First published in 1923 this formative historyofIreland is an extensive stud...First published in 1923 this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O Brien High Kinship Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel ending with the death of...more
First published in 1923 this formative historyofIreland is an extensive stud...First published in 1923 this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O Brien High Kinship Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel ending with the death of...more
First published in 1923 this formative historyofIreland is an extensive stud...First published in 1923 this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O Brien High Kinship Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel ending with the death of...more
First published in 1987 Peter Brimblecombe s book provides an engaging histori...First published in 1987 Peter Brimblecombe s book provides an engaging historical account of air pollution in London offering a fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background. He...more
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic ...This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory the concepts...more
The historyof Islam runs without a break from its origins to the present. The...The history of Islam runs without a break from its origins to the present. Therefore understanding medieval Islam gives us a much clearer comprehension of the modern world. First published in 1979 this concise account of the Islamic world in the...more
First published in 2006 Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultu...First published in 2006 Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th centuries. This important two-volume work contains over 700 alphabetically arranged entries...more
This collection of papers first published in 1888 presents the historyof Irel...This collection of papers first published in 1888 presents the history of Ireland as it unfolded from the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 until the Land Act of 1870 and the Home Rule Movement. Written at a time of great national interest in the Irish...more
First published in 1923 this formative historyofIreland is an extensive stud...First published in 1923 this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O Brien High Kinship Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel ending with the death of...more
The first two centuries of the Christian era were largely a period of consolid...The first two centuries of the Christian era were largely a period of consolidation for the Roman Empire. However the history of the heyday of Roman imperium is far from dull for Augustus successors ranged from capable administrators - Tiberius...more
First published in 1902 this book investigates the history and development of ...First published in 1902 this book investigates the history and development of early religion from an anthropological perspective. Rather than dealing with religions that grew from the teachings of their original founders such as Christianity Islam...more
First published in 1983 Mourning Dress chronicles the development of European ...First published in 1983 Mourning Dress chronicles the development of European and American mourning dress and etiquette from the middle ages to the present day highlighting similarities and differences in practices between the different social...more
The years from the battle of Actium to the death of Nero stand at the very hea...The years from the battle of Actium to the death of Nero stand at the very heart of Roman history. Yet the sources of this key period particularly the inscriptions papyri and coins are not readily accessible. Crucial new discoveries remain buried in...more
First published in 1989 Alon Kadish s study re-examines the standard view held...First published in 1989 Alon Kadish s study re-examines the standard view held by historians of economic thought whereby economic history emerged from the historicist criticism of neoclassical economic theory. He also demonstrates how the discipline...more
First published in 1939 this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne s extremely popular...First published in 1939 this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne s extremely popular and influential history of Europe in the Middle Ages. It begins with the Barbarian and Musulman invasions in the fifth century AD which signalled the end of the Roman...more