1350–1881; Volume 3 covers 1914–2008.Trade Review'A truly landmark study of east European Jewish history for the mid-fourteenth century to the outbreak of World War I. This work is an invaluable synthetic exposition of Jewish civilization in Poland and Russia that pays close attention to the larger historical context in which Jewish history unfolded in these areas. While exhaustive in presenting historical detail and utilizing available sources and data of all types, Polonsky is also masterful in conveying the texture of Jewish life in different regions during each period. His study weaves together numerous aspects of that life—among others, the relationship of Jewish communities to the states in the region and their governance mechanisms; Jewish religious and political movements; the evolving role of the synagogue in communities; the wide variety of Jewish organizations over time and space; cultural changes, including the development of the mass press, modern literature, and theatre; the experiences of Jewish women; and descriptions of the towns and cities in which Jewish history played out. The contribution of Polonsky's study, however, is not only an impressive synthesis of a vast topic and vast amount of information. In integrating all of this material, the author also deftly crafts his own interpretations of trends in the area and the timing of shifts in them. His marshalling of evidence and his own insights add up to a compelling set of arguments about the course of Jewish history. Polonsky addresses Jewish, Polish, and Russian historical developments all with great nuance, and that depth of understanding allows him to present the complexities of these intertwined histories with a subtlety rarely achieved in projects of such ambitious temporal and spatial scope. This study will become a “go to” reference for scholars of east European Jewish history for a long time to come.'From the citation for the 2011 Kulczycki Book Prize for Polish Studies, awarded to Volumes I and II 'This second volume of Polonsky's well-reseached, eloquently written study provides a finely distinct portrait of Jewish life in eastern Europe in the years leading up to the Great War . . . Highly recommended.'- R. K. Byczkiewicz, Choice'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 . . . a body of work that, in summarizing the current state of our knowledge, effectively sets the agenda for future scholars. Polonsky is perhaps the scholar most responsible for the growth of Polish Jewish studies in the late twentieth century . . Very few historians could write a series of volumes like this . . . [he] has armed scholars with a formidable tool that will help them dispel stereotypes . . . Just as these volumes are destined to become the starting point for the work of many students, they will be the touchstone for scholars working in the field at all levels.'- Sean Martin, European History Quarterly 'Combines a masterful grasp of Jewish history with that of eastern Europe. While underlining the unique features and achievements of the Jewish communal experience he authoritatively integrates them into the history of the countries in which Jews lived . . . Incorporating current, ground-breaking scholarship from North America, Israel, and Europe these beautifully narrated volumes should not only be seen as a staple of university courses, but also as a must-read for anyone attempting to understand any aspect of modern Jewish history and religious tradition, wherever it may be playing out . . . With this extremely important book, Antony Polonsky not only writes history but, following the example of his illustrious predecessors, makes it.'- Katarzyna Person, European Judaism'The first two volumes of Antony Polonsky's magisterial The Jews in Poland and Russia trilogy provide a much-needed addition to the landscape of Jewish historical studies . . . [a] significant achievement in presenting the most modern findings in a clear, readable, comprehensive survey . . . his narrative is grand and his analysis tight . . . an excellent synthesis of this community's history, incorporating much of the groundbreaking scholarship of the last few decades. Repeatedly, the volumes remind us of the many lost opportunities for real reform in the region. They help correct the nostalgic and romanticized portraits of what is sometimes considered a lost civilization, while simultaneously demonstrating the vibrancy and diversity of Jewish life in the region . . . essential reading for those seeking a thorough and balanced understanding of Jewish life in pre-twentieth century Eastern Europe.' - Jeffrey Veidlinger, H-Judaic'For several decades now, Antony Polonsky has been at the forefront of Polish–Jewish studies . . . It is thus fitting that Polosnky, who has nurtured young scholars, especially in Poland itself and North America, should bring together old and new work in this remarkable multi-volume synthesis of Jewish history and culture . . . These volumes will provide the first port of call for any student of east European Jewry.' - Tony Kushner, Jewish Chronicle'We can only commend Antony Polonsky for his massive effort to explain seven centuries of Jewish history in a mere 2,000 pages . . . Polonsky's strength lies in his ability to illuminate intellectual and cultural developments . . . Because of the excellent bibliographies, extensive annotation, and wonderful maps included in each volume, any reader wishing to read in greater detail about Polish and Russian Jewry will have plenty of resources to enable the search.' - Alexandra S. Korros, Jewish Quarterly'An excellent synthesis of recent research on east European Jewish culture and history. As such it fills a definite need for an accessible introduction to the current scholarship and thinking about the Jews of Poland and Russia . . . should be on the reading list of anyone interested in the history and folk cultures of eastern Europe, whether they work specifically with Jewish history and folk culture, or with other regional cultures.'- David Elton Gay, Journal of Folklore Research'Any reader who invests the time and money to read the book . . . will find it very rewarding—and not just because of the wealth of information it contains. What Polonsky's book brings home, in a way that a narrower study could not, is the sheer complexity and vitality of Jewish life in that time and place . . . this broader picture is needed to make sense of the social changes that were accelerating by the late nineteenth century—above all, in the situation of women, the subject of one of Polonsky's best chapters . . . Polonsky's panoramic book, which packs so much vivid detail and statistical information into its 500 pages, helps to show just how rich, and how difficult, that life really was.'- Adam Kirsch, The New Republic and Tablet Magazine'Polonsky's magisterial The Jews in Poland and Russia is one of those rare works that can hope to bridge the gap between specialist and “intelligent general reader”, providing a strong narrative and appealing prose for the latter as well as an up-to-date distilled knowledge of both primary and secondary sources for the former. No one interested in Jewish, Polish, or Russian history can afford to be without these volumes . . . will long remain the standard work on this crucial Jewish community . . . While a survey of this sort requires a goodly bit of politics . . . Polonsky has gone out of his way to include culture, religious life, gender, Jewish mass culture, and social history . . . The books' structure is entirely appropriate for its primary purpose: to provide a basic overview of this Jewish community's history . . . strikingly high level of scholarship . . . [The publisher] is particularly to be commended on its allowing Polonsky to cite at length from the Jewish literary sources he is considering and not begrudging space for a dozen pages of useful statistics (not a small thing in a publishing world where bibliographies are often considered superfluous!) . . . This history, written by a major scholar of both Polish and Jewish history and a person profoundly attached to both communities, is exemplary in its efforts to integrate Jews into Polish history, neither white-washing sources of friction nor painting an overly rosy picture. The most important thing one can say about Antony Polonsky's The Jews in Poland and Russia is: get it and read it!'- Theodore R. Weeks, The Polish Review'This superb and very up-to-date book is very well written, carefully documented, balanced, and will be a standard reference in the field. It has a glossary and a wide-ranging bibliography, very useful maps, and statistical tables, all of which make it a good starting point for any reading on east European Jewry.'- Shaul Stampfer, Religious Studies Review'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‘The first serious, and most successful, effort thus far to summarize the history of the Jews of “Eastern Europe” . . . the first book to synthesize the vast research that has emerged since the seventies . . . comprehensive and multidisciplinary . . . there is no book today that can compare to its scope and to the vast and new materials that he brings forth and analyzes with a broad imagination, an intensive approach, and a moderate style.’- Moshe Rosman, ZionTable of ContentsList of MapsList of TablesNote on TransliterationMapsIntroduction1 The Position of the Jews in the Tsarist Empire, 1881-19052 Revolution and Reaction, 1904-19143 The Kingdom of Poland, 1881-19144 Galicia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century5 Prussian Poland, 1848-19146 Jewish Spaces: Shtetls and Towns in the Nineteenth CenturyStatistical Appendix7 Modern Jewish Literature in the Tsarist Empire and Galicia8 Jewish Religious Life from the Mid-Eightteenth Century to 19149 Women in Jewish Eastern Europe10 The Rise of Jewish Mass Culture: Literature, Press, TheatreConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is a book of unexpected drama: all eleven chief rabbis appointed in this period of unprecedented change in the Jewish communities of the Fertile Crescent became the subject of controversy and were subsequently dismissed. This took place against a background of events rarely discussed in the context of Jewish society: crime, hooliganism, slander, power struggles, sexual promiscuity, and even assaults and assassination attempts on rabbis. Using a wide range of testimonies gleaned from Ottoman Jewish, Arabic, and European sources, Yaron Harel paints a colourful picture of these upheavals set firmly in the social and political context of the time and far removed from the commonly accepted image of Jewish communities in the Ottoman empire. Jews were also affected by modernization and political conflict in the wider society of the time, and these too gave rise to power struggles. The chief rabbis were at the forefront of these confrontations, especially those that resulted from the new inclination towards Western culture. Most of them recognized that the challenges of modernization had to be met, although in a way that did not endanger religious principles. Their openness to change stemmed from a concern for the future of the communities for which they were responsible, but they were often vociferously opposed by those who were free from such responsibility. The communal politics that ensued were sometimes heated to the point of violence. In the latter years of the empire, many Jews came to support the Young Turks, with their promise of liberty and equality for all. The atmosphere of the time was such that rabbis had to develop political awareness and engage in Ottoman politics. This was another source of tension within the community since the new regime punished anyone suspected of opposition severely.This lively and fascinating study based on little-known sources offers a lens through which to view the Jewish society of the Ottoman empire at a time when all the traditional norms were being challenged.Trade ReviewReviews ‘Fascinating . . . Harel focuses on the main cities of the countries known today as Iraq and Syria, but the reader gains important knowledge and understanding of other regions as well, mainly Jerusalem and Turkey. The author thoroughly perused the available records of the period . . . Harel's mastery of rabbinical literature and its somewhat enigmatic language has enabled him to unearth a treasury of data which he successfully cross references with other historical records . . . The book is written in a clear language, analyzing the intricate histories of the rabbis of the three communities in chronological order, moving from city to city and from period to period deftly and seamlessly. The translation is fluid and engaging, not an easy task given the nature of the book and many rabbinic texts quoted. The author is to be commended for this thorough investigation of a period which has left an indelible mark on the religious life and practices of hundreds of thousands of Jews.' Haim Ovadia,Sephardic Horizons FROM REVIEWS OF THE HEBREW EDITION 'Harel's book is destined to become the fundamental starting point for research into many aspects of the Jewish communities it discusses, and of others too. It makes an outstanding contribution in at least four areas: the history of the three communities that are discussed and those which they were in contact; the multi-faceted nature of the rabbinate as an institution; Jewish identity and self-understanding; and the work of historian in the post-modern age . . . Harel's strength as a historian lies not only in how he uses his sources, but also in his ability both to ask stimulating new questions and to resolve them, thanks to the breadth of his knowledge, his intellectual honesty, and his empathy for the people about whom he is writing.' Nachem Ilan, Pe'amimTable of ContentsNote on TransliterationIntroductionPART I: Harbingers of Upheaval 1 The Failure of R. Sadkah Houssin’s Struggle for Control over the Baghdad Community 2 The Roots of the Struggle in Aleppo against the Inheritance of the Rabbinate by R. Raphael Shlomo Laniado PART II: The Rabbis of the Reform 3 The Saga of Hakham Raphael Kassin: From Hakham Bashi in Baghdad to Reform Rabbi in Aleppo 4 The Baghdad Community Torn between Rabbis Sassoon Samoha and Elisha Dangoor 5 Avraham Dweck Hacohen Khalousi: the last Hakham Bashi who was born in Aleppo 6 Rabbi Yitzhak Abulafia’s Difficult Path to the Rabbinic Office in Damascus 7 The Appointment and Deposition of Rabbi Yitzhak AbulafiaPART III: Rabbis of The Revolution 8 The Appointment and Removal of Rabbi Solomon Eliezer Mercado Alfandari in Damascus 9 Rabbi Yaakov Danon’s Appointment as Rabbi of Damascus and its Consequences 10 Rabbi Hezekiah Shabbetai’s Struggle against those who would depose him 11 The Removal of the Hakham Bashi of Baghdad, David Pappo, from his position by the Young Turks EpilogueGlossaryBibliography

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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 SynopsisRelations between Jews and their neighbours in eastern Europe have long been perceived, both in the popular mind and in conventional scholarship, as being in a permanent state of conflict. This volume counters that image by exploring long-neglected aspects of inter-group interaction and exchange. In so doing it broadens our understanding of Jewish history and culture, as well as that of eastern Europe. Whereas traditional historiography concentrates on the differences between Jews and non-Jews, the essays here focus on commonalities: the social, political, and economic worlds that members of different groups often shared. Shifting the emphasis in this way allows quite a different picture to emerge. Jews may have been subject to the whims of ruling powers and influenced by broader cultural and political developments, but at the same time they exerted a discernible influence on them - the social, cultural, and political spheres were ones that they not only shared, but that they also helped to create. This model of reciprocal influence and exchange has much to offer to the study of inter-group relations in eastern Europe and beyond. Designed to move the study of east European Jewry beyond the intellectual and academic discourse of difference that has long troubled scholars, this volume contributes to our perception of how members of different groups operate and interact on a multitude of different levels. The various contributions represent a wide cross-section of opinions and approaches - historical, literary, and cultural. Taken together they move our understanding of east European Jewry from the realm of the mythical to a more rational mode. In addition to essays considering interactions between Jews and Poles, other contributions examine relations between Jews and other ethnic groups (Lithuanians, Russians), discuss negotiations with various governments (Habsburg, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Soviet), analyse exchanges between Jews and different cultural realms (German, Polish, and Russian), and explore how the politics of memory affects contemporary interpretations of these and related phenomena. CONTRIBUTORS Karen Auerbach, Israel Bartal, Ela Bauer, Jan Blonski, Marek Edelman, Michael Fleming, Dorota Glowacka, Regina Grol, Francois Guesnet, Brian Horowitz, Agnieszka Jagodinska, Jeff Kopstein, Sergei Kravtsov, Rachel Manekin, Czeslaw Milosz, Karin Neuberger, Przemyslaw Rozanski, Kai Struve, Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Jerzy Turowicz, Scott Ury, Kalman Weiser, Jason Wittenberg, Marcin Wodzinski, Piotr WrobelTable of ContentsNote on Place Names Note on Transliteration PART I: JEWS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS IN EASTERN EUROPE SINCE 1750 Between Jews and their Neighbours: Isolation, Confrontation, and Influence in Eastern Europe ISRAEL BARTAL & SCOTT URY Reform and Exclusion: Conceptions of the Reform of the Jewish Community during the Declining Years of the Polish Enlightenment MARCIN WODZINSKI Praying at Home: The Minyan Laws of the Habsburg Empire RACHEL MANEKIN Overcoming the Signs of the 'Other': Visual Aspects of the Acculturation of Jews in the Kingdom of Poland in the Nineteenth Century AGNIESZKA JAGODZINSKA The Ideological Roots of the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia ELA BAUER Between Permeability and Isolation: Ezriel Natan Frenk as Historian of the Jews in Poland FRANCOIS GUESNET S. A. An-sky - Dialogic Writer BRIAN HOROWITZ Between Judaism and the West: The Making of a Modern Jewish Poet in Uri Zvi Greenberg's 'Memoirs (from the Book of Wanderings)' KARIN NEUBURGER Between State Loyalty and National Identity: Electoral Behaviour in Interwar Poland JEFFREY S. KOPSTEIN & JASON WITTENBERG Failed Integration: Jews and the Beginning of the Communist Movement in Poland PIOTR WROBEL The Jewel in the Yiddish Crown: Who Will Occupy the Chair for Yiddish at the University of Vilnius? KALMAN WEISER Rites of Violence? The Pogroms of Summer 1941 KAI STRUVE Nusekh Poyln? Communism, Publishing, and Paths to Polishness among the Jewish Parents of 16 Ujazdowskie Avenue KAREN AUERBACH Changing Images of 'the Jews' in Polish Literature and Culture, 1980-2000 DOROTA GLOWACKA PART II: NEW VIEWS Ogee Arcades in Synagogue Architecture of Volhynia and Podolia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries SERGEI R. KRAVTSOV The Attitude of American Jews and American Diplomacy towards the Bill Banning Shehitah in Poland in the Second Half of the 1930s PRZEMYSLAW ROZANSKI Imagining Polish Jews: British Perspectives in the Period 1944-1946 MICHAEL FLEMING 'The Hanging of Judas'; or, Contemporary Jewish Subjects JOANNA TOKARSKA-BAKIR 1968; or, America! America! REGINA GROL 'Campo di Fiori' Fifty Years Later: The People Who Remain A discussion that took place on the fiftieth anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, between JAN BLONSKI, MAREK EDELMAN, CZESLAW MILOSZ, and JERZY TUROWICZ Obituaries Chimen Abramsky Marek Edelman Glossary Notes on the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Polin, based on scholarship that has emerged since the fall of communism, is a wide-ranging contribution to the complex history of the Jews in Lithuania. Focusing on the specific character of Lithuanian Jewry, the volume opens by examining how their relationship with the surrounding society developed after 1772, both under tsarist rule and then in independent Lithuania. Moving to more recent times, the devastating impact on the Jewish community of the Soviet and Nazi occupations during the Second World War is discussed, as are the further negative consequences on Jewish life of the reoccupation of the country by the Soviets between 1944 and 1990. The volume concludes with material on the slow revival of Jewish life since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the re-emergence of an independent Lithuania, which was accompanied by the revival of many disciplines, such as the study of Jewish history, repressed by Soviet censorship. This revived interest in the country's Jewish past is now playing a key role in the broader transformation of historical memory of the post-Soviet era and the problem of coming to terms with the widespread local collaboration in Lithuania during the Holocaust - a process which has led to important scholarly advances but also to bitter controversy. Collectively, the studies in this volume contribute to a better understanding of the complex history of the Jews in Lithuania and of Lithuanian - Jewish relations and constitute a part of the necessary process of creating a more rounded and inclusive history of the country. CONTRIBUTORS Aelita Ambruleviciute, Marta Aleksandra Balinska, Egle Bendikaite, Michael Casper, Ellen Cassedy, Immanuel Etkes, David E. Fishman, Jack Jacobs, Grigory Kanovich, Saulius Suziedelis, Andrey Krotau, Larisa Lempertiene, Aearunas Liekis, Miriam Offer, Avi Ohry, Karin Ohry-Kossoy, Ausra Pazeraite, Antony Polonsky, Anna P. Ronell, Vladas Sirutavicius, Darius Staliunas, Saulius SuA iedelis, Vytautas Toleikis, Anna Verschik, Theodore R. Weeks, Mordechai Zalkin.Table of ContentsNote on Place Names Note on Transliteration PART I: JEWS IN THE FORMER GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA SINCE 1772 Introduction ŠARŪNAS LIEKIS AND ANTONY POLONSKY Lithuanian Jewry and the Concept of ‘East European Jewry’ MORDECHAI ZALKIN Economic Relations between Jewish Traders and Christian Farmers in the Nineteenth-Century Lithuanian Provinces AELITA AMBRULEVIČIŪTĖ The War of Lyady Succession: R. Aaron Halevi versus R. Dov Baer IMMANUEL ETKES Lithuanian Antisemitism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries DARIUS STALIŪNAS ‘I Have Chosen the Belarusian Word . . .’: On the Life and Creative Career of Zmitrok Byadulya ANDREY KROTAU Authentic and National: Some Lithuanian–Jewish Correlations in the Search for ‘Folk Culture’ in the First Half of the Twentieth Century LARISA LEMPERTIENĖ Jewish Prayer Halls and Synagogues in Vilna, 1914–1920 AUŠRA PAŽĖRAITĖ Walking a Thin Line: The Successes and Failures of Socialist Zionism in Lithuania EGLĖ BENDIKAITĖ Jewish Converts in Independent Lithuania, 1918–1940: An Attempt at a Case Analysis SAULIUS KAUBRYS ‘A Close, but Very Suspicious and Dangerous Neighbour’: Outbreaks of Antisemitism in Inter-War Lithuania VLADAS SIRUTAVIČIUS The Bund in Vilna, 1918–1939 JACK JACOBS The Lithuanian-Language Jewish Periodicals Mūsų garsas (1924–1925) and Apžvalga (1935–1940): A Sociolinguistic Evolution ANNA VERSCHIK ‘Listen, the Jews are Ruling Us Now’: Antisemitism and National Conflict during the First Soviet Occupation of Lithuania, 1940–1941 SAULIUS SUŽIEDĖLIS Soviet Resistance and Jewish Partisans in Lithuania ŠARŪNAS LIEKIS The Vilnius and Kaunas Ghettos and the Fate of Lithuanian Jewry, 1941–1945 THEODORE R. WEEKS ‘To Transform Ourselves’: Lithuania Looks at the Holocaust ELLEN CASSEDY The Problem of Jewish National Symbols in Vilnius DAVID E. FISHMAN Some Remarks on the History of the New Lithuanian Jewish Community: The Road Travelled in Establishing a Litvak Identity VYTAUTAS TOLEIKIS The Recent Works of Grigory Kanovich ANNA P. RONELL The Dream of a Vanished Jerusalem GRIGORY KANOVICH REVIEWS Aušra Paulauskienė, Lost and Found: The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction MICHAEL CASPER Tomas Venclova, Vilnius: A Personal History MICHAEL CASPER PART II JEWS IN POLISH MEDICINE Dr Gershon Lewin (1868–1940): Pioneer of Public Health and Promoter of Jewish Culture in Poland KARIN OHRY-KOSSOY AND AVI OHRY Dedicated Physicians in the Face of Adversity: The Association of Jewish Physicians (ZLRP) and the Jewish Health Organization (TOZ) in Poland, 1921–1942 KARIN OHRY-KOSSOY AND AVI OHRY The Medical School in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941–1942 MARTA ALEKSANDRA BALINSKA Ethical Dilemmas in the Work of Doctors and Nurses in the Warsaw Ghetto MIRIAM OFFER Notes on the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisHabsburg Bukovina no longer exists, save in the realms of historiography, nostalgia, and collective memory. Remembered for its remarkable multinational, multi-faith character, Bukovina and its capital city Czernowitz have long been presented as exemplars of inter-ethnic co-operation, political moderation, and cultural dynamism, with Jews regarded as indispensable to the region’s character and vitality. This is not mere rhetoric: the Jews of Bukovina were integral to, and at home in, local society. David Rechter’s important new history conveys the special nature of Bukovina Jewry while embedding it in the broader historical and intellectual frameworks of Galician, imperial Austrian, and east central European Jewries. Carefully tracing the evolution of the tangled relationship of state and society with the Jews, from the Josephinian Enlightenment through absolutism to emancipation, he brings to light the untold story of the Jewish minority in the monarchy's easternmost province, often a byword for economic backwardness and cultural provincialism. Here, at the edge of the Habsburg monarchy, Jews forged a new society from familiar elements, a unique hybrid of eastern and western European Jewries. Bukovina Jewry was both and neither: understanding its history can help us grasp the east/west fault lines within European Jewry, a key element in the Jewish experience in Europe.Trade Review'Argues that Bukovina served as a unique site for Jewish integration. Its diverse character, frontier setting, and balance among its different ethnic groups created the conditions necessary for the development of the “supranational society” idealized in the politics of the Habsburg Empire. These conditions in turn enabled the formation of a unique form of Jewish society . . . written in fluid, readable prose that will appeal to both beginners and more advanced readers.' J. Haus, ChoiceTable of ContentsNote on Transliteration List of Abbreviations Map 1: The Habsburg Empire Map 2: Bukovina Introduction: A Jewish El Dorado? 1 A New Land 2 Military Rule, 1774 - 1786 3 The Making of Bukovina Jewry: The Galician Years, 1786 - 1848 4 Revolution, Absolutism, Emancipation, 1848 - 1867 5 The Rise of Bukovina Jewry 6 State, Society, and Minority: Jewish Politics Conclusion Gazetteer Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers the reader a voyage in the new world that opened up to the enlightened Jewish reader of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a time when the first glimmerings of emancipation and secular education were giving large numbers of Jews their first exposure to science, literature, and art, and opening their minds to new ideas. And as on any voyage led by a knowledgeable guide, there are fascinating side-trips along the way: insights into the world of scholarship, then and now, and into the nature of knowledge. All this was happening at a time when Jews’ civil status and place in society was undergoing great change in Europe. In this seminal work, Zeev Gries shows that although the history of the book in the Jewish world has long been regarded as the province of librarians and bibliophiles, it is in fact the history of the Jewish intellect. He starts by tracing the awakening of a dormant Jewish intelligentsia—men, women, and children who were thirsty for knowledge. Books were the magic kiss that opened new doors to the modern world; within a century, Jews were making invaluable contributions to the advancement of science and of culture more generally. By surveying the literary output of those years, the author is able to discover what books were being published, where they were published and distributed, and who was reading them. He surveys the fields of halakhic literature, ethical literature, kabbalistic and mystical literature, literature for children and women, and more general literature. He talks about the role of libraries and of book reviews. Above all, he considers the role of books as agents of culture: were they guardians of hallowed sanctity or harbingers of secularization? Gries shows how the types of books favoured by the Jewish reading public offer an insight into the changing nature of their ‘portable homeland’. He then goes on to discuss the Haskalah movement and the tensions between increasing secularization and the more traditional world-view, as well as how the resurrection of Hebrew as a secular literary language contributed to the awakening of Jewish nationalism. Nevertheless, he argues that the study of literary history of the period reveals that secular and Zionist leanings were not the only trends present; Jewish literature continued to be permeated with the spirit of religion.Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Part I The Awakening of the Dormant Intelligentsia Introduction 1 Readers of Books and the Reading of Books 2 Halakhic Literature and High-Level Commentary 3 Ethical Literature in Hebrew and Yiddish 4 What Can be Learned from a Single Private Library and Something about Public Libraries 5 Kabbalistic Literature in General and its Appearance in Hasidism in Particular 6 Literature for Children and Women, or Literature Intended for Everyone? Part II The Book as Guardian of Sanctity or as Herald of Secularization 7 The New Hebrew Literature: Continuity or Revolution? 8 The Printing and Circulation of Jewish Books in the Nineteenth Century and the Identity of their Authors 9 Book Reviews in the Hebrew Press 10 A Bibliographer and Librarian as an Agent of Culture: The Contribution of Avraham Ya’ari to the Study of Jewish Printing in Eastern Europe Appendix ‘The Young Avraham Ya’ari’ by S. H. Bergman BibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis Pauline Wengeroff was born in 1833 into a pious Jewish family in Bobruisk in the Pale of Settlement (now Belarus); she died in 1916 in Minsk. Her life, as recounted in this biography, based in part on Shulamit Magnus’s award-winning critical edition of Wengeroff’s Memoirs of a Grandmother, was one of upheaval and transformation during Russian Jewry’s passage from tradition to modernity. Remarkably, Wengeroff's narrative refracts communal experience and larger cultural, economic, and political developments through her own family life, interweaving the personal and the historical to present readers with an extraordinary account of the cultural transformation of Russian Jewry in the nineteenth century. Wengeroff's is the first piece of writing by a Jewish woman to display such authorial audacity and historical consciousness and the first contemporaneous account of Jewish society in any era to make the sensibilities and behaviour of Jewish women—and men—a central focus, providing a gendered account of the emergence of Jewish modernity. In this, her memoirs are a full counterpart to the androcentric autobiographies of her contemporaries, the maskilim (leaders of the Jewish enlightenment movement in eastern Europe), and the basis for much new thinking about gender and modernity. Shulamit Magnus probes Wengeroff’s consciousness and social positioning as a woman of her era and argues that, though Wengeroff was well aware of the women’s movement in Russia, she wrote not from a feminist perspective but as a by-product of her socialization in traditional Jewish society. A brilliant woman who 'loved books', Wengeroff produced a carefully crafted, beautifully written, and compelling account of tradition and its demise; of intergenerational and marital strife over Jewishness; and of betrayal, loss, and hope. Despite a dramatic and readily accessible narrative line—what Magnus calls ‘Wengeroff’s myth of her life story'—Wengeroff embeds much counter-evidence in her memoirs that subverts this same myth. Why she constructs the particular myth she does, and also, if unconsciously, subverts it, is a major focus of this study. Using archival and secondary sources, Magnus goes beyond constructing a portrait of Pauline Wengeroff, her family, and her social circles to consider how Memoirs of a Grandmother came to be in the form in which we have it: she writes a biography of a literary work as well as of a woman. She documents its astonishing success: published for the first time (largely in German, in Berlin) in 1908, it was republished in 1910, 1913, 1919, and 1922 to rave reviews, in the Jewish but also the non-Jewish press, in Germany, Austria, Russia, and even the Netherlands. Organized topically rather than chronologically, Magnus’s study gives readers entrée to Wengeroff’s life, aspirations, and her disappointments—above all, with her husband, who ridiculed her attachment to traditional observance and forced her to relinquish it and with her seven children (three of whom converted to Christianity; none of the others were committed Jews in any fashion)—raises the question of Wengeroff's actual, intended audience for Memoirs of a Grandmother. Magnus argues that, Wengeroff's title notwithstanding, it was not her biological offspring but other ‘grandchildren’ from among the Jewish youth of the fin de siècle, who shared her Jewish cultural nationalism—and her affinity for Herzlian Zionism. Finally, Magnus probes the reception of Memoirs on two continents, Europe and North America, to reveal a surprising story of the same work being read both as an apologia for tradition and for assimilation and even conversion—both fundamental, if revealing, misreadings, she argues. When Wengeroff died in 1916, the world was very different from the one in which she had grown up. Her story makes a significant contribution to Jewish women's history; to east European Jewish history; to the history of gender, acculturation, and assimilation in Jewish modernity; and to the history of Jewish writing and Jewish women’s writing.Trade ReviewReviews 'Scholars and general readers interested in the intersections of gender and modern Jewish history owe Professor Shulamit Magnus an enormous debt of gratitude for increasing the visibility of Pauline Wengeroff (1833–1916).' Judith R. Baskin, NASHIM'Magnus has cornered, in fact created, the market for Pauline Wengeroff Studies. [...] Magnus' work makes a tremendous contribution to feminist history, Jewish history during the German Enlightenment, and autobiographical studies.'Rachel Slutsky, Women's History Review

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Book SynopsisKey texts by the antiquarian William Stukeley offer fascinating insights into rural England at the time. William Stukeley's antiquarian interest in his native Lincolnshire has not been widely noted. He is more often associated with his pioneering work on Stonehenge and Avebury, which systematically recorded the sites and their geographical context and began the process of preserving them from destruction. However, he was a keen Lincolnshire man, like his contemporaries Maurice Johnson (the founder of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society) and Sir Isaac Newton. This volume illuminates Stukeley's fascination with South Lincolnshire, especially the town of Stamford. It was characteristic of Stukeley that he became deeply involved with anywhere he lived, first investigating its history and attempting to find remnants of it in the existing buildings around him, then setting up social groups to bring together like-minded local people with the intention of further study. The book brings together three texts from the early part of the career of William Stukeley, largely relating to the years he spent in the town of Stamford: the Iter Oxoniense (1710), Stanfordia Illustrata (1735-6) and the minute book of the Brazen Nose Society (1736-7). These are now brought together for the first time and presented in their complete form, with introduction and notes.Trade ReviewThere is much to absorb and fascinate in these three texts: and the editors have done an excellent job in introducing them, putting them into context, and annotating them. -- Local HistorianTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION The Iter Oxoniense, 1710 Stanfordia Illustrata, 1735-6 Minutes of the Brazen Nose Society of Stamford, 1736-7 Transcription and Editing Practices THE TEXTS The Iter Oxoniense, 1710 Stanfordia Illustrata, 1735-6 Minutes of the Brazen Nose Society of Stamford, 1736-7 Timeline of Stukeley's Life Appendices Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn investigation into the hugely significant works produced by the Worcester foundation at a period of turmoil and change. From the mid-eleventh to the mid-twelfth century Worcester was a monastic community of unparalleled importance. Not only was it home to many of the most famous bishops and monks of the period, including Bishop Wulfstan II: it was also a centre of notable and ambitious scholarly production. Under Wulfstan's guidance, a number of Worcester brethren undertook historical research that resulted in the writing of such renowned texts as Hemming's Cartulary and the Worcester Chronica Chronicarum. Significantly, these historical endeavours spanned the political chasm of the Norman Conquest. The essays collected here aim to shed new light on different aspects of the Worcester "historical workshop", whose literary ouput was, in several respects, pioneering in contemporary European scholarship. Several chapters address the different ways in which the monks organised and updated their archives of documents, both via their sequence of cartularies, with a special focus on the narrative parts of Hemming's Cartulary, and via an interesting (and previously unedited) prose account of the foundation of the see. Others focus on the famous Worcester Chronica Chronicarum, attributed both to Florence and to John, investigating the major model for its composition and structure (the work of Marianus Scotus), the stages in which it was completed, and its connections with Welsh chronicles, as well as the related and fascinating abbreviated version, written mostly in the hand of John himself, and known as the Chronicula. The volume thus elucidates how the Worcester monks navigated the period across the Conquest through the composition of different genres of texts, and how these texts shaped their own institutional memory.Trade ReviewThe collection is a model of careful scholarship that is not afraid to be methodologically innovative... The essays could almost have been written by a single author. The collection contains only the bare minimum of repetition required to allow each essay to stand on its own. The editors have created a model that group studies of other centers of historical production would do well to follow. * SPECULUM *Table of Contents1 Framing the Past: Charters and Chronicles at Worcester, c.1050-c.1150 - Francesca Tinti and D. A. Woodman 2 Identities in Community: Literary Culture and Memory at Worcester - Thomas O'Donnell 3 Preserving Records and Writing History in Worcester's Conquest-Era Archives - Jonathan Herold 4 Constructing Narrative in the Closing Folios of Hemming's Cartulary - Francesca Tinti 5 Worcester's Own History: an Account of the Foundation of the See and a Summary of Benefactions, AD 680-1093 - Susan Kelly 6 Worcester and the English Reception of Marianus Scotus C. Philipp E. Nothaft 7 History Books at Worcester, c.1050-1150, and the Making of the Worcester Chronicle - Laura Cleaver 8 Poetry in the Worcester Chronicula (TCD MS 503) - D. A. Woodman 9 Networks of Chronicle Writing in Western Britain: the Case of Worcester and Wales - Georgia Henley

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Book SynopsisThis collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease, across and beyond the pre-modern Mediterranean world, Christian, Islamic and Jewish healing traditions. Across and beyond the pre-modern Mediterranean world, Christian, Islamic and Jewish healing traditions shared inherited medical paradigms containing similar healthy living precepts and attitudes toward body, illness and mortality. Yet, as the chapters collected here demonstrate, customs of diagnosing, explaining and coping with disease and death often diverged with respect to knowledge and practice. Offering a variety of disciplinary approaches to a broad selection of material emerging from England to the Persian Gulf, the volume reaches across conventional disciplinary and historiographical boundaries. Plague diagnoses in pre-Black Death Arabic medical texts, rare, illustrated phlebotomy instructions for plague patients, and a Jewish plague tract utilising the Torah as medicine reflect critical re-examinations of primary sources long thought to have nothing new to offer. Novel re-interpretations of Giovanni Villani's "New Chronicle", canonisation inquests and saints' lives offer fresh considerations of medieval constructions of epidemics, disabilities, and the interplay between secular and spiritual healing. Cross-disciplinary perspectives recast late medieval post-mortem diagnoses in Milan as a juridical - rather than strictly medical - practice, highlight the aural performativity of the Franciscan deathbed liturgy, explore the long evolution of lapidary treatments for paediatric and obstetric diseases and thrust us into the Ottoman polychromatic sensory world of disease and death. Finally, considerations of the contributions of modern science alongside historical primary sources generates important new ways to understand death and disease in the past. Overall, the contributions juxtapose and interlace similarities and differences in their local and historical contexts, while highlighting and nuancing some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease - two historiographical subfields long approached separately.Table of ContentsIntersections: Disease and Death, Medicine and Religion, Medieval and Early Modern LORI JONES, NÜKHET VARLIK AND WINSTON BLACK PART I: DIAGNOSING, EXPLAINING AND RECORDING 1 Knowing the Signs of Disease: Plague in the Arabic Medical Commentaries between the First and Second Pandemics NAHYAN FANCY 2 The Legal Foundations of Post-Mortem Diagnosis in Later Medieval Milan ANN G. CARMICHAEL 3 Epidemic Illness in the Last Book of Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle, 1345-1348: Warfare, Sin and the Heavens NICOLE ARCHAMBEAU 4 Colours of Disease and Death in the Early Modern Ottoman Cultural Imagination NÜKHET VARLIK PART II: COPING, PREVENTING AND HEALING 5 The Role of Music in a Franciscan Liturgy for the End of Life, as Evidenced in Manuscript Newberry 24 ELAINE STRATTON HILD 6 Medical and Spiritual Healing of Death and Disease in Medieval Miracle Stories JENNIFER C. EDWARDS 7 Infirmity and Death-Wishes in Medieval French and Italian Canonisation Processes JENNI KUULIALA 8 Bubo Men? Repurposing Medieval Anatomic Illustrations for Plague Therapy in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries LORI JONES 9 Psalm 38 as Plague Diagnostic and Prophylactic in Abraham Yagel's Moshi'ah Ḥosim (1587) ANDREW BERNS 10 The Protection of Innocents: Red Coral as a Lapidary Cure for the 'Children's Disease' and Conditions Related to Childbirth in Medieval and Early Modern England NICHOLA E. HARRIS PART III: STUDYING, ANALYSING AND INTERPRETING 11 Leprosy in Medieval Europe: An Immunological and Syndemic Approach FABIAN CRESPO 12 Past Plagues: On the Synergies of Genetic and Historical Interpretations of Infectious Disease HENDRIK POINAR SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisA survey of the different literary forms adopted by history writers after the Conquest, exploring why and for what effects they were used. Histories of Britain composed during the "twelfth-century renaissance" display a remarkable amount of literary variety (Latin varietas). Furthermore, British historians writing after the Norman Conquest often draw attention to the differing forms of their texts. But why would historians of this period associate literary variety with the work of history-writing? Drawing on theories of literary variety found in classical and medieval rhetoric, this book traces how British writers came to believe that varietas could help them construct comprehensive, continuous accounts of Britain's past. It shows how Latin prose historians, such as William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth, filled their texts with a diverse array of literary forms, which they carefully selected and ordered in accordance with their broader historiographical aims. The pronounced literary variety of these influential histories inspired some Middle English verse chroniclers, including Laȝamon and Robert Mannyng, to adopt similar principles in their vernacular poetry. By uncovering the rhetorical and historiographical theories beneath their literary variety, this book provides a new framework for interpreting the stylistic and organizational choices of medieval historians.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Discontinuous History in the Long Twelfth Century Part I: Varietas in Latin 1: Varietas: From Roman Rhetoric to British History 2: 'I take it that no one will object to some variety': William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum 3: 'Since nothing endures here, pay attention': Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum 4: 'Continuously and in order': Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae Part II: Variety in Middle English 5: 'Three texts into one': Laʒamon's Brut 6: 'Of diuers kynd': Robert Mannyng's Story of Inglande Conclusions: The Rhetoric of Discontinuity? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWho wrote about the past in the Middle Ages, who read about it, and how were these works disseminated and used? History was a subject popular with authors and readers in the Anglo-Norman world. The volume and richness of historical writing in the lands controlled by the kings of England, particularly from the 12th century, has long attracted the attention of historians and literary scholars. This collection of essays returns to the processes involved in writing history, and in particular to the medieval manuscript sources in which the works of such historians survive. It explores the motivations of those writing about the past in the Middle Ages (such as Orderic Vitalis, John of Worcester, Symeon of Durham, William of Malmesbury, Gerald of Wales, Roger of Howden, and Matthew Paris), and the evidence provided by manuscripts for the circumstances in which copies were made.Trade ReviewThis volume thus offers a rich variety of insights into the diversity and complexity of Anglo-Norman historical writing. . . . [It] achieves its goal of using manuscripts to add nuance to our understanding of Anglo-Norman historical writing. * MANUSCRIPT STUDIES *The quality of the essays, and the originality of many of their findings, should, if nothing else, serve to spur other researchers into action. * FRANCIA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making and Reading History Books in the Anglo-Norman World Did the Purpose of History Change in England in the Twelfth Century? - Michael Staunton England's Place within Salvation History: An Extended Version of Peter of Poitiers' Compendium Historiae in London, British Library, Cotton MS Faustina B VII - Andrea Worm Computus and Chronology in Anglo-Norman England - Anne Lawrence-Mathers A Saint Petersburg Manuscript of Excerptio Roberti Herefordensis de Chronica Mariani Scotti - Gleb Schmidt Autograph History Books in the Twelfth Century - Laura Cleaver Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum in Anglo-Norman England - Laura Pani Durham Cathedral Priory and its Library of History, c. 1090 - c. 1150 - Charles C. Rozier King John's Books and the Interdict in England and Wales - Stephen D. Church Artistic Patronage and the Early Anglo-Norman Abbots of St Albans - Kathryn Gerry Matthew Paris, Cecilia de Sanford and the Early Readership of the Vie de Seint Auban - Laura Slater New Readers, Old History: Gerald of Wales and the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland - Caoimhe Whelan Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA study of the involvement of the Cistercian Order in the events surrounding the outbreak of heresy - particularly that of the Cathars and the resulting Albigensian Crusade - in southern France. Led by the example of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks turned their attention to the world outside the monastery walls in response to the threat posed by heretical Christians, in particular the Cathars. The white monks, withother intellectuals, turned to pen, pulpit and popular preaching to counteract heresy, some accepting posts as bishops and papal legates, helping and even directing the Albigensian crusade, and contributing to the formulation ofprocedures for inquisition. Kienzle examines this important but little-studied aspect of Cistercian history to discover how and why the Order undertook endeavours that drew the monks outside their monastic vocation. The analysis of texts about the preaching campaigns and their contexts illuminate the ways in which medieval monastic authors perceived heresy, preached, and wrote against it. Professor BEVERLY MAYNE KIENZLE teaches at Harvard Divinity School.Trade ReviewLearned and thoughtful. HISTORY * A particularly helpful introduction to a group of key issues in twelfth-century history still inadequately recognised. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *

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Book SynopsisTraces the journey from ill health to miraculous cure through the lens of hagiographical texts from twelfth-century England. The cults of the saints were central to the medieval Church. These holy men and women acted as patrons and protectors to the religious communities who housed their relics and to the devotees who requested their assistance in petitioning God for a miracle. Among the collections of posthumous miracle stories, miracula, accounts of holy healing feature prominently and depict cure-seekers successfully securing their desired remedy for a range of ailments and afflictions. What can these miracle accounts tell us of the cure-seekers' experiences of their journey from ill health to recovery, and how was healthcare presented in these sources? This book aims to answer these questions via an in-depth study of the miraculous cure-seeking process, considering Latin miracle accounts produced in twelfth-century England, a time both when saints' cults flourished and there was an increasing transmission and dissemination of classical and Arabic medical works. Focused on seven shorter miracula (including Eadmer of Canterbury's Miracula S. Dunstani and Thomas of Monmouth's Vita et Passione S. Wilelmi Martyris Norwicensis) with a predominantly localised appeal, and thus on a select group of cure-seekers - including Abbot Osbert of Notley who suffered from an eye complaint, Leofmær the bedridden knight, and Gaufrid who experienced a bad tooth extraction - the volume brings together studies of healthcare and pilgrimage, looking at the alternative to secular medical intervention and the practicalities and processes of securing saintly assistance.Trade ReviewSalter's book will be valuable to medievalists for thoughtful close reading of texts, well-situated in relevant historiography. [...] the careful analysis in Salter's work will make it useful to medievalists, and its engagement with broader questions should enable scholarly comparison with the experiences of cure-seekers in other historical periods and today. -- BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE[A] masterclass in unpacking all that the rich genre of miracula has to offer. -- H-NET REVIEWS[Accessible] and appealing to informed non-specialists and subject experts, as well as to students of this period [...]. Through this extraordinary lens of the miraculous, we catch a glimpse of mundane. -- SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINESalter should be commended for doing so much with sources that are, by their very nature, formulaic and not particularly forthcoming with narrative detail. [...] her book is packed with demographic data that historians of medieval English medicine will find useful. Armed with this data and a handful of compelling miracle stories, she constructs a comprehensive picture of the journey from suffering to health for cure-seekers in twelfth-century England. -- THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW (TMR)Salter's study is particularly commendable for offering thick description of the learned medical culture and spatial context in which the narratives were produced; indeed, chapters 2, 5, and 6 would make worthwhile introductions to their respective topics for use in undergraduate classrooms. * SPECULUM *Her [Ruth Salter's] book does provide a thoughtful commentary on her chosen miracle collections, perhaps especially welcome for those-from Burton and Coldingham-edited and translated in the past twenty years. -- James G. Clark * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Miraculous Cures in Context: Twelfth-Century Medicine and the Saints 2. Holy Healing: An Analysis of the Ailments 3. The Great and the Good: Identifying the Cure-Seekers within the Miracles 4. From Near and Far: The Geography of the Cults and the Distance Travelled 5. The Road to Recovery: The Experience of Seeking Cure 6. Upon Arrival at the Shrine: Cure-Seekers and the Place of their Cure Conclusion Appendix 1: A List of the Named Cure-Seekers Within the Seven Miracula Appendix 2: A List of the Occupations Recorded for Laypersons Within the Seven Miracula Appendix 3: A List of the Place Names Recorded for Within Thomas of Monmouth's M. Willelmi Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn China in the 1920s and 1930s, foreigners were frequently at risk of being captured by bandits and held for ransom. The phenomenon became so common that foreigners who were captured were called “foreign tickets” (yang piao). Because of their unique status in China due to extraterritoriality, foreign captives were more prized than Chinese victims. Successive CCP leaders in various Soviet areas also in the 1920s and 1930s greatly valued the “foreign tickets” they captured. In 1930 there were an estimated twenty-five missionaries in China being held by Communist groups. The foreigners suffered great deprivations in captivity; some were tortured and a small number were killed. The CCP plundered their personal and church possessions and even took funds intended for relief efforts. However, it must be said, that the CCP, like Chinese bandits, tended to treat foreigners slightly better than they did Chinese captives, whose lives were held very cheap.,br> It is in this context that A Foreign Missionary on the Long March, a previously unpublished eyewitness account of the Chinese Communist Party’s epoch Long March, so resonates. The author, a New Zealand-born missionary for the China Inland Mission from 1913 to 1945 was captured and held hostage for 413 days by the CCP’s Sixth Army from 1934 to 1935. Hayman’s grim account of the Red Army in retreat gives a new perspective on the historic Long March, as well as a glimpse of the CCP in the time before Mao came to prominence. It also blurs the line between the Communists and common bandits. CCP historiography has turned the Long March into the founding myth of the PRC. Hayman’s memoirs offer a fresh perspective on this crucial period of CCP history and implicitly, in the role it plays in the CCP’s current hold on power.

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Book SynopsisLaura Ingalls Wilder (1867?1957) finished her autobiography, Pioneer Girl, in 1930 when she was sixty-three years old. Throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she drew upon her original manuscript to write a successful series of books for young readers. Wilder’s vision of life on the American frontier in the last half of the nineteenth century continues to draw new generations of readers to her Little House books. Editor Nancy Tystad Koupal has collected essays from noted scholars of Wilder’s life and work that explore the themes and genesis of Wilder’s writings. Pioneer Girl Perspectives sheds new light on the story behind Wilder’s original manuscript and examines the ways in which the author and her daughter and editor, Rose Wilder Lane, worked to develop a marketable narrative. The essay contributors delve into the myths and realities of Wilder’s work to discover the real lives of frontier children, the influence of time and place on both Wilder and Lane, and the role of folklore in the Little House novels. Together, the essays give readers a deeper understanding of how Wilder built and managed her story. Published over eighty years after its inception, Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography edited by Pamela Smith Hill gave readers new insight into the truth behind Wilder’s fiction. Pioneer Girl Perspectives further demonstrates the importance of Wilder as an influential American author whose stories of growing up on the frontier remain relevant today.Trade Review"This is a wonderful addition to Laura Ingalls Wilder collections, particularly if you’re interested in learning more about Laura, beyond the books. Any Wilder fan would be happy to have this one in their personal library, I’m sure!" - The Geeky Bibliophile"It's another excellent resource for any Laura Ingalls Wilder fan from South Dakota Historical Society Press." - Little House Companion“The essays offer a rich diversity of subject matter. . . . [striking] a balance between hagiography and expose; all are even-handed in their treatment of Wilder’s life and writing, not glossing over views she held that clash with modern sensibilities. These informative essays will be of considerable interest to Wilder fans and scholars.” —Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & MusicHonorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition​ Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction, and so many other crucial issues. Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past one hundred years of politically conscious music, from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie to Green Day and NWA. Covering a wide variety of genres, including reggae, country, metal, psychedelia, rap, punk, folk, and soul, Brad Schreiber demonstrates how musicians can take a variety of approaches— angry rallying cries, mournful elegies to the victims of injustice, or even humorous mockeries of authority—to fight for a fairer world. While shining a spotlight on Phil Ochs, Gil Scott-Heron, the Dead Kennedys and other seminal, politicized artists, he also gives readers a new appreciation of classic acts such as Lesley Gore, James Brown, and Black Sabbath, who overcame limitations in their industry to create politically potent music Music Is Power tells fascinating stories about the origins and the impact of dozens of world-changing songs, while revealing political context and the personal challenges of legendary artists from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley.Supplemental material (Artist and Title List): https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24001955/Music_Is_Power_Supplementary_Artist_Title_List.doc Trade Review“Brad Schreiber understands both music and politics, as well as the jagged lines where they overlap and intersect. His clarity, intelligence, and insight provide lasting rewards.” -- Anthony DeCurtis * Grammy Award–winning journalist, for Rolling Stone, author of Lou Reed: A Life *“An inspiring tour through the history of making change with music and an important call for retrieving music’s intrinsic ability to challenge power.” -- Douglas Rushkoff * documentarian, professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens, author of Team Human *“A stirring survey of the sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, sometimes angry but ever hopeful music that is the soundtrack for America’s struggle to become a more fair and just society.” -- Seth Rosenfeld * journalist, winner of the George Polk Award, author of Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radical *Interview on "Deep Dish Radio with Tim Powers" with Brad Schreiber https://play.acast.com/s/deepdishradio/7424927b-bdc3-4183-a884-a84f4ba85c5f * Deep Dish Radio with Tim Powers *Law and Disorder Radio interview with Brad Schreiber https://lawanddisorder.org/2019/11/law-and-disorder-november-25-2019/ * Law and Disorder *Interview with Brad Schreiber on The Stuph File Program * The Stuph File *"Music is Power: Author Brad Schreiber digs into he history and power of protest music" interview with Brad Schreiber https://wgnradio.com/2019/12/10/music-is-power-author-brad-schreiber-digs-into-he-history-and-power-of-protest-music/ * Nick Digilio Show - WGN *Music Is Power mention in Planet Proctor, December 2019 issue * Planet Proctor *MWN Episode 136 – Popular Songs , Social Justice, and the Will to Change with Brad Schreiber * Midnight Writer News *"A fun read. It provides the old timer with a quick sail down the streams of memory and the younger reader with a useful and concise look at the music of the West that helped form the culture of today." * CounterPunch *Louisiana Radio Network "Talk Louisiana" interview with Jim Engster and Brad Schreiber https://www.wrkf.org/post/monday-january-20th-faye-williams-daryl-glasper-brad-schreiber * Louisiana Radio Network *"Music Is Power covers the socio-political history of important music, from Bob Dylan to hip-hop, including genres like punk, comedy, folk, psychedelia, RB/soul and major musicals, and encourages listeners to respond to this powerful music with real world activism. It’s a timeless New Year’s gift!" * Planet Proctor *Unstructured Podcast interview with Brad Schreiber https://unstructuredpod.com/psychotically-eclectic-author-brad-schreiber/ * Unstructured Podcast *"Brad Schreiber talks about this topic perfectly...You did a lot of research."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gaim6C8E3wfeature=youtu.be * The Allan Handelman Show interview with Brad Schreiber: Music Is Power" *Brad Schreiber's Playlist for His Book "Music is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change" * Largehearted Boy *"Brad Schreiber Visits Madame Perry's Salon" podcast interview https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brad-schreiber-visits-madame-perrys-salon/id1063919048?i=1000465223311 * Madame Perry's Salon *"In-Depth Interview: Author Brad Schreiber Talks..." interview on the Peter B. Collins Show https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/peter-b-collins-newscomment/e/66984975 * The Peter B. Collins Show *"A fun and informative read from first page to last." * Midwest Book Review *"Brad Schreiber, 'Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice And The Will To Change'" https://www.wortfm.org/brad-schreiber-music-is-power-popular-songs-social-justice-and-the-will-to-change/ * Madison Bookbeat *Parallax Views with J.G. Michael interview with Brad Schreiber https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/schreiber/ * Parallax Views *"Passing Through" KAAD-LP 103.5 FM interview with Brad Schreiber * Passing Through *"An intensively researched yet rollicking tour of socially charged music...A compelling read on the intersection of popular music and social activism, from Pete Seeger to Zappa to Public Enemy and beyond." * American Songwriter *INTERVIEW WITH BRAD SCHREIBER ON ‘MUSIC IS POWER’: PART 1—DIXIE CHICKS, MARVIN GAY https://shadowproof.com/2020/03/31/music-is-power-interview-schreiber-dixie-chicks-marvin-gaye/ * Shadowproof *"What’s better than a book you didn’t know you needed? Music Is Power is a history of the nexus of music and protest, from Wobbly-turned-musician Joe Hill to Green Day, from folk to hip-hop." * Razorcake *"INTERVIEW WITH BRAD SCHREIBER ON ‘MUSIC IS POWER’: PART 2—JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD" * Shadowproof, Part 2 *“Music Is Power - Part 3: Black Sabbath, Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy” https://shadowproof.com/2020/04/28/music-is-power-schreiber-gil-scott-heron-black-sabbath/ * Shadowproof, Part 3 *"Much has been written about these artists elsewhere, but Schreiber’s focus sets this study apart. He goes beneath the surface to detail how their social consciousness evolved during the course of their careers, and how they came to understand their music’s power to address social ills. This carefully researched book is suitable for fans and scholars alike. Recommended." * Choice *"Madame Perry's Salon" interview with Brad Schreiber, part two https://www.blogtalkradio.com/madameperryssalon/2020/05/14/writer-producer-brad-schreiber * Madame Perry's Salon, part two *Brad Schreiber interview on “Passing Through” on KAAD-LP 103.5 FM * Passing Through, part 2 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview with Brad, Schreiber, part 1 * Coast to Coast AM, part 1 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview view Brad Schreiber, part 2 * Coast to Coast AM, part 2 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview with Brad Schreiber, part 3 * Coast to Coast AM, part 3 *"MWN Episode 144 – Music is Power (Part 2) with Brad Schreiber" https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-144-music-is-power-part-2-with-brad-schreiber/ * Midnight Writer News *"Chatting with Sherri," BlogTalkRadio interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.blogtalkradio.com/rithebard/2020/06/25/chatting-with-sherri * Chatting with Sherri - Blog Talk Radio *Music's Connection to Societal Issues The Patty Hearst/SLA Case - interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AHdxbXK6Ys * Beyond Reality Radio *"Talk with Ted" interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s3b37-e5cbf5 * Talk with Ted podcast *"Brad Schreiber interview – Episode 288" http://readingandwritingpodcast.com/brad-schreiber-interview/ * Reading and Writing podcast *High Road to Humanity - Music Is Power! Popular Songs, Social Justice, with Guest Brad Schreiber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55j15fa54NIfeature=youtu.be * Nancy Yearout's High Road to Humanity *"Episode 37: "Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and The Will to Change" with Brad Schreiber" https://allmusicbooksdeepdive.podbean.com/e/episode-37-music-is-power-popular-songs-social-justice-and-the-will-to-change-with-brad-schreiber/ * Deep Dive podcast *Beyond Reality Paranormal Podcast - Hidden History episode interview with Brad Schreiber https://anchor.fm/brparanormal/episodes/Hidden-History---Brad-Schreiber---102020-elclvh * Beyond Reality Paranormal podcast *"Tuesday, December 8th: Andrea Gallo, Brad Schreiber" * "Talk Louisiana," WRKF *The Stuph File Program interview with Brad Schreiber * The Stuph File Program *"How Tom Odell’s Another Love became an unlikely anthem for Ukraine," by James Hall * The Telegraph **Special episode * Music is Power: Donna and Dr Adam in conversation with author Brad Schreiber * Love's A Secret Weapon podcast *"In Music Is Power, Brad Schreiber argues that socially or politically conscious music emerges from practically every genre of popular music, and he takes the reader on a journey through the various ways that musicians have addressed the issues of their day." -- Shalon Van Tine * Western Folklore journal *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Musical Workers of the World Unite: Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Pete SeegerChapter 2: There For More Than Fortune: Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, Bob DylanChapter 3: Caged Artists: Lesley Gore, Janis Ian, P.F. SloanChapter 4: Parody and Poetry: Tom Lehrer, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Smothers BrothersChapter 5: Psychedelicate Situation: Jimi Hendrix and Pink FloydChapter 6: Reason and Blues: Marvin Gaye and The TemptationsChapter 7: Say It Loud, We’re Blocked but Proud: James Brown and Curtis MayfieldChapter 8: Hard Rock Turns Metallic: The Who and Black SabbathChapter 9: More Than a Working Class Hero: John LennonChapter 10: Out of Place and In Your Face: The Dead Kennedys and The Sex PistolsChapter 11: Word: Gil Scott Heron and Grandmaster FlashChapter 12: Global Music Consciousness: Bob Marley and Peter GabrielChapter 13: Weird, Funny, Angry: Frank Zappa vs. EverybodyChapter 14: Rap, Not Hip Hop: N.W.A. and Public EnemyChapter 15: Weapons of Mass Deconstruction: Dixie Chicks and Green DayEpilogueBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis is the classic story of the life and times of I. F. “Izzy” Stone. Robert Cottrell weaves together material from interviews, letters, archival materials, and government documents, and Stone’s own writings to tell the tale of one of the most significant journalists, intellectuals, and political mavericks of the twentieth century. The story of I. F. Stone is the tale of the American left over the course of his lifetime, of liberal and radical ideals which carried such weight throughout the twentieth century, and of journalism of the politically committed variety. Now available in a handsome new Rutgers University Press Classic edition, it is an examination of the life and career of a gregarious yet frequently grumpy loner who became his nation’s foremost radical commentator provides a window through which to examine American radicalism, left-wing journalism, and the evolution of key strands of Western intellectual thought in the twentieth century.Trade Review"I.F. Stone made a contribution to educating Americans that can hardly be overestimated. As a reader from childhood, later a friend, I was only one of many who found his work and life an inspiration. Izzy offers a valuable perspective on history and the meaning of integrity." -- Noam Chomsky * MIT *"A fascinating history of radical thought in the U.S. . . .essential for American history shelves." * Booklist *"Cottrell has used Stone's life as a prism through which some of the most significant episodes in recent American history can be view. . . . Balanced and thoughtful. While clearly an admirer of the man, Cottrell also asks hard questions about his judgement on a number of political issues." -- Maurice Isserman * If I Had a Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left *"I. F. Stone's Weekly ... pioneered a new kind of investigative journalism, based upon the close reading of government documents. In the 1950's, he gained renown for exposing the hazards of nuclear testing. Then, as the United States became embroiled in Vietnam, he became one of the war's most persistent and effective critics and a hero to a new generation on the left... Stone's fans should welcome this book." * The New York Times Book Review *"A masterly biography." -- Athan Theoharis * The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition *"An intriguing and sympathetic biography. Admirably researched and forthrightly told, Izzy deserves a wide readership." -- Stephen J. Whitfield * Brandeis University *"A useful record of Stone's lifework." * The Washington Post *"Impressive in its details and its accolades to Stone." * Editor & Publisher *"Stone (1907-88) enjoyed a remarkable career as a journalist, muckraker, and indomitable critic of the Establishment. An editorialist at the New York Post during the Depression, Stone went onto to chronicle the rise of McCarthyism, the fall of segregation, and the emergence of the anti-Vietnam War movement. His newspaper I.F. Stone's Weekly, which ran from 1953 to 1971, exposed many forms of corruption at the highest levels of government." * Library Journal *"This well-balanced biography of Isidor Feinstein (I.F.) Stone...most famous for I.F. Stone's Weekly (1953-71), a newsletter that analyzed and criticized governmental operations. It became a model of investigative reporting and its founder a journalistic icon. The book provides superb documentation, exhaustive notes, and a helpful index. The few illustrations give insights into the very human “Izzy” Stone. Recommended for both general and academic readers at all levels." * Choice *“Definitive…an intellectual and political chronicle of progressive politics and activist journalism in twentieth century America…[and] a textured portrayal of Stone’s life as a prism through which to view decades of changes in the American left.” * Los Angeles Times *“A readable and convincing account." * Sydney Morning Herald *“Still valuable today.” -- Paul Berman * New York Times *“A superb biography….One might hope that journalism schools around the land might require students to read Cottrell’s biography." * Journal of American Culture *“We are indebted to Cottrell for this contribution to journalism history….it demonstrates the power of the pen as Stone evolved from the typewriter to a Macintosh….Look long and hard at what Cottrell has contributed to journalism literature with this book….This is a significant study." * Journalism History *"I.F. Stone made a contribution to educating Americans that can hardly be overestimated. As a reader from childhood, later a friend, I was only one of many who found his work and life an inspiration. Izzy offers a valuable perspective on history and the meaning of integrity." -- Noam Chomsky * MIT *"A fascinating history of radical thought in the U.S. . . .essential for American history shelves." * Booklist *"Cottrell has used Stone's life as a prism through which some of the most significant episodes in recent American history can be view. . . . Balanced and thoughtful. While clearly an admirer of the man, Cottrell also asks hard questions about his judgement on a number of political issues." -- Maurice Isserman * If I Had a Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left *"I. F. Stone's Weekly ... pioneered a new kind of investigative journalism, based upon the close reading of government documents. In the 1950's, he gained renown for exposing the hazards of nuclear testing. Then, as the United States became embroiled in Vietnam, he became one of the war's most persistent and effective critics and a hero to a new generation on the left... Stone's fans should welcome this book." * The New York Times Book Review *"A masterly biography." -- Athan Theoharis * The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition *"An intriguing and sympathetic biography. Admirably researched and forthrightly told, Izzy deserves a wide readership." -- Stephen J. Whitfield * Brandeis University *"A useful record of Stone's lifework." * The Washington Post *"Impressive in its details and its accolades to Stone." * Editor & Publisher *"Stone (1907-88) enjoyed a remarkable career as a journalist, muckraker, and indomitable critic of the Establishment. An editorialist at the New York Post during the Depression, Stone went onto to chronicle the rise of McCarthyism, the fall of segregation, and the emergence of the anti-Vietnam War movement. His newspaper I.F. Stone's Weekly, which ran from 1953 to 1971, exposed many forms of corruption at the highest levels of government." * Library Journal *"This well-balanced biography of Isidor Feinstein (I.F.) Stone...most famous for I.F. Stone's Weekly (1953-71), a newsletter that analyzed and criticized governmental operations. It became a model of investigative reporting and its founder a journalistic icon. The book provides superb documentation, exhaustive notes, and a helpful index. The few illustrations give insights into the very human “Izzy” Stone. Recommended for both general and academic readers at all levels." * Choice *“Definitive…an intellectual and political chronicle of progressive politics and activist journalism in twentieth century America…[and] a textured portrayal of Stone’s life as a prism through which to view decades of changes in the American left.” * Los Angeles Times *“A readable and convincing account." * Sydney Morning Herald *“Still valuable today.” -- Paul Berman * New York Times *“A superb biography….One might hope that journalism schools around the land might require students to read Cottrell’s biography." * Journal of American Culture *“We are indebted to Cottrell for this contribution to journalism history….it demonstrates the power of the pen as Stone evolved from the typewriter to a Macintosh….Look long and hard at what Cottrell has contributed to journalism literature with this book….This is a significant study." * Journalism History *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 Izzy, the Icon 2 Early Progress and Greater Philadelphia 3 On the Record 4 A New Deal and the Popular Front at the Post 5 The American Left, Interventionism, and Civil Liberties 6 Fighting the Good War 7 Going Underground 8 The Demise of the Old Left 9 The Panic Was On 10 A “Little Flea-Bite Publication” 11 “We Have to Learn to Think in a New Way” 12 Knockin’ on Jim Crow’s Doors 13 “The Steve Canyon Comic Strip Mentality” 14 Telling Truth to Power: The Emperor Has No Clothes 15 From Pariah to Character to National Institution 16 An Old Firehorse in Semiretirement 17 A Return to the Classics 18 The Rock of Stone Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSet Me as a Seal Upon Thy Heart: Constructions of Female Sanctity in Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern Period is a collection of essays focusing on saintly women's representations both in Eastern and Western Christianity starting from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages and Early Modernity. The volume discusses two different categories in relation to the conceptualization of female sanctity: the context of their construction in hagiographic sources and the emergent power rendered by their martyrdoms. It offers a transdisciplinary perspective on the present research carried out in the fields of hagiography, history, and art history.Table of Contents Foreword By Gerhard Jaritz Introduction By Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky CHAPTER 1. Bricks to Bones: Royal Women and the Construction of Holy Place in the Stepennaia Kniga, by Rosie Finlinson CHAPTER 2. Macrina and Melania the Elder: Painting the Portraits of Holy Learned Women in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire, by Andra Jug?naru CHAPTER 3. The Apocryphal Geography of the Virgin Mary in Hagiographic Collections: Dissemination and Liturgy, by Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky CHAPTER 4. Private Devotion and Political Ostentation: Roger I the Great Count and the Spread of Saint Lucy's Cult in Southern Italy, by Francesco Calò CHAPTER 5. Beyond a Hagiographic Cliché. On the Supernatural Sustenance of Saint Catherine of Siena, by C?t?lina-Tatiana Covaciu CHAPTER 6. Between Similarity and Distinction: Notes on the Iconography of Saint Wilgefortis in the Medieval and Early Modern Period, by Silvia Marin Barutcieff

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Book SynopsisThis book is not another history of the Cyprus problem. It is an analysis of the forces and policies which led to the traumatic experience of 1974 and the geographical separation of the two largest Cypriot communities (the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots). Also, it is an analysis of those forces which keep the island divided. Why is Cyprus a divided island? What led to this division? What forces keep the two communities apart? Why was the Annan Plan rejected? How important is the role of the "motherlands"? Are there any geostrategic interests? Why is Cyprus important in the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean? This book deals with these and other questions, and the analysis is based on declassified documents and other primary material.Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Years of Turmoil 2. Cold Realism 3. Cementing Bizonality Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCivilizations of the Supernatural: Witchcraft, Ritual, and Religious Experience in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Traditions brings together thirteen scholars of late-antique, medieval, and renaissance traditions who discuss magic, religious experience, ritual, and witch-beliefs with the aim of reflecting on the relationship between man and the supernatural. The content of the volume is intriguingly diverse and includes late antique traditions covering erotic love magic, Hellenistic-Egyptian astrology, apotropaic rituals, early Christian amulets, and astrological amulets; medieval traditions focusing on the relationships between magic and disbelief, pagan magic and Christian culture, as well as witchcraft and magic in Britain, Scandinavian sympathetic graphophagy, superstition in sermon literature; and finally Renaissance traditions revolving around Agrippan magic, witchcraft in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a Biblical toponym related to the Friulan Benandanti's visionary experiences. These varied topics reflect the multifaceted ways through which men aimed to establish relationships with the supernatural in diverse cultural traditions, and for different purposes, between Late Antiquity and the Renaissance. These ways eventually contributed to shaping the civilizations of the supernatural or those peculiar patterns which helped men look at themselves through the mirror of their own amazement of being in this world.Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Foreword, Teofilo F. Ruiz Introduction, Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 1. Naomi Janowitz, Aelian on Tortoise Sex and the Artifice of "Erotic Love Magic" CHAPTER 2. Attilio Mastrocinque, The Dodekaoros, Magical Papyri, and Magical Gems: Egyptian Astrology and Later Hellenistic Traditions CHAPTER 3. Tiana Blazevic, How to Deal With the Evil Daimones. Apotropaic Rituals of the Third and Fourth Centuries CE According to Porphyry, Iamblichus, and the Greek Magical Papyri CHAPTER 4. Joseph E. Sanzo, Prayer and Incantation on Early Christian Amulets: Authoritative Traditions, Ritual Practices, and Material Objects CHAPTER 5. Paolo Vitellozzi, Astrological Amulets in the Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius CHAPTER 6. Michael D. Bailey, Magic and Disbelief in Carolingian Lyon CHAPTER 7. Martina Lamberti, The Merseburg Charms: Pagan Magic and Christian Culture in Medieval Germany CHAPTER 8. Francesco Marzella, Hirsuta et cornuta cum lancea trisulcata: Three Stories of Witchcraft and Magic in Twelfth-Century Britain CHAPTER 9. Andrea Maraschi, Sympathetic Graphophagy in Late Medieval Scandinavian Leechbooks and Collections of Charms CHAPTER 10. Ewelina Kaczor, Superstitions in a Sermon of Stanis?aw of Skarbimierz (ca. 1360-1431) CHAPTER 11. Noel Putnik, Operari per fidem: The Role of Faith in Agrippan Magic CHAPTER 12. Melissa Pullara, Reasoning with Witchcraft: Moral Deliberation in Macbeth CHAPTER 13. Cora Presezzi, Envisioning the Afterlife from the "Seaport of Friuli": Conjectures on a Toponym

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a timely contribution to the growing body of scholarship on the apocryphal writings and their reception in the Middle Ages, especially in connection with visual representation. It aims to bridge what often remains disconnected, the visual art and the written text, the early Christian roots and medieval reception, the East and the West, as well as methodologies of various disciplines. The studies in this volume firstly investigate issues related to the Virgin Mary, and through them, also the status, function, and identity of women. Mary and the female element thus represent significant models and/or background figures in fields pertaining to theology, religious studies, textual studies, manuscript studies, and art history in a trans-disciplinary perspective. Secondly, the studies focus on the apostles and the Last Judgment, their visual representations and the use of apocryphal sources. The volume is divided in two parts according to two major topics: Part I dealing with Mary in the Apocrypha, and Part II focusing on the Apostles and the Last Judgment.Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction CHAPTER 1. Responsible Midwifery or Reckless Disbelief? Revisiting Salome's Examination of Mary in The Protevangelium Jacobi, by Mark M. Mattison CHAPTER 2. Introduction to Mary as High Priest in Early Christian Narratives and Iconography, by Ally Kateusz CHAPTER 3. Visual Cherubikon: Mary as Priest at Lagoudera in Cyprus, by Matthew J. Milliner CHAPTER 4. Apocryphal Iconography in the Byzantine Churches of Cappadocia: Meaning and Visibility in Scenes of the Story of Mary and the Infancy of Christ, by Manuela Studer-Karlen CHAPTER 5. The Impact of Apocryphal Sources on the Annunciation in Medieval Art, by Marilyn Gasparini CHAPTER 6. Pseudepigrapha and Last Judgment Iconography: Examples from the Church of the Ascension in Luzhany, by Daria Co?codan CHAPTER 7. Apocryphal Sources and Their Importance in the Italian Iconography of Saint James the Greater, by Andrea D'Apruzzo CHAPTER 8. Apostolorum Gloriosissimus Princeps. Saint Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow in Late Medieval Painting between the Acts and the Golden Legend, by Gerd Mathias Micheluzzi

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Book SynopsisTravelling is one of the most fascinating phenomena that has inspired writers and scholars from Antiquity to our postmodern age. The father of history, Herodotus, was also a traveller, whose Histories can easily be considered a travel account. The first volume of this book is dedicated to the period starting from Herodotus himself until the end of the Middle Ages with focus on the Balkans, the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic world, and South-Eastern Europe. Research on travellers who connected civilizations; manuscript and literary traditions; musicology; geography; flora and fauna as reflected in travel accounts, are all part of this thought-provoking collected volume dedicated to detailed aspects of voyages and travel accounts up to the end of the sixteenth century.The second volume of this book is dedicated to the period between Early Modernity and today, including modern receptions of travelling in historiography and literature. South-Eastern Europe and Serbia; the Chinese, Ottoman, and British perception of travelling; pilgrimages to the Holy land and other sacred sites; Serbian, Arabic, and English literature; legal history and travelling, and other engaging topics are all part of the second volume dedicated to aspects of voyages and travel accounts up to the contemporary era.Table of Contents Introduction, Boris Stojovski CHAPTER 1. Svetozar Boškov, Herodotus as a Travel Writer CHAPTER 2. Konstantinos Karatolios, Travelling as a Hostage: The Testimony of Kaminiates's Capture of Thessalonike CHAPTER 3. Yanko Hristov, Travelling and Travellers: Persons, Reasons, and Destinations According to A Tale of the Iron Cross CHAPTER 4. Paulo Catarino Lopes, Medieval Travels and the Ensuing Texts as Mirrors of a Society, a Culture, and a World View CHAPTER 5. Boris Stojkovski, Southern Hungary and Serbia in al-Idrisi's Geography CHAPTER 6. Nebojša Kartalija, The Perception of the Balkans in Western Travel Literature from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century CHAPTER 7. Djura Hardi, From Ma?va to Tarnovo: On the Roads of the Balkan Politics of Prince Rostislav Mikhailovich CHAPTER 8. Marie-Emmanuelle Torres, Echoes of Constantinople: Rewriting the Byzantine Soundscape in Travel Accounts CHAPTER 9. Radivoj Radi?, The Temptations of the Night Journey: An Image from the Voyage of Nicephorus Gregoras through Serbia CHAPTER 10. Sandra Du?i? Collette, Dante (1265-1321): The Exile and Birth of a Pilgrim CHAPTER 11. Shiva Mihan, The Journey of The Gift of the Noble CHAPTER 12. Stanoje Bojanin, The South Slavic Parish in Light of Stephen Gerlach's Travel Diary CHAPTER 13. Aleksandar Krsti?, Vegetation in the Territories of Serbia and Southern Hungary in Travel Accounts (Fifteenth–Seventeenth Centuries)

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Book SynopsisTravelling is one of the most fascinating phenomena that has inspired writers and scholars from Antiquity to our postmodern age. The father of history, Herodotus, was also a traveller, whose Histories can easily be considered a travel account. The first volume of this book is dedicated to the period starting from Herodotus himself until the end of the Middle Ages with focus on the Balkans, the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic world, and South-Eastern Europe. Research on travellers who connected civilizations; manuscript and literary traditions; musicology; geography; flora and fauna as reflected in travel accounts, are all part of this thought-provoking collected volume dedicated to detailed aspects of voyages and travel accounts up to the end of the sixteenth century.The second volume of this book is dedicated to the period between Early Modernity and today, including modern receptions of travelling in historiography and literature. South-Eastern Europe and Serbia; the Chinese, Ottoman, and British perception of travelling; pilgrimages to the Holy land and other sacred sites; Serbian, Arabic, and English literature; legal history and travelling, and other engaging topics are all part of the second volume dedicated to aspects of voyages and travel accounts up to the contemporary era.Table of Contents Introduction, Boris Stojovski CHAPTER 1. Svetozar Boškov, Herodotus as a Travel Writer CHAPTER 2. Konstantinos Karatolios, Travelling as a Hostage: The Testimony of Kaminiates's Capture of Thessalonike CHAPTER 3. Yanko Hristov, Travelling and Travellers: Persons, Reasons, and Destinations According to A Tale of the Iron Cross CHAPTER 4. Paulo Catarino Lopes, Medieval Travels and the Ensuing Texts as Mirrors of a Society, a Culture, and a World View CHAPTER 5. Boris Stojkovski, Southern Hungary and Serbia in al-Idrisi's Geography CHAPTER 6. Nebojša Kartalija, The Perception of the Balkans in Western Travel Literature from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century CHAPTER 7. Djura Hardi, From Ma?va to Tarnovo: On the Roads of the Balkan Politics of Prince Rostislav Mikhailovich CHAPTER 8. Marie-Emmanuelle Torres, Echoes of Constantinople: Rewriting the Byzantine Soundscape in Travel Accounts CHAPTER 9. Radivoj Radi?, The Temptations of the Night Journey: An Image from the Voyage of Nicephorus Gregoras through Serbia CHAPTER 10. Sandra Du?i? Collette, Dante (1265-1321): The Exile and Birth of a Pilgrim CHAPTER 11. Shiva Mihan, The Journey of The Gift of the Noble CHAPTER 12. Stanoje Bojanin, The South Slavic Parish in Light of Stephen Gerlach's Travel Diary CHAPTER 13. Aleksandar Krsti?, Vegetation in the Territories of Serbia and Southern Hungary in Travel Accounts (Fifteenth–Seventeenth Centuries)

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