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Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry ……続きを見る

Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise……続きを見る

Mit Blick auf das heutige Russland zeichnet dieses Buch einen spezifisch russischen Weg im Rahmen der Geschichte Europas nach. Es schildert die Grundlinien und Grundprobleme der russischen Geschicht……続きを見る

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneou……続きを見る

Grand, extravagant, magnificent, scandalous, corrupt, political, personal, fractious; these are terms often associated with the medieval and early modern courts. Moreover, the court constituted a fo……続きを見る

The Wadden Sea Region is comprised of the embanked coastal marshes and islands in the Wadden Sea near Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. This area retains an exceptional common history in all it……続きを見る

This much-awaited second volume investigates the changes in subject, method and institutional context of the humanistic disciplines around 1800, offering a wealth of insights for specialists and stu……続きを見る

With the rising tide of scholarly and societal interest in the history and legacy of colonialism and slavery, this collection offers a much-needed diachronic analysis of the cultural representations……続きを見る

The Jewish Orphanage in Leiden was the last one of eight such care homes to open its doors in the Netherlands before the Second World War. After spending almost 39 years in an old and utterly inadeq……続きを見る

The lifetime of Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was marked by dramatic transformations in Europe. Cityscapes, aesthetic codes, social orders, political cultures, international travel and means of warfare……続きを見る

The discussion about objects, ancestral remains and archives from former colonial territories is becoming increasingly heated. Over the centuries, a multitude of items – including a cannon of the Ki……続きを見る

Institutions across the globe are increasingly questioned on how their foundations are rooted in colonialism and how they aim to ‘decolonize’. The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past provides an overv……続きを見る

In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Ne……続きを見る

Maritime trade is the backbone of the world’s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new……続きを見る

This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continenta……続きを見る

The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet……続きを見る

God’s diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser ’t Hooft (1900-1985). He was one……続きを見る

Step into the rugged charm of the Western genre 〓 with "10 Timeless Tales of the Wild West" 〓✨. This collection brings you an incredible mix of classic Western storytelling, filled with gripping a……続きを見る

In seinem SPIEGEL-Bestseller zeichnet der Moskau-Korrespondent der ZEIT Michael Thumann auf atemberaubende Weise den Absturz Russlands in eine zunehmend totalitäre Diktatur und den Weg in Putins imp……続きを見る

Generational Key to History: Tracing Phases From Ancient Egypt to America This work reveals how generations form the hidden rhythm of history. By charting time in 15-year generational intervalsーan ……続きを見る

Famines and the Making of Heritage is the first book to bring together groundbreaking research on the role of European famines in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in relation to heritage makin……続きを見る

In "A History of the Reformation," Thomas M. Lindsay provides an insightful exploration of one of the pivotal events in Western religious history. Employing a clear and engaging literary style, Lind……続きを見る

In "The Story of Prague," Francis hrabe Lützow intricately weaves a historical narrative that captures the essence of one of Europe's most storied cities. Employing a lyrical prose style, Lützow exp……続きを見る

R. M. Johnston's "The French Revolution" presents a nuanced and comprehensive examination of one of history's most tumultuous periods. Combining meticulous research with a rich narrative style, John……続きを見る

In "The Antiquities of Constantinople," Pierre Gilles provides a meticulous and thoughtful exploration of the historical and architectural landmarks of one of the world's most significant cities. Wr……続きを見る

How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Eu……続きを見る

In essence the Celts were not an urban people, their mitre was for lakes, glens and groves. Their special points were islands and Tor. In Ireland the only modern Celtic state, the population is stil……続きを見る

As I was researching the Fleming branch of my family tree, I learned that Janet Stewart (my 15th great-grandmother) was the daughter of King James IV of Scotland and wife of Lord Malcolm Fleming. I ……続きを見る

Charles de Mertens' *An Account of the Plague which Raged at Moscow, in 1771* provides a meticulous chronicling of the devastating epidemic that swept through the Russian capital. In a narrative tha……続きを見る

Dieses Buch ist eine Provokation. Konsequent wird der Abschied vom Epochendenken vollzogen – im konkreten Fall das "Mittelalter" zu Grabe getragen. An die Stelle dieser längst anachronistischen Präg……続きを見る