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Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How …
Examines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads.In this pioneering studythe first to cover …
The first investigation into the choral foundation of the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle.The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, was the place of worship of the British monarch's …
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) casts a long shadow over American medicine as well as over the social and political history of the American republic. The Philadelphia physician involved …
Scholars explore from many fresh angles the interweavings of two of the richest strands of human culture - music and esotericism - with examples from the medieval period to the …
In 1879, Canon Thomas Frederick Simmons edited the late medieval poem now known as The Lay Folks' Mass Book creating what remains the standard edition of the text. This volume …
This book examines the place of imperialism in the cultural, political and economic life of late nineteenth-century Irish society.It highlights the tensions which arose because …
How can the concept of nostalgia illuminate the culturally specific ways in which societies understand the contested relationship between the past, present, and future?The word …
Explores the variety of legal and regulatory regimes that existed in Western Europe to control labour and how workers experienced those controls. Many economic historians have …
An examination of the garden plans of eighteenth-century landscape architect Charles Bridgeman, shedding light on his artistic vision and contributions to English garden …