The medieval guide to healthy living

We often think of medieval medicine as strange, unhygienic and unscientific, but The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living reveals a far richer story. Long before modern wellness trends, people in the Middle Ages were actively thinking about how to live well. They followed detailed health ...

Crusader armies

the untold story of the wars for the Holy Land

A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles ...

Hariulf's history of St Riquier

A new and accessible translation of Hariulf's History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic community from the seventh to the eleventh century. It covers the ascetic life of the founding saint and the development of the community under the ...

Empress Matilda

queen of the Romans, ruler of the English

An authoritative new biography of Empress Matilda Born in 1102, Empress Matilda combined the blood of two dynasties: the house of Wessex and their conquerors, the dukes of Normandy. As a widowed German empress, she was named as heir successor by her father, Henry I ...

The world's reformation

how Protestantism became a global religion

Protestantism revolutionised early modern Europe. Radical theologians transformed the lives of thousands across the continent, irrevocably changing politics and society. But what about beyond Europe's borders? Was global Christianity just a Catholic endeavour? Alec Ryrie explores the untold history of how Protestants tried to ...

The first emancipation

the forgotten history of abolition in revolutionary France

A new history of slavery and the French Revolution The First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture ...

Empire with a vengeance

honour and revenge in European colonial warfare, 1815-1914

An absorbing new history of European colonialism, showing how ideas of retribution and revenge were used to justify violent conquest and rule. Today, the use of military force to punish enemies is strictly prohibited under international law. It is also a widely accepted principle that ...

Jean-Paul Marat

prophet of terror

A landmark biography of one of the most notorious and controversial protagonists of the French Revolution-Jean-Paul Marat. Who better to pen an authoritative biography of Jean-Paul Marat (1743-93) than preeminent historian of France Keith Michael Baker? Decades in the making, this monumental work takes readers ...

Desk revolutionaries

the men of the French directory, 1795-9

The French Directory is often dismissed as an uninspiring interlude between revolutionary fervour and Napoleonic legend, yet its story is far richer than its reputation suggests. This book shifts the focus from the regime to the remarkable men who shaped it - a cohort of jurists ...

Desk revolutionaries

the men of the French directory, 1795-9

The French Directory is often dismissed as an uninspiring interlude between revolutionary fervour and Napoleonic legend, yet its story is far richer than its reputation suggests. This book shifts the focus from the regime to the remarkable men who shaped it - a cohort of jurists ...

Memorias de la intolerancia

Nacionalismo, violencia religiosa y discursos de odio en la Europa del siglo XIX

En el siglo XIX, cuando las sociedades europeas recordaron las violencias religiosas del pasado, no lo hicieron con el propósito de superar sus diferencias y crear un marco de coexistencia, sino para alimentar el odio interreligioso. Durante esta época se movilizaron diversos pasados violentos para ...

Memorias de la intolerancia

Nacionalismo, violencia religiosa y discursos de odio en la Europa del siglo XIX

En el siglo XIX, cuando las sociedades europeas recordaron las violencias religiosas del pasado, no lo hicieron con el propósito de superar sus diferencias y crear un marco de coexistencia, sino para alimentar el odio interreligioso. Durante esta época se movilizaron diversos pasados violentos para ...

Cuando la arena duerme

Testimonios de la ruta migratoria del Mediterráneo Occidental

Esta obra trata de cartografiar la ruta migratoria desde África Occidental hasta las costas europeas a partir de la narración de los propios migrantes, recogiendo testimonios y elaborando la historia de vida de Nafisat, nombre ficticio de la protagonista principal, una mujer nigeriana que parte ...

Mohács 1526. Solimán el Magnífico y la conquista de Hungría

(Revista Desperta Ferro. Moderna, Nº 83, año 2026)

El 29 de agosto de 1526, el joven rey Luis II de Hungría cayó en el campo de batalla de Mohács junto a siete de los trece prelados del reino e innumerables nobles y caballeros. Bastó una sola derrota para que el reino medieval de ...

Between two rivers

ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history

'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves ... It melts away the sense of time.'TOM HOLLAND'Tender, moving and vivid.'ROBERT MACFARLANE'Beautiful'STEPHEN GREENBLATT'Fascinating and magnificent, beautifully written and explained: this book is ...

Tank

the 10 war machines that changed the world and the remarkable men behind them

'Punchy. Trenchant. Heavyweight. Mark Urban’s Tank blows the doors off, just as you’d expect from such an accomplished author. Take cover!’ Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great EscapesAn authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in ...

The library of ancient wisdom

Mesopotamia and the making of history

When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced upon one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge ever seen: the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, seventh century BCE ruler of a huge swathe of the ancient ...

Historia del crimen organizado

Inicios, evolución y primeras descripciones

Este texto, primero y único en su clase dentro del mundo histórico-legal, transmite un estudio completo acerca de la criminalidad organizada, desde los inicios de los asentamientos humanos hasta los albores de la revolución francesa. Ideado por la exigencia de muchos de los lectores, acerca ...

Weimar

life on the edge of catastrophe

Weimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship. This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe's greatest thinkers, Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Nietzsche among them. It gave its name to the ...

Stolen revolution

betrayal and hope in modern Iran

THE NEW STORY OF IRAN The moving, riveting and immersive story of six Iranians who, together, lived the entire arc of modern Iranian history: from the promise of the 1979 revolution to its betrayal by the Islamic mafia state and a people's undying spirit ...