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Thorps in a Changing Landscape

by Paul Cullen, Richard Jones & David Parsons

Considering the minor settlements of England’s Danelaw—villages known as thorps or throps—this history demonstrates how place-name evidence can be used to understand early cultures. By integrating linguistic...


Fishing and Folk: Life and Dialect on the North Sea Coast

by Bill Griffiths

With enormous enthusiasm for the language of ordinary northerners, this scenic portrait of coastal peoples combines history, etymology, and recollections to record a folk culture that strives to survive against...


An Agenda for Regional History

by Bill Lancaster & Diana Newton

Questions of boundaries, identities, cultural landscapes, and economic regions are addressed in these 19 essays aimed at academics and students interested in regional history. The recent flourish in regional...


Northern Sinfonia: A Magic of Its Own

by Bill Griffiths

Looking at the history of the North East orchestra—the Northern Sinfonia—from conception to the present day, this collection contains anecdotes about memorable players, concerts, events, and highlights.


Hoolies: True Stories of Britain's Biggest Street Battles

by Garry Bushell

Skinheads, Mods, Teddy Boys, Hell's Angels, Punks, Glory Boys, to name just a few—this fascinating book is the definitive guide to hooligan history in the UK. It examines who the men behind the cults were,...


Byzantium Confronts the West, 1180-1204

by Charles M. Brand

A book examining the relations between Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire, preceding and up to the fall of Constantinople in 1204. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...


The Revolution of the Dons: Cambridge and Society in Victorian England

by Sheldon Rothblatt

Originally published in 1968, The Revolution of the Dons discusses the role of Cambridge in Victorian England, and how a group of university dons reformed the school. This digital edition was derived from ACLS...


Two German Crowns: Monarchy and Empire in Medieval Germany

by Otis C. Mitchell

This book tracks the interrelation of monarchy and empire in the development of Germany in the Middle Ages. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online...


Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

by George Nafziger

An impressive and serious study of one of the most fascinating military campaigns in history.


Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World

by Mary Desmond Pinkowish & Peter D'Epiro

A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?

“Sprezzatura,”...


Naples Declared: A Walk Around the Bay

by Benjamin Taylor

A lively, elegantly concise historic tour of Italy’s city by the bay

 

An invaluable addition to the art of literary travel writing, Naples Declared presents an informative and compulsively readable account...


The End of French Predominance in Europe: The Financial Crisis of 1924 and the Adoption of the Dawes Plan

by Schuker A. Stephen

A study of the underlying economic issues that contributed to France's geopolitical decline, in particular the acceleration after World War I and the inflection point at the financial crisis of 1924. This digital...


War, Agriculture, and Food: Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s

by Paul Brassley, Yves Segers & Leen Van Van Molle

Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This...


The Spanish Literary Generation of 1968: José María Guelbenzu, Lourdes Ortiz, and Ana María Moix

by William M. Sherzer

This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in...


The Perfect Prince: Truth and Deception in Renaissance Europe

by Ann Wroe

In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir...


Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford

by Julia Fox

In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry’s ruthless and absolute...


The Unfinished Revolution: Making Sense of the Communist Past in Central-Eastern Europe

by James Mark

While the West has repeatedly been sold images of a victorious people’s revolution in 1989, the idea that dictatorship has been truly overcome is foreign to many in the former Communist bloc. In this wide-ranging...


Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty

by Karl Shaw

An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.

Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction...


Olga's Story: Three Continents, Two World Wars and Revolution--One Woman's Epic Journey Through the Twentieth Century

by Stephanie Williams

When Canadian journalist Stephanie Williams set out to discover her Russian grandmother’ s long-lost history, what she unearthed was this stunning, sprawling portrait of a life lived on the grand stage of...


The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France

by Eric Jager

As the huge crowd seethed with pent-up excitement, the two deadly enemies studied each other intently, their breath hot behind their visors. Each sought the other’s death as fire and water seek each other’s...