The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert ...

The origins, development and use of the two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, fro...

Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with ge...

The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gál (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his l...

Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately i...

This long-awaited autobiography is a must-read for classical musical enthusiasts and those fascin...

Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to exp...

Multi-disciplinary approaches shed fresh light on the Frisian people and their changing cultures....

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual...

A leading authority on the Bayeux Tapestry examines the work 'frame by frame' in this profusely i...

Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources. The pig was a c...

Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to exp...

A truly definitive work, this magisterial study draws on the latest evidence from across Europe t...

A practical manual for building musical understanding and physical skills, intended for conductor...

Howard Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript s...

A new look at Britain's industrial revolution showing how communities of shared skill, knowledge ...

The first English translation of the essays, lectures, and other critical writings of the celebra...

Considers Boult's interpretations of Elgar's major works by drawing on their correspondence, Boul...

CO-WINNER: The Triennial Alan Walker Book Award, sponsored by the American Liszt Society 2023A ne...

Investigations into the cultural significance of that most familiar and charismatic group of anim...

Develops a new theory of space and register which will be essential reading for the music analyst...

Both native-born and immigrant men and women shaped the history of graphic design in America, par...

Presents Wagner as a serious philosopher and offers a fresh perspective on the Ring and its uniqu...

Satie's music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of Light. This book situates Satie'...

The first guide to research on Telemann in any language.The 'Telemann Renaissance' is now more th...

The medieval in the modern world is here explored in a variety of media, from film and book to ga...

Providing a survey of Anglophone African detective fiction, from the late 1940s to the present da...

The first book to investigate what writers, publishers, and editors knew about the Stasi and how,...

Fleeing Soviet-occupied Vilnius in 1940, a girl and her parents arrive in German-occupied Poland....

An essential volume for anyone interested in Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and the history of the...

Brings together some of the very best surviving examples of medieval church wall paintings. This ...

The first fully annotated scholarly edition and masterful new translation of Wagner's autobiograp...

WINNER: AFCEMS Prize 2024Highlights human encounters with the forest and its trees at the time of...

The first comprehensive study of Calderón in EnglishPedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) is one...

Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the...

An exploration of how writers, artists, and filmmakers expose the costs and contest the assumptio...

Offers the most comprehensive analysis and discussion of medievalist computer games to date.Games...

This collection offers a holistic understanding of the impact of both crusading and settlement on...

Offers a comprehensive thematic introduction to a wide range of medieval writings about the outla...

A major reassessment of the first decade of the Thirty Years' War.Much has been written on the Th...

The first full-scale scholarly treatment of Mathilda of Flanders (d. 1083), duchess of Normandy a...

Explores the concept of 'resilience' by proposing that it is a contested idea, susceptible to cri...

This imaginative history of the Britons, written in the twelfth century, contains the first appea...

The role of laughter and humour in the postmedieval citation, interpretation or recreation of the...

`Agincourt! Agincourt! Know ye not Agincourt?' So began a ballad of around 1600. Since the event ...

Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden were key figures of the 1930s, and here Donald Mitchell traces th...

The First Crusade (1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western historical writi...

Strongly recommended. M R JAMES NEWSLETTERStories of restless spirits returning from the afterlif...