ISBN: 9780198129820 | Hardcover
What did it mean to be a `Patriot' during the Walpole administration? This is the first full-length study of the so-called Patriot opposition to Walpo... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781912854677 | Paperback
'I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only of love and breath.' The body frequently esca... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192854032 | Paperback
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age cov... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192801616 | Paperback
The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, ca... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198219170 | Hardcover
The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192802231 | Paperback
A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enou... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192801982 | Paperback
One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also i... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192801449 | Paperback
Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its cr... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198204220 | Paperback
This imaginative and unusual book explores the moral sensibilities and cultural assumptions that were at the heart of political debate in Victorian an... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199687350 | Paperback
In this Very Short Introduction Normon Soloman explores Judaism as a religion and as a way of life, including its festivals, prayers, customs, and sec... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198112426 | Hardcover
Bridging the disciplines of literature and history, Socioliterary Practice examines how literary language reveals contemporary social issues and pract... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199241170 | Hardcover
Britain's semi-detached geographical position has helped to give it the world's strongest peace movement. Secure enough from invasions to be influence... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198206200 | Paperback
This study of Anglo-French relations in the century before the Hundred Years War, examines the legacy of continental rule bequeathed by the Angevin ki... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198226741 | Hardcover
This original book makes a stimulating contribution to international relations and British political history. It fills a major gap in the historiogra... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198208464 | Paperback
Covering the centuries between the disintegration of the Carolingian empire and the rise of the French monarchy, this book traces the long period of g... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198884712 | Paperback
The reign of Henry VII is important but mysterious. He ended the Wars of the Roses and laid the foundations for the strong governments of Henry VIII a... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199654512 | Hardcover
Diverting Authorities examines the glossing of a variety of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century texts by authors including Lydgate, Douglas, Chaloner, Ba... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198184546 | Hardcover
A reconsideration of John Ruskin's legacy, suggesting that his late work played an important role in shaping the 20th-century mind. It focuses on such... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198219828 | Hardcover
This study of Petrograd in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution provides new insights into the progress of the revolution and the e... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198201755 | Hardcover
his study argues that permissive legislation facilitated ocal initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were ften more effective than national... Meer informatie
