A clear and accessibly written guide to the medieval cloth-making trade in England.
Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.
First full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship.
This book reveals a great deal about the attempts, and failures, of the French absolutist monarchy to stimulate commerce, colonial enterprise and economic growth, and how these attempts and failures contrasted with the successes of Amsterdam and London.
The Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly forum for discussion of the life and work of Bertolt Brecht and of aspects of theater and literature that were of particular interest to him.
Continues the Society's commitment to historical and interdisciplinary research into the early and central Middle Ages, demonstrating its belief that the close interrogation of primary sources can yield new insights into or important revisions of our understanding of the past.
Considers over sixty Hollywood films set in Austria, examining the film industry, the influence of domestic factors on images of a foreign country, and the persistence of clichés.
WINNER - FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED - SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021. The first full-scale treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic world and the Northumbrian kingdom.
These probate inventories describe the houses, furniture, farming and clothing for different social groups, including widows, in sixteenth century and seventeenth century Bedfordshire.
An analysis of how artists, filmmakers and affected citizens in Mexico attempted to navigate, articulate and contend with the brutality during the presidency of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012).
Features a new section on the institutional settings of German Jewish Studies, a Film Forum on Shahar Rozen's 1998 documentary Liebe Perla, and interviews with Paul Mendes-Flohr and Barbara Honigmann, among other contributions.
Shows how cinematic treatments of fashion during times of crisis offer subtle reflections on the everyday lives, desires, careers, and self-perceptions of postwar German women.