Historiography

The Carolingian period (c. 750-900) has traditionally been described as one of reform or renaissance, where cultural and intellectual changes were ...

This book offers a global and systematic overview of populist politics of history in the twenty-first century. An international group of scholars i...

The exceptionally powerful Chinese women leaders of the late seventh and early eighth centuriesincluding Wu Zhao, the Taiping and Anle princesses, ...

Exemplary Violence explores the violent colonial history of the New Kingdom of Granada (modern-day Colombia and Venezuela) by examining three seven...

A primer for dealing with conceptual and methodological problems in history and presents classic historical problems as a way to examine what histo...

The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong. What is the finest sight in th...

In this incisive (Vanity Fair) and authoritative (New York Times) instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straig...

Knud Ejler Løgstrups The Ethical Demand is the most original influential Danish contribution to moral philosophy in this century. This is the first...

The publication in 1632 of Galileos Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a crucial moment in the scientific re...

Have the courage to use your own understanding! - that is the motto of enlightenment. - Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment is one of the most important...

Learn to craft the perfect historical research paper with this approachable and practical guide Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write, and Think ab...

In Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson provides an analysis of the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. ...

This is the first book on the genesis, impact and reception of the most-widely read History of England of the early 18th century: Paul Rapin Thoyra...

Enlightenment critics from Dryden through Johnson and Wordsworth conceived the modern view that art and especially literature entails a double refl...

The Enlightenment has been blamed for some of the most deadly developments of modern life: racism and white supremacy, imperialist oppression, capi...

This book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Yaqubi (d. ca. 910), Ali al-Masudi (d....

The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital and spatial hu...

At the start of World War I, Transylvania was a multi-ethnic province that was still incorporated within the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Monarc...

Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth centurys most influential thinkers whose work has unsettled and transformed the field of social philosophy...

This study in German offers profound insights into the life and thoughts of Wang Guowei (1877-1927). Like many intellectuals who strongly perceived...

This is a study of ekphrasis, the art of making listeners and readers 'see' in their imagination through words alone, as taught in ancient rhetoric...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one o...

The clash between scholarship and politicsbetween truth and propagandawas ruthless for historians in Istpart, the Russian Communist Central Committ...

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of h...

Cornelius Nepos' De viris illustribus was a collection of biographies of distinguished Romans and foreigners, originally arranged in at least sixte...

Sources and Methods in Histories of Colonialism provides an in-depth study of the relationships between archives, knowledge and power. Exploring a ...

Before Bemberg: Argentine Women Filmmakers calls into question the historiography of Argentine women filmmakers that has centered on María Luisa Be...

At the beginning of the 20th century, changes in taste and expectations of the public led private museums in Europe and North America to embark on ...