In the late Middle Ages, Europe saw the rise of one of its most virulent myths: that Jews... Læs mere
Purchased by the city of Manchester in the 1870s, Thirlmere was dammed and converted into a reservoir. This book examines the battle for... Læs mere
Deals with the author's journeys in the Levant, the exotic land that stands at the crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean, and northeast... Læs mere
Philip S. Gorski argues for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the reformation. He shows how Calvinist inspired social discipline contributed to the governance and pacification of Dutch society.
In the early 1890s, the theory of evolution gained an unexpected ally: the Edison phonograph. This title charts scientific controversies over the... Læs mere
A natural heir of the Renaissance and once tightly conjoined to its study, continental philosophy broke from Renaissance studies around... Læs mere