Gert-Joachim Glaener 
Der schwierige Weg zur Demokratie [PDF ebook] 
Vom Ende der DDR zur deutschen Einheit

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 …

The fourth edition of the acclaimed full-colour annual focusing on all facets of ”scratch-built” model shipbuilding, as well as related articles on restoration, archaeology, historical research and …

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why a …

Gender in Medieval Culture provides a detailed examination of medieval society”s views on both gender and sexuality, and shows how they are inextricably linked. Sex roles were clearly defined in the …

So much about the society that is now emerging in the twenty-first century bears an astonishing resemblance to the most prominent features of what we call the classical world – its institutions, its …

Originally published in 1990. Well-annotated bibliographical entries cover works on history, religion, medicine, philosophy, law and literature in western Europe from about the third century A.D. thr …

Originally published in 1971, this book gives the real substance of Scotland at the time of Mary Queen of Scots. It describes in extensive and colourful detail the way people of all ranks of society …

Modern European History brings together a unique selection of documents covering the period from 1871 to 2000. The collection is organised by topic, and a clear historical context and chronological c …

This book reviews al-Tall’s military-political biography during the years he served as an officer in the Arab Legion and those he spent in political exile in Egypt. The purpose is to understand al-Ta …