European history

The German Patient takes an original look at fascist constructions of health and illness, arguing that the idea of a healthy "e;national body"e;---propagated by the Nazis as justification for the brutal elimination of various unwanted populations---continued to shape post-1945 discussions about the state of national culture.

"e;This is a fascinating local story with major implications for studies of nationalism and regional identities throughout Europe more generally.

When Sanna Marin became Prime Minister of Finland at just thirty-four years old, she captivated the world's attention with her progressive ideas and her boldness amidst major crises.

Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety.

Symmachus was a brilliant orator, writer, and statesman, often flatly labeled as one of the last pagan senators.

"e;This is history as it should be written.

Worldly Provincialism introduces readers to the intellectual history that drove the emergence of German anthropology.

Stepping into the Past is a collection of structured activities designed for the Western Civ or Introductory European History classroom, designed for all levels of students and institutions.

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable.

Germans have been one of the most mobile and dispersed populations on earth.

"e;Gardens and Neighbors will provide an important building block in the growing body of literature on the ways that Roman law, Roman society, and the economic concerns of the Romans jointly functioned in the real world.

As new ideas arose during the Enlightenment, many political thinkers published their own versions of popular early modern "e;absolutist"e; texts and transformed them into manuals of political resistance.

"e;This is history as it should be written.

"e;Colbert has long been celebrated as Louis XIV's minister of finance, trade, and industry.

'An epic achievement and an honest, heartfelt account' GUARDIANA personal history of war, obsession, love and truth by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The AdversaryStanding among the mourners gathered to honour H l ne Carr re d Encausse renowned historian of Russia, member of the Acad mie Fran aise, national figure her son, Emmanuel Carr re, wonders who this formidable woman was: to the country, to history and to himself.

"e;Gardens and Neighbors will provide an important building block in the growing body of literature on the ways that Roman law, Roman society, and the economic concerns of the Romans jointly functioned in the real world.

Worldly Provincialism introduces readers to the intellectual history that drove the emergence of German anthropology.

Classes and books on the Holocaust often center on the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, but rescuers also occupy a prominent space in Holocaust courses and literature even though incidents of rescue were relatively few and rescuers constituted less than 1 percent of the population in Nazi-occupied Europe.

As new ideas arose during the Enlightenment, many political thinkers published their own versions of popular early modern "e;absolutist"e; texts and transformed them into manuals of political resistance.

"e;Colbert has long been celebrated as Louis XIV's minister of finance, trade, and industry.

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable.

This book is a new and original study of High Church activism in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

This book is a new and original study of High Church activism in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

This book examines how Christian writers portrayed the conversion of Slavs beyond the Elbe River-a complex, centuries-long process spanning the tenth through twelfth centuries.

Marine general William H.

From the BBC Proms to Bernsteins Young Peoples Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life.

Marine general William H.

From the BBC Proms to Bernsteins Young Peoples Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life.

From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history 'Fascinating, gripping, vividly detailed, this is a wonderful book full of unforgettable lives.

A Times Best Book of the Year 2025A remarkable micro-history from the author of The Sleepwalkers and Revolutionary Spring'It takes a confident historian to write a short book the story is distilled to its powerful essence; he knows precisely what s important This small book is many things, but for me what shines brightest is a tale of two renegade preachers who understood women and love' - Gerard de Groot, The Times Now part of the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, the former Prussian and German port of K nigsberg has always been a somewhat sleepy place, doomed to be famous for having once been the residence of Immanuel Kant.

Explores the syncretism of Gaelic and Norse cultures and the spirituality that flourished while the Vikings were settled in Ireland Examines the roots of Norse and Irish heathenism, including ancestor veneration and a relationship with household and nature spirits Reveals the Gaelic involvement in Icelands settlement, including Irish incantations in Icelandic grimoires and Norse-Gaelic ghosts that appear in Icelandic literatureDyflin, now modern Dublin, was founded by the Vikings in the 9th century.

Wales Says Yes provides the definitive account and analysis of the March 2011 Welsh referendum.

Unique among the worlds fighting forces, the Legion remains one of its most mysterious, as well.

Road to Catastrophe is the first volume of this series about World War I.

Dwight Eisenhower called General George S.

Unique among the worlds fighting forces, the Legion remains one of its most mysterious, as well.

This four-volume collection brings together primary sources on British food during the long nineteenth century.

This edited volume explores the transformation of post-communist societies following the Bulgarian case in the period 1990s-2010s.

Dwight Eisenhower called General George S.

What if Russia had turned westward instead of east?

The Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story.

Following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, French patriots feared that their country was in danger of becoming a second-rate power in Europe.

A vivid account of the changing religious, economic, social and cultural life of the fifteenth century kingdom.

This book examines how Christian writers portrayed the conversion of Slavs beyond the Elbe River-a complex, centuries-long process spanning the tenth through twelfth centuries.

Nuclear power is a most fascinating research object; technological by nature, it involves a socio-cultural imagery embedded in the broader framework of a country's societal and political traditions and practices.