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Focusing on the central philosophical questions of the Middle Ages, this book offers an introduction to topics such as God and creation, human freewill, biblical prophecy, the Commandments, the divine attributes and immortality.

In feudal and early modern society, the nobility was a force of major importance. In this three-volume work, the author provides a survey of all the most significant primary sources relating to the status of nobility in Europe from Roman times through the Medieval period and beyond, setting them within the broader historical context of the time.

The cult of the saints played a vital role in Italian political life in the Middle Ages. The saints were a unifying force for a city, and brought prestige and power to its rulers. This book is an intensely political study of an age in which religious experience was seen as part of everyday life.

Prayer was regarded as an essential arm of the State and even a method of 'thought control' in early modern England. This book demonstrates how prayer represented the search for pattern, order and purpose in and between these different layers of society in a period when England was struggling to come to terms with political and social turbulence.

Drawing upon original source materials, this text seeks to uncover the motives of pilgrims and the details of their preparation, maintenance, hazards on the route, and their ideas about pilgrimage sites - especially Jerusalem, Compostela and Rome, between around 1000 AD and 1500 AD.

This study traces Sir Robert Armitage's successful career in Kenya through to his fateful governorships in Cyprus and Nyasaland. The author concludes that Armitage, despite his troubles, should be remembered for his administration that laid the foundations for Malawi's swift move to independence.

Britain's conduct for World War I was based upon international coalitions, particularly her partnership with France, and her primary goal was its preservation. Drawing on archive material, this work shows how the "Salonika campaign" seriously threatened this relationship.

During 1945 the Allies formulated policies toward Germany, heralding its re-integration into postwar Europe. This work, featuring contributions from journalists, academics, eye-witnesses, and previously unpublished material, show the British and Allied views of Germany in the face of defeat.

Based on a wide range of original sources, this is an account of how, despite the fact of widespread sympathy for their plight, the Armenian people came to be left isolated and truncated between their two great neighbours.

The French Communist Party has traditionally been identified with the urban working class but paradoxically its position as France's main left-wing party was dependent upon support from the countryside. This work explores for the party's complex and often misunderstood relationship with agricultural labourers.

The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. From 1725, a patronage system existed in Britain enabling government ministries to use posts in the East India Company and its shipping to secure political majorities in Scotland and Westminster. This book deals with this topic.

Explores the impact of Scottish migration on New World development. With a fresh approach linking personal accounts to 'networks' of kin and social groups, this book taps into the expanding academic debate on migration linking imperial history and the European diaspora. It is suitable for scholars interested in migration and its implications.

Drawing on a variety of sources including private documents, this work argues that women actually played an important role in the formation of the public identity of the Victorian middle class. It offers numerous insights for the reader into the public lives of women in this fascinating period.

Common to all periods and specialisms is the attempt to find new modes of historical narrative. This book presents an overview of trends and the changing agenda of historical questions.

Shedding light on British war aims and maritime strategy, this book is suitable for scholars of Napoleonic Wars and British political, diplomatic, economic and maritime/military history.

The Middle Ages saw a flourishing of mysticism that was astonishing for its richness and distinctiveness. This book examines a number of women whose lives exemplify traditions which were central to medieval theology but whose contributions have tended to be dismissed as 'merely spiritual' by the scholars.

Unknown story of the Rothstein family and their influence in British communism

Reveals how cookery came to be seen as an important part of medical care and diet, revolutionising the nation's health. This book assesses the impact of nutrition in hospitals, schools and the military and explores the challenges and struggles faced by those who undertook work to educate the nation in the areas of sanitation, medicine and food.

Analysing the form and influence of Ruskin's social theory, this book looks at Ruskin's significant contribution to social and intellectual thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also examines the chronological development of Ruskin's thought and establishes the extent of his influence among the nascent labour movement.

From 1800-1959, the leading Tory hostesses, the Marchionesses of Londonderry were patrons and confidantes to key political figures such as Disraeli, Bonar Law, and others. This book offers an examination of these powerful political hostesses of the Anglo-Irish establishment and sheds light on the workings of 19th and 20th-century politics.

19th-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of vegetarianism in the west. From the Vegetarian Society's foundation in 1847, men and their families abandoned conventional diet for various reasons. Providing an exploration of this movement, this book examines the significance of Victorian vegetarians.

Settlements were a distinctive aspect of late-Victorian church life in which Christians were encouraged to live and work in communities amongst the poor and set an example for the underprivileged. This book tells how, often overlooked by historians, settlements are of great value in understanding the values and culture of the 19th century.

How do literacy and the development of literary culture promote the development of a national identity? This book challenges the notion that Western ideas were essential to Romanian development. It is a fascinating story of how a national culture is born. It provides a history of the development of literary culture and the printed word in Romania.

The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. Few centuries have produced such a galaxy of historians, and their ground-breaking work has been drawn upon by Derek Beales in his collection of articles and special lectures.

Provides an account of the battle against cholera. This work is based on documents in the naval towns of south-west England. The author's account exposes the struggles between local and national government, and the conflict between policies of laissez-faire and state intervention.

Looks in detail at the various programmes guiding the Volksbuhne's work and at the reception of the plays by the largely working-class audience, to offer a detailed study of the interactions between cultural and political history in Imperial Germany.

The 1790s was a fateful period for Britain. The French Revolution of 1789 opened an era of seismic political upheaval, one in which many features of the modern world made their first significant appearance. This work demonstrates how the latent intellectual and political anxieties were sharpened by the French Revolution.

Details women's experiences from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of World War I. This anthology draws on a range of sources including parliamentary reports, pamphlets, newspapers and journals, novels, poetry and hymns, and seminal texts by activists in the women's movement.

A biography of Laurence Sulivan, this book paints a picture of a supremely influential and colourful business figure as he controlled the most powerful private company of his day - and at the centre of the eighteenth century public-private nexus in business and government.

This title explores the evolution of 'village England' from earliest times until the present. Drawing on both contemporary accounts and recent scholarship, the author aims to provide an engaging and revealing account of the major transformations affecting the English village.