Die Malteser Ritter, auch bekannt als der Orden des Heiligen Johannes, sind ein faszinierendes Kapitel der europäischen Geschichte, geprägt von Tapferkeit, Glauben und unermüdlichem Einsatz für das Wohl der Menschheit.
Old Mortality was a Scottish stonemason of the 18th century, who late in life decided to travel around Scotland re-engraving the tombs of 17th century Covenanter martyrs.
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible?
Women have been important players in the recording industry from the very beginning, but not until 1996 did they out-chart their male competitors and pull ahead in the race for hits.
Athens and the Greek Miracle (1948) is a work of interpretation, poetic in character rather than scientific or historical, that attempts to penetrate some of the primary causes of this unique Athenian culture, to evoke its past spirit in the modern world.
Religion in Ancient History (1969) includes 25 essays on comparative religion, covering the origin of religion, and studies of the religions of the peoples of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Iran.
This early work Arthur Robinson Wright was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
The Working Men's College (WMC) is the UK's oldest continuously running adult education institution, and a very distinctive example of the British adult education tradition.
This rich and beautiful guide from best-selling garden writer Ambra Edwards explores the most magnificent botanic havens from every continent across the world.
In the 4700 years since its first recorded use, cannabis has been respected as a highly useful source of fibre, food and medicine and vilified as a social menace.
Religion in Ancient History (1969) includes 25 essays on comparative religion, covering the origin of religion, and studies of the religions of the peoples of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Iran.
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible?
Award-winning Ukrainian-born writer Vitali Vitaliev takes stock of Britain today and investigates the state of the nation's many disparate attempts to create a utopian community, including the Garden City that inspired Lenin; the model villages where alcohol was forbidden; and the rural communities that have sought to disconnect themselves from the chaos and strife of ever encroaching modernity.
Athens and the Greek Miracle (1948) is a work of interpretation, poetic in character rather than scientific or historical, that attempts to penetrate some of the primary causes of this unique Athenian culture, to evoke its past spirit in the modern world.
In der Frühen Neuzeit Europas entwickelte sich ein neues Verständnis des Staates, das zunächst in dem schlichten, aber zugleich auch ambitionierten Anspruch bestand, Frieden und Sicherheit zu garantieren.
Greek and Latin Literature (1969) examines the two ancient literatures using a comparative method that recognizes the links between them - most Latin genres owe something to their Greek forebears.
The studies collected in Science in the Early Roman Empire (1986) represent key research done on the Elder Pliny - an important and difficult figure whose Natural History forms a valuable compendium at a fixed historical point in time of ancient science.
First published in 1968, the original blurb reads: "e;Sir Halley Stewart's last ambition was to reach his hundredth birthday, as the final distinction of a life full of achievement, starting from boyhood as one of the fourteen children of a poor Dissenting minister.
This book is an interdisciplinary study that draws on a combination of archaeological evidence, building archaeological analysis, archival sources to explore the dynamic relations between dwelling houses, social organization of households, and patterns of cohabitation during the eighteenth century.
The Working Men's College (WMC) is the UK's oldest continuously running adult education institution, and a very distinctive example of the British adult education tradition.
En 1936, Marta Guzmán, alumna de la Universidad Católica, desafiaba los prejuicios de género que en su tiempo hablaban de la incompatibilidad entre la identidad femenina y el ejercicio profesional, indicando: "se cree que al seguir una carrera universitaria nos hemos alejado de nuestra verdadera misión.
Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents.
Die männliche Witwerschaft bildet trotz der in den letzten Jahrzehnten gestiegenen Lebenserwartung und einer starken Präsenz in Film und Literatur bis heute ein epochen- und disziplinenübergreifendes Desiderat.
