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**THE BESTSELLING MODERN CLASSIC. OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD. 'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY 'A delightful read' SUNDAY TIMES 'Laugh out loud' MARTIN PARR 'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIF……続きを見る

This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of ……続きを見る

Et in Arcadia ego scrive Goethe a sigillo di un viaggio nella città di Roma – l’ideale Arcadia di scrittori, artisti ed intellettuali della modernità. Il presente volume raccoglie capitoli dedicati ……続きを見る

Die Geschichte Dithmarschens in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts bietet sich wie kaum ein anderes Beispiel für eine Verknüpfung von Regionalgeschichte und Hansegeschichte an: Von 1468 bis 1558……続きを見る

At the XXIst World Congress of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS/CISH) in 2010 in Amsterdam, the International Commission for Historical Demography (ICHD) decided to write an ……続きを見る

The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university, yet for much of its history it struggled to gain academic legitimacy an……続きを見る

In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Comm……続きを見る

Mit der Romantik begann die literarische und künstlerische Moderne. Nach der Französischen Revolution und ihrem Scheitern ging es den Romantikern um eine Erneuerung der Gesellschaft durch die Mobili……続きを見る

Maria Stuart er bare seks dage gammel, da hun bliver dronning af Skotland. Som sekstenårig bliver hun tillige dronning af Frankrig. Og så strides hun med Elizabeth I om retten til den engelske trone……続きを見る

Romanovit on ylivertaista eeppistä historiaa ( ) Siihen verrattuna Game of Thrones on kuin teekutsut pappilan puutarhassa - Antony Beevor. Miten verisesti keskenään riitelevä suku onnistui saamaan V……続きを見る

1936 befann sig Europa vid krigets rand. Men mitt i Brasilien fann Stefan Zweig något som man kan likna vid harmoni och skönhet. Hans bok om Brasilien är ett kärleksbrev till ett land som han uppfat……続きを見る

Under hela sin karriär skrev Stefan Zweig essäer om resor, möten med andra människor, idéer och kulturer. Samlade här är en handfull texter som alla är relevanta än idag. Här får vi möta böcker från……続きを見る

En av vår tids mest mytomspunna gestalter är Ferdinand Magellan. 1519 gav han sig ut med ett par skrangliga fiskebåtar för att kartlägga jordens hav. Händelsen har kommit att bli berömd som den förs……続きを見る

Historien är full av religiösa nytänkare och stora andliga ledare. Men historien har också präglats av motstånd. Modiga personer som ställt sig upp emot doktriner - och ibland fått betala med sina l……続きを見る

Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind – getting something for nothing – the surprise of a gust, the boon of a side-wind and the trial of a headwind and best of all, the moment when a change in ……続きを見る

This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century te……続きを見る

This book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850. The queens of ……続きを見る

The Second World War was waged across many fronts, economic, political and cultural as well as military. As might be expected in a conflict fuelled by ideology, the war of words and ideas played a c……続きを見る

“The Conspiracy of Good Taste is a passionate analysis of the way working class culture has been appropriated and sanitised by middle class mediators of taste. Using the case studies of William Morr……続きを見る

During the nineteenth century Britain’s maritime, commercial and colonial interests all depended upon a regular and reliable flow of seaborne information from around the globe. Whilst the telegraph ……続きを見る

La battaglia di Azincourt è considerata uno dei momenti più cupi della storia della Francia e al contrario uno dei più fulgidi della storia dell'Inghilterra e del suo re Enrico V. Inserita nel più a……続きを見る

It has appeared to many commentators that the most fundamental change in what it is meant to be working-class in twentieth-century Britain came not as a result of war or of want, but of prosperity. ……続きを見る

This book examines the Catholic elaboration on the relationship between state and Church in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Among the several factors which have contributed to the complex pro……続きを見る

La battaglia di Azincourt è considerata uno dei momenti più cupi della storia della Francia e al contrario uno dei più fulgidi della storia dell'Inghilterra e del suo re Enrico V. Inserita nel più a……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of the political and theological views of Thomas White (alias Blacklo) and his followers the Blackloists. It both complements and opens up new lines of inquiry in……続きを見る

Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. ……続きを見る

This book explores the understudied history of the so-called ‘incurables’ in the Victorian period, the people identified as idiots, imbeciles and the weak-minded, as opposed to those thought to have……続きを見る

During the First World War, Britain was the epicentre of global mass internment and deportation operations. Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Turks, and Bulgarians who had settled in Britain and its overs……続きを見る

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of James V o……続きを見る

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc’s most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British ……続きを見る