Polish liberalism has generally been considered weak or nonexistent. Janowski, however, argues that 19th century Poland inherited a strong protoliberal tradition and that in mid-19th century, liberalism was dominant in Polish intellectual life.
Examines the intersection of globalization issues with core-periphery dynamics, exploring how the relationships between metropolitan centers and their peripheries shape our understanding of what constitutes globalization and its potential effects.
Examines responsibility for collective crime, defined as acts committed by significant numbers of group members in the name of the entire group with majority support, targeting individuals based on their group membership.
Examines the political cooperation between Jews and Lithuanians in the Tsarist Empire from the late 19th century to the early 1920s, a period that witnessed significant transformations in both communities' political landscapes.
The nine essays in this collection discusses how supernatural phenomena – especially angels and devils – found visual manifestation in Latin and Eastern Christianity as well as Judaism in the late medieval, early renaissance period.
The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe.
Discusses Serbia’s struggle for democratic values after the fall of the Miloševic regime provoked by the NATO war, and after the trauma caused by the secession of Kosovo.
Written between 1282-1285, this is a historical fiction of prehistory, medieval history and contemporary social history. It divides Hungarian history into two... Læs mere
This volume provides unprecedented access to two fundamental texts of medieval Hungarian history, offering both mythical foundation narratives and contemporary disaster documentation, presented with modern scholarly apparatus.
The book is comprised of the four major debates on modern Bulgarian history from Independence in 1878 to the fall of communism in 1989.
Examines Ukrainian witchcraft trials through quantitative data analysis, first exploring the ideological background based... Læs mere
Provides a comprehensive account of how social policy transformed from traditional poor relief to social insurance systems in a European state before World War One, analyzing both older local welfare policies and newer state-operated national social policies