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Die Jothamfabel und außerisraelitische Parallelen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2003; US$ 19.30Hauptbeschreibung 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$ 21.51Biographische Informationen Dr. Arnd Bauerkämper ist Professor für die Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts an der Freien Universität Berlin. more...
Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
Hunter Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99The name Cornwall comes from Cornovii, meaning hill dwellers, and Waelas, meaning strangers. The first Stone Age tools that were found here date to 4,500 BC. Near the town of Redruth the remains of a Stone Age settlement can still be seen. A shift in the landscape across the land bridge from Europe brought the early settlers to Cornwall. There... 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: Peterborough
The History Press 2012; US$ 14.57There is a darker side to Peterborough's history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders and miracles; riots and revolts; battles, diseases, disasters and plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations, and with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era... 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$ 15.09Hauptbeschreibung 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...









