Produkt Animal Sacrifice in the Roman Empire (31 BCE-395 CE) - Rives, J. B. (Kenan Eminent Professor of Classics, Kenan…

African Religions examines religious traditions on the African continent and diaspora. It focuses on the diversity of…

A rethinking of the evolution of the British novel that departs from dominant narratives and argues for an importantly…

Produkt Unknown God - Starr, Martin P. (Independent scholar of Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements, Independent…

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The ship Two Sisters, captured in 1757 in the midst of the Seven Years War, was carrying letters from the Irish community in…

This book turns 1950s Britain upside down. Instead of a dying empire mired in conformism and apathy, it sees a country in a…

The first cultural history of English Welsh duality - an identification with two constituent nations at once - that explores…

An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid…

a thought-provoking book Raiyan Azmi, Catholic Herald…

This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well…

Politics, economics, ideology, culture, strategy, tactics, and philosophy have all shaped war, but none of these factors has…

Produkt Gulag - Barenberg, Alan (Associate Professor, Department of History, Associate Professor, Department of History,…

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Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand…

Aristocracies dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European countries until only a few…

This annual volume of periods of university history consists of 11 articles devoted to the period 1760-1848, ranging from…

This book analyses the perceptions and functions of heraldry in medieval urban societies by drawing on both English- and…

A history of Spain between the years 1808 and 1975.…

This is a history of 1968 written from a new perspective-that of center-right student activists in West Germany. Based on…

Animals pervade the books of Samuel. Though their presence often goes unnoticed, they are integral players in the society…

The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914 contains a unique collection of pauper letters, rediscovered across…

This book uncovers the radical intellectual history of Tamil Buddhism as a response to caste oppression, led by Pandit…

The volume offers the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.…

This is one of the most thoughtful, succinct and useful introductions to innovation I have read. David Willetts, formerly UK…

In this fresh and clear history of Protestantism, Mark A. Noll looks at the era from Martin Luther to the present day.…

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Eric R. Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the…

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas on population and political economy have had a profound…

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James Naremore introduces film noir, highlighting key themes, films, and styles, and exploring why the genre is so difficult…

Reading can inform, inspire, emancipate, and motivate us. Down the centuries, it has brought huge educational and social…

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Throughout history plague has caused some of the greatest periods of hardship for humanity, from the Black Death to the…

The Crusades were one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. But were they motivated by spiritual…

In the first and second editions of the Social Workers' Desk Reference, the changes that were occurring in social work…

How do different generations remember the democratic transitions in the post-authoritarian European South fifty years later,…

Produkt Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Oxford University…

Readers of Greek literary, historical, oratorical, ritual and even medical texts, are all liable to encounter ideas of…

A rich study of what medieval Christianity meant for ordinary people, and how it changed across the middle ages, arguably as…

The third volume of The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism examines the crucial period from the defeat of the…

This volume spans almost five hundred years of Irish-language book printing, production, publication, distribution, and…

The Oxford Handbook of American Jewish History creates a vibrant dialogue among the varied approaches to the study of…

Antarctica attracts great interest from political leaders, journalists, and public audiences around the world. In this Very…

One of the foremost British scholars of Renaissance and Reformation literature, Brian Cummings has given us a vivid and…

From the Plantation of Ulster to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have…

Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing the profound social and…

Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a…

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Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives - from snapshots and tabloid newspapers to art photography in galleries…

Pirandello is a seminal figure in modern drama. This is the only one-volume edition of his two most famous plays, Six…

History of Universities Volume V: 1985…

History of Universities Volume IV: 1984…