Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239386
- ISBN
- 9780812239386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Paperback. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614215
- ISBN
- 9781442614215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.38
€ 46.99
€ 43.38
paperback. Celebrated author Ghada Karmi argues that the only practical solution to the conflict is for Palestinians and Israelis to live together in a secular democratic state Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745320656
- ISBN
- 9780745320656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.14
€ 32.99
€ 24.14
Hardback. Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries. Editor(s): Beattie, Cordelia; Stevens, Matthew Frank. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ1; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838333
- ISBN
- 9781843838333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
hardcover. A meticulously researched and revisionist study of the nineteenth-century Ontario's Married Women's Property Acts. They were important landmarks in the legal emancipation of women. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; LNS; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802008541
- ISBN
- 9780802008541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Hardback. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war-and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409993
- ISBN
- 9781421409993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.30
€ 43.99
€ 36.30
Hardcover. Boris Sokolov offers this first objective and intriguing biography of Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky, who is widely considered one of the Red Army's top commanders in the Second World War. Yet even though he brilliantly served the harsh Stalinist system, Rokossovsky himself became a victim of it with his arrest and imprisonment between 1937 and 1940. Translator(s): Britton, Stuart. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982109
- ISBN
- 9781909982109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.75€ 53.73
€ 70.75
€ 53.73
Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson's greatest love and true kindred spirit. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources, including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes, William Hyland captures the charm, sophistication, grace and a profound sense of history of this little known and elusive figure. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442239838
- ISBN
- 9781442239838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.44
€ 67.44
Paperback. Provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of 'martial races'. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069635
- ISBN
- 9780719069635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.56
€ 26.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. David M. Robinson explores how grand displays like the royal hunt, archery contests, and the imperial menagerie were presented in literature and art in the early Ming dynasty. He argues these spectacles were highly contested sites where emperors and court ministers staked competing claims about rulership and the role of the military in the polity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073371
- ISBN
- 9780674073371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.13€ 48.38
€ 53.13
€ 48.38
Paperback. When on 31 October 1517 an unknown monk nailed a theological pamphlet to the church door in a small university town, he set in motion a process that helped usher in the modern world. Within a few years Luther's ideas had spread like wildfire. This is his story. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BGX; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703448
- ISBN
- 9781784703448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. John Kirk presents the life of Martin Luther King in the context of the American civil rights movement placing him at the centre of the Afro-American fight for equality and recognition. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408220139
- ISBN
- 9781408220139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Martin Luther King Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Moveme...
Long, Michael G.; Tutu, Archbishop Desmond
Paperback. Martin Luther King Jr. was neither an advocate or enemy of gay rights, but both sides of the debate use his words in their arguments. His widow cited them in her campaign for gay rights, while his daughter used them in her rejection of same-sex marriage. The author explores the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr in relation to gay rights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJK; HBL; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446247
- ISBN
- 9781349446247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who adamantly opposed his agenda for change. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Approx 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574339
- ISBN
- 9780199574339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BGX; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226379
- ISBN
- 9780300226379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640259
- ISBN
- 9780691640259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.57
€ 234.57
Paperback. The author describes his archeological excavation of a seventeenth-century English settlement in Virginia and his discovery of evidence of the early colonial way of life. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913230
- ISBN
- 9780813913230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. This book explores the late medieval English cults that evolved around "political martyrs"--men who had been violently killed in political circumstances and were later venerated, though never canonized. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349354702
- ISBN
- 9781349354702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Hardcover. This book explores the late medieval English cults which evolved around 'political martyrs'. By examining these cults the richness of political culture is revealed, and insights offered into the ways in which belief, worship, social and civic identities, and political language and practice were continuously constructed and re-constructed. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516922
- ISBN
- 9780230516922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28