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Later medieval Europe saw a great deal of change and expansion of different kinds. This geographically broad textbook explores these events in a series of chapters on the different countries, covering the Holy Roman Empire, East-Central Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. It looks not only at political history but also at economy, society and culture.

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Refuting popular concepts of the self as separate beings, the author proposes a new theory of the extended self as a product of the coevolution of humankind and technology, comprising both social and material elements

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This critical study of medieval English romances uses ideas from anthropology and critical theories of the gift to shed light on narratives ranging from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. Written in a style accessible for students as well as scholars, it engages with questions about storytelling, agency, gender and material objects.

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The heat of Beowulf reexamines the aesthetics of the longest surviving Old English poem through the poetics of twentieth-century poets Jack Spicer, arguing that the aesthetics of Beowulf entangle vulnerable human corporeality in the non-human world, rendering perceptible what otherwise remains insensible.

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The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. This is the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, and focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England. -- .

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An updated edition of this accessible critical reader, with additional chapters including an introduction that contextualises the rise of each theoretical perspective and draw links between them. -- .

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This book focuses on Britain's international policy when the country was retreating from a world role to a European focus. It includes coverage of the Vietnam War, East-West detente and the Middle East conflict. -- .

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A thorough analysis of Britain's economic policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s. -- .

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Intends to appraise Ben Jonson's much-neglected play and argues for its recognition as a work of real distinction.

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This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the bodythat it was malleable.

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This accessible English translation of the notorious and highly influential treatise of 1487 offers a glimpse into the mind of a medieval witch hunter.

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A critical survey of Leonora Carringtons legacies in contemporary creative practice. The medium of Leonora Carrington explores why creative people, especially women, are preoccupied with making work in her legacy today.

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Memories of catastrophes - those which occur naturally and those which are consequences of human actions - loom large in the modern consciousness. This volume draws on the latest scholarship to investigate this phenomenon in both contemporary and historical contexts.

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Examines the full range of Carlos Fuentes' work. -- .

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This book explores the legacies of David Lean's Brief Encounter, tracing the classic film's influence on cinema, television, literature and more. -- .

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This book offers a multi-layered analysis of how and why Poland has changed over the past thirty years and how this is relevant for its recent political crisis.

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This book presents a series of sketches of lives, thought and impact of thirty-seven individuals in relation to Pan-Africanism. Offering overviews of movements, groups, and detailed biographies, the chapters provide insights into the individuals who have animated the 'Pan-African Pantheon'.

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This volume challenges the art-market definition of the photobook as a photographers book, proposing instead to show how books and photos come together as collective cultural productions. The chapters revisit canonical works and delve into institutional, digital and unrealised projects, illegal practices, collectives and the poetic impulse.

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Making the case for a pragmatist approach to social inquiry and knowledge production, sixteen contributors illustrate the power of pragmatism to inform democratic, community-centred, action-oriented research.

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The rise of devils chronicles the emergence of terrorism in the late nineteenth century. This era simmered with political rage and social inequalities, which drove nationalists, nihilists, anarchists and republicans to extreme measures, while an outrage-hungry press peddled hysteria, conspiracy theories and, sometimes, fake news in response.

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A critical reflection on the role of terrorism in major armed conflicts occurring during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty first century. Case studies include Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. -- .

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Edition of Philip Massinger's most renowned play, part of the inestimable Revels Plays; for all students and academics of early modern drama -- .

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Examines both the political and policy implications of efforts by the centre-left to transform democracy -- .

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Provides a reading of both fictional and medical writings concerned with auto-erotic sexuality in the long nineteenth century. This book examines the discourse on masturbation in medical works by influential English, Continental and American practitioners such as J H Kellogg, E B Foote, Havelock Ellis, Krafft-Ebing and R V Pierce.