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The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England


David Hawkes



Review “Hawkes' brilliant anatomy of early modern usury illuminates a keyword of the period.  Revealing usury's...
Altered memories of the Great War: Divergent narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Altered memories of the Great War: Divergent narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada


Mark David Sheftall



About the Author Mark Sheftall is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Duke University. He specializes in th...
Over the Battlefield - Operation Bluecoat: Breakout from Normandy

Over the Battlefield - Operation Bluecoat: Breakout from Normandy


Ian Daglish



Over the Battlefield - Operation Bluecoat: Breakout from Normandy...
Queens and power in medieval and early modern England

Queens and power in medieval and early modern England


Carole Levin, R. O. Bucholz



Review "These excellent essays are a joy to read. Together they question assumptions about pre-modern culture and offer n...
Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch (Queenship and Power)

Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch (Queenship and Power)


Ilona Bell



Review “Bell is the only scholar out there who is able to tackle the complexities of Elizabeth’s written and re...
The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I (Queenship and Power)

The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I (Queenship and Power)


Anna Riehl



Review “Riehl's brilliant and sophisticated book shows that Elizabeth's portraits were as carefully constructed in he...
Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited

Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited


Darioush Bayandor



Review 'The author has tackled a subject of great importance, infused with emotions and obscured by political manipulatio...
Heath, Nixon and the Rebirth of the Special Relationship: Britain, the US and the EC, 1969-74 (Global Conflict and Security Since 1945)

Heath, Nixon and the Rebirth of the Special Relationship: Britain, the US and the EC, 1969-74 (Global Conflict and Security Since 1945)


Niklas H. Rossbach



About the Author NIKLAS H. ROSSBACH holds a PhD in History and Civilization from the European University Institute. ...
The Reign of Leo VI (886-912): Politics and People

The Reign of Leo VI (886-912): Politics and People


Shaun Tougher



Review '..".eine fundierte und unspectakuldre Bestandsaufnahme unseres Wissens ]ber Leon VI...'Johannes Koder, "Jahrbuch ...
Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)

Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)




Review (A) very valuable study.fills an important gap in the historiography of the period. A splendid study that advances...
Imperial Andamans: Colonial Encounter and Island History (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

Imperial Andamans: Colonial Encounter and Island History (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)


Aparna Vaidik



About the Author APARNA VAIDIK  is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. ...
Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)

Archbishop Theodore: Commemorative Studies on his Life and Influence (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)


Michael Lapidge



Review "This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical hist...
Siting Translation: History, Post-Structuralism, and the Colonial Context

Siting Translation: History, Post-Structuralism, and the Colonial Context


Tejaswini Niranjana



From the Inside Flap "Niranjana brings into colloquy key texts from a classic age of translation and new post-humanistic ...
Transition to Global Rivalry: Alliance Diplomacy and the Quadruple Entente, 1895-1907

Transition to Global Rivalry: Alliance Diplomacy and the Quadruple Entente, 1895-1907


John Albert White



Review "...White has injected a fresh element into the debate....[his] erudition is clear as he writes authoritatively ab...
English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation of Governance and Law (Studies in Legal History)

English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation of Governance and Law (Studies in Legal History)


Robert C. Palmer



Review This is a big, bold, and very important book about the effects of the Black Death.(American Journal of Legal Histo...
Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the politics of France

Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the politics of France


Richard Hillman



About the Author Richard Hillman is Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. ...
Licensing, Censorship and Authorship in Early Modern England: Buggeswords

Licensing, Censorship and Authorship in Early Modern England: Buggeswords


Richard Dutton



Review "...Dutton demonstrates his commanding knowledge of the Revels Office and the most important English dramatists of...
From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers

From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers


Allan Kulikoff



Review [This book] evidences Kulikoff's mastery of the scholarship on farm life and land use across four centuries and on...
Players, playwrights, playhouses: investigating performance, 1660-1800

Players, playwrights, playhouses: investigating performance, 1660-1800


Peter Holland, Art Gallery, Henry E. Huntington Library, Michael Cordner



Review '...a wealth of up to date research and information on 150 years of theatre history.' - Word Matters (The Journal ...
Parliament and Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century

Parliament and Foreign Policy in the Eighteenth Century


Jeremy Black



Review 'This is a first-rate work of scholarship and discusses a topic that has for too long been sidetracked.' Contempor...
Food, Energy and the Creation of Industriousness: Work and Material Culture in Agrarian England, 1550–1780 (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)

Food, Energy and the Creation of Industriousness: Work and Material Culture in Agrarian England, 1550–1780 (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)


Craig Muldrew



Review Advance praise: 'This is certainly the most original and significant investigation of the living standards and wor...
Local Negotiations of English Nationhood, 1570-1680

Local Negotiations of English Nationhood, 1570-1680


John Adrian



About the Author JOHN M. ADRIAN is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, U...
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3: 1400-1557

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3: 1400-1557


J. B. Trapp, Lotte Hellinga



Review "The essays are truly ground-breaking.... All serious libraries will buy it; all students in the field will consul...
The French Queen's Letters: Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe (Queenship and Power)

The French Queen's Letters: Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe (Queenship and Power)


Erin A. Sadlack



Review “Sadlack’s book frees Mary Tudor, the French Queen, from the role of pretty pantomime princess in wh...
Global Migrants, Local Culture: Natives and Newcomers in Provincial England, 1841-1939

Global Migrants, Local Culture: Natives and Newcomers in Provincial England, 1841-1939


Laura Tabili



About the Author LAURA TABILI is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Arizona, USA, a...
Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire c.1820-40 (War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850)

Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire c.1820-40 (War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850)


Christine Wright



About the Author CHRISTINE WRIGHT  lives in New South Wales, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National Uni...
Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39: The Fed, Flying Squads and Forensics

Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39: The Fed, Flying Squads and Forensics


David Taylor, Keith Laybourn



About the Author KEITH LAYBOURN is Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His main interests ar...
Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent (New Middle Ages)

Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent (New Middle Ages)


Shennan Hutton



About the Author Shennan Hutton is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Dav...
Victorian Literature and the Victorian State: Character and Governance in a Liberal Society

Victorian Literature and the Victorian State: Character and Governance in a Liberal Society


Lauren M. E. Goodlad



Review Victorian Literature and the Victorian State is a strong and important book. I am particularly impressed by its eng...
British Army Handbook 1939-1945

British Army Handbook 1939-1945


George Forty



About the Author George Forty served in the Royal Tank Unit for 33 years, and is a former curator at the British Tank Mus...