How did the breakdown of Roman rule in the Iberian Peninsula eventually result in the formation of a Visigothic kingdom with authority centralised in Toledo? This... Læs mere
What was possible for a woman to achieve at an early modern court? By analysing the experiences of a wide range of women at the court of Sweden, this book... Læs mere
Essays in this collection explores questions that coalesce around three broad themes: medieval abstraction as the untethering of the image from what it purports to represent; abstraction as a vehicle for signification; and abstraction as a form of figuration.
Islam in a Secular State: Muslim Activism in Singapore analyses the following categories of Muslim activists: Islamic religious scholars (ulama), liberal Muslims, and the more conservative-minded individuals.
Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong.
This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations, including intensified globalization, a... Læs mere
This book examines special effects as the embodiment of a “techno-romantic” paradigm that seeks to harness technology – the epitome of... Læs mere
This book provides a wide-ranging account of the social, political, cultural, and literary functions of the French language in Russia from c. 1700 to 1917.
From the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective... Læs mere
This book offers a new perspective on the art of the Dutch Golden Age by exploring the interaction between the gift's symbolic economy of reciprocity and obligation and the artistic culture of early modern Holland.