Fernando Esposito erzählt eine Geschichte und Theorie historischer Zeiten und plädiert für einen Aufbruch ins wilde Dickicht einer vielzeitigen Geschichte.
This book explores how late antique miracle collections depict Christian saints as subversive, theatrical tricksters who blur the boundaries between sacred and profane, human and divine.
Ordinul Mistic al Iniiailor Universali ai Epocii de Aur este un ghid cuprinztor pentru cuttorii spirituali care doresc s ptrund adanc in misterele vieii, ale creaiei i ale naturii umane.
This book charts the representation of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in popular performance and media in the US and UK from 1848 to the present day.
This book charts the representation of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in popular performance and media in the US and UK from 1848 to the present day.
Georg Hamann erzählt vom harten Alltag jener Menschen, die in der Geschichte oft vernachlässigt werden: Von jenen, die aufgrund von Herkunft, Beruf oder Krankheit am Rand der Gesellschaft standen und keine Möglichkeit hatten, je zu Ansehen oder Geld zu gelangen.
For a relatively ephemeral feature of the landscape of those English uplands made of porous chalk and limestone, the artificial watering sites for livestock known as dew ponds have been the subject of a great deal of legend, misinformation, experimentation, and scientific research.
After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austen's era.
This book is not only intended for a general readership, but also for military researchers and historians who often find that they get lost in the huge and arcane raft of terminology employed by the army during the conflict.
The 1950s and 1960s saw great change across the British Isles, but there were also huge variations in everyday life in the streets and countryside around the UK and Ireland at the time.
Edmund and Richard de la Pole were the last princes of the House of York to actively seek the English throne - their epic thirty year struggle against Henry VII and Henry VIII saw them plunged into a murderous maelstrom of international intrigue.
Truro grew up around its medieval castle, deriving its wealth as an inland port, lying on the confluence of two rivers 9 miles from the sea, and as a stannary town.
No easily accessible book which lists the emperors (of which there are very many, thanks to the vicissitudes of the empire itself) in alphabetical order for easy reference and in which a reasonably full biographical account of each, with references, has been available.
Ranging from the monoplanes and biplanes of the early twentieth century to the hi-tech supersonic jet fighters used by air forces across the world today, the vast range of military aircraft that have been and are still in use today are documented here.
With full-color pages accessible to readers of any age, this how and why quick-start guide explains knighthood and nobility and royalty, what Coats of Arms mean, how to create your own, and how to assemble those of your ancestors.
The Division was created as part of the 1944 expansion of the Waffen SS and was rooted in Hitler's policy of divide and rule that he implemented even among his closest confidants.
The role of monarchy in the development of the distinctive British political nation is a subject that has commanded much interest with reference to the nineteenth century, but recent consideration of the preceding period has not been so widespread.
The humble banknote has been around in one form or another for over 300 years, and no one would deny that during that time they have been an indispensable part of trade, commerce and the growth of the UK economy.
