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The papers in this volume derive from the 29th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. This was held for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies in the University of London in March 1995, ……続きを見る

The history of Catholic political movements has long been a missing dimension of the history of Europe during the twentieth century. Martin Conway explores the fascinating history of Catholic politi……続きを見る

The Unification of Italy in the nineteenth century was the unlikely result of a lengthy and complex process of Italian revival (Risorgimento). Few Italians supported Unification and the new rulers o……続きを見る

The works of William Shakespeare vividly represent for our admiration and study a pageant of souls with longing in whose wake we ceaselessly follow. Through some of his most memorable characters, Sh……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le 11 septembre en moins d’une heure ! Le 11 septembre 2001, le monde entier est sous le choc : deux avions viennent de s’écraser sur les tours du World……続きを見る

Winner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fightin……続きを見る

Un portrait original, court et enlevé du père du libertinage, frondeur puni par Louis XIV devenu mémorialiste du Grand Siècle. Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy, est l'une des figures les plus étonna……続きを見る

Le portrait renouvelé du plus flamboyant maréchal de Napoléon et roi de Naples, Joachim Murat, figure jusqu'alors écrasé sous le poids de la légende impériale. Le portrait renouvelé du plus flamboya……続きを見る

A New York Times Notable Book The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford Engli……続きを見る

Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political……続きを見る

Britain was France's most implacable enemy during the Napoleonic Wars yet was able to resist the need for conscription to fill the ranks of its army and sustain Wellington's campaigns in Portugal an……続きを見る

Analiza el papel de las mujeres en la doble vertiente de la esclavitud: por una parte, su importancia numérica en la historia de España, evidenciando las huellas que han dejado las esclavas en las f……続きを見る

“Another gem from one of the world’s justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people.” ー Booklist (starred review) The revered New York Times bestsel……続きを見る

A history of walking over the British countryside. Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Ramblers’ Association, ‘Ramble On’ tells the story of how country walks were transformed fro……続きを見る

Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre la crise des subprimes de 2007-2009 En 2008 éclate une crise financière aux États-Unis. Son origine ? Les prêts immobiliers « subprimes », qui permett……続きを見る

En 1994, la première parution de ce livre avait été saluée par la critique et les lecteurs, et traduite en plusieurs langues. Sa réédition de 2006 fut augmentée d'un nouveau chapitre final et connut……続きを見る

Op 22 maart 2016 is commissaris Christian De Coninck van dienst op het hoofdbureau van de politie in Brussel. Een dag zoals een andere tot dat ene telefoontje komt: er is een aanslag op de luchthave……続きを見る

In der Endphase des Zweiten Weltkrieges, im Februar 1945, bombardierten die Alliierten Dresden: Circa 25.000 Menschen fanden den Tod, die Überlebenden waren zutiefst traumatisiert, das einst prächti……続きを見る

Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in one of the twentieth century’s most violent wars of decolonisation. This is the first in-depth explora……続きを見る

The first encyclopedic reference to Atlantic history Between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, the connections among Africa, the Americas, and Europe transformed world historyーthrough maritim……続きを見る

This is a study of how, and why, the British economy has changed since 1951. It covers the Golden Age of 1945-1973 when unemployment was below one million; when governments built millions of council……続きを見る

The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 w……続きを見る

On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain. International sanctions were immediately instituted against the minority white regim……続きを見る

Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of ‘the Other’ through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are e……続きを見る

Karl Marx has been portrayed in equal measure both as a political prophet who foresaw the end of capitalist exploitation, and as a populist Anti- Christ whose totalitarian legacy has cost millions o……続きを見る

Vienna’s ‘respectable’ antisemites offers a radical challenge to conventional accounts of one of the darkest periods in the city’s history: the rise of organised, politically directed antisemitism b……続きを見る

Gregers og Grethe Dirckinck-Holmfelds bog tager dig med om bag Københavns kulisser og fortæller byens spændende historie sted for sted. Med anekdoter fra byens historie guider bogen dig rundt mellem……続きを見る

Tra la fine del Quattrocento e gli inizi del Cinquecento l’occidente cristiano, che interrompe il dialogo con le Chiese orientali e teme l’avanzata dell’islam, è attraversato da ansie di rinnovamen……続きを見る

This book explores the uncharted territory of the history of archaeology under Communism through the biographies of five women archaeologists from the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and P……続きを見る

L'histoire des relations internationales de la Belgique depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle. Ce livre retrace l’évolution du ministère belge des Affaires étrangères depuis la création du Comité diplomat……続きを見る