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Book SynopsisTwo hundred years after the battle, the area around Waterloo is a lovely landscape of rolling farmland containing dozens of key sites, memorials and monuments to discover. But the Waterloo region offers far more than just a battlefield. A wealth of sights beckons the curious tourist, including the historic town of Nivelles with its towering Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, the exhilarating Walibi theme park at Wavre and the profoundly tranquil ruins of the Abbaye de Villers. Bradt's Waterloo & Beyond, written by Belgium expert Antony Mason, gives practical advice from the best hotel and restaurant choices to festivals and events throughout the year. This unique tourist guidebook provides everything you'll need to get the very most from your visit.Table of ContentsIntroduction v Chapter 1 Practical Information 1 Getting there and away 1, Getting around 3, When to visit 6, Tours and tourist information 6, Festivals and events 6, Security and safety 9, Shopping 9, What to see and do 11 Chapter 2 History 13 Historical timeline 13, Before 1815 15, History of the Battle of Waterloo 15 Chapter 3 The Guide 31 Orientation 31, The main sites 31, The main battlefield monuments 42 Chapter 4 Walks, Tours and Excursions 47 A walk around the battlefield 47, A battlefield tour by car 51, La Route Napoléon en Wallonie 54, Excursions around Waterloo 60 Chapter 5 Where to Stay and Eat 67 Where to stay 67, Where to eat and drink 69 Appendix 1 Language 72 Appendix 2 Further Information 73 Index 74

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Book SynopsisThe result of five years of research, First Heroes untangles an intricate web of information and ultimately concludes that the prisoners of war that were held captive in Southeast Asia were forgotten or ignored by their own country. Author Rod Colvin crisscrossed the country interviewing military and government officials, veterans, returned POWs, political figures, journalists, and members of the National League of Families and the National Forget-Me-Not Association and balances hard facts with the dramatic personal accounts of parents, wives, brothers, sisters, and children who have waged a difficult battle for the truth about their loved ones. This chronicle is as much a testament to the faith and unending hope of the family members as it is the story of the men themselves.

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Book SynopsisVolume 1 of the two-volume set MMed 135: These volumes offer the first critical edition of the Chronique d’Ernoul and the so-called Colbert-Fontainebleau (or Acre) Continuation of William of Tyre in over 150 years. The material is accompanied by an extensive introduction, glossary and bibliography. These two thirteenth-century narratives recount the story of the crusades and the Latin East. Both are anonymous; both employed the French vernacular and both contain accounts that are essential for anyone studying the subject. The Chronique d’Ernoul was completed in the 1230s in northern France. The main part of the Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre dates to the late 1240s and is a reworking of Ernoul with material going up to 1277; it was composed in the Latin East.Table of ContentsVolume 1 Preface Sigla and Abbreviations General Introduction Introduction: The Chronique d’Ernoul Introduction: The Manuscripts The Chronique d’Ernoul Appendix 1: The Concluding Passage Appendix 2: A Summary History of the Latin East, 1100–1163 Appendix 3: The Bern Burgerbibliothek ms 113 (F24) Appendix 4: The Table of Contents in F25 and F26 Glossary Bibliography Index Volume 2 Preface Sigla and Abbreviations Introduction: The Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation Introduction: The Manuscripts Table 1: Manuscript Material Employed in the Preparation of This Edition The Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre Addendum: 1264–1277 Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, social and political implications for the Empire, emphasizing the importance of the Ottomans as both actors and victims. In addition to analyzing Ottoman and European public opinion and the diplomatic, economic and political origins of the War, The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856) also contains a critical review of the voluminous existing literature on the subject. Originally published in hardcover.Trade Review“What makes this study so valuable is not just the inclusion of Ottoman sources but also the author's close examination of non-Ottoman, especially Russian, sources. Badem makes a major contribution to the study of the Crimean War.[…] Highly recommended.” R. W. Zens, Choice, October 2010 'Seeking to “reconstruct the narrative of the war as experienced by the Ottomans,” Badem examines the “conduct of the war itself … its implications, results, and impact upon the Ottoman state and society” (1). Badem’s book is the first monograph on the subject in any language that combines Russian and Ottoman sources and addresses Ottoman failures as well as successes.11 He devotes nearly onehalf of The Ottoman Crimean War to an analysis of major Ottoman battles, particularly the disastrous naval battle of Sinope in November 1853 and the extended campaign in the Caucasus. The book incorporates material from Ottoman Historical Archives (BOA), British National Archives (TNA), and RGVIA, as well as an impressive body of published primary and secondary sources'. -- Mara Kozelsky, University of South Alabama, in Kritika, Fall 2012

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Book SynopsisIn Alliances and Treaties between Frankish and Muslim Rulers Michael Köhler presents a fully integrated study of Frankish-Muslim diplomacy in the period from the First Crusade through to the thirteenth century. It is a ground-breaking study that challenges preconceived notions of the relations between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East. Commonly portrayed as an era of conflict, the period appears here as one in which conventions of diplomatic cooperation were commonplace. This book is one of the few works in the fields of Crusader Studies and Middle Eastern Studies that draws to the same extent on Arabic and Western sources; two textual traditions that have usually been studied in isolation from each other.Trade Review‘… this book is still a very valuable academic resource; it is full of fascinating material which convincingly dispels the long-held theory that Crusaders and Muslims in the twelfth century had little, let alone, close contact with each other.’ Professor Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh 'a provocative and important book', 'excellent and insightful work' (Jonathan Phillips, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies). '…there is much that is fresh and original about Köhler’s thesis. His insights into the realpolitik underlying the various treaties and alliances of this period are deeply incisive.' Nicholas Morton in Crusades 13 (2014) p. 268-270. 'It is hoped that this new English translation will be widely read and its ideas far-reaching. This volume is essential for all those interested in the history of the Crusades, the medieval Middle East, and Christian–Muslim relations.' K. Scott Parker in Al-Masāq 28.1 (2016), 97-99. DOI: 10.1080/09503110.2016.1152819Table of ContentsAuthor’s preface to the English translation Preface Introduction I The development of the Syrian system of autonomous lordships (c.1070-1099) The system of autonomous lordships before the First Crusade (c.1070-1099) Frankish-Muslim alliances and treaties during the First Crusade (1097-99) II Relations between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab states in the period of the Syrian autonomous lordships (1098-1158) The territorial expansion of the Frankish lordships and their integration (1098-1112/13) The paradigm of the ‘counter-Crusade’: The Syrian lordships and the advance of Turkish allied armies from the east (1098-1128) Syrian alliance politics from the expansion of the Zengid dominions to the Frankish-Byzantine rapprochement (1128-58) III Frankish-Muslim relations in the period of Nur al-Din and Saladin (1158-92) The expansion of the ‘no place’ doctrine and Frankish policy towards Egypt and Byzantium (1158-74) Franks, Zengids and Nizaris: The Syrian lordships confronting the expansion of the Ayyubid dominions (1174-83) Between treaty policy and confrontation, subordination and jihad: Frankish-Ayyubid relations from the peak of the party disputes in Jerusalem to the end of Saladin’s life (1184-93) A glance at Frankish-Muslim relations in the thirteenth century IV Instruments and implications of Frankish-Muslim legal relations in the Middle East during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Technicalities and validity of Frankish-Muslim treaties in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries The formation and function of Muslim-Frankish condominia (munāṣafāt) in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Conclusions Bibliography Index Maps

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Book SynopsisThe authors in this anthology explore how we are to rethink political and social narratives of the Spanish Civil War at the turn of the twenty-first century. The questions addressed here are based on a solid intellectual conviction of all the contributors to resist facile arguments both on the Right and the Left, concerning the historical and collective memory of the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship in the milieu of post-transition to democracy. Central to a true democratic historical narrative is the commitment to listening to the other experiences and the willingness to rethink our present(s) in light of our past(s). The volume is divided in six parts: I. Institutional Realms of Memory; II. Past Imperfect: Gender Archetypes in Retrospect; III. The Many Languages of Domesticity; IV. Realms of Oblivion: Hunger, Repression, and Violence; V. Strangers to Ourselves: Autobiographical Testimonies; and VI. The Orient Within: Myths of Hispano-Arabic Identity. Contributors are Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez, Álex Bueno, Fernando Martínez López, Miguel Gómez Oliver, Mary Ann Dellinger, Geoffrey Jensen, Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernández, María del Mar Logroño Narbona, M. Cinta Ramblado Minero, Deirdre Finnerty, Victoria L. Enders, Pilar Domínguez Prats, Sofia Rodríguez López, Óscar Rodríguez Barreira, Nerea Aresti, and Miren Llona. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014Table of ContentsCONTENTS List of Contributors ix List of Illustrations xv Introduction: Post-Memory and Historical Agency *Aurora G. Morcillo 1 PART ONE - INSTITUTIONAL REALMS OF MEMORY From Anti-Fascism to Humanism: The Spanish Civil War as a Crisis of Memory *Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez 21 Valle de los Caidos: A Monument to Defy Time and Oblivion *Alex Bueno 51 Political Responsibilities in Franco’s Spain: Recovering the Memory of Economic Repression and Social Control in Andalusia, 1936–45 *Fernando Martinez Lopez and Miguel Gomez Oliver 111 PART TWO - PAST IMPERFECT: GENDER ARCHETYPES IN RETROSPECT The Battle to Defijine Spanish Manhood *Nerea Aresti 147 From Militia Woman to Emakume: Myths Regarding Femininity during the Civil War in the Basque Country *Miren Llona 179 The Republican Mother in Post-Transition Novels of Historical Memory: A Re-Inscription into Spanish Cultural Memory? *Deirdre Finnerty 213 PART THREE - THE MANY LANGUAGES OF DOMESTICITY Embroidering the Nation: The Culture of Sewing and Spanish Ideologies of Domesticity *Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernandez 249 The Mythopoeia of Dolores Ibarruri, Pasionaria *Mary Ann Dellinger 285 PART FOUR - REALMS OF OBLIVION: HUNGER, REPRESSION, AND VIOLENCE Franco’s Bread: Auxilio Social from Below, 1937–1943 *Oscar Rodriguez Barreira 319 Corpus Delicti: Social Imaginaries of Gendered Violence *Sofia Rodriguez Lopez 359 Locks of Hair/Locks of Shame? Women, Dissidence, and Punishment during Francisco Franco’s Dictatorship *M. Cinta Ramblado Minero 401 PART FIVE - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TESTIMONIES Chelo’s War: Late Memories of a Falangist Woman *Victoria L. Enders 437 Memories of War and Exile: Two Autobiographical Narratives of Exiled Women *Pilar Dominguez Prats 467 Contents Contents V PART SIX - THE ORIENT WITHIN: MYTHS OF HISPANO-ARABIC IDENTITY Military Memories, History, and the Myth of Hispano-Arabic Identity in the Spanish Civil War *Geofffrey Jensen 495 “Carmencita” Goes East: Francoist Cultural Discourses about the Middle East *Maria del Mar Logrono Narbona 533 Conclusion: Ricoeur’s Le Pouvoir De Faire Memoire *Aurora G. Morcillo 557 Index 565

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Book SynopsisIn Napoleon and the Operational Art of War, the leading scholars of Napoleonic military history provide the most authoritative analysis of Napoleon’s battlefield success and ultimate failure. Napoleon’s development and mastery of the operational art of warfare is revealed as each chapter analyzes one Napoleonic war or major campaign of a war. To achieve this, the essays conform to the common themes of Napoleon’s planning, his command and control, his execution of plans, and the response of his adversaries. Napoleon's sea power and the British response to the French challenge at sea is also investigated. Overall, this volume reflects the finest scholarship and cutting-edge research to be found in Napoleonic Military History. Contributors include Jonathan Abel, Robert M. Citino, Huw Davies, Mark T. Gerges; John H. Gill; Jordan Hayworth, Kenneth G. Johnson, Michael V. Leggiere, Kevin D. McCranie, Alexander Mikaberidze, Frederick C. Schneid, John Severn, Dennis Showalter, Geoffrey Wawro, and John F. Weinzierl.Table of ContentsContents Foreword vii Geoffrey Wawro List of Maps xi List of Contributors xii xiv Introduction 1 Michael V. Leggiere 1 The Prophet Guibert 8 Jonathan Abel 2 The French Way of War 40 Jordan R. Hayworth 3 The Campaign against Piedmont-Sardinia, April 1796 88 Frederick C. Schneid 4 The Second Italian Campaign 118 John F. Weinzierl 5 1805: Ulm and Austerlitz 145 Mark T. Gerges 6 The Jena Campaign: Apogee and Perihelion 173 Dennis Showalter 7 An Ulcer Inflamed: Napoleon’s Campaign in Spain, 1808 199 Huw J. Davies 8 1809: The Most Brilliant and Skillful Maneuvers 235 John H. Gill 9 The Limits of the Operational Art: Russia 1812 265 Alexander Mikaberidze 10 Prometheus Chained, 1813–1815 317 Michael V. Leggiere 11 Napoleon’s War at Sea 387 Kenneth G. Johnson 12 Britain’s Royal Navy and the Defeat of Napoleon 476 Kevin D. McCranie Afterword 500 Robert M. Citino Conclusion 519 John Severn Index 527

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Book SynopsisIn The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the Fifteenth Century Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea focus on less-known aspects of the later crusades in Eastern Europe, examining the ideals of holy war and political pragmatism. They analyze the Ottoman threat and crusading as political themes through a unifying vision based in the political realities of the fifteenth century and the complex relationship between crusading, Ottoman expansion, and the political interests of the Christian states in the region. Approaching the relationship between the borders of Christendom and crusading as a highly complex phenomenon, Pilat and Cristea introduce new elements to the image of Latin Christendom's frontier from the perspective of Catholic-Orthodox relations, frontier ideology, and crusading rhetoric in political propaganda.Trade Review"There is no area of medieval history more obscure than Moldavia and Wallachia. Consequently, this book will be heartily welcomed by specialists in Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, and Turkish history. The authors are thoroughly familiar with the mass of materials in multiple languages, both in original sources and the most recent publications. [...] Summing Up: Highly recommended." W. L. Urban, Monmouth College (IL), Choice, vol. 55 no. 10,(June 2018). ''The freshness of the volume stems from its angle of investigation. [...] The region of the Black Sea has, until recently, been much neglected as a theater of crusading. Pilat and Cristea bring forward new ideas to bring current research on the later Crusades to life. They make one realize that crusading in the fifteenth century was not restricted to the anti-Ottoman struggle undertaken by Hunyadi and Skanderbeg, or the steadfast efforts of Pius II or John of Capistrano, but involved much more. In their pluralist interpretation this area is a genuine theater of crusading and should rightfully be included in the concept of a universal propugnaculum in the minds of contemporaries, even though this area has often been overshadowed in historical scholarship by other, more dominant spheres of crusading research. [...] The volume puts forward new considerations regarding the complexity of the frontiers of Christendom and will be most useful to researchers and as an educational resource in the university, making the history of the medieval Pontic region more accessible to an international readership''. Attila Bárány in Speculum vol. 94, no. 4. (October 2019). ''The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom is a paragon of primary research. Moreover, the authors seem to have read every relevant secondary article and book. Their English prose is proper and the book features color illustrations,footnotes, a bibliography and index. The volume will provide a valuable reference for a broad range of scholars''. Lucien Frary, in Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 8 (2018).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Maps and Illustrations Introduction  The Sources  Ottoman Threat and Crusading  Frontier Societies and the Eastern Border of Christendom  Crusading, Information and Propaganda 1 Crusade and Commercial Hegemony in the Black Sea from the Fourth Crusade to the Ottoman Conquest  The Fourth Crusade and its Consequences in the Black Sea Area  The Genoese Hegemony in the Black Sea, the Venetian Reaction and the Crusade  The Hungarian—Venetian Rivalry and the Ottoman Threat  From the “War of Tenedos” to the Crusade of Nicopolis  Kilia as an Outpost in Hungary’s Crusading Projects 2 The Eastern Border and the Struggle for Supremacy in the Northern Black Sea  Ottoman Threat, Christian Solidarity and Political Rivalry  The Eastern Border in Sigismund of Luxembourg’s Plans  Ottoman Threat and Crusading in Jagiello’s Policy  Witold’s Ambition to Control North-Western Black Sea  A Failed Anti-Ottoman Campaign  The Eastern Border and the Teutonic Knights  Schismatics, Heretics and Crusaders 3 The Union of Florence, Crusade and Ottoman Hegemony in the Black Sea  The Fail of the Union in Eastern Europe  Crusade Plans and Political Contradictions  John Hunyadi, Kilia and the Fall of Constantinople  The Eastern Border of Christendom, Mehmed II and the Byzantine Legacy  Crusading Versus Economic Interests 4 Crusade and Political Propaganda in the Last Years of Mehmed II  The Crusade of Pope Sixtus IV  A Schismatic Crusader  Diplomatic Actions of Venice  A Great Christian Victory  Matthias Corvinus Propaganda  A Plan of the Annihilation of Mehmed II and the Fall of Caffa  Moldavia the “Gateway of Christendom”  The Campaign of Mehmed II in Moldavia  One Battle, More Victories  A New Crusade Plan: Reconquest of Caffa  The Crusade of Otranto and its Eastern Implications 5 The Eastern Border of Christendom and the Ottoman Conquest of Black Sea  The Ottoman Campaign of 1484 and Venetian Intelligence  Ottoman Threat Ascending  Ottoman Pressure and Crusading in Poland  A Failed Crusade Expedition  The Eastern Border and the Congress of Rome  Coalition against Jagiellons 6 The Crusade against Ottomans and the Political Backdrop in East-Central Europe at the End of the Fifteenth Century  The “Crusade” of Jan Olbracht  Crusade Rhetoric and Political Propaganda  Crusade Rumours in Venice and Ottoman Propaganda  New Plans of Crusade  Between Crusade and the Defence of the Greek-Orthodox Faith  Discussions on Crusade in Muscovy  The Peace Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe conquest of the Byzantine Empire by the armies of the Fourth Crusade resulted in the foundation of several Latin political entities in the lands of Greece. The Companion to Latin Greece offers thematic overviews of the history of the mixed societies that emerged as a result of the conquest. With dedicated chapters on the art, literature, architecture, numismatics, economy, social and religious organisation and the crusading involvement of these Latin states, the volume offers an introduction to the study of Latin Greece and a sampler of the directions in which the field of research is moving. Contributors are: Nikolaos Chrissis, Charalambos Gasparis, Anastasia Papadia-Lala, Nicholas Coureas, David Jaccoby, Julian Baker, Gill Page, Maria Georgopoulou and Sophia Kalopissi-Verti.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Maps ... vii Notes on Contributors ... ix Note on Rendition of Proper Names and Transliteration ... xii 1 The Latins in Greece: A Brief Introduction ... 1 Nickiphoros I. Tsougarakis 2 Crusades and Crusaders in Medieval Greece ... 23 Nikolaos G. Chrissis 3 Land and Landowners in the Greek Territories under Latin Dominion, 13th–14th Centuries ... 73 Charalambos Gasparis 4 Society, Administration and Identities in Latin Greece ... 114 Anastasia Papadia-Lala 5 The Latin and Greek Churches in former Byzantine Lands under Latin Rule ... 145 Nicholas Coureas 6 The Economy of Latin Greece ... 185 David Jacoby 7 Money and Currency in Medieval Greece ... 217 Julian Baker 8 The Jewish Communities in the Social Fabric of Latin Greece: Between Segregation and Interaction ... 255 David Jacoby 9 Literature in Frankish Greece 288 Gill Page 10 The Landscape of Medieval Greece ... 326 Maria Georgopoulou 11 Monumental Art in the Lordship of Athens and Thebes under Frankish and Catalan Rule (1212–1388): Latin and Greek Patronage ... 369 Sophia Kalopissi-Verti Chronological Table ... 419 Maps ... 433 Collected Bibliography ... 436 Index ... 503

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Book SynopsisThe Uses of the Bible in Crusader Sources sets out to understand the ideology and spirituality of crusading by exploring the biblical imagery and exegetical interpretations which formed its philosophical basis. Medieval authors frequently drew upon scripture when seeking to justify, praise, or censure the deeds of crusading warriors on many frontiers. After all, as the fundamental written manifestation of God’s will for mankind, the Bible was the ultimate authority for contemporary writers when advancing their ideas and framing their world view. This volume explores a broad spectrum of biblically-derived themes surrounding crusading and, by doing so, seeks to better comprehend a thought world in which lethal violence could be deemed justifiable according to Christian theology. Contributors are: Jessalynn Bird, Adam M. Bishop, John D. Cotts, Sini Kangas, Thomas Lecaque, T. J. H. McCarthy, Nicholas Morton, Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen, Luigi Russo, Uri Shachar, Iris Shagrir, Kristin Skottki, Katherine Allen Smith, Thomas W. Smith, Carol Sweetenham, Miriam Rita Tessera, Jan Vandeburie, Julian J. T. Yolles, and Lydia Marie Walker.Trade Review"The Uses of the Bible in Crusader Sources makes an important and timely intervention in the field of crusader studies. As the title suggests, the volume aims not only to advance our understanding of crusade ideology, by analysing its biblical foundations and relationship with contemporary exegetical interpretations, but also to contribute to wider scholarship on the assimilation of scriptural imagery in medieval texts... In short, anyone interested in the ideology and spirituality of crusading, and the construction of crusade sources, would benefit enormously from reading this book, which looks set to become a standard reference work." Stephen J. Spencer, in Reviews in History, review no. 2193. Date accessed: 20 November 2017. Click here. "This is a deeply interesting, impossibly important book that successfully builds upon existing scholarly trends related to medieval Christian holy war but then also manages to move in new, exciting directions... In the end, this might be the most important contribution of all these fine essays—to remind us that the lens of analysis refracts, that it shapes how an author sees their subjects... Thanks to this collection of essays we now understand better how religion was embedded not just in how the medieval Christian holy war was conducted but also in how it was narrated and reimagined, both in the Middle Ages and today." Matthew Gabriele (Virginia Tech), in Reading Religion, September 12, 2018. ''This volume represents an important contribution to emergingefforts to integrate thestudy of the Crusades into the history of medieval Christian practice. In recent years, scholars of the Crusades have emphasized the importance of focusing on the intersection of the Crusades with medieval piety,in order to develop a fuller understanding of the crusading mind-set and the cultural influence of crusading. One area that both demands attention and offers considerable opportunity for research is the role of biblical texts in the crusading movement. Although historians have traced Bible references in crusading texts before, remarkably few works have made them the central focus of a study of the Crusades. Thisbook attempts to encourage and promote such investigations by providing a survey of biblical exegesis of the Crusades''. Richard Allington, in Speculum 95/1 , January 2020. "Lapina and Morton’s volume is comprehensive and it offers an informative catalogue of views, sources, and accounts […] an excellent panoramic view of the biblical exegesis in the crusades that is thought-provoking and critical […] One hopes there will be a continuation on the topic in future publications and volumes. In general, this a thoughtful and excellent volume on the matter". Angela P. Pacheco, in De Re Militari, January 2020.

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Book SynopsisThe Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn ʿAsākir, including his Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad, in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nūr al-Dīn’s agenda to revivify Sunnism and fight, under the banner of jihad, Crusader and Muslim opponents. This jihad vision was exclusively centered on selected quranic verses and prophetic hadiths. Ibn ʿAsākir and other Sunni scholars in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Syria departed from the earlier scholarly focus on legal nuances and aversion to invoke jihad in intra-Muslim conflicts. They championed this intensification and reorientation of jihad ideology in mainstream Sunni scholarship, and gave it a lasting legacy.Trade Review“The edition and translation of the Arabic text of Ibn ʿAsākir’s al-Arbaʿūna ḥadīthan fī l-ḥathth ʿalā l-jihād in the second part of the book is of a high quality and it is a welcome addition to the sources available on jihād.” Harald Motzki in Ilahiyat Studies 4.1 (2013). "...this is an important and groundbreaking piece of scholarship [...]." Niall Christie in Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques 28 (2012). “This book describes how twelfth-century scholars were actively involved in legitimizing certain political actions through concepts that were crystallized in the Muslim tradition and shaped intra-Muslim relations well as the empire’s relationships with its neighbors… In introducing the historical setting, Mourad and Lindsay describe in impressively minute detail the politics involved in producing texts during the reign of Sultan Nūr al-Dīn at a time when the latter was rallying Muslim populations, and elites in particular, against the Crusaders.” Bashir Saade in Al-Abhath 60-61 (2012-2013), p. 202-204. “… a most welcome addition to the study of the idea of religiously motivated warfare in the twelfth century. This text is of particular importance because Ibn ʿAsākir was the most important scholar of his time in the Egyptian/Syrian lands—at least he was the most prolific.[…] Overall this book not only makes a new text available to a larger audience, but it offers a brilliant reinterpretation of a text that might seem at first glance boringly repetitive.” Konrad Hirschler in Journal of the American Oriental Society 135.1 (2015) "Like any primary source, Ibn ʿAsākir’s text and its very readable translation offer modern readers an indication of how contemporaries perceived the issues of the day, so the book is part of a welcome trend in crusading studies to present Islamic perspectives on the topic. It will also appeal to anyone interested in jihad more generally." Christopher J. van der Krogt in Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 29 July (2015). "Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt ein wichtiges Werk aus der Geschichte dieses Konzeptes in einer verlässlichen Edition zur Verfügung". Rüdiger Lohlker, University of ViennaTable of ContentsList of Maps and Images Preface Acknowledgment Notes on Transliteration Part One: The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and his Age Chapter One: Ibn ʿAsākir (1105-1176): Life and Career Chapter Two: Jihad in Early Islamic History: An Overview Chapter Three: Jihad Preaching in Damascus between the First and Second Crusades Chapter Four: Ibn ʿAsākir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Twelfth Century Chapter Five: The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad Chapter Six: Ibn ʿAsākir’s Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Thirteenth Century Damascus Chapter Seven: The Legacy of the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology since the Thirteenth Century Part Two: English Translation A. Notes on the Translation B. The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad C. Colophons and Ownership Notes on al-Birzālī’s Copy of Ibn ʿAsākir’s Forty Hadiths Part Three: Edition of the Arabic Text A. Notes on the Arabic Edition B. al-Arbaʿūn ḥadīthan fī al-ḥathth ʿalā al-jihād C. Arabic Colophons and Ownership Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Caforio prize for the best book in armed forces and civil-military relations published between 2015 and 2016 In On Military Memoirs Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: who were their writers and publishers, what were their plots, and what motives did their authors have for writing them. Every Afghanistan war autobiography published in the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands between 2001 and 2010 is compared quantitatively and qualitatively. On Military Memoirs shows that soldier-authors are a special breed; that self-published books still cater to different markets than traditionally published ones; that cultural differences are clearly visible between warrior nations and non-warrior nations; that not every contemporary memoir is a disillusionment story; and that writing is serious business for soldiers wanting to change the world. The book provides an innovative example of how to use interdisciplinary, mixed-method, cross-cultural research to analyse egodocuments.Trade Review“innovative, refreshing, and ground breaking [...] a well-researched book with a convincing theoretical framework and insightful experiences, which can only be recommended to anyone interested in knowing the real life of military personnel.” From the jury report of the Caforio Award, June 2017. “This contribution to the literature on military writing is uniquely relevant and valuable.” Kate Hendricks Thomas, Charleston Southern University. In: Journal of Veterans Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2017), p. 122-126. “In On Military Memoirs Dr. Esmeralda Kleinreesink provides the most extensive study ever published on autobiographical books written by soldiers. The author provides her readers with valuable insight on how soldiers experience their service, mainly in Afghanistan. On Military Memoirs is a book that should be on the shelf of every scholar and officer interested in military studies and be taught at every military academy and program on military studies.” Professor Yagil Levy, The Open University of IsraelTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Glossary List of Figures and Tables PART I: SETTING THE STAGE Chapter 1 Introduction: Who, What and Why Chapter 2 Theory: Egodocuments and the Military Chapter 3 Methodology: Quantitative & Qualitative Methods for Autobiographical Research Chapter 4 Context: The Missions in Afghanistan PART II: RESULTS Chapter 5 Who Writes and Publishes Soldiers’ Stories? Chapter 6 What Do Soldier-Authors Write About? Chapter 7 Why Do Soldier-Authors Write? Chapter 8 Conclusion: Profiling the Soldier-Author Chapter 9 Reflections: Some Personal Notes on How to Proceed Chapter 10 The Fifty-Four Books Appendices References Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIn British shipping in the Mediterranean Katerina Galani investigates the impact of the French and Napoleonic wars on British maritime economic activity. Due to the close cooperation of the public and private sector at sea, the British adopted flexible business strategies to mitigate economic warfare and sustain shipping and trade in the Mediterranean. The book offers a comprehensive approach by combining the study of international relations, ports, ships, business organisation, deep-sea voyages and intra-Mediterranean navigation. Katerina Galani conceptualises the Mediterranean as an economic entity and she insightfully examines, for the first time, free traders along with the chartered Levant Company. Her analysis draws upon a unique collection of British and Mediterranean sources to construct a multifaceted view of British maritime activity.Trade Review'[...] the sources for this book, and how they are employed, are a major strength, which alone renders the volume an essential addition to the study of merchant shipping within the Mediterranean Sea. Galani uses primary evidence from a variety of British, Greek and Italian archives, supplemented by and integrated with the relevant secondary literature. This is an important step forward in a revision of our understanding of British trade and the development of regional merchant shipping in the Mediterranean, in the era of transition to modern shipping business through the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is written for an academic audience and will be of interest not only to maritime historians but also to those studying economic, transportation, and social history.' Thomas Malcomson, in: The Mariner's Mirror, 104:2 (2018), 235-237. 'Among the recent works on the British in the Mediterranean, Katerina Galani’s is possibly one of the most enjoyable. [...] a work that is a pleasure to read, with a very clear writing style and swift prose. [...] the book is appealing for a wide range of interests, from imperial to global history, from economic to social history, and to economic geography. It provides food for thought for future research into the maritime and economic history of the Mediterranean [...]. I agree with the author that this work will become a springboard for future research on the Mediterranean, as she enriches recent historiography that revaluates the role of the region in the modern history of trade. She highlights how the Mediterranean was always of crucial importance for understanding British imperial power as we know it. I cannot but agree that the Mediterranean should be given more attention in the historiography, particularly as there is a need constantly to remind ourselves of the primary role played by old and established markets in strengthening the British economy and the nation’s power. This book conveys a powerful message and I would recommend it to advocates of a future global Britain.' Giada Pizzonie, University of Warwick, in: Economic History Review, 71, 4 (2018), 1418-1419.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Names of Places 1 Introduction  The “Extended Mediterranean” in the 19th Century  Structure of the book 2 The End of the ‘Long 18th Century’ in the Mediterranean: An Overview  Introduction  The Mediterranean and the British Empire  The Actors: The British  Navigating the Mediterranean: The Market Scope  The Co-actors: Foreign and Local Carriers  Conclusion 3 Charting British Sea Routes in the Mediterranean  Introduction  Lloyd’s List as a Historical Source  Some Methodological Remarks  The Evidence on British Shipping  An Increase in Shipping: Causality and Interpretations 4 British Shipping on the Micro-Scale: From Long-Distance to Short-Distance Hauls  Introduction  British Shipping at the Port of Livorno  Sea Routes: Livorno’s Involvement in Intra-Mediterranean Hauls  Between Grand Traffic and Short-Distance Shipping: The Passengers  Conclusion 5 An Age of Transition for British Shipping: Institutional and Organisational Shifts  Introduction  Shipping in the Early Modern Era  Institutional Changes: A Step towards the Systematisation of the Industry  Changes in Everyday Business: Specialisation  Conclusion 6 How Profitable a Business was it After All?  Introduction  Earnings  The Cost of Shipping  The Ship  The Organisation of Shipping  The Crew  Conclusion 7 Levant Company: The Institutional Branch of British Shipping in the Levant  Introduction  The Levant Company: Its Operation  The State of the Company’s Shipping and Trade in the Late 18th Century  Free Traders and the Monopolistic Company  Conclusion 8 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBetween Sword and Prayer is a broad-ranging anthology focused on the involvement of medieval clergy in warfare and a variety of related military activities. The essays address, on the one hand, the issue of clerical participation in combat, in organizing military campaigns, and in armed defense, and on the other, questions surrounding the political, ideological, or religious legitimization of clerical military aggression. These perspectives are further enriched by chapters dealing with the problem of the textual representation of clergy who actively participated in military affairs. The essays in this volume span Latin Christendom, encompassing geographically the four corners of medieval Europe: Western, East-Central, Northern Europe, and the Mediterranean. Contributors are Carlos de Ayala Martínez, Geneviève Bührer-Thierry, Chris Dennis, Pablo Dorronzoro Ramírez, Lawrence G. Duggan, Daniel Gerrard, Robert Houghton, Carsten Selch Jensen, Radosław Kotecki, Jacek Maciejewski, Ivan Majnarić, Monika Michalska, Michael Edward Moore, Craig M. Nakashian, John S. Ott, Katherine Allen Smith, and Anna Waśko.Trade Review''The question of militant or arms-bearing clergy remained for many decades the preserve of scholars focused on the German kingdom and, to a lesser extent, the Carolingian Empire. The last few years, however, have seen the publication of a spate of books that have examined militant clergy in other contexts. [...] The volume under review here, which includes essays by both Nakashian and Gerrard, continues the process of broadening the historical investigation of clergy who were involved in the conduct of war. [...] This volume provides a valuable array of perspectives on the problem of clerical militancy across much of Europe over a period of many centuries.One of the prominent themes that emerges from these studies is the great complexity and diversity of Christian thought regarding whether and when it was licit for clerics to shed blood directly, or to participate in other ways in military campaigns David S. Bachrach, in Speculum, 94/2 (2019). "In their edited volume, Radosław Kotecki, Jacek Maciejewski, and John S. Ott deserve congratulations for bringing together such a broad sample of scholarship on the subject of the involvement of medieval clerics in military affairs; those congratulations need at least be double for the authors of the chapters for taking the time to do new and important work rooted in research, rather than succumb to the pressure of doing empirically-suspect but popularly-facing trendy writing. The volume’s contents are considerable and make a clear case that, whatever the legal or social impacts might be, clerics were involved in the processes of warfighting broadly across Medieval Latin Christendom; this is itself is an achievement, made all the more impressive by the detail of the individual chapters […] Kotecki, Maciejewski, and Ott deserve considerable thanks for their work to collect so many quality scholars, and Brill deserve praise for putting these chapters together in one volume''. Kyle Lincoln, in De Re Militari, August 2020.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Contributors The Medieval Clergy and War: A Historiographical Introduction  Radosław Kotecki, Jacek Maciejewski, and John S. Ott 1 Bishops as City Defenders in Early Medieval Gaul and Germany  Geneviève Bührer-Thierry 2 The Frankish Church and Missionary War in Central Europe  Michael Edward Moore 3 “De clericis qui pugnaverunt, aut pugnandi gratia armati fuerunt”: Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances (1048–1093) and Clerical Participation in the Battle of Hastings  Chris Dennis 4 Why Study Fighting Clergy? Knight Service, Integrated War, and the Bounds of English Military History, c. 1000–1200  Daniel Gerrard 5 Orderic Vitalis and Henry of Huntingdon: Views of Clerical Warfare from Inside and Outside the Cloister  Craig M. Nakashian 6 Ungirded for Battle: Knightly Conversion to Monastic Life and the Making of Weapon-Relics in the Central Middle Ages  Katherine Allen Smith 7 The Episcopate and Reconquest in the Times of Alfonso VII of Castile and León  Carlos de Ayala Martínez 8 The Aragonese Episcopate and the Military Campaigns of Alfonso I the Battler against Iberian Muslims  Pablo Dorronzoro Ramírez 9 Italian Bishops and Warfare during the Investiture Contest: The Case of Parma  Robert Houghton 10 Lions and Lambs, Wolves and Pastors of the Flock: Portraying Military Activity of Bishops in Twelfth-Century Poland  Radosław Kotecki 11 A Bishop Defends His City, or Master Vincentius’s Troubles with the Military Activity of His Superior  Jacek Maciejewski 12 In the Service of Bellona: Images of “Militant Abbots” in Late Twelfth- and Early Thirteenth-Century Historiography of St. Gall (continuationes II and III of Casuum Sancti Galli)  Monika Michalska 13 Bishops and Abbots at War: Some Aspects of Clerical Involvement in Warfare in Twelfth- and Early Thirteenth-Century Livonia and Estonia  Carsten Selch Jensen 14 Tending the Flock: Clergy and a Discourse of War in the Wider Hinterland of the Eastern Adriatic during the Late Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries  Ivan Majnarić 15 “Freedom is the greatest thing”: Bishops as Fighters for Freedom in Fifteenth-Century Sweden  Anna Waśko 16 The Evolution of Latin Canon Law on the Clergy and Armsbearing to the Thirteenth Century  Lawrence G. Duggan Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat became of representations of the Battle of Waterloo evoked by a plethora of texts (history books, memoirs, novels, poetry, theater) for two hundred years? « La Chose de Waterloo » strives to understand the mechanisms of this phenomenon. « La Chose de Waterloo » veut comprendre ce qu’est devenue la célèbre bataille au fur et à mesure de ses multiples évocations (livres d’histoire, Mémoires, roman, poésie, théâtre) qui en précisent et en brouillent le souvenir tout à la fois.Table of ContentsRésumés et notices sur les auteurs VII Introduction  Damien Zanone Dire la bataille. Balzac, Stendhal, Hugo et les autres…  Jacques Neefs Waterloo et moi : morceaux de mémoire, morceaux de bravoure  Damien Zanone La fabrique du vécu : écrire Waterloo depuis 1815  Boris Lyon-Caen Héroïsme et écriture de soi. Devenir Lady De Lancey à Waterloo  Nathalie Saudo-Welby Retour sur le choix de Stendhal : le point de vue sur Waterloo dans La Chartreuse de Parme  Catherine Mariette Waterloo et Victor Hugo : genèse poétique  Jean-Marc Hovasse Waterloo, digression et insémination dans Les Misérables  Nicole Savy Waterloo lieu de mémoire, ou Hugo “témoin à distance” de la bataille  Claude Millet Le style symbolique de l’historien. Waterloo dans Les Misérables  Philippe Dufour Détours du désenchantement. Edgar Quinet et la chute de Napoléon  Jean-Marc Largeaud La poésie sur-le-champ (de bataille). Waterloo vu de part et d’autre de la Manche  Catriona Seth Waterloo ou le tourment national de Prudens Van Duyse, poète flamand  Michael Rosenfeld Échos de Waterloo dans la littérature de la Grande Guerre  Pierre Schoentjes Trois ou cinq chevaux morts sous lui … Variations Waterloo au commencement du XXIe siècle  Tiphaine Samoyault Merde à l’Histoire : Waterloo ou le déni du réel  Alain Vaillant Bibliographie Index des noms de personnes

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Book SynopsisIn the crusader period Acre was in many ways a remarkable place, but the most striking thing about its history is the number of times it fell to enemies. The present volume Acre and Its Falls is unusual in that it analyses a wide range of aspects of the history of Acre across the crusader period, combining political, military and cultural history, with a notable emphasis on the memory of the city in Europe. This may have been a city famous for its falls, but most certainly not for them alone. Contributors are Adrian J. Boas, Charles W. Connell, Paul F. Crawford, Susan B. Edgington, Marie-Luise Favreau-Lilie, John France, Anna Gilmour-Bryson, John D. Hosler, Georg Philipp Melloni, Janus Møller Jensen, J. Rubin, and Iris Shagrir.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction  John France 1 The Capture of Acre, 1104, and the Importance of Sea Power in the Conquest of the Littoral  Susan B. Edgington 2 Clausewitz’s Wounded Lion: a Fighting Retreat at the Siege of Acre, November 1190  John D. Hosler 3 Martyrs for the Faith: Denmark, the Third Crusade and the Fall of Acre in 1191  Janus Møller Jensen 4 New Evidence for Identifying the Site of the Teutonic Compound in Acre  Adrian J. Boas and Georg Philipp Melloni 5 John of Antioch and the Perceptions of Language and Translation in Thirteenth-Century Acre  J. Rubin 6 Did the Templars Lose the Holy Land? The Military Orders and the Defense of Acre, 1291  Paul F. Crawford 7 The Fall of Acre, 1291, and Its Effect on Cyprus  Anna Gilmour-Bryson 8 The Fall of Acre in 1291 in the Court of Medieval Public Opinion  Charles W. Connell 9 Thadeus of Naples on the Fall of Acre  Iris Shagrir 10 The Fall of Acre (1291): Considerations of Annalists in Genoa, Pisa, and Venice (13th/14th–16th Centuries)  Marie-Luise Favreau-Lilie Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArtillery in the Era of the Crusades provides a detailed examination of the use of mechanical artillery in the Levant through the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Rather than focus on a selection of sensational anecdotes, Michael S. Fulton explores the full scope of the available literary and archaeological evidence, reinterpreting the development of trebuchet technology and the ways in which it was used during this period. Among the arguments put forward, Fulton challenges the popular perception that the invention of the counterweight trebuchet was responsible for the dramatic transformation in the design of fortifications around the start of the thirteenth century. See inside the book.Table of ContentsContents Foreword List of Illustrations Abbreviations Names Weights and Measures Regional Maps Introduction 1 Background   Classical Artillery   Terminological Issues   Early Traction Trebuchets in the Near and Middle East   Early Traction Trebuchets in Europe   Appearance of the Counterweight Trebuchet 2 Mechanics   Traction   Counterweight   The Mathematics 3 First Crusade   Nicaea: 1097   Antioch: 1097-98   Ma’arrat al-Nu’man and ‘Arqa: 1098   Jerusalem: 1099 4 Twelfth Century   The Opening Decades   Tyre: 1124   Offensives of Zanki and John Comnenus   The Second Crusade and the Ebb of Frankish Dominance   Egypt: A New Frontier   The Rise of Saladin   Transjordan 5 Third Crusade   The Hattin Campaign   Indications of Range in Western Syria and Transjordan   Saladin’s Conquest of Northern Palestine   The First Great Siege of Acre   Later Sieges of the Crusade 6 Ayyubid Period   The Fifth Crusade and New Latin Terminology   The Sixth Crusade and War on Cyprus   Continued Infighting and New Arabic Terminology   Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade   The Mongols and the War of St Sabas 7 Mamluk Period   Baybars’ Early Artillery   Indications of Significant Power: 1271   The Sultanate of Qalawun   The Second Great Siege of Acre: 1291 Plates 8 Influence of Offensive Artillery   Theories Regarding the Influence of Artillery   Siege Length   Development, Manpower and Resources   Concentricity   Wall Thickness   Entrances   Dressing   Tower Shape 9 Influence of Defensive Artillery   Ground-mounted Artillery   Tower-mounted Artillery   Possible Ayyubid Artillery Towers   Possible Frankish Artillery Towers   Possible Mamluk Artillery Towers   Other Interpretations Conclusion   Development   Employment Appendix 1: Mentions of Artillery Appendix 2: Images and Technical Treatises Appendix 3: Mathematical Scenarios Appendix 4: Reconstructed Engines Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCrusade scholarship has exploded in popularity over the past two decades. This volume captures the resulting diversity of approaches, which often cross cultures and academic disciplines. The contributors to this volume offer new perspectives on topics as varied as the application of Roman law on slavery to the situation of Muslims in the Latin East, Muslim appropriation of Latin architectural spolia, the roles played by the crusade in medieval preaching, and the impact of Latin East refugees on religious geography in late medieval Cyprus. Together these essays demonstrate how pervasive the institution of crusade was in medieval Christendom, as much at home in Europe as in the Latin East, and how much impact it carried forth into the modern era. Contributors are Richard Allington, Jessalynn Bird, Adam M. Bishop, Tomasz Borowski, Yan Bourke, Sam Zeno Conedera, Charles W. Connell, Cathleen A. Fleck, Lisa Mahoney, and C. Matthew Phillips.Trade Review"This is an ambitious and truly interdisciplinary collection of essays, all studies which were presented at the third quadrennial International Symposium at Saint Louis University, most of them by early career researchers, the new generation of Crusade historians. It is rare to see gathered in one volume studies engaging with such a range of source materials, from seals and coins to archaeology, sermons to chronicles. Another strength is the use of texts and secondary materials in different languages bringing different perspectives to bear". Marianne Ailes, in The Medieval Review , May 2020.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Part 1: Structures of Crusading 1 The Church of the Nativity and “Crusader” Kingship  Lisa Mahoney 2 Signs of Leadership: Buildings of Jerusalem in a Crusader Relief  Cathleen A. Fleck 3 Religion and Conflict: Investigating the Role of Relics and Holy Sites in the Religiously Diverse Society of Crusader Famagusta, Cyprus  Tomasz Borowski 4 Adaptations of the Roman Lex Aquiliain the Burgess Assizes of Jerusalem  Adam M. Bishop Part 2: Crusade Preaching 5 “Far be it from Me to Glory Save in the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14): Crusade Preaching and Sermons for Good Friday and Holy Week  Jessalynn Bird 6 The Typology of the Cross and Crusade Preaching  C. Matthew Phillips 7 Missing the Apocalypse in Preaching the Crusades  Charles W. Connell Part 3: Perceptions of Crusade and Combatants 8 Schismatics and Crusaders: The Role of Innocent II’s Condemnation of John Comnenus in the History of Byzantine and Papal Relations with Latin Antioch  Richard Allington 9 Muslims in the “Gesta Family”: Understanding of Muslim Religious Identity and the Use of Accounts of Violence to Depict Muslims as “Other” in the Gesta Francorum and Its Derivatives  Yan Bourke 10 Universal Monarchs: Crusading in the Life of St. Ignatius Loyola  Sam Zeno Conedera, SJ  Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Holy Land in Observant Franciscan Texts (c. 1480–1650) Marianne Ritsema van Eck analyses the development of the complex Observant Franciscan engagement with the Holy Land during the early modern period. During these eventful centuries friars of the Franciscan establishment in Jerusalem increasingly sought to cultivate strong ideological ties between themselves and the Holy Land, participating actively in contemporary literatures of geographia sacra and Levantine pilgrimage and travel. It becomes clear how the friars constructed a collective memory using the ideological canon of their order – featuring Bonaventurian theology, marvels of the east, cartography, apocalyptic visions of history, calls for Crusade, and finally a pilgrimage-possessio of the Holy Land by Francis.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transcriptions, Orthography, and Documentation List of Figures  1Franciscan Holy Land writing: Themes and Approaches  1Social, Memorial, and Sacred Space  2The “Holy” Land  3Franciscan Holy Land Territoriality  4Paul Walther von Guglingen and his Treatise  5Synopsis  2Situating the Sacred Centre in an Observant Franciscan Cosmos  1Guglingen Sets the Scene  2Jerusalem as the Sacred Middle Point of Bonaventure’s Metaphysical Circle  3The Sacred Centre in later Franciscan Holy Land Writing  4Marvels as Vestiges of the Sacred Centre ss  5Conclusion  3Holy Places, Sacred Travel  1The Survival of Holy Land Pilgrimage  2The Main Attraction or a Moot Point: Sacred Space  3“Why do Protestants go on Holy Land pilgrimage?”: The Franciscan Perspective  4Pilgrims between Curiosity and Devotion  5Advising Pilgrims: Franciscan voyages to the Levant  6Conclusion  4St Francis and the Holy Land in the Fifteenth Century  1Guglingen’s history of Jerusalem  2Franciscan Expectations for the Future of the Holy Land  3Guglingen’s call for Crusade  4Late Medieval Franciscan Crusade projects and their Patrons  5St Francis in the Holy Land  6Conclusion  5St Francis’ Possessio of the Holy Land in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  1Competing with Jesuits, Capuchins, and Greeks in early Ottoman Jerusalem  2Territorial Franciscan Holy Land writing in the Seventeenth Century  3Francesco Quaresmio’s Simulacrum of the Holy Land  4Francis’ pilgrimage-possessio of the Holy Land  5Prophecy, Conformity, and Apocalypticism  6Conclusion  6Epilogue  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThe Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) lies at the intersection of early modern and modern times. Frequently portrayed as the concluding chapter of the Reformation, it also points to the future by precipitating fundamental changes in the military, legal, political, religious, economic, and cultural arenas that came to mark a new, the modern era. Prompted by the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, the contributors reconsider the event itself and contextualize it within the broader history of the Reformation, military conflicts, peace initiatives, and negotiations of war.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction: Rethinking Europe: War and Peace in the Early Modern German Lands  Sigrun Haude Part 1: Within the War 1 Bravado, Martial Magic, and Masculine Performance in Early Modern Germany  B. Ann Tlusty 2 Discussion of the Just War in the Lutheran Funeral Sermons of the Seventeenth Century  Cornelia Niekus Moore 3 A Paper Victory Column (1664/1675): Female Authorship, Devotional Memory, and Religious Community  Lynne Tatlock 4 Event and Emplotment: “Narrativizing” the Battle of Lützen  Nicolas Detering 5 Seeking Peace, Finding War: Supplication and Negotiation in Electoral Brandenburg during the Thirty Years’ War  Evan B. Johnson 6 Negotiating the Thirty Years’ War: Anna Sophia of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1598–1659) and Her Survival Strategies  Jill Bepler 7 Artful Negotiator: Peter Paul Rubens’ Intervention in the Cause of Catholic Bavaria  Susan Maxwell Part 2: War and Periphery 8 “Make Peace, Not War”: an Anti-Propaganda Triumph in Johannes Sambucus’ Arcus aliquot triumphales et monumenta  Tamar Cholcman 9 Stopping an Ottoman Spy in Late Sixteenth-Century Istanbul: David Ungnad, Markus Penckner, and Austrian-Habsburg Intelligence in the Ottoman Capital  Tobias P. Graf 10 “The Imminent Danger of the Turks”: Ottoman Expansion, Hungarian Revolt, and Habsburg Fear of War (1670–1672)  Georg B. Michels 11 Conflict and Coexistence: the Case of Early Modern Upper Lusatia  Martin Christ 12 Dynastic Dislocation in the Thirty Years’ War: Lutheran Königsberg as Refuge for the Calvinist Houses of Hohenzollern and Wittelsbach  Sara Smart 13 Spoils of Knowledge: Looted Books in Uppsala University Library during the Seventeenth Century  Emma Hagström Molin Part 3: Westphalian Peace and Post-War 14 Musicalische Friedens-Freud: the Westphalian Peace and Music in Protestant Nuremberg  Alexander J. Fisher 15 Picturing Peace: Johann Vogel’s Emblematical Meditations on Peace, Nürnberg 1649  Mara R. Wade 16 State (De-)Formation in Practice: Bohemian Fiscal-Financial Arrangements during the War of the Spanish Succession  Stephan Sander-Faes 17 Space, Peace, and Conflict in Post-Thirty Years’ War Villages  Marc R. Forster Index

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Book SynopsisIn this revised and extended edition of Napoleon and the Operational Art of War, the leading scholars of Napoleonic military history provide the most authoritative analysis of Napoleon’s battlefield success and ultimate failure. Napoleon’s development and mastery of the operational art of warfare is revealed as each chapter analyzes one Napoleonic war or major campaign of a war. To achieve this, the essays conform to the common themes of Napoleon’s planning, his command and control, his execution of plans, and the response of his adversaries. Napoleon's sea power and the British response to the French challenge at sea is also investigated. Overall, this volume reflects the finest scholarship and cutting-edge research to be found in Napoleonic military history. Contributors include Jonathan Abel, Robert M. Citino, Phillip R. Cuccia, Huw J. Davies, Mark T. Gerges; John H. Gill; Jordan R. Hayworth, Kenneth G. Johnson, Michael V. Leggiere, Kevin D. McCranie, Alexander Mikaberidze, Frederick C. Schneid, John Severn, Dennis Showalter, Geoffrey Wawro, and John F. Weinzierl. See inside the book.

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Book SynopsisWhy do people wage war? How can wars be won? How has warfare been an engine of change for human civilization—for better and for worse? In this book Paul Schuurman shows how some of the best Western minds between 1650 and 1900 tried to answer these questions in an epoch when European developments became a matter of global concern. In eight wide-ranging chapters he discusses the key concepts that philosophers and generals of this era developed to grasp and influence the dramatic phenomenon of war. Their concepts remain fresh and relevant down to the present day.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Tables Introduction 1 The Cat’s Grand Strategy Pieter de la Court on Holland and the Challenges and Prospects of Free-Riding Behaviour during the General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century  1 Introduction  2 Commerce and Compromise  3 Historical Context: Change and Crisis  4 Game Theory  5 Holland and Europe: the Opportunities of Free-Riding  6 Holland and the Other United Provinces: the Challenges of Free-Riding  7 Philosophical Context: Hobbes and Spinoza  8 Conclusion 2 François Fénelon on Luxury, War, and Trade in the Telemachus  1 Introduction  2 Telemachus  3 Boetica  4 Salentum: Luxury and War  5 Salentum: Commerce  6 Mercantilism  7 Quietism  8 Self-interest  9 Evaluation 3 ‘The Effect in Turn Became the Cause’ Determinism and Causal Feedback Loops in Montesquieu’s Explanations for the Military Rise and Fall of Rome  1 Introduction  2 Determinism and Contingency at the Meso-Level  3 Process Explanations  4 Military and Political Context  5 Philosophical and Historiographical Context 4 Carl von Clausewitz on Limited War: a Three-Stage Interpretation  1 Introduction  2 Interaction and Holism  3 Friction  4 Suspension  5 Politics  6 Discussion 5 What-If at Waterloo: Clausewitz’s Use of Historical Counterfactuals in his History of the Campaign of 1815  1 Introduction  2 Description: the Waterloo Campaign in 25 Counterfactuals  3 Analysis of the Function of Counterfactuals in the ‘Campaign of 1815’  4 Context: On War  5 Context: Military History in General 6 Models of War 1770–1830: the Birth of Wargames and the Trade-Off between Realism and Simplicity  1 Introduction  2 Wargames 1770–1830: Types and Functions  3 Historical Background: Peace and War and Peace  4 Trade-Off between Realism and Simplicity  5 The Realism-Simplicity Trade-Off and Chance  6 Discussion: Empire of Chance?  7 Conclusion 7 Preparing for War: Prussian–German Professional Wargames and the Leadership Concept of Mission Tactics 1870–1880  1 Introduction  2 Prussian–German Wargames 1870–1880  3 Wargames and Mission Tactics  4 Wargames and Mission Tactics: Incubation, Rifles, and Railways  5 Conclusion 8 Herbert Spencer and the Paradox of War  1 Introduction  2 The Function of War: before Spencer  3 Spencer on the Function of War  4 Biological Evolution: Two Mechanisms  5 Evolution of the Militant and the Industrial Type: the Same Two Mechanisms  6 The Function of the Militant/Industrial Typology  7 Evaluation Bibliography Index

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