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A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the... Læs mere
This is the first book-length study of the relationship between early modern drama and sacramental ritual and theology. It... Læs mere
For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test:... Læs mere
Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development.
Examines the controversial establishment of the first Anglican Church in Boston in 1686, and how later, political leaders John Adams,... Læs mere
This work offers the first full-length study of the only armed rebellion in Elizabethan England. Addressing recent... Læs mere
Eighteenth-century drama is often dismissed as homogenous, aesthetically uninteresting, or... Læs mere
This edition presents Jonathan Swift's most important Irish writings in both prose and verse, together with an introduction, head notes and annotations that shed new light on the full context and significance of each piece.
The story of conflict in an island community offers a valuable case study for the analysis of early modern German political culture.
This book examines the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the Revolution of 1688 in England, and presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke.
More than fifty years after the Holocaust, European and other countries are confronting newly-emerging memories and guilt-filled ghosts from the past.
This book challenges current thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is... Læs mere