![Pseudo-Dionysius and Christian Visual Culture, c.500–900]( "Pseudo-Dionysius and Christian Visual Culture, c.500–900")
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Dell’Acqua, F. (Ed), Mainoldi, E. S. (Ed) (2020)
This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the early sixth …
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![Women’s Authorship in Interwar Yugoslavia]( "Women’s Authorship in Interwar Yugoslavia")
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Petrović, J. (2019)
This book highlights the extent to which women were positioned as historical subjects in the process of constructing political, social, and cultural history in Yugoslavia, while …
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![A Brief History of Universities]( "A Brief History of Universities")
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Moore, J. C. (2019)
In this book, John C. Moore surveys the history of universities, from their origin in the Middle Ages to the present. Universities have survived the disruptive power of the …
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![Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857–1891]( "Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857–1891")
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Kolapo, F. J. (2019)
In the decades before colonial partition in Africa, the Church Missionary Society embarked on the first serious effort to evangelize in an independent Muslim state. Bishop Samuel …
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![The History and Politics of Exhumation]( "The History and Politics of Exhumation")
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Nash, M. L. (2019)
This book argues that a serious, scholarly study on exhumation is long overdue. Examining more well-known cases, such as that of Richard III, the Romanovs, and …
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![Biography and History in Film]( "Biography and History in Film")
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Freeman, T. S. (Ed), Smith, D. L. (Ed) (2019)
The essays in this volume seek to analyze biographical films as representations of historical individuals and the times in which they lived. To do this, contributors examine the …
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![Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy]( "Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy")
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Drephal, M. (2019)
This book offers an institutional history of the British Legation in Kabul, which was established in response to the independence of Afghanistan in 1919. It contextualises this …
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![The Theology and Ecclesiology of the Prayer Book Crisis, 1906–1928]( "The Theology and Ecclesiology of the Prayer Book Crisis, 1906–1928")
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Cruickshank, D. D. (2019)
This book considers the doctrinal and ecclesiological trends that were present during the construction of the revised Book of Common Prayer of 1927. Through the use of the records …
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![A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century]( "A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century")
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Xin, Q. (2019)
This book examines the cultural concepts that guided the development of the “age of mankind”— the changes that took place in historical, philosophical, scientific, religious, …
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![Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania]( "Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania")
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Bejan, C. A. (2019)
In 1930s Bucharest, some of the country’s most brilliant young intellectuals converged to form the Criterion Association. Bound by friendship and the dream of a new, modern …
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![Religion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870–2000]( "Religion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870–2000")
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Curry, L. (2019)
Drawing upon a diverse range of archival evidence, medical treatises, religious texts, public discourses, and legal documents, this book examines the rich historical context in …
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![Italian Fashion since 1945]( "Italian Fashion since 1945")
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Scarpellini, E. (2019)
In the course of the twentieth century, Italy succeeded in establishing itself as one of the world's preeminent fashion capitals, despite the centuries-old predominance of Paris …
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![Moralizing Capitalism]( "Moralizing Capitalism")
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Berger, S. (Ed), Przyrembel, A. (Ed) (2019)
This book adds a crucial focus on morality to the growing literature on the history of capitalism by exploring social and cultural perspectives on the economic order that has …
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![Jesus in an Age of Enlightenment]( "Jesus in an Age of Enlightenment")
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Birch, J. C. P. (2019)
This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. Using an innovative method, the study illuminates the intellectual …
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![Magic and Witchery in the Modern West]( "Magic and Witchery in the Modern West")
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Feraro, S. (Ed), Doyle White, E. (Ed) (2019)
This book marks twenty years since the publication of Professor Ronald Hutton’s The Triumph of the Moon, a major contribution to the historical study of Wicca. Building on and …
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![Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean]( "Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean")
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Machado, P. (Ed), Fee, S. (Ed), Campbell, G. (Ed) (2018)
This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites—from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to …
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![New Approaches in History and Theology to Same-Sex Love and Desire]( "New Approaches in History and Theology to Same-Sex Love and Desire")
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Chapman, M. D. (Ed), Janes, D. (Ed) (2018)
This book offers a range of interdisciplinary evaluations of the history of same-sex relationships in the Church as they have been understood in different periods and contexts. …
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![Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects]( "Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects")
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Stead, E. (Ed) (2018)
This book contributes significantly to book, image and media studies from an interdisciplinary, comparative point of view. Its broad perspective spans medieval manuscripts to …
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![Cosmopolitanisms and Latin America]( "Cosmopolitanisms and Latin America")
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Loss, J. (2005)
This book examines Latin America's history of engagement with cosmopolitanisms as a manner of asserting a genealogy that links cultural critique in Latin America and the United …
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![Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media]( "Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media")
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Bell, B. (Ed), Kaul, C. (Ed), Wilkinson, A. S. (Ed)
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media publishes original, high quality research into the cultures of communication from the middle ages to the present day. The series …
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