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In Felix Gilbert’s skilled analysis, the figures of Niccolo Machiavelli, whose writing changed the way people think about politics, and Francesco G...

This book, originally published in 1977, is a survey of European historiography from its origins in the historians of Greece and Rome, through the ...

This book, originally published in 1977, is a survey of European historiography from its origins in the historians of Greece and Rome, through the ...

Washington's Farewell Address comprises various aspects of American political thinking. It reaches beyond any period limited in time and reveals th...

Felix Gilbert begins this book of memoirs by describing his peaceful and protected childhood in Germany before the First World War. That war, and t...

This study of Renaissance adventures and struggles against fate brings to life a brilliant age and its exemplars. It is a story of how several men,...

Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), generally recognized as the founder of the school of modern critical historical scholarship, and Jacob Burckhardt (1...

Its coverage of southern and eastern Europe is expanded, as is its coverage of social history—especially women’s history. It charts the theme of gl...