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Adrian IV was born in England, spent his early maturity in Provence, was called to Rome and sent from there to Scandinavia. Finally in 1154 he was elected Pope. These essays explore the life of Adrian and his influences on society and the church.
How did Americans respond to the economic catastrophe that beset them in 1929? In what ways did the social and cultural responses inform the politics of the period? How did changed political beliefs alter cultural activities? This volume addresses these questions and more.
This study examines Baldwin I’s career, using contemporary evidence to discover the qualities that enabled him to succeed his brother and to maintain and expand Jerusalem through the next 18 years.
Queen Boudica, leader of the Iceni, revolted against the Romans in AD60 only to have her efforts avenged by a humiliated Roman army. This lively and fascinating book examines in detail the evidence and theories which surround these events.
Through analysis of the books and art objects Judith of Flanders commissioned and collected, Dockray-Miller demonstrates that Judith consciously deployed... Læs mere
In 1944 Skultans left Latvia as a refugee. In 1990 she returned for the first time. This book is both a personal account of a homecoming, and an anthropology of a nation trying to come to terms with its past and facing an uncertain future.
Reginald McKenna has never been the subject of scholarly attention. The neglect of a statesmen and financier has now been redressed, in part through the natural advance of historical research, and in part due to the discovery of the missing archive.
John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. This book... Læs mere
The definitive biography of perhaps the most respected political figure in the world – updated to include her final months in office
The fifth and final volume in the Colonels in Blue series, this book covers Civil War Union colonels who commanded regiments of the US Colored Troops, the US Regular Army, the US Marine Corps and the US Sharpshooters.