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  • The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850–1240

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
    The kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the medieval North Caucasus. It contained strategic mountain passes across the Caucasus mountains, as well as urban centres larger than any in contemporary Rus'. Its kings retained power from the mid-ninth to the late eleventh centuries, intermarried with the ruling families of Georgia and Byzantium, and led armies that terrorised the South ... Leer más

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  • From Professor Murasaki's Notebooks on the Effects of Lightning on the Human Body

    de John Latham ...
    A John Latham poem is a like a precipitation: images coalesce around a single memory the way ice crystallises around the smallest particle to form a snowflake; the strange logic that constructs them is unique each time. Passionate, satirical, mysterious, the poems in his sixth collection capture the vibrancy of a childhood that still bewitches him half a century later, alongside the cruel ... Leer más

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  • Japanese Industrialization and the Asian Economy

    Edición de Heita Kawakatsu, John Latham ...
    Much has been made of the post-war Japanese economic miracle. However, the origins of this spectacular success and its effect on the region can actually be traced back to an earlier period of Asian history. In Japanese Industrialization and the Asian Economy the authors examine the factors which contributed to the period of major industrialization ... Leer más

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    A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present

    de Ronald Hutton ...
    This "magisterial account" explores the fear of witchcraft across the globe from the ancient world to the notorious witch trials of early modern Europe ( The Guardian, UK).The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In The Witch, historian Ronald Hutton sets the European witch trials in ... Leer más

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  • Russia and the Golden Horde

    The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History

    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    This revelatory study of Russian medieval history and the age of Mongolian conquest "infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations" ( History).In the 13th century, a Mongolian confederation known as The Golden Horde dominated a vast region including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucuses. Though it would hold power into the 15th century, the influence of the Mongolian Empire ... Leer más

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  • Paganism

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Owen Davies ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    'Paganism' is an evocative word that, even today, conjures up deep-seated emotions and prejudices. Until recently, it was primarily a derogatory term used by Christians to describe the non-Christian cultures confronted and vanquished by their Churches. For some it evokes images of sacrifice and barbaric behaviour, while for others it symbolises a peace-loving, nature-worshipping spiritual ... Leer más

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  • The Mongols and the Islamic World

    From Conquest to Conversion

    de Peter Jackson ...
    An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much of Iran. Distinguished historian Peter Jackson offers a fresh and fascinating consideration of the years of ... Leer más

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  • Silence of the Gods

    The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples

    de Francis Young ...
    The formal conversion to Christianity in 1387 of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania seemingly marked the end of Europe's last 'pagan' peoples. But the reality was different. At the margins, often under the radar, around the dusky edgelands, pre-Christian religions endured and indeed continued to flourish for an astonishing five centuries. Silence of the Gods tells, for the first time, the remarkable ... Leer más

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  • Cultures in Conflict : Christians Muslims and Jews in the Age of Discovery

    Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery

    de Bernard Lewis ...
    Hailed as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" in The New York Times Book Review Bernard Lewis stands at the height of his field. "To read Mr. Lewis" wrote Fouad Ajami in The Wall Street Journal "is to be taken through a treacherous terrain by the coolest and most reassuring of guides. You are in the hands of the Islamic world's foremost living historian." Now this sure-handed guide takes us ... Leer más

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  • Between Two Worlds

    The Construction of the Ottoman State

    de Cemal Kafadar ...
    Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans ... Leer más

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  • All Roads Lead to Rome

    Why we think of the Roman Empire daily

    Rhiannon Garth-Jones explores Rome's enduring legacy through three core themes: religion, empire, and culture. Each chapter examines how Rome’s history, governance, and mythology have been reimagined throughout centuries, and how these interpretations continue to shape our modern world.Rome is not merely a city—it’s an enduring idea, a symbol of identity, power, and legitimacy that has shaped the ... Leer más

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  • Byzantine Matters

    A renowned historian examines the neglected story of Byzantium and what it can teach us about Western history: a "feisty and provocative manifesto" ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).For many of us, Byzantium remains "byzantine"—obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of recent historians, prejudice still skews our understanding of the Byzantine civilization, often reducing it to a poor ... Leer más

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