The devastation of Hungary and Poland by the Mongols in 1241-2 prompted Pope Innocent IV to dispatch embassies to the invaders, remonstrating with them and urging them to accept Christianity.
A novel cross-cultural exploration of how maritime peoples have engaged with the sea through cosmology, spirituality, and ritualSentient Seas offers a global perspective on maritime cultures, examining how societies across time and space have understood and interacted with the sea.
Covering a colourful period of medieval history from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante, The Two Cities provides an introduction to key topics such as: The Crusades The expansionist force of the Normans Major developments in the way kings, emperors and popes exercised their powers A great flourishing of art and architecture The foundation of the very first universities Four major sections covering The Social and Economic Structure, The Church, Political Change and Perceptions of the World, analyse and discuss the delicate relationship between the spiritual and secular worlds - the two 'cities' of the title.
This is the first work that examines the actions and conduct of both immortal and mortal female figures in the Odyssey, and how they are valued within the Odyssean world.
This book reveals how policies, public sentiments, and international negotiations converged to reshape migration governance in the 1970s, a pivotal decade which serves as a crucial starting point for grappling with one of the twenty-first century's defining issues.
In this book, originally published in 1973, the authors show just how wide-ranging and deep-rooted are the disadvantages of the Australian Aboriginal population.
Military Expenditure in Third World Countries (1986) analyses the economic dimensions of military spending in less developed countries and carefully evaluates the costs and benefits involved.
Despite the immense literature on the social history of industrialization and workers' political movements, there had been virtually no published work on the social history of health hazards and of work-related diseases.
This book investigates the historical and functional significance of stonemasons' marks - symbols inscribed on individual stone blocks - as a communicative practice within the architectural and construction industries.
First published in 1968, The Development of Socio-Medical Care in the Netherlands examines the evolution of socio-medical provision in the Netherlands.
The hundred years that began with the Great Exhibition of 1851 and ended with the Festival of Britain in 1951 was a period of remarkable progress in science and technology.
First published in 1968, The Development of Socio-Medical Care in the Netherlands examines the evolution of socio-medical provision in the Netherlands.
First published in 1991, Structural Change, Openness and Development in the Argentine Economy is a model-based study that analyzes the impact of global economic reconfiguration at the time on Argentina's economy.
This handbook bridges a research and praxis gap, with contributions from both scholars and scholar-practitioners, to form an overview of communication scholarship in African contexts.
This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.
This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.
Rewriting Gender in an Age of Transition: 1880-1940 examines shifting discourses on gender and sexuality across the fin-de-siecle and early twentieth century.
Colonial Caribbean Diets and the Creolisation of Food Practices (1780- 1890) approaches the topic with a comparative analysis of the British and Spanish Caribbean to give a fresh perspective on the history of the empires during the long nineteenth century.
Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers' ten-week wildcat strike that helped lay the basis for organizing Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Originally published in 1948 this classic book by the feminist critic and poet Ruth Herschberger was one of an early wave of mid-century texts (along with Simon de Beauvoir's Second Sex) that reframed the supposedly neutral world of science into a minefield of male-centered bias.
This is the first work that examines the actions and conduct of both immortal and mortal female figures in the Odyssey, and how they are valued within the Odyssean world.
This probing and innovative monograph, based on an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach, traces the trajectory of the Japanese influence on Klimt's heterogeneous and idiosyncratic oeuvre.
Covering a colourful period of medieval history from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante, The Two Cities provides an introduction to key topics such as: The Crusades The expansionist force of the Normans Major developments in the way kings, emperors and popes exercised their powers A great flourishing of art and architecture The foundation of the very first universities Four major sections covering The Social and Economic Structure, The Church, Political Change and Perceptions of the World, analyse and discuss the delicate relationship between the spiritual and secular worlds - the two 'cities' of the title.
Using sermons, theological treatises, polemical pamphlets, allegories, hymns, and studies of material culture, Jacob Randolph sheds light on how and why the popularity of knightly culture of the Late Middle Ages permeated early modern Anabaptist texts and animated the imaginations of Anabaptist communities.
This probing and innovative monograph, based on an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach, traces the trajectory of the Japanese influence on Klimt's heterogeneous and idiosyncratic oeuvre.
This book explores the material traces of mass crimes committed by Nazi Germans in Gdansk Pomerania, Poland, during the Second World War, offering a unique archaeological perspective on these atrocities and their enduring impact on social memory.
Originally published in 1948 this classic book by the feminist critic and poet Ruth Herschberger was one of an early wave of mid-century texts (along with Simon de Beauvoir's Second Sex) that reframed the supposedly neutral world of science into a minefield of male-centered bias.
Colonial Caribbean Diets and the Creolisation of Food Practices (1780- 1890) approaches the topic with a comparative analysis of the British and Spanish Caribbean to give a fresh perspective on the history of the empires during the long nineteenth century.
Using sermons, theological treatises, polemical pamphlets, allegories, hymns, and studies of material culture, Jacob Randolph sheds light on how and why the popularity of knightly culture of the Late Middle Ages permeated early modern Anabaptist texts and animated the imaginations of Anabaptist communities.
Parahistory and the Popular Past challenges the tired debate over historical fact versus fiction by focusing on what really matters: how different forms of representation create meaning and establish responsibility.
The hundred years that began with the Great Exhibition of 1851 and ended with the Festival of Britain in 1951 was a period of remarkable progress in science and technology.
This book traces how the English language emerged from the nineteenth century not only as an imperial and bureaucratic language but also as a global one.
