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Prince Hall, a black veteran of the American Revolution, was insulted and disappointed but probably not surprised when white officials refused his offer of help. He had volunteered …
In The World from 1450 to 1700, historian John Wills takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in world history. Assuming a global perspective, …
This engaging history overturns the conventional wisdom about the Second Amendment--showing that the right to bear arms was not about protecting liberty but about preserving …
Though the Reformation was sparked by the actions of Martn Luther, it was not a decisive break from the Church in Rome but rather a gradual process of religious and social change. …
Winner of the 2016 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize of the Sixteenth Century Society and ConferenceDuring the sixteenth century, no part of the Christian West saw the development of a …
"e;If the Balkans hadn't existed, they would have been invented"e; was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, …
This book is an economic, historical, and sociological examination of rural textile industries in the Lower Rhineland beginning in the sixteenth century, culminating with the age …
As Robyn Arianrhod shows in this new biography, the most complete to date, Thomas Harriot was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense. Navigational adviser and loyal …
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, hailed in The Washington Post as "e;a work of enormous imagination and enterprise"e; and in The New York …
The Puritan Way of Death is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. Even before publication, eminent …