Tarrare was a French showman in the late 18th century with an appetite that defied science. He could eat a quarter of a cow in a single day and still be hungry. He swallowed stones, live cats, corks……続きを見る
In 1789, France erupted in revolution that would reshape political consciousness across continents. What began as fiscal crisis and aristocratic resistance transformed into radical reconstruction of……続きを見る
著者:James B. Collins
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2025年12月11日
While French political discourse in the late Middle Ages had been based on ancient Roman ideas that government existed for the common good (le bien public, or la chose publique, a French translation……続きを見る
著者:Roger Collins
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年09月25日
This book is a collection of papers on Frankish historiography in the Merovingian and early Carolingian periods, from the late sixth to early ninth centuries, and studies numerous individual texts, ……続きを見る
Belgium History Unveiled: From Medieval Flanders to Modern Nationhood takes readers on an insightful journey through the rich and complex history of Belgium, a nation often called the "crossroads of……続きを見る
History of Malta: The Remarkable Story of the Mediterranean Fortress takes readers on a captivating journey through the history of Malta. From prehistoric temples to its role as a strategic strongho……続きを見る
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority
In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal Stat……続きを見る
著者:Rob Collins
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2012年08月21日
There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique peri……続きを見る
Wäre es bei der zweiten Auflage von ›Rambles beyond Railways‹ aus dem Druck nur notwendig gewesen, zu erwähnen, dass ich einige kleine Fehler korrigiert habe, die sich in die erste Auflage eingeschl……続きを見る
著者:Roger Collins
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2024年10月28日
Roger Collins deals here with the history of Spain, specifically Christian Spain, in the period from the 6th to the 10th century - from the Visigoths, through the time of the Arab conquests, up to t……続きを見る
著者:James B. Collins
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2022年05月19日
How does authority become power? How does power justify itself to achieve its ends? For over two hundred years, the Valois kings relied on a complex mixture of ideologies, ruling a monarchical commo……続きを見る
This Gem provides a guide to the lives of the most popular saints – who they were, how they became saints and for whom they have a particular importance.
This guide to saints contains brief biograph……続きを見る
The lazy tour of two idle apprentices ; No thoroughfare ; The perils of certain English prisoners by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Layard is one of the great book for those who love Ch……続きを見る
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Written by an anonymous poet between the 8th and 11th centuries, this Old English epic poem follows the stor……続きを見る
A short but powerful study of one of the great watersheds of European history
Although for generations the Reformation was regarded as a major turning point in European history, in recent years its ……続きを見る