A magisterial survey of medieval siege warfare in the middle ages, tracing links across continents and linking contemporary historical accounts with archaeological studies.
Covering Brahms's 32 song opuses published during four decades of song-writing, this book offers a way of understanding what Brahms believed to be the right poetic basis for his immortal music.
A comparative and trans-national study of urban culture in Britain and the United States from the late nineteenth to the twentieth century
A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era.
Uses the rare depictions of musical instruments and musical sources found on the Eglantine Table to understand the musical life of the Elizabethan age and its connection to aspects of culture now treated as separate disciplines ofhistorical study.
Pathbreaking study of a vast and intriguing repertoire: arrangements for keyboard instruments of songs, arias, and other vocal pieces, from the age William Byrd to that of Handel.
Examines the two largest Quaker communities in the early modern British Atlantic World, and scrutinizes the role of Quaker merchants and the business ethics they followed.
The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.
Classic guide to Rome. 2009 edition, thoroughly revised and updated.
A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs.