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Facsimile reprint of 1976 fully illustrated catalogue of Pharanoic Egyptian sculpture, from the humblest to the...  Read More >>

Facsimile reissue of part III of complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings in the Petrie...  Read More >>

The 1830s is an overlooked period in American naval history. This book details the ways in which the US Navy transformed...  Read More >>

""An updated collection of essays on the European cultural history of the period 950-1150, with new research and...  Read More >>

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OPEN ACCESS To read the PDF of The Trials of Edward Vaughan: Law, Civil War and Gentry Faction in Seventeenth-Century...  Read More >>

The lordship of Denbigh, held by prominent English barons following its creation in 1282, was directly affected...  Read More >>

Experience a soldier's journey in Afghanistan through the lens of a sergeant. Discover military life, perilous drives...  Read More >>

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late...  Read More >>

The history and artistic heritage of the much-mythologized ancient Phoenicians.  Read More >>

In the late nineteenth century, the Mexican government, seeking to fortify its borders and curb migration to the...  Read More >>

An illuminating work which explores the importance of senior leadership in the development of the British Royal...  Read More >>

Looks at the U.S. military’s experience in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater during World War II through the eyes...  Read More >>

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Charting the rise of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi, this book unravels the...  Read More >>

This final book published in the series collects together for the first time in English translation a selection...  Read More >>

Recent research has demonstrated that early modern slavery was much more widespread than the traditional concentration...  Read More >>

The eleven essays presented here lead the reader through the earliest manifestations of the chantry, the origins...  Read More >>

This collection of 13 essays covers a range of topics concerning Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese merchants, and commodities...  Read More >>

Divided into five chronological sections (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern and Contemporary)...  Read More >>

Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and...  Read More >>

For the first century-and-a-half of its nearly 275 year existence, the English East India Company remained ostensibly...  Read More >>

James Wise's account of the inhabitants of East Bengal, the territory that approximately corresponds to modern state...  Read More >>

This book explores the meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood....  Read More >>

In this first full length scholarly study of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, Sarah Cockram casts new light...  Read More >>