Social & Cultural History

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the M...

An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies. The field known as medievalism studies concerns t...

Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and expla...

The modern world began with the clash of civilisations between Spaniards and native Americans. Their interplay and struggles ever since are mirrore...

Drawing on both wartime discourse about women and the voices of individual women living at the Italian Front, Allison Belzer analyzes how women par...

Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief deter...

A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror...

The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England provides a rich, imaginative and also accessible guide to the latest researc...

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLOË ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of ar...

A sweeping history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization, from Runciman Award winner Bruce Cla...

'Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theori...

In Domestic Economies, Susanna Rosenbaum examines how two groups of womenMexican and Central American domestic workers and the predominantly white,...