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Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.

A groundbreaking new approach proposes answers to many of the opera's unresolved questions.

A survey both of medieval biographical writings, and the problems of recovering medieval lives.

A ground-breaking study of the rise of the catch and glee in Georgian England.

A study of the operation of lordship in western France, emphasising its continuity, rather than recent suggestions of major changes in practice.

Evidence indicates that the concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn etc were performed as chamber music, not the full orchestral works commonly assumed.

A study of the controversy-filled scholarship on Poe from the time of his death to the present.

Essays on the synthesis of the musical and literary arts in German Romanticism.

The employment of the hotel as a setting for literary works of the period and the cultural reasons behind it.

Articles on the historical, social and political realities of postcolonialism as expressed in contemporary writing.

Detailed study of monastic life of the English white canons, based on 15c visitation records.

The spectacular festivals mounted by the princes of the Renaissance were both a marriage of the arts and an expression of political theory. Festivals are a vital part of European cultural history. This is a guide to their origins and purpose, and their influence.

Essays on medieval history inspired by, and engaging with, the work of Jacques Le Goff.

Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis tells the stories of six individuals [Laennec, Koch, Biggs, von Pirquet, Frost, and Waksman], each of whom made significant contributions to their own respective medicalfields, as well as to the overall battle to conquer tuberculosis.

Examination of the role of the convent superior in the middle ages, underlining the amount of power and responsibility at her command.The position of an abbess or prioress in the middle ages was one of great responsibility, with care for both the spiritual and economic welfare of her convent. This book considers the power wielded by and available to such women.It addresses leadership models, questions of social identity and the varying perceptions of the role and performance of the abbess or prioress via a close examination of the records of sixteen female houses in the period from 1280to 1540; the large range of documentary evidence used includes selections from episcopal registers, account rolls, plea rolls, Chancery documents, letters, petitions, medieval literature and comparative material from additional nunneries. The theme of conflict recurs throughout, as religious women are revealed steering their communities between the directives of the church and the demands of their budgets or their secular neighbours. The Dissolution and its effects on the morale and behaviour of the last superiors conclude the study.

Investigation into the importance of the Anglo-Saxon past in medieval literature.

Eye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.

A unique historical and literary document of lives dislocated by the collapse of East Germany.

New insights on the growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the political legacy of the Sun King.

Carefully focused essays on major aspects of one of the most significant German literary movements, the Storm and Stress.

A revisionist approach to Eleanor of Aquitaine and the political, social, cultural and religious world in which she lived.

New perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah.There is seemingly no escaping the association of the language of Goethe with the language of Hitler: the two leaden cliches seem to be inseparable, suggesting a Sonderweg between enlightened sophistication and subtle beauty on the one hand and linguistic barbarism on the other. Victor Klemperer suggested that the Lingua Tertii Imperii was a perversion of German that needed to be purged from the language, but does the notion of "e;Nazi language"e; as an identifiably separate entity really hold water, or does it only reflect a desire to construct a clear demarcation line between "e;Germans"e; and "e;Nazis"e;? What new linguistic, literary, or historical perspectives are availableon the functioning of language during and after the Third Reich? Must German always be the "e;language of the perpetrators,"e; entailing a constant state of heightened self-awareness or vigilance against contamination, or is neutral,objective speech about National Socialism possible in German? This collection provides new perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language in all its manifestations and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah. Contributors: Ian Biddle and Beate Muller, Mary Cosgrove, Peter Davies, Sylvia Degen, Andrea Hammel, Geraldine Horan, Teresa Ludden, Dora Osborne, Marko Pajevic, James Parsons, Simone Schroth, Arvi Sepp, Simon Ward, Jenny Watson. Peter Davies is Professor of Modern German Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Andrea Hammel is Senior Lecturer in German at Aberystwyth University.

A study of the enormous influence of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche on turn-of-the-century German literature.

Normandy transformed from military power base of pagan Norse invaders to Christian political entity.

An examination of the liturgical rituals of the high festivals of the year and their reflection in the secular church.

Papers reflecting current research on orthodox religious practice and ecclesiastical organisation from c.1350-c.1500.

An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history.

Analysis of Whitman's reflection of civil rights legislation in his work, 1865-1876.