Bern - British 1

Schottland hat seit 1997 immer größere Autonomie innerhalb des Vereinigten Königreichs von Großbritannien erlangt. Das Streben danach lässt sich nur aus der schottischen Geschichte verstehen, welche……続きを見る

First published in 1967, Social Change and the Schools is an examination of the change which took place in the English school system between 1918 and 1944. Special attention is paid throughout to th……続きを見る

Das geistliche Spiel des Mittelalters erfuhr während der Reformationszeit maßgebliche Veränderungen. Dennoch lebten Teile der mittelalterlichen Spieltradition auch in den geistlichen Dramen protesta……続きを見る

When the Peninsular War ended in 1814, the prolonged struggle had all but exhausted both British government finances and the British public’s enthusiasm for war. The authoritarian rule of Ferdinand ……続きを見る

Das Buch legt den Fokus auf die Herauskristallisierung der deutschen Friedenssehnsucht in der Literatur angesichts der Erfahrungen der zwei Weltkriege. Mittels der semiotischen Analyse und der Narra……続きを見る

Nürnberg, Frankfurt und Regensburg erscheinen in Reisebeschreibungen römisch-katholischer Geistlicher als interkonfessionelle Stadträume. Die spezifisch konfessionellen Wahrnehmungen der Reisenden e……続きを見る

This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America’s foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism. Its or……続きを見る

Swansea's port and industries were key targets for the Nazis during WWII. This book is a testament to life in the town over the course of the conflict, including many personal experiences. A compreh……続きを見る

Wellington : le chef de guerre et l'homme. La plupart des personnes qui étudient la bataille de Waterloo ignorent tout de la personnalité et des méthodes de Wellington. Sans un examen préalable des ……続きを見る

On 2nd May 1997, Tony Blair swept into Downing Street, ending almost twenty years of Conservative government and beginning a decade as Prime Minister. Bernard Donoughue, a Labour peer in the House o……続きを見る

The danger to British democracy in the interwar period came from a different source to that which has thus far been assumed. It came from a network of radical conservatives who challenged the politi……続きを見る

Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years. Arthur and the Languages of Britain demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest hi……続きを見る

First published in 1983, Britain, Europe and the World 1850-1986 examines the history of Britain’s international situation and foreign policy in relation to her domestic circumstances from the middl……続きを見る

Thompson is a small Norfolk village of about 150 houses, 25 miles WSW of Norwich. There was a small community living there before the Normans took over East Anglia and people have been living there ……続きを見る

On the road between Craven Arms and Much Wenlock in Shropshire there are four pubs. One, the Crown Inn, formerly the Hundred House, boasts having a timber over the inglenook fireplace from one of Si……続きを見る

The Great War left an indelible mark on almost every town and village in Britain and this extensively researched book looks in detail at how that war affected the town of Swansea and its people.Them……続きを見る

The world-famous Feathers Hotel in Ludlow is a well-preserved Tudor Inn. It is visited and photographed by tourists and locals, but few know much about its history. Bernard O'Connor's latest book on……続きを見る

The famous Nag's Head in Shrewsbury is a fine example of a late-Medieval coaching inn. It is visited and photographed by tourists and locals, but few know much about its history. Bernard O'Connor's ……続きを見る

The Battle of the Odon evokes the clash between the British Army and the II SS-Panzer Korps, as they attacked across the Odon Valley during Operation "Epsom" in June 1944.Using contemporary photogra……続きを見る

First published in 1986, Liberalism and Liberal Politics in Edwardian England makes a lively contribution to the historical debate over whether the Liberal Party was already threatened by decline be……続きを見る

Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon, (19 August 1857 – 1 November 1941) was one of the foremost interwar British politicians, also a diplomat, art collector and author. He was appointed ambassador……続きを見る

After the cataclysmic events of the First World War officially ended on the Western Front in 1918, the Democratic Western Powers were still faced with the fallout of the struggle for power in Russia……続きを見る

WELCOME TO UHTRED’S FEAST . . . Over the course of writing the Last Kingdom series, Bernard Cornwell discovered an increasing fascination for the Anglo-Saxon world: its people, their culture, and th……続きを見る

Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region. Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea. Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent marit……続きを見る

Imperialism and Social Reform (1960) examines British social-imperialism and the development of social-imperial thought: the promotion of a ‘people’s imperialism’, or the support of the working clas……続きを見る

In the mid-1980s I attended a course on the Archaeology of Shropshire in which I studied some of the prehistoric hillforts found in the county. Little did I know how useful this was when I retired t……続きを見る

Author Bernard Capes (1854-1918) was an English journalist and prolific author of the Victorian era who published more than forty books, including romances, mysteries, poetry, history. He wrote nume……続きを見る

Recent years have seen a re-examination of Britain's imperialist past, with changes to how its citizens understand, study and scrutinize its history. In Britain's Contested History, eminent historia……続きを見る

This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence. The politi……続きを見る

Characterised by an interest in the nature and expression of power, this collection of essays by George Bernard combines a number of previously published pieces with original studies. Chapters range……続きを見る