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Women and Violent Crime in Enlightenment Scotland
A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. This book offers important new insights into the relationship …
Harold Wilson's Cold War
A reassessment of the relationship between the UK and the USSR at a troubled time. The then Labour government's efforts to promote East-West détente and to improve Anglo-Soviet …
The Royal Touch in Early Modern England
First modern analysis of the custom of the "royal touch" in the Tudor and Stuart reigns. The royal touch was the religious healing ceremony at which the monarch stroked the sores …
The Practice of Penance, 900-1050
Penitential practice in the Holy Roman Empire 900-1050, examined through records in church law, the liturgy, monastic and other sources. This study examines all forms of …
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
A new investigation into the 1641 Irish rebellion, contrasting its myth with the reality. After an evening spent drinking with Irish conspirators, an inebriated Owen Connelly …
The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720
An examination of how trade and commerce were viewed from the "outside", in a period of vast change. Late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England - the period between the …
The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
The first systematic analysis of the early nineteenth-century allotment movement. The living standards of the rural poor suffered a severe decline in the first half of the …
Red Flag and Union Jack
Examines the relationship between the British left and national identity in socialism's formative years. It is generally assumed that the language of patriotism and national …
Henry VIII, the League of Schmalkalden, and the English Reformation
England's first Protestant foreign policy initiative, an alliance with German Protestants, is shown to have been a significant influence on the Henrician Reformation. England's …
Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England
An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. It was common knowledge in early modern England that sexual desire was …
Managing the British Empire
First in-depth account of the role played by the Crown Agents in the growth of the colonies. The Crown Agents Office played a crucial role in colonial development. Acting in the …
War, Politics and Finance in Late Medieval English Towns
Relations between town and crown in late medieval England examined through two of its most important towns, Bristol and York. The strengthening of ties between crown and locality …