A Study in Legal History Volume II; The Last of England
Lord Denning’s celebrated judgments were known for their deep ‘Englishness’. As English identity is fiercely debated today, this book considers the role of Englishness in his jurisprudence, from his views on history and race to European law.
Crime Over Time
Marrying criminology and history, this book offers a unique examination of crime over 200 years of Australian history. It explores how crime has evolved, from colonial bushranging to cybercrime, revealing the historical factors that shape punishment today.
Can scientific principles be a priori yet still change? This book argues they can be, proposing a novel concept: a priori revisability. Using case studies from physics and geometry, it reveals a new dynamic of science driven by non-empirical moves.
In the Fold between Power and Desire
This book unravels the interplay of power and desire in the lives and art of six fin-de-siècle women artists, tracing the creation of the female artistic self through an innovative feminist and genealogical lens.
Gregory and Leander
Gregory the Great and Leander were close friends with similar lives, works, and deaths. This book explores their shared theological influence across Italy and Spain and their role in spreading the Christian Church. Both extraordinary men were very much on the side of women.
Beyond Borders
How does scientific knowledge circulate? Is science a national or international endeavour? Challenging the fragmented state of the history of science, this book argues for pluralism and internationalism through a rich diversity of subjects, periods, and geographies.
‘A Storme Out of Wales’
This is the first detailed study of the 1648 revolt in Wales, covering the Battle of St. Fagans and Cromwell’s campaign. It offers a radical reinterpretation: not a Royalist uprising, but a localist revolt against a centralising government.
Islands and Britishness
What does it mean to be an islander? This collection explores the complex relationship between islands and Britain, examining how empire, tourism, and language shape identity from Jersey to Jamaica, offering a global perspective on Britishness.
To breach the limits of the acceptable is to define them. But does this understanding still apply today? This collection explores the complex relationship between artistic transgression and the law through essays on cinema, art, philosophy, music, and literature.
Churchill likened Lloyd George’s attitude to Germany to Marshal Pétain. This book reveals why. Believing Germany was an underdog, Lloyd George supported appeasement even during Hitler’s chancellorship and advocated a compromise peace during World War Two.
This book argues the Faustian pact with demonic forces is a motif explored not only in Doctor Faustus, but throughout Marlowe’s tragedies. It examines this pact in psychological and cultural terms, demonstrating its relevance for modern society.
The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196-1303)
This book examines the Greek Church in Cyprus, Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It analyses the establishment of the Latin Church and its relations with the Greek clergy and secular authorities.
Fields of Expertise
Fields of Expertise explores the relationship between experts and power from a historical perspective. Using case studies from Paris and London since 1600, it challenges traditional views on expertise in risk management, medicine, and economic policy.
Interwar Japan beyond the West
To avoid the Western imperialist yoke, late nineteenth-century Japan embraced an imperial identity. This was justified by a philosophy that saw Japan’s hegemonic aspirations as a moral obligation: a duty to overcome modern civilization and promote a new culture.
Civic Duty
This study offers a new view on public services in the early modern Low Countries. It explores who provided services between 1500 and 1800, how they were rewarded, and how these responsibilities were shaped by conceptions of citizenship and collective interest.
Evolutionary Theist
The culmination of fifty years of research on American liberal religious thought, this study of Minot J. Savage completes the author’s work on the empirical tradition within the Free Religious Association.
This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.
Florida Studies
Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on Florida literature, including studies of African-American figures and suggestions for teaching.
The Orient of Europe
Why did German Romantics call Germany “the Orient of Europe”? This book reveals how they used an idealized India as a mirror to forge a national identity based on culture and spirit, not military might, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Eastern Indian Ocean
This pioneering study examines commercial and cultural linkages across the Eastern Indian Ocean, from past to present. It shows how reviving ancient connections can stimulate international trade, promote regional cooperation, and shape the India-South East Asia relationship.
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