These truths we hold

An impressive list of contributors addressing the subject of truth in Jewish tradition and in contemporary Jewish life from different perspectives. The articles are meant to shore up faith and to serve as a bank of resources to orient readers to Judaism's rich, multi-faceted and morally edifying ...

Jewish daily life in medieval northern europe, 1080-1350

This sourcebook is designed to introduce students to the everyday lives of the Jews who lived in the German Empire, northern France and England from the 11th to the mid-14th centuries. The volume consists of translations of primary sources written by or about medieval Jews.

The emergence of jewish scholarship in america

Schwartz’s book tells the story of the publication of the Jewish Encyclopedia, the first comprehensive collection of material pertaining to the Jews, their history, literature, philosophy, ritual. Published by Funk & Wagnalls from 1901 to 1906, its successful completion was due to the determi...

Debates on the holocaust

Analyses the development of history writing on the destruction of the European Jews from just before the end of the Second World War to the present day, and argues forcefully that history writing is as much about the present as it is the past.

Narratives of islamic origins

How and why did Muslims first come to write their own history? The author argues in this work that the Islamic historical tradition arose not out of idle curiosity, or through imitation of antique models, but as a response to a variety of challenges facing the Islamic community during its first s...

Classical rhetoric and medieval historiography

This volume stands as a selection of works presented sessions at the thirteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, helping to “fortify the strength of interest and inquiry directed toward rhetoric’s symbiosis with historiography in centuries past”.

The study of chivalry

In a series of essays readers will find information about modern scholarship on the subject of chivalry and various suggestions for ways to teach some familiar and unfamiliar chivalric materials. Short bibliographies are provided for teachers' further use.

Comparative perspectives on history and historians

Features a section of appreciations of Bryce Lyon from the three editors, R. C. Van Caenegem, and Walter Prevenier, followed by three sections on the major areas on which Lyon's research concentrated: the legacy of Henri Pirenne, constitutional and legal history of England and the Continent, and ...

Medieval lives and the historian

Proceedings of the First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Medieval Prosopography (Bielefeld, Germany, December 1982).

Archaeological approaches to medieval europe

The collection is intended primarily as a sampler, but a thematic unity emerges around the potential of archaeological approaches to contribute to a political ecology of the medieval period. Indispensable for archaeologists and historians of the Middle Ages seeking an appraisal of the state of th...

Pieter geyl and britain

Pieter Geyl (1887—1966) was undoubtedly one of the most internationally renowned Dutch historians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial. Geyl was an early example of a ‘public intellectual’ and remains one of the most influential thinkers on history of all time. This vo...

The creighton century, 1907-2007

This volume offers a selection of ten lectures from the first 100 years of the University of London’s prestigious Creighton Lecture series. Each of the chosen lectures is introduced and set in context by a historian of the modern-day University, providing a fascinating insight into the developmen...

Resisting history

Resisting History examines the unexpected origins of our modern notion of the subconscious. Written in a fresh and entertaining style, this concise volume argues that this fundamental tenet of psychological thought derives from the attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to contain...

The alternative story of the division of the kingdom

Designed for play: children’s playgrounds and the politics of urban space, 1840–2010

An original and accessible history of the modern playground in Britain and beyond. Charting its journey from marginal obscurity to popular ubiquity, this title demonstrates how a diverse set of actors across the philanthropic, voluntary, state and commercial sectors all sought to reimagine and re...

More-than-human histories of latin america and the caribbean

The Latin American and Caribbean regions’ historical trajectories have been shaped by complex human-nonhuman interactions. In these histories people are important, even crucial, actors, but not the only ones. Offering a novel approach to the writing of Latin American history, this book responds t...

Mathematical astronomy in medieval yemen

This work surveys over 100 Yemeni astronomical manuscripts preserved in the libraries of Europe and the Near East. These sources attest to an active interest in mathematical astronomy in the Yemen from the 10th century to the 20th century, and the writings of various Yemeni astronomers of the 13t...

In the service of mars volume 2

A compilation of the most popular and detailed lectures and class notes from Western Martial Arts Workshop. From longsword to sword and buckler fencing; deadly knife-fighting to mounted combat, the martial traditions of England, Germany, Italy and Spain are all amply represented and combined with...

Fighting with the german longsword

Recorded over six centuries ago, the teachings of the Master-at-Arms Johannes Liechtenauer have been given new life in this book. Used as a self-contained course, or a primer for studying the medieval works, this book will be invaluable to martial artists, reenactors, medieval historians, or anyo...

Ridolfo capoferro's the art and practice of fencing

Rapier instructor Tom Leoni offers a full, accurate and accessible English translation of Ridolfo Capoferro's teachings in the Great Representation of the Art and Practice of Fencing, complete with high-resolution reproductions of the 43 original illustrations. Includes a glossary of rapier-fenci...

Venetian rapier: the school, or salle

This book takes you to the fencing School of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice. This faithful translation of Giganti's The School by internationally-known rapier teacher Tom Leoni includes the complete text, original illustrations and an introduction on rapier fenci...

The book of historic fashion

Provides a visual snapshot of the courtly elegance and common wear of the Middle Ages. Filled with hundreds of sketches taken from original sources, mechanical drawings and detailed 'layer drawings' demonstrating how the clothing was worn, the book will help newcomers find their way into the stud...

Bibliography of the works of peter martyr vermigli

This is a bibliography of the Italian Protestant reformer, and presents published major works, minor works, and partial works or extracts.

Commentary on the lamentations of the prophet jeremiah

Peter Martyr Vermigli’s earliest biblical commentary to survive is his lectures on the Book of Lamentations. The Introduction gives a précis of Christian Hebraism and pays particular attention to the Bomberg Bible. The notes highlight Martyr’s allusions to the Jewish commentators of that Bible. E...

The monarchy in modern greece

An account of the institution of the monarchy in modern Greece. The development of the monarchy is explored in parallel with the quest for popular legitimization; the author examines the causes of the unravelling of the strong, but uneasy bond between people and monarchy. 107 b&w photographs....

De la royauté hellénique

An account of the institution of the monarchy in modern Greece. The development of the monarchy is explored in parallel with the quest for popular legitimization; the author examines the causes of the unravelling of the strong, but uneasy bond between people and monarchy. 107 b&w photographs....

Enosis and the british

The documents within this volume reflect five phases of the Enosis agitation. This volume details each phase, highlighting the struggles between British forces and increasing independence from the people of Cyprus.

Nemea and me (two-volume set) greek language edition

The former Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents his archaeological discoveries at Ancient Nemea. Almost 1,800 colour and black and white illustrations, two volumes, large format. This is the Greek language edition; an English language edition is also available i...

Nemea and me 1971 to 2017

The former Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents his archaeological discoveries at Ancient Nemea. Almost 1,800 colour and black and white illustrations, two volumes, large format. English language edition.

The jew in the medieval world

First published in 1938, Jacob Rader Marcus's classic source book on medieval Judaism provides the documents and historical narratives which let the actors and witnesses of events speak for themselves. Marc Saperstein offers a new introduction and updated bibliography.

The jews in christian europe

Jacob Marcus's The Jews in The Medieval World (1938) has remained an indispensable resource for its comprehensive view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity through the early modern period using primary source documents in English translation. This new work based on Marcus's book ce...

Corporate securities macedonia - thessaloniki 1870 -1940

A total of 84 stock certificates are represented, most of them shares or company bonds, accompanied by details of the foundation and history of the issuing companies, the majority of which were based in Thessaloniki. Slipcased; 212 illustrations, most in colour. Prologue by Professor Evangelos Ve...

Flowers of battle the complete martial works of fiore dei liberi vol iii

Third in new five-part series presenting full-colour facsimiles, transcriptions and translations of the early 15th-century manuscripts by Fiore dei Libere, considered to be the father of Italian swordsmanship. Includes a translation, transcription and reproduction of the last and most recently di...

The complete renaissance swordsman

Translated into English for the first time, this book includes a valuable and extensive technical introduction, with illustrations from both original sources and modern photographs. Antonio Manciolino's instructions are easy to follow, sword-in-hand, even by beginners, while providing years of tr...

Captain of the guild

In this first printed edition of Falkner's work, a full translation and analysis, combined with a photographic reproduction of the original manuscript are included. The result is an attractive translation of a 500 year old picture-book that shows an adaptation of the Liechtenauer tradition, by a ...

In saint george's name

As a window into the knight and his craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts in the late Middle Ages and hands-on illustrated training exercises...

Royal jousts at the end of the fourteenth century

Bringing together some of the most important accounts of medieval jousting, especially those of the jousts at St. Inglevert, this is a direct look at the sources that have influenced our modern ideas and reconstructions of late medieval jousting.  

'can these bones come to life?'

This volume examines the depth and breadth in which experimental archaeology and textual analysis can come together to reveal the past. From glass beads to iron smelting, the profession of arms to chivalric virtues, this collection provides a unique insight into both the daily and intellectual li...

Fiore dei liberi's armizare

Robert Charrette here brings together his experience as a martial artist and respected 14th century historian to take readers on a tour of Fiore's manuscripts, and into the mindset behind its creation. This is a tool-kit that reveals Fiore dei Liberi's brilliance as a fighter, and as a martial ar...

Medieval wrestling

Jessica Finley, of the renowned medieval martial arts association the Selohaar Fechtschule, guides the reader on a journey that begins with the historical background of Master Ott's wrestling and culminates in step-by-step instruction for practicing the techniques of this ancient fighting art.    

Ideals face reality

Jewish life in early modern Poland was characterized by an adherence to Jewish law that had been inherited from medieval Franco-German Jewry; almost all aspects of activity, even the most personal of matters, fell within its purview.

In service of the duke

Writing in the mid-15th century, Master Paulus Kal was the agent and fencing master to the powerful Duke Ludwig IX of Bavaria. In this fencing book prepared for his ducal patron he presented in beautifully rendered and highly detailed illuminations figures wielding the sword, sword and buckler, d...

Eliezer eilburg

This book makes available for the first time a bilingual edition of two key works by the Jewish rationalist sceptic, kabbalist, and memoirist, Eliezer Eilburg. Of interest to historians and scholars of intellectual traditions both in and outside of Jewish studies.

English texts

This volume presents texts written in English of visitors to Cyprus. This volume focuses solely on the British period in Cyprus from 1878 to 1900.

Greek texts of the fourth to thirteenth centuries

This volume provides original source material concerning the history of Cyprus in English translation.

German texts

This volume provides original source material on the history of Cyprus in English translation from the German texts. This therefore enables those with a serious interest in the history of Cyprus to access the German texts through the translations.

Imperial power and maritime trade

This new paperback is a Revised Edition with new preface. Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material, this study presents the history of late medieval Mecca and the Sharifs who ruled the city.    

Pero tafur and cyprus

For the first time, this volume establishes an accurate account of the travels and adventures of Pero Tafur, beginning in 1436. Tafur set out from his native Spain to voyage to Jerusalem.

A narrative of the chronicle of cyprus 1456-1489

Translated from the Greek by Nicholas Coureas.  Together with an anthology of Greeks texts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries realting to Cyprus, and translated by Hans A. Pohlsander.

Cyprus and the balance of empires

Between 491 and 1191 AD, Cyprus was influenced by various political and cultural centres that vied for dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. This collection of essays primarily focuses on the island's archaeology when it was governed by the Byzantine capital of Constantinople.

Exile in amsterdam

Exile in Amsterdam is based on a rich, extensive, and previously untapped source for one of the most important and fascinating Jewish communities in early modern Europe: the sermons of Saul Levi Morteira (ca. 1596-1660). It offers those interested in European Jewish history access to primary sour...

Souvenir

The history of Salonica and particularly the life of the Jewish Community are captured in picture postcards of the period 1897-1917. English and Greek bilingual text. 217 colour illustrations.

To chronico tou tatoiou, a & b tomos

A detailed history of Tatoï, the summer palace and estate of the former Greek royal family, from a variety of historical sources, ranging from official state documents to personal diaries and correspondence. 367 illus. including photographs, drawing and maps. Greek language text