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At a time when the proper role of the state is under constant review, its relationship to the private sphere is a matter of considerable public concern, this text places this debate in historical context.

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This volume traces some of the specific manifestations of virginity in late medieval culture. It shows how virginity is represented in medical, legal, hagiographical and historical texts, as well as how the seductive but dangerous figure of the virgin affects the aims and objectives of these texts.

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Twentieth-century work on Welsh manuscripts has been dependent on the publications of Gwenogvryn Evans a century ago. This text provides a coherent view of the Welsh manuscript tradition and detailed studies which have transformed our understanding of some of the key manuscripts.

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This book contains an edition of the medieval Welsh medical recipes from four fourteenth-century manuscripts, along with an English translation of the recipes that provide practical advice to treat common medical problems, such as toothache, constipation and gout.

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This work discusses medieval women from a wide variety of backgrounds, considering their historical experience to be different from men's. Geographically, the study incorporates Wales, France, Italy and Germany; while in terms of religious belief, it includes Jews as well as Christians.

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A scholarly discussion of the images found in late 19th century/early 20th century lyrical poetry in Wales, at a time of far-reaching social change.

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Reputation of Louis Aragon (1897-1982) is built upon his activities during the Second World War when his poetry embodied the spirit of the French Resistance. This book goes beyond the figure of the Resistance poet to explore the significance of the subject of war throughout his career.

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Designed to put the reader in touch with the main communications media and information sources in 10 of the more than 40 minority-language groups within the European Community, this guide aims to enable minorities to communicate with each other and foster contact.

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This is a book about justice: the justice of a nation's major institutions, and the justice of how nations should interact on the world stage. In this book, the author offers a look at Walzer's body of work. He deals critically with controversial subjects and surveys both the national and the international fields of justice.

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This is the first collection of articles to analyse and theorise Gothic literature from the Middle East/North Africa region. It brings together nine chapters on diverse Gothic works in the major Middle Eastern languages Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.

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This text explores the co-existence in post-war years of minority nationalism and European integration. The author also focuses upon the increasing levels of transnational co-operation between minority nationalist parties, itself a response to European integration.

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This work examines the impact of democracy and the growth of the idea of nationhood in the making of modern Wales. Topics covered include major political personalities, the dominance of the Liberal Party to the World War I and the ascendancy of Labour from the 1920s to the 1990s.

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'Modernism from the Margins' is an account of the 1930s writing of two of the most popular authors of the time. Locating the work of Louis MacNeice and Dylan Thomas historically, the book questions standard accounts of the period as Auden-dominated and offers a theoretical account of the engagement of both writers with the varieties of Modernism.

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This book is the reconstruction of a critical theory of modernity. 'Modernity Reconstructed' is divided into four parts: freedom, equality, solidarity and responsibility. The first three follow the basic ideas of the constitutional revolutions of the 18th century.

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This book is the reconstruction of a critical theory of modernity. 'Modernity Reconstructed is divided into four parts: freedom, equality, solidarity and responsibility. The first three follow the basic ideas of the constitutional revolutions of the 18th century.

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Monster texts like Frankenstein reflect monstrosity in their narrative structure to create narratives of resistance against systemic cultural oppression. This book uses different critical theories to trace these narrative patterns in novels by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter.

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Historians Gareth Williams and Dai Smith trace the story of Welsh rugby since the publication of their centennial volume, Fields of Praise, in 1981. Peter Stead and Huw Richards evaluate the state of the game in Wales at the end of the millennium.

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