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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222975
ISBN
9780812222975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Explores the conflict of ideas, beliefs and cultures and shows both the contradictions and diversity of holy war. This book draws on contemporary writings - on chronicles, songs, sermons, travel diaries and peace treaties - to focus on people and events we thought we knew well. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950781
ISBN
9781845950781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

hardcover. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748841
ISBN
9780804748841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardback. Mount Athos was the most famous center of Byzantine monasticism and remains the spiritual heart of the Orthodox Church today. Holy Men of Mount Athos presents the lives of five holy men who lived there at different times, from the ninth century to the last decades of the Byzantine period in the early fifteenth century. Editor(s): Greenfield, Richard P.H.; Talbot, Alice-Mary; Alexakis, Alexander. Translator(s): Greenfield, Richard P.H.; Talbot, Alice-Mary; McGrath, Stamtina. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 740 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088764
ISBN
9780674088764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452536
ISBN
9780801452536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453687
ISBN
9780801453687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.05

Paperback. There are few more compelling and more tragic issues in the world, than the bitter struggle between Palestinians and Israelis. This guide disentangles myths and realities and gives a thoughtful picture of an unhappy place. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 BW inset. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141028019
ISBN
9780141028019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475252
ISBN
9780801475252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Relics affected everyone in medieval society. In this book, the author illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. It examines an array of relics in the broad social and cultural context of their age. Num Pages: 306 pages, 16pp. section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184303
ISBN
9780300184303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, demonstrating just how central anti-semitism was to Nazi ideology and what a driving force it was in the development of Nazi decision-making, from their earliest days in power through to the invasion of the Soviet Union and the implementation of the Final Solution. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 34. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600731
ISBN
9780199600731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Hardback. Holocaust Archaeologies Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 130 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319106403
ISBN
9783319106403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.92

paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239375
ISBN
9780199239375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.42

Paperback. Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywood s America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
5th Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118976494
ISBN
9781118976494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardcover. For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896931
ISBN
9780859896931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 538 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Regnery History
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621572060
ISBN
9781621572060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. * Inside story of a unique - and highly influential - political salon * Intimate view of some of the greatest figures in nineteenth century politics and culture Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 bw in 8pp plates, 2 integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530822
ISBN
9781784530822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Hardcover. Num Pages: 424 pages, 40pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BGH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 242 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578663
ISBN
9781877578663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107153790
ISBN
9781107153790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.59

paperback. Twelve historical articles describe the problems of the Great Depression in town and country, on a scale we can all comprehend. "A real breakthrough in our understanding of the depression." -Alfred B. Rollins, Jr. Editor(s): Sternsher, Bernard. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780929587134
ISBN
9780929587134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.37

Hardback. When Hitler assumed the German Chancellorship in January 1933, 34 per cent of Germany's work force was unemployed. By 1936, most of the jobless had disappeared from official unemployment statistics. Dan Silverman explores how the Nazis put Germany back to work, and asks: was the recovery genuine? Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674740716
ISBN
9780674740716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.95
€ 90.15

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