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Explores the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siecle constitutional arrangements. This book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development.

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Explores the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siecle constitutional arrangements. This book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development.

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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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The Maltese bore witness to many of the great conflicts in world history, from the Punic Wars, to Napoleon's conquests, to the North African and Mediterranean campaigns during WWII. Covering the island's history, this book argues that not only was Malta's geographic location critical, its people played a crucial role in many of these struggles.

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The decline and fall of the British aristocracy looked headlong and irreversible in the twentieth century yet many grandees tried to preserve their power, wealth and influence by every means - and with some success. This title places the Londonderrys in the context of the history and the political theory of aristocracy.

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Considers the contemporary and historical attitudes towards Europe and how these vary within and between nation-states. This book deals with questions such as: why are some countries 'Europhiles' whilst others are 'Europhobic' How has Europe alternately been perceived as a threat to local culture and identity or as the core of nation-building

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The concept of Europe played a vital role in the creation of national identity. This book considers the contemporary and historical attitudes towards Europe and how these vary both within and between nation-states. It explores the multitude of ways in which established national discourses are reconciled with an emerging identity within the EU.

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An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty.

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A scholarly, up-to-date and readable survey of the shaping of the medieval English landscape.

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A scholarly, up-to-date and readable survey of the shaping of the medieval English landscape.

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What were the principal factors that influenced and shaped the behaviour of the gentry during the Wars of the Roses, from 1455 at the first battle of St Albans to the final encounter at Stoke in 1487 The book offers a definition of the gentry and assesses the relationship between gentry and the political and social world of the late middle ages.

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What were the principal factors that influenced and shaped the behaviour of the gentry during the Wars of the Roses, from 1455 at the first battle of St Albans to the final encounter at Stoke in 1487 This title offers research and new interpretations of the gentry's role in the political and military conflicts of late fifteenth-century England.

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Surveys how the peoples bordering the Mediterranean, North Sea, English Channel and eastern Atlantic related to the sea in all its aspects between approximately 1000-1500 AD. This book addresses questions such as: How was the sea represented in poems and other writings And, what kinds of boats were used and how were they built

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Presents general reader's history of the ancient mediterranean that combines a grasp of the scholarship of the day with a great historian's gift for imaginative reconstruction and inspired analogy. This book features notes that allow the reader to appreciate the state of scholarship at the time of writing.

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Using extensive interviews, this study explores the events and experiences that led a small minority of French people to reject colonialism during the Algerian war of 1954 to 1962. It focuses on the importance of political allegiances and ideologies, and the motives for resisting them.

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Using extensive interviews, this study explores the events and experiences that led a small minority of French people to reject colonialism during the Algerian war of 1954 to 1962. It focuses on the importance of political allegiances and ideologies, and the motives for resisting them.

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This book guides readers through 10 pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages.

This book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history.

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Hubert Johnson examines eight departments in southeastern France from the outbreak of the French Revolution through the Federalist Revolt in 1793. This study of the Midi clarifies the ways in which the revolt embodied the political, social, and economic contradictions of the region. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses