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The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature
University of Wales Press 2011; US$ 70.00King Arthur's stories survive in many genres, but while scholars and enthusiasts alike know something of his roots in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin History of the Kings of Britain, most are unaware that there was a Latin Arthurian tradition which extended beyond Geoffrey. This collection of essays highlights different aspects of that tradition. more...
Eminent Victorians on American Democracy : The View from Albion
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 44.99Eminent Victorians on American Democracy surveys a wide range of British opinion on the United States in the nineteenth century and highlights the views of John Stuart Mill, Walter Bagehot, Sir Henry Maine, and James Bryce, who wrote extensively on American government and society. America was significant to them not only because it was the world's... more...
Die Jothamfabel und außerisraelitische Parallelen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2003; US$ 19.46Hauptbeschreibung In den biblischen Texten nimmt die Jothamfabel in Ri 9 eine besondere Stellung ein. Die dort ausgedrückte kritische Einstellung zum Königtum findet sich in dieser Form an keiner anderen Stelle der Bibel wieder. Es ist eine gelegentlich vertretene Ansicht, dass die Jothamfabel bezüglich ihrer königskritischen Einstellung sogar einzigartig... more...
Die »radikale Rechte« in Großbritannien
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1991; US$ 21.68Biographische Informationen Dr. Arnd Bauerkämper ist Professor für die Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts an der Freien Universität Berlin. more...
Britain Since 1945
OUP Oxford 2001; US$ 34.99Britain since 1945: The People's Peace is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Its themes include the troubles of the British economy; public criticism of the legitimacy... more...
A Confusion of Tongues
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 124.99A Confusion of Tongues examines the complex interaction of religion, history, and law in the period before the outbreak of the wars of the Three Kingdoms. It questions interpretations of that conflict that emphasise either the purely doctrinal roots of religious tension, or the processes by which the law gained primacy over the Church, in what amounted... more...
English History 1914-1945
Oxford University Press, UK 1965; US$ 174.99This book chronicles three decades largely overshadowed by war and mass unemployment. It was a period that saw in England the formation of a national government, the only genuine incidence of three-party politics, the fruition of campaigns for trades union recognition, women's suffrage, and Irish independence, and abroad withdrawal from the Gold... more...
Bloody British History Shrewsbury
The History Press 2013; US$ 14.57Death to them all! The story of Shrewsbury Castle, where an entire garrison was executed. The true story of the Three-Hour Battle which left over 6,000 men dead or dying. The admiral who used his enemies' heads as evidence. The tightrope artiste who dived to his death. Weird by true! how Gullet Passage and Grope Lane got their names! This book tells... more...
Der königliche Kaufmann
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 15.21Hauptbeschreibung Kaum ein Monarch des Mittelalters ist so unterschiedlich bewertet worden wie Edward IV. von England. Er war ein siegreicher Heerführer, der Kriege tunlichst vermieden hat. Er liebte es, sich prächtig zu kleiden, einen aufwändigen Hofstaat zu unterhalten und sich mit schönen Frauen zu umgeben; gleichwohl hat er eine höchst erfolgreiche... more...









