Friedrich Steger & Hermann Wagner 
Die Nippon-Fahrer oder das wiedererschlossene Japan [PDF ebook] 

The fifteen articles republished here exemplify the many directions Robert Black»s research in Renaissance studies has taken. The first five studies look at Renaissance humanism, in particular at it …

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? W …

Avoiding what Barbara Tuchman has called the ‘trap built into all recorded history—the disproportionate survival of the negative, ‘ this book offers a balanced appraisal of Imperial Germany. Without …

This study of the relationship between Cecil Rhodes and the Cape Afrikaners fills many gaps in his political biography. Previous biographers have rarely consulted the abundant Cape Afrikaner sources …

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century. This book follows Bruno’s life and the development of his thought in the order in w …

Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginn …

The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha argues that perspectives drawn from literary-critical theories of the fantastic and fantasy are apt to explore Hebrew Bible religious narrat …

This is a comprehensive portrait of Taiwan. It covers the major periods in the development of this small but powerful island province/nation. The work is designed in the style of the multi-volume ‘Ca …

A comparison of the cultural and political/institutional dimensions of war»s impact on Greece during the Peloponnesian War, and the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Kore …