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The Complete History of the Habsburg Empire: 1232-1789
Rise and Decline of the Great Dynasty: The Founder - Rhodolph's Election as Emperor, Religious Strife in Europe, Charles V, The Turkish Wars, The Polish War, Maria Theresa, The French Revolution & European Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "The Complete History of the Habsburg Empire: 1232-1789" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. History of the Austrian Empire embraces all that is wild and wonderful in history; early struggles for aggrandizement,...
by Percy B. Green
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
A few leading thoughts culled from such men as Tylor, Lubbock, Wilson, McLennan, Frazer, and Boyd Dawkins, etc., the experiences of our modern travellers among primitive races, Indian and European folk-lore, the world's credulities past and present, have helped me to fix the idea that amongst the true historians of mankind the children of our streets find a place.
The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity
The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
This book offers a radical perspective on what are conventionally called the Islamic Conquests of the seventh century. Placing these earthshattering events firmly in the context of Late Antiquity, it argues that many of the men remembered as the fanatical agents of Muḥammad probably did not know...
The Forcing Of The Merderet Causeway At La Fiere, France
An Action By The Third Battalion 325th Glider Infantry [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Contains 6 maps and illustrations.
As the tens of thousands of American troops began their approach toward the forbidding German-defended Normandy coast, their comrades in the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions had already flown over the Channel and began dropping and gliding into enemy territory....
Jan Sobieski
The King Who Saved Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Jan Sobieski was one of the most extraordinary and visionary monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 until his death. He was a man of letters, an artistic person, a dedicated ruler but above all the greatest soldier of his time. Popular among his subjects, he won considerable fame...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
This handbook aims to challenge ‘gender blindness’ in the historical study of high politics, power, authority and government, by bringing together a group of scholars at the forefront of current historical research into the relationship between masculinity and political power. Until very recently...
by Steven A. Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural...
by Denys Hay
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The second edition of this highly successful textbook analyses the structure of later medieval society in Europe, identifies its main groups and their political programmes, and examines their impact on the political, economic and social history of the major European states. There are many additions...
An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World
The Travels of Muhammad ibn ‘Uthmān al-Miknāsī, 1779-1788
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the pre-modern period that present a comparative perspective, his travelogues provide unique insight with in to Christendom and Islam.
Translating excerpts...
Eastern Question 1774-1923, The
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
A clear and concise guide to the Eastern Question - the problem facing the European states of how to react to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. A L MacFie's study shows how the question was a major factor in shaping the policies of all the major powers from the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74 down to the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
by Jem Duducu
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Sparked by the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars became one of the largest European conflicts in history as Napoleon fought to expand his French Empire. The wars were instrumental in the formation of Europe as we know it today, and confirmed Britain’s dominance as a seafaring nation. It was...
Dubrovnik
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik has faced Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, the will of Napoleon. In 1991–92 the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy its cultural heritage.
This...
Reading The Enemy’s Mail:
Origins And Development Of US Army Tactical Radio Intelligence In World War II, European Theater
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This thesis traces the development of American radio intelligence at the operational and tactical levels from its beginnings in World War I through the end of World War II. It shows that signals intelligence is useful to the tactical and operational level commander. The study recommends the Army rethink...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
For decades, the creationist movement was primarily situated in the United States. Then, in the 1970s, American creationists found their ideas welcomed abroad, first in Australia and New Zealand, then in Korea, India, South Africa, Brazil, and elsewhere—including Europe, where creationism plays...