Alert to the implications of Egyptian politics to the world of the Middle Ages, Muir offers a detailed look at the rule of the slave-soldier caste known as the Mamelukes who ruled Egypt from 1260 to 1517.
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews.
The first complete history of Britain s mountains, capturing their beauty, tragedy and the pivotal role of these dramatic landscapes in the nation s past and future'A glorious survey of Britain's high places' GUARDIAN'Rich, dramatic [and] eye-opening' INDEPENDENT A definitive history of our rocky isles from the most magisterial and far-seeing perspective.
This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence.
Since the early seventeenth century, when the cultivation of exotic plants and fruit became fashionable in northern Europe, glasshouses have offered an artificial climate in which they could flourish.
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east.
As Brexit reaches its final stretch, find a way to laugh through the pain and or celebrate the end with Ladybird's hilarious and essential guide, The Story of Brexit.
Step into Genesis and discover more than beginnings—you will see the gracious hand of God moving through creation, failure, judgment, mercy, promise, and providence.
Königin, Ketzerin, KultfigurSie war Königstochter, Philosophin, Theatergründerin, Exilantin – und eine der eigenwilligsten Persönlichkeiten ihrer Epoche.
James Corcoran and the Six-Year War for the Irish Republic In the summer of 1798, the Irish rebellion that had promised to make the island a republic died on Vinegar Hill.
Antisemitismus tritt in klassischen Gewändern auf oder in neuzeitlicher Camouflage, als judenfeindliche Handlungen, in antisemitisch motivierten Massakern, als Gewalt gegen einzelne Jüdinnen und Juden, gegen das Judentum und das jüdische Volk an sich sowie gegen jene, die sich gegen Antisemitismus engagieren.
Antisemitismus tritt in klassischen Gewändern auf oder in neuzeitlicher Camouflage, als judenfeindliche Handlungen, in antisemitisch motivierten Massakern, als Gewalt gegen einzelne Jüdinnen und Juden, gegen das Judentum und das jüdische Volk an sich sowie gegen jene, die sich gegen Antisemitismus engagieren.
This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse, arguing instead that the pronouns ultimately derive from the Old English demonstratives þa – þara – þam.
This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse, arguing instead that the pronouns ultimately derive from the Old English demonstratives þa – þara – þam.
In eighteenth-century England, the institution of marriage became the subject of heated debates, as clerics, jurists, legislators, philosophers, and social observers began rethinking its contractual foundation.
Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power.
This book reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women, starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing.
This book explains how the late medieval Cistercian Order and its communities in Central Europe engaged with, adopted, and supported a broad range of saints' cults as an element of their relationship with the outside world, within their network and as an important element of their identity.
Analysing the mechanisms that led to the formation of early state forms, this book defines the role of gifts, religious belief systems, prestige, and reciprocity within segmentary and chiefdom societies in East and Northern Europe.
Religion, History and Identity Construction: Identity Games covers the historiographical shift from universalistic monogenist narratives to chauvinistic polygenist narratives in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
