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Now for the first time, the entire Old English poetic corpus is rendered into modern strong-stress, alliterative verse in a masterful translation by Craig Williamson. The... Læs mere
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Through an examination of early modern African-European encounters, African Kings and Black Slaves offers a... Læs mere
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"A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."-Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles
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Stephen J. Shoemaker investigates contradictory traditions about the end of Muhammad's life in the Islamic and non-Islamic sources of the seventh and eighth centuries.
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Examining such events as Tackey's Rebellion of 1760, the Somerset decision of 1772, and the murder case of the Zong in 1873 in an Atlantic context, Burnard reveals... Læs mere
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Identity: The Necessity of a Modern Idea is the first comprehensive history of the concept that answers the question, "who, or what, am I?" Gerald Izenberg... Læs mere
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Dusinberre's book on Gordion's seals and seal impressions spans 1800 BCE to 400 CE, offering insights into societal changes. With detailed information and 237 illustrations, it is a valuable resource for scholars of seal art, Anatolian archaeology, and ancient history.
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"The first comprehensive history of the settlement of Germans in the 1700s and how they influenced the economy, politics, and ways of life in the New World."-Pennsylvania
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The fourteen essays in this collection explore the place of women in archaeology in the twentieth century, arguing that they have largely been excluded from "an essentially all-male establishment."
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Speaking of the Moor explores why the Moor became a central character on the English stage at the turn of the sixteenth century. Looking closely at key early... Læs mere
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During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged. Beyond the Farm blends biography, social history, and cultural history to describe and explain that change.