The french atlantic

travels in culture and history

The French Atlantic is a compelling and timely contribution to ongoing debates about nationhood, culture, and #Frenchness# that have come to define France and its diaspora in light of the diplomatic fracas surrounding the Iraq war and other mass cultural events. With interdisciplinary navigation of ...

The lives of the Eighth-Century Popes

(Liber Pontificalis): the ancient biographies of nine Popes from AD 715 to AD 817

In "The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes" Raymond Davis continues from the year AD 715, where his "Book of the Pontiffs" (revised edition, Liverpool, 2000) stopped, and deals with the next nine biographies from the Liber Pontificalis of the Roman Church down to AD 817 ...

The formularies of Angers and Marculf

two merovingian legal handbooks

Translated with an introduction and notes by Alice Rio. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book offers the first full English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). These collections of model legal documents, compiled by scribes as ...

British trade with spanish America, 1763-1808

In this erudite and comprehensive study, Adrian Pearce offers a detailed survey of British trade with Spanish America in the latter half of the eighteenth century drawing together a variety of sources and looking at all aspects of commercial activity. The history and vicissitudes of ...

Multiple modernities, civil society and Islam

the case of Iran and Turkey

Turkey and Iran consider themselves modern Islamic states - though with radically different status in today's social and political world. In "Multiple Modernities, Civil Society and Islam", Kamali explores the historical factors that have shaped such dissimilar Muslim states, including the continued influence of Europe ...

Adventuring through spanish colonies

Simón Bolívar, foreign mercenaries and the birth of new nations

Between 1810 and 1825, seven thousand British, Scottish, and Irish mercenaries traveled to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simon Bolivar. Their motives were mixed. Some traveled for money, others traveled for honor. "Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies" explores ...

South american independence

gender, politics, text

The struggles for independence in Latin America during the first half of the nineteenth century were accompanied by a wide-ranging debate about political rights, nationality, and citizenship. In "South American Independence", Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, and Hilary Owen investigate the neglected role of gender in ...

Between Resistance and adaption

indigenous peoples and the colonisation of the Chocó: 1510-1753

Studying the jewish future

A noted demographer argues that Jewish culture and commnities will survive the U.S., Europe, and Israel Studying the Jewish Future explores the power of Jewish culture and assesses the perceived threats to the coherence and size of Jewish communities in the United States, Europe ...

Institutions of Divine and secular learning

and On the soul

The roles of the Romanies

images and counter-images of "Gypsies": Romanies in european cultures

Bourbon Peru

1750-1824

Principles of Politics applicable to all governments

Identity parades

Northern Irish culture and dissident subjects

Testing the water

young people and galleries

Tate Liverpool has established a reputation for its approach to youth audience development through Young Tate, a programme for young people aged between 14 and 25. This collection of essays, which responds to a growing demand for information about relationships between galleries and their young ...

A stone in Spain's shoe

search for a solution to the problem of Gibraltar

A detailed, but readable, analysis of the attempt by Britain and Spain since 1980 to solve their dispute over the future of Gibraltar, the last-remaining colony in Europe. Spain wanted the restoration of her "territorial integrity", whereas the Gibraltarians have never shown any interest in ...