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Female & male voices in early modern England: an anthology of Renaissance writing

Female & male voices in early modern England: an anthology of Renaissance writing


Anne Lake Prescott, Betty Travitsky



Review "Travitsky (archivist, Staten Island College, CUNY) and Prescott (literature, Barnard College) have put together a f...
Discovering the Dutch: On Culture and Society of the Netherlands

Discovering the Dutch: On Culture and Society of the Netherlands


Emmeline Besamusca, Jaap Verheul



Review “Like the paintings of Holland’s Golden Age, the Dutch themselves have many layers of meaning. Dis...
Chronicle of Hainaut

Chronicle of Hainaut


Gilbert Of Mons, Laura Napran



About the Author Dr Laura Marie Napran is an Independent Scholar ...
Regions, Institutions, and Agrarian Change in European History (Economics, Cognition, and Society)

Regions, Institutions, and Agrarian Change in European History (Economics, Cognition, and Society)


Rosemary Lynn Hopcroft



Regions, Institutions, and Agrarian Change in European History (Economics, Cognition, and Society)...
The German Wall: Fallout in Europe (Studies in European Culture and History)

The German Wall: Fallout in Europe (Studies in European Culture and History)


Marc Silberman



Review “This well-conceived volume goes beyond conventional platitudes about the Berlin Wall’s history and ...
Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1989

Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1989


Hugh Mcleod



Review `This is an excellent resource for student reports on a variety of pressing issues. Belongs in every library that...
From judgment to passion: devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200

From judgment to passion: devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200


Rachel Fulton



From Publishers Weekly In this intellectual tour de force, Fulton, an associate professor of history at the University of...
World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination

World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination


Allison B. Kavey



Review “The imagination as something other than a source of literary invention is drawing increasing attention in rec...
A Creed in Stone Creek

A Creed in Stone Creek


Linda Lael Miller



Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Some instinct—or maybe just a stir of a breeze—aw...
The Revolt of Prince Nuku: Cross-Cultural Alliance-making in Maluku, C.1780-1810

The Revolt of Prince Nuku: Cross-Cultural Alliance-making in Maluku, C.1780-1810


Muridan Widjojo



About the Author M. Widjojo (1967) obtained his MA degree at the Department of Anthropology, University of Indonesia, in ...
History of Homosexuality in Europe, 1919-1939

History of Homosexuality in Europe, 1919-1939


Florence Tamagne



History of Homosexuality in Europe, 1919-1939...
Pragmatic Utopias: Ideals and Communities, 1200-1630

Pragmatic Utopias: Ideals and Communities, 1200-1630


Rosemary Horrox, Sarah Rees Jones



Review "The editors of this volume have done an admirable job--through judicious selection--of uniting their material as ...
The Shelley-Byron Circle and the Idea of Europe (Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History)

The Shelley-Byron Circle and the Idea of Europe (Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History)


Paul Stock



Review “Paul Stock's carefully researched and subtly argued book offers a timely reevaluation of ideas of Europe in t...
Belgium: A History

Belgium: A History


Bernard A. Cook



Belgium: A History...
Histories of Infamy

Histories of Infamy




Review "Roa-de-la-Carrera is not simply peddling a variant of the widespread notion that history is `written by the winne...
The Origins of the English Gentry (Past and Present Publications)

The Origins of the English Gentry (Past and Present Publications)


Peter Coss



Review "Coss, an authority on knighthood and gentry, has produced for the gentry what K.B. McFarlane did for the aristocr...
Neighbourhood and Society: A London Suburb in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)

Neighbourhood and Society: A London Suburb in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)


Boulton Jeremy



Book Description A pioneering social and economic study, which sheds new light on London's social history. Chapters on de...
Cultural World in Beowulf (Anthropological Horizons)

Cultural World in Beowulf (Anthropological Horizons)


John Hill



Cultural World in Beowulf (Anthropological Horizons)...
J.S. Mill Revisited: Biographical and Political Explorations

J.S. Mill Revisited: Biographical and Political Explorations


Bruce L. Kinzer



About the Author Bruce Kinzer is Professor of History, Kenyon College. ...
The Government of England under Henry I (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)

The Government of England under Henry I (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)


Judith A. Green



Book Description This is the first full-length analysis of the machinery and men of government under Henry I, which looks...
The Uniting of Europe: From Discord to Concord (The Making of the Contemporary World)

The Uniting of Europe: From Discord to Concord (The Making of the Contemporary World)


Stanley Henig



The Uniting of Europe: From Discord to Concord (The Making of the Contemporary World)...
Medieval Scotland (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)

Medieval Scotland (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)


A. D. M. Barrell



Review "it would be difficult to find fault with the content of this textbook as a whole; Barrell has included the essent...
The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860-1980: The Class Cleavage (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860-1980: The Class Cleavage (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)


Stefano Bartolini



Review "Bartolini's work is a major landmark in comparative labor studies which will stand as a tribute to its author for...
Henry Parker and the English Civil War: The Political Thought of the Public's 'Privado' (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Henry Parker and the English Civil War: The Political Thought of the Public's 'Privado' (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)


Michael Mendle



Review "This is a clever and perceptive book about an important, largely neglected and ultimately elusive Parliamentarian...