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View book details for Scandal and Religious Identity in Early Stuart England
A Northamptonshire Maid's Tragedy
A window into the mental and cultural worlds of the Stuart period, capturing the existing religious, social and political tensions on the eve of the English Civil War.This book starts with an extraordinary event and document. The event is the …
The first book-length study of musical education and culture in twentieth-century Oxford.Music has always played a central role in the life of Oxford, in both the city and university, through the great collegiate choral foundations, the many amateur choirs and …
View book details for The Occult Laboratory
Magic, Science and Second Sight in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland. A new edition
Magic, science and second sight in 17c Scottish Higlands, with new edition of Kirk's Secret Commonwealth.The uncanny ability of certain individuals to foresee future events had long been regarded as a characteristic of the Scottish Highlands, but in the late …
View book details for Literary Exiles from Nazi Germany
Exemplarity and the Search for Meaning
Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars of exile.Exile is as old as humanity itself but a radically new fate for the "novice" exile, who falls into a world about which …
View book details for Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660
Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty
Examines the experiences of Catholics during the period when England was ruled by Puritan Protestants.This is the first book to examine thoroughly the ways in which Catholics adapted to political and social change during the turbulent years of the English …
The first study of the performance practice, repertoire and context of the modern 'brass ensemble' in the musical world.Whereas the British 'brass band' originated in the nineteenth century and rapidly developed into a nationwide working-class movement, the perceived modern 'brass …
For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British musicians.For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British musicians. Generations of British artists have viewed the …
View book details for Romance and its Contexts in Fifteenth-Century England
Politics, Piety and Penitence
Examination of romance texts from late medieval England, linking them firmly to their political and social context.Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in …
View book details for The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne
Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents
A queen who helped define the cultural landscape of her era.As duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98; 1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at …
View book details for The Classical Tradition in Medieval Catalan, 1300-1500
Translation, Imitation, and Literacy
The first comprehensive study of the reception of the classical tradition in medieval Catalan letters.This book offers the first comprehensive study of the reception of the classical tradition in medieval Catalan letters, a multilingual process involving not only Latin and …
View book details for Medieval Ghost Stories
An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies
Seventy-seven tales of the supernatural, intended to frighten and excite and bring to heel their medieval audience, gathered from medieval chronicles, preaching manuals, sagas, heroic poetry and romances.Truly ... a landmark work. This impeccably researched and very readable book should …
Brings new insights to the music of well-known European composers by telling a fascinating, little-known story about French music publishing, specifically through the lens of Jacques Durand's Edition Classique.French composers, performers and musicologists acted as editors of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century …
View book details for The Criminal Baroque
Lawbreaking, Peacekeeping, and Theatricality in Early Modern Spain
A close examination of the representation of criminals in the understudied theatrical genres of the jacara and comedias de valentones.Early Modern Spanish theatre is viewed by many scholars as entertaining propaganda that channelled the emotions and beliefs of the masses …
The annual volume of new work on all aspects of the fourteenth century, including England's overseas interests, from English and American scholars.New research on aspects of the politics and culture of fourteenth-century England includes close studies of political events such …
View book details for Anton Heiller
Organist, Composer, Conductor
First English-language study of Anton Heiller (1923-1979), one of the twentieth-century's most influential organistsAnton Heiller is one of the twentieth century's most renowned and influential organists. Born in 1923, Heiller was trained in Vienna and rose to prominence quickly, giving …
View book details for The South Sea Bubble and Ireland
Money, Banking and Investment, 1690-1721
A study of the first great global stock market crash and and its impact on the peripheries of the British stateIn late September 1720 the South Sea bubble burst. The collapse of the South Sea Company's share price caused the …
New essays on topics in the literature of Goethe and the Goethezeit, including contributions by both eminent scholars and new voices.The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, encouraging North American Goethe scholarship by publishing …
Multi-disciplinary investigation of Anglo-Saxon funerary traditions.Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries following the retreat of Roman authority. The locations and manner in which communities chose to bury their dead, within the constraints of the environmentaland …
View book details for Territories of Conflict
Traversing Colombia through Cultural Studies
This interdisciplinary volume investigates the cultural and political landscapes of Colombia through citizenship, displacement, local and global cultures, grass-root movements, political activism, human rights, environmentalism, and media productions.Territories of Conflict offers a comprehensive view of the cultural and political landscapes …
View book details for Catholicism, Identity and Politics in the Age of Enlightenment
The Life and Career of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 1745-1810
Explores the changing aspirations, attitudes and identities of English Catholics in the late eighteenth centuryThis book explores the changing aspirations, attitudes and identities of English Catholics in the late eighteenth century, a period which marked a critical moment of transition …
Compelling memoir of Flora Veit-Wild and her relationship with the Zimbabwean novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist Dambudzo Marechera, one of Africa's most innovative and subversive writers and a significant voice in contemporary world literature.How shall I tell our story? I …
A study of the content and methods of royalist propaganda via newsbooks in the crucial period following the end of the first civil war.This is a study of a remarkable set of royalist newsbooks produced in conditions of strict secrecy …
The convocation records of the Churches of England and Ireland are the principal source of our information about the administration of those churches from middle ages until modern times. They contain the minutes of clergy synods,the legislation passed by them, …
This book provides a detailed account of how Bristol was transformed by a growing population, industrial change, technological innovation and urban expansion over the course of the nineteenth century.Overshadowed by more economically vibrant towns of the industrial north, Bristol's prospects …
A comprehensive survey of the economy and society of late medieval Suffolk.Suffolk was one of the most important regions of England in the middle ages. Even by 1200 it was wealthy, densely populated, highly commercialised and urbanised; and it survived …
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