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This volume is the first to study the phenomenon of early medieval militarisation from a wide geographic and disciplinary perspective. It explores the impact of an enhanced role attributed to warfare and the military as characteristic features of a European world in the process of becoming medieval.

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This volume is the first to study the phenomenon of early medieval militarisation from a wide geographic and disciplinary perspective. It explores the impact of an enhanced role attributed to warfare and the military as characteristic features of a European world in the process of becoming medieval.

Towns have been a place of evolution and development throughout British history. Using archaeological, topographical and documentary material, this book provides an insight into the ideas about the developments of towns in England in the first half millennium to AD 1140.

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'Early Modern England' combines consideration of more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of the newer items on the agenda of historians. There is as much attention given to the spiritual and mental worlds and cultural history as to examination of social structures.

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Offers a history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, this title examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish communities throughout Europe, and how these distinctions played out amidst the rest of society.

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Devils, ghosts, poltergeists, werewolves, and witches are all covered in this book about the "dark side" of supernatural beliefs in early modern Europe, tapping period literature, folklore, art, and scholarly writings in its investigation.

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The Revolt in the Low Countries is one of the major conflicts of early modern Europe. Though it is mostly seen as a war between the Dutch and the Spanish, in reality it was a complex civil war with international involvement. This book returns to the original war narratives of the period, re-establishing the multi-faceted character of the conflict.

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In a compilation of essays, Early Republic: People and Perspectives explores the varied experiences of many different groups of Americans across racial, gender, religious, and regional lines in the early years of the country.

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The prototypical 'Roman Legionnaire' often seen on television and in movies is actually the product of nearly a millennium of military development. This book covers the evolution of the earliest Roman warriors and their development into an army that would eventually conquer the known world.

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The fully illustrated history of America's very first armored vehicles and their development up to the outbreak of World War II.

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In this fascinating and well researched work of the history of the heyday of Victorian British society, Harrison seamlessly weaves together the overlapping developments in politics, economy, social and culture.

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A major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present days War on Terror.

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Germany is the most powerful country in Europe, yet remains little understood - by itself, as much as by the rest of the world. It is in a state of remarkable flux, confronting the demons of the past, even as it gropes its way towards a new almost-normality.

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East and Southeast Asia 20202022 provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

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East Coast Country evokes the landscape, history and culture of the sugarcane region of Queensland; the adjacent islands and the Great Barrier Reef, showing the region's distinctiveness within Australia.

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An archaeometric study of iron ore and slag from Przeworsk Culture, employing the most up-to-date archaeological and statistical approaches.

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'With the translations of these articles, original GDR essays are made available to the English-speaking public. The editors achieved their aim to present material 'essential for an understanding of the German Democratic Republic.' The introductions to each chapter, the footno...

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The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. From 1725, a patronage system existed in Britain enabling government ministries to use posts in the East India Company and its shipping to secure political majorities in Scotland and Westminster. This book deals with this topic.

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On Easter Monday 1916, a rebellion was launched from the steps of the Dublin General Post Office and Patrick Pearse proclaimed the existence of an Irish Republic and the establishment of a Provisional Government. Covering this important milestone in the ongoing Anglo-Irish struggle, this work examines the roots and outcome of this conflict.

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This text surveys Russia's advances into - and retreats from - Central Asia, Siberia and North America. It spans the period from the Mongol conquest in the 13th century to the Cold War in the 20th century. Despite losses, the expanse of the Russian Federation is a result of the Asian conquests.