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Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton, 1968.

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A translation of the autobiography of a highly significant figure in post-Soviet Europe, offering an account to the general reader, as well as providing a useful document for historians and political scientists.

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This work studies the 14th-century manuscript written by a knight in the entourage of the Duc de Berry, to his young bride, advising on all aspects of running a household. Medieval recipes and culinary techniques are included.

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Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in Victorian England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. The work also analyses marriage, the Victorian legal system, relations with kin and the reactions of the wider comunities to extra-legal partnerships. -- .

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Manchester is one the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester.

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Offers a glimpse into the art and lifestyles of the people of the Middle Ages and Renaissance era. This title offers hundreds of illustrations from wooden engravings and more than a dozen replications of beautifully intricate chromolithographic prints.

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Mapping the Middle East Mapping the Middle East Rather than a conventional history of cartography, Mapping the Middle East is an incisive critique of the changing relationship between maps and belonging in a dynamic world region over the past thousand years.

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This collection of essays presents the work of the late Michael Sheehan on the social and legal realities of medieval marriages and family life. Evidence drawn from records of church courts is juxtaposed with statements of canon and civil law of medieval Europe.

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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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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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Presents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries' familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century. -- .

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Links geopolitical dramas of twentieth-century empire building with domestic controversies of U.S. racial order by examining the cultural politics of Asian Americans as they are revealed in fiction, film, and theatrical productions.

Monsters under Glass explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the present day.

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In this sequel to his landmark exploration of the Arab uprisings, The People Want, Gilbert Achcar assesses the present stage of the revolutionary process and its possible outcomes.

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Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. This collection features the stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned.

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What factors enabled Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what lead them to their present weak position Is it Islam which is responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play This study tries to answer these questions and also discusses what could help reverse the cycle.

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Traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine.

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Staughton Lynds brilliant and masterful arguments against the Vietnam War and the best tactics and strategies to end it.

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Staughton Lynds brilliant and masterful arguments against the Vietnam War and the best tactics and strategies to end it.