This book, originally published in 1980, examines the history of the papacy in the century between the end of the Great Schism and the start of the Reformation, and considers how, and at what price, the popes were able to re-establish their power after the troubles of the years from 1378 to 1417.
Abbreviating Middle English: Scribal practices, Visual Texts and Medieval Multimodalities investigates the changing dynamics of scribal abbreviating practices in a corpus of late Middle English manuscripts of Richard Rolle's, John Lydgate's and John Gower's works and reinterprets these practices from new perspectives of visual pragmatics, medieval multimodalities and visual code-switching.
Der Bauernkrieg wird und wurde sehr unterschiedlich interpretiert: Als „Revolution des Gemeinen Mannes“, als Kampf um ökonomische Ressourcen, als religiöser Konflikt und als Vielzahl regionaler Einzelerhebungen.
La qüestió dels fonaments del poder polític, i del pactisme en particular, ha ocupat un lloc central en la historiografia de la Corona d'Aragó, que ha fet d'aquest darrer no sols una singularitat privativa, sinó també un signe distintiu d'identitat, gairebé tel·lúric i molt arrelat en la idiosincràsia del país.
Industrial Action (1976), written by an experienced active trade unionist, brings valuable real-world examples to an examination of the many facets of trade union organising.
British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century (1972) examines the problems of eighteenth-century naval warfare, and differs in two important respects from orthodox opinions.
Originally published in 1958 this classic text is a comprehensive account of European relations from 1815 to the middle of the 20th Century, written in the light of World War II and the troubled period that followed it.
First published in 1966, The Habit of Authority looks at the continuity of paternalism and its attitudes in the face of the rising principle of democracy in Britain.
First published in 1981, Europe and the Decline of Spain deals with the slow ebbing of Spanish power, its 'melancholy, long, withdrawing roar' during the 'long seventeenth century' of pre-industrial Europe.
Avec un territoire grand comme les deux tiers de la France, mais une population dix fois moins importante, la Finlande reste un petit pays mal connu en Europe occidentale.
Planning and Productivity in Sweden (1976) examines the success of Sweden's economy and working arrangements, detailing how a resource-poor nation came to achieve such high living standards.
Industrial Design in Britain (1976) describes the industrial design movement in Britain from its origins, when it broke away from the Arts and Crafts in 1915, until 1945 when its vital importance to industry was officially recognised, and the Council of Industrial Design was established with a grant from the Government.
Since its first appearance in 1925, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country (1961) has securely established itself both for the general reader and the student as an accepted authority for the social history of the age.
Sicher kennt jeder das Gefühl an einem Ort zu stehen – sei es in den Bergen, an Seen oder im Wald – wo einem das Herz aufgeht und man einfach nur Glück und Dankbarkeit empfindet.
First published in 1966, The Habit of Authority looks at the continuity of paternalism and its attitudes in the face of the rising principle of democracy in Britain.
