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The Female Mystic
The Middle Ages saw a flourishing of mysticism that was astonishing for its richness and distinctiveness. The medieval period was unlike any other period of Christianity in …
The Making of Modern Romanian Culture
This book challenges the notion that Western ideas were essential to Romanian development. It is a fascinating story of how a national culture is born. This book provides a history …
Debating the Revolution
The 1790s was a fateful period for Britain. The French Revolution of 1789 opened an era of seismic political upheaval, one in which many features of the modern world made their …
Islam in the Baltic
Arriving in Europe in the 14th century, the Qipchq Tatars are the longest surviving Muslim people in Europe. They form the historical core of the Muslim community in the Baltic …
Mary Queen of Scots and the Casket Letters
Mary Queen of Scots - tragic heroine or adulteress conniving in murder? This book adds to the mysterious drama, covering an historical detective story which has absorbed readers …
Modern British History
This text provides practical research methods and a survey of the state of historical research on 20th-century British history. It covers both methodology (from locating and …
Ideology of Obsession
Arthur Kenneth Chesterton, cousin of G.K. Chesterton, grew up in South Africa where he developed his "colonial outsider" view of England and of the First World War. By the age of …
Gold for the Sultan
The collapse of the Imperial Ottoman Bank (BIO) in 1875 was a pivotal event in Ottoman history. It had vast political and international relations consequences; it finished any …
A Anglicanism, Methodism and Ecumenism
For almost 200 years, the city of Birmingham has been a key location for the training of clergy. From 1828 Anglican clergy studied at the Queen's College and in 1881 the Methodist …
Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Mediterranean
"The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II" by Fernand Braudel revolutionised the study of Mediterranean history on its publication in 1949. Now, 60 …
European Impact and Pacific Influence
British and German ambitions have clashed in the Pacific at many times in the last two centuries. This is a study of those episodes, and their effects on the European powers and …