New insights into the innovative multimedia work and early career of fourteenth-century Italian painter Simone Martini
A prominent historian provides an engaging on-the-ground account of the everyday authoritarianism that produced the Arab Spring in Egypt
A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world
An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivation
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised
A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world
A lively and multi-faceted account of Evelyn and William De Morgan, exploring a unique artistic partnership that spanned several cultural circles including the Pre-Raphaelites and Arts and Crafts movement
A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the “cropscape”—the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop
A clear-eyed analysis of the role the United States should play in the world as it exists today
The first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century
A fascinating journey through Western art from the 1910s to the 1960s, charting how artists wrestled with the headlong changes of a turbulent and conflict-ridden world