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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. A collection which introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to the realities of everyday Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources. Editor(s): Hyer, Maren Clegg; Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 398 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBLC; HBTB; HDDM; JFCD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898805
ISBN
9780859898805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.33

Paperback. Editor(s): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ; JHBK; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349633210
ISBN
9781349633210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Editor(s): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240011
ISBN
9780312240011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Hardcover. This volume examines the common landmarks of the Anglo-Saxon world in order to assist serious students of the Anglo-Saxon period in both perceiving and understanding the imagery of material culture in the archaeology and textual materials of the period. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 398 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBLC; HBTB; HDDM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 174. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382653
ISBN
9781781382653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.70

Paperback. The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349308286
ISBN
9781349308286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

hardcover. Forceful and provocative, The Matter of Mind will encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HPCD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643482
ISBN
9781442643482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? This book proposes simple answers: in contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD; HRAX; HRC; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376. Religion and the Roman Empire. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. 266 pages. What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? This book proposes simple answers: in contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD; HRAX; HRC; HRKP. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259867
ISBN
9780520259867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351313
ISBN
9780822351313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250114969
ISBN
9781250114969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242560
ISBN
9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.78

Paperback. Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond. Editor(s): Thompson, Allan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 figs. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326252
ISBN
9780745326252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 31.46

Paperback. In 1831, Cholera swept from Asia across Continental Europe, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. John Snow worked out that cholera spreads through drinking water. Drawing on 19th century medical, political and personal records, this book presents various diversions into aspects of medical and social history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; MBNS; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079373
ISBN
9781862079373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Hardback. The Medical War describes the role of medicine in the British Army during the First World War. It argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower. Num Pages: 364 pages, 18 black and white halftones and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199575824
ISBN
9780199575824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.36

Paperback. "The Medici: Citizens and Masters" offers a novel, comparative approach to examining Medici power and influence in Florence. Contributors from diverse perspectives set Medici rule against princely states such as Milan and Ferrara, and they ask how much the Medici changed Florence, contrasting their supremacy with earlier Florentine regimes. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088443
ISBN
9780674088443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099522973
ISBN
9780099522973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A study of the archer and his weapon from the 11th to the 15th century, focusing on military tactics but also exploring the archer's position in society. Num Pages: 206 pages, 82, 60 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings, 60 black and white, 2. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 424. 206 pages, 82, 60 black and white, 22 line drawing. A study of the archer and his weapon from the 11th to the 15th century, focusing on military tactics but also exploring the archer's position in society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; JWM. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 10. Weight: 424.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851156750
ISBN
9780851156750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. A beautifully illustrated study of medieval manuscript books that details how they were made, and their place in society. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 207 x 7. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802068538
ISBN
9780802068538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 colour & 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019048
ISBN
9780271019048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 36.47

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536276
ISBN
9781349536276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.37

Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403975584
ISBN
9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.92

Paperback. The figure of the medieval cook revealed, in the context of time and circumstance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations, 19 black and white. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838265
ISBN
9781843838265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.59

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830870
ISBN
9781843830870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.02

paperback. A survey of the medieval tradition of exploration, its roots in the classical ideas of the world and its role in fostering the voyages of the Renaissance. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 239. Signed by the author with an inscription to the previous owner. Lightly scored copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022856
ISBN
9780192891235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service. This book tells the stories about medivieal times. Series: Europa Militaria Special. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 260 x 7. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785000096
ISBN
9781785000096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.58

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