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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. There have been numerous studies in recent decades of the medieval inquisitions, most emphasizing larger social and political circumstances and neglecting the role of the inquisitors themselves. This title focuses on these individuals. It explores how it is that the most idealistic of purposes can lead to the justification of such dark ends. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104324
ISBN
9780226104324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secret police to ferret out heresy. Thus began the infamous Inquisition. This title tells the story, taking it on into the 19th century and showing how the Vatican attempted to establish new authorities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140274660
ISBN
9780140274660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these islands were actually part of the US. By looking at what became known as the Insular Cases, this work reveals how America resolved to govern these territories. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614820
ISBN
9780700614820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.76

Paperback. Series: Oriental Institute Publications. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260082
ISBN
9780226260082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. The sixteenth--century Reformation remains a fascinating and exciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguished volume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation and examines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history. * Provides an updated and expanded version of the original, highly--acclaimed edition. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229391
ISBN
9780631229391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.93

Hardcover. This updated and expanded version of the original edition of 1987 explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism and scholasticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229407
ISBN
9780631229407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138963252
ISBN
9781138963252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.73

Hardcover. Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reveals the pivot in the nation's path between the founding and civil war. Num Pages: 624 pages, 35 illustrations; 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073713
ISBN
9780393073713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Zeiler, Professor of History and International Affairs Thomas (University of Colorado at Boulder). Series: New Approaches to International History. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Condition
New
Publication date
2021
SKU
V9781472511478
ISBN
9781472511478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. This edition, including a new preface by the author, explores the ways in which colonialism damaged the colonizing societies themselves, and how the likes of Gandhi resisted their rulers in British India by building on the lifestyle, values, and psychology of ordinary Indians and by heeding dissenting voices from the West. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198062172
ISBN
9780198062172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190498764
ISBN
9780190498764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61

Paperback. Argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the Israeli state created in 1948; Biblical scholars have contibuted to dispossessing the Palestinians of their land and their past. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB; HRH; HRJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415107594
ISBN
9780415107594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Paperback. A revised edition of a groundbreaking work tracing the rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations in ancient Greece, arguing that they served to celebrate the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 539 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
539
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951597
ISBN
9781890951597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199930340
ISBN
9780199930340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474545
ISBN
9780801474545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.00

hardcover. Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms Yhwh, God, or Allah by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition." Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAB1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504974
ISBN
9780674504974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.62

Hardback. Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place against the backdrop of the Roman Empire's gradual consolidation. Schiavone reconstructs this development with clear-eyed passion. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy; Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAFD; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 170 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047334
ISBN
9780674047334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50
€ 60.89

Paperback. There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It considers themes in the history of discrimination. It provides analysis of proto-racism and prejudices toward particular groups of foreigners in Greco-Roman world. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125985
ISBN
9780691125985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Hardcover. It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as "arch enemies." And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other. Series: Studies in Contemporary European History. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571816696
ISBN
9781571816696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.42

Paperback. This study attempts to survey the historiography, history and central interpretative problems surrounding the issue of investiture and the clashes between church and monarchy during the Middle Ages. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213867
ISBN
9780812213867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 250 x 42. Weight in Grams: 922.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476782423
ISBN
9781476782423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, this book uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150093
ISBN
9780691150093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. This text is one man's quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship and to explain the attitudes of Germany's assimilated Jews over a 300-year period. He juxtaposes the broad picture of history and politics in Germany against the stories of six of his own ancestors. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678. Clean copy with slight sunning to spine and slight shelf wear but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Counterpoint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000417
ISBN
9781582430126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493008469
ISBN
9781493008469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.59

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