The historians of Ancient Rome

an anthology of the major writings

The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace the ...

An environmental history of the Middle Ages

the crucible of nature

The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind's relationship with the environment shifted ...

Medievalism

making the past in the present

From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary ...

The byzantine world

The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations ...

A history of The Church in the Middle Ages

"Conceptually well organized, stylistically clear, intellectually thoughtful, and pedagogically useful." - Thomas Head, Speculum "For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas, as well as for the cogency with which it penetrates at speed to the essentials of a vanished historical epoch, this History ...

The corporation that changed the world

how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with ...

Anna Amalia, Grand-Duchess

patron of Goethe and Schiller

In 1756, Anna Amalia, the nineteen-year-old princess of the House of Brunswick was married to Constantine, the young duke of the minor duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She bore Constantine two sons, but only three years after their marriage he died, leaving the young and inexperienced girl ...

Genocide since 1945

In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a "crime without a name", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly ...

The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian affairs

Providing concisely written entries on the most important current issues in Central Asia and Eurasia, this atlas offers relevant background information on the region's place in the contemporary political and economic world. Features include: Profiles of the constituent countries of Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan ...

The Battle of the Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn

Custer's last stand in memory, history, and popular culture

In June of 1876, the U.S. government's plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. In the eyes of many Americans at the time ...

Centuries of Genocide

essays and eyewitness accounts

The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Each chapter of the book is written by a recognized expert in the field, collectively demonstrating a wide range of disciplinary perspectives ...

La palabra transgresora

cinco ensayos sobre Zhuangzi

En el seno de la abundante literatura filosófica producida durante el período de los Reinos Combatientes (476-221 a.C.), los escritos reunidos en la obra titulada como Zhuangzi representan, sin duda, un punto de inflexión decisivo en la evolución de la historia intelectual china. El ...

Napoleon and his marshals

Napoleon Bonaparte entered the World stage in 1793 at the siege of Toulon. This book covers the period of 1796 to 1815, from Napoleon's classic victories in Italy up to the point of his defeat at Waterloo. Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals in all and ...

The boyhood and youth of Napoleon

During the Hundred Days, (1815) there lay in Napoleon's study in the Tuileries a packet of papers, sealed with the Imperial arms, on the cover of which was written, "A remettre au Cardinal Fesch seul." This packet was carried by Fesch to Rome, but ...

Napoleonic anecdotes

Over 300 anecdotes on Napoleon Bonaparte, his life, his battles, his marriages and his exiles. The Anecdotes range from the unusual, the macabre, the sad and the amusing. This book provides an entertaining and illuminating insight into one of history's most famous characters. "Alexandre ...

Hitler

Adolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject of perennial fascination. Balancing narrative and analysis, this ...

The Routledge History of the Holocaust

The genocide of Jewish and non-Jewish civilians perpetrated by the German regime during World War Two continues to confront scholars with elusive questions even after nearly seventy years and hundreds of studies. This multi-contributory work is a landmark publication that sees experts renowned in their ...

The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe

"The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - will no longer have a decisive influence on the outcome of World War II, no matter how long it takes to beat Hitler." It is more than two years since I first heard these words. The man who spoke ...

Historia del mundo contada para escépticos

Juan Eslava Galán, que nos deleitó consu ya mítica Historia de España contadapara escépticos, nos sorprende ahora con una historia del mundo igualmente ágil y divertida, provocadora y didáctica, que entre sonrisas o francas carcajadas nos conducirá en breves y sustanciosos capítulos desde el Big ...

Energía= Energy

una historia del progreso y desarrollo de la humanidad = a history of the progress and development of humanity

Un amplio volumen que recorre la historia y evolución de la energía, desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros días. El progreso de las diferentes técnicas para la obtención de energía ha ido en paralelo a la evolución de la humanidad y el progreso de la sociedad ...