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Cambridge Library Collection -...Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula w... Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential if controversial work. Napier had been actively involved in the campaigns turning to history in peacetime in part to refute Southey s account... more
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Springer Geography: African Ec...This benchmark reference offers a holistic view that examines humans as well a... This benchmark reference offers a holistic view that examines humans as well as animals. Using historical data it shows how the ecology of Africa has been shaped by its past and explores diseases both human and animal which have shaped Africa s... more
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Oxford Medieval Texts The St A...Thomas Walsingham a monk of St Albans has been described as the last of the gr... Thomas Walsingham a monk of St Albans has been described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers. His major work the Chronica maiora covers the years 1376-1422 and is arguably the most important account of English history to be written in... more
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The Germans of Charleston Rich...This work is the first monograph which closely examines the role of the German... This work is the first monograph which closely examines the role of the German minority in the American South during the Civil War. In a comparative analysis of German civic leaders businessmen militia officers and blockade runners in Charleston New... more
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Studies in the Early Middle Ag...Dedicated as a memorial to the great historian of England and the Continent in... Dedicated as a memorial to the great historian of England and the Continent in the eighth century Wilhelm Levison this book provides the widest and most in-depth exploration to date of relations between England and the Continent during an equally... more
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Oxford History of Early Modern...Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a cr... Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial era in German and European history from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to the dissolution of the Reich in 1806. Over two volumes Joachim Whaley rejects the notion... more
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History of Water A Series II V...How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras ... How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing conceptions informed and influenced our ideas about society and ourselves? In The Idea of Water leading international scholars... more
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The Palgrave Dictionary of Ang...This authoritative and comprehensive guide to key people and events in Anglo-J... This authoritative and comprehensive guide to key people and events in Anglo-Jewish history stretches from Cromwell s re-admittance of the Jews in 1656 to the present day and contains nearly 3000 entries the vast majority of which are not featured... more
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Revolution and the Republic: A...Revolution and the Republic provides a new and wide-ranging interpretation of ... Revolution and the Republic provides a new and wide-ranging interpretation of political thought in France from the eighteenth century to the present day. At its heart are the dramatic and violent events associated with the French Revolution of 1789... more
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Mythoseikonpoiesis Performing ...This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ... This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire for revenge persisted into the classical period it was channeled by the civil discourse of the democracy. Forensic speeches curse... more
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