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  • Religion and World Civilizations

    How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present [3 volumes]

    Edited by Andrew Holt ...
    An indispensable resource for readers investigating how religion has influenced societies and cultures, this three-volume encyclopedia assesses and synthesizes the many ways in which religious faith has shaped societies from the ancient world to today.Each volume of the set focuses on a different era of world history, ranging through the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Every volume is filled ... Read more

    $278.99 USD

  • Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology

    Practical Neurochemistry Methods

    by Abel Lajtha ...
    Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
    The Handbook is intended to be a service to the neuroscience community, to help in finding available and useful information, to point out gaps in our knowledge, and to encourage continued studies. It represents the valuable contributions of the many authors of the chapters and the guidance of the editors and most important, it represents support for research in this discipline. Based on the rapid ... Read more

    $350.99 USD

  • Great Events in Religion

    An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History [3 volumes]

    Edited by Florin Curta, Andrew Holt ...
    This three-volume set presents fundamental information about the most important events in world religious history as well as substantive discussions of their significance and impact.This work offers readers a broad and thorough look at the greatest events in world religious history, covering a wide range of religions, time periods, and areas around the globe. The entries present authoritative ... Read more

    $278.99 USD

  • Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

    Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher

    Edited by Andrew Holt, Warren Dockter ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern British History
    The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The World of the Crusades

    A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

    by Andrew Holt ...
    Series series Daily Life Encyclopedias
    Unlike traditional references that recount political and military history, this encyclopedia includes entries on a wide range of aspects related to daily life during the medieval crusades.The medieval crusades were fundamental in shaping world history and provide background for the conflict that exists between the West and the Muslim world today. This two-volume set presents fundamental ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

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    The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died

    by John Philip Jenkins ...
    The New York Times bestselling history of early Christianity in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—from "one of America's best scholars of religion" ( The Economist).In this groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Philip Jenkins explores a vast and forgotten network of the world's largest and most influential Christian churches that existed to the east of the Roman Empire. These churches and their ... Read more

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  • The Templars and the Assassins

    The Militia of Heaven

    by James Wasserman ...
    • An examination of the interactions of the Christian Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts, the Assassins, and of the profound changes in Western society that resulted.• Restores the reputation of the secret Muslim order of the Assassins, disparaged as the world's first terrorist group.• Dispels many myths about the Knights Templar and provides the most incisive portrait of them to date.A ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Crusades

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Tyerman ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they have fascinated generations ever since, and their legacy of ideas and imagery has resonated through the centuries, inspiring Hollywood movies and ... Read more

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  • The Bright Ages

    A New History of Medieval Europe

    by Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry ...
    "The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.”—Slate"Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." —The Boston GlobeA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fields of Blood

    Religion and the History of Violence

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God • “Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail.” —The Washington PostIn these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. ... Read more

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  • God's Crucible

    Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215

    by David Levering Lewis ...
    From the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author, God’s Crucible brings to life “a furiously complex age” (New York Times Book Review).Resonating as profoundly today as when it was first published to widespread critical acclaim a decade ago, God’s Crucible is a bold portrait of Islamic Spain and the birth of modern Europe from one of our greatest historians. David Levering Lewis’s narrative, filled ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Worlds at War

    The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West

    by Anthony Pagden ...
    Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas, and whose issues have never been more urgent.Worlds At War begins in the ancient world, where Greece saw its fight against the Persian Empire as one between freedom and slavery, between monarchy and ... Read more

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