The Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the sixteenth century was a formative event in European history. This important volume brings together the latest scholarship from leading experts in the field
Examines historical culture and conscience in 19th- and 20th-century Romania, concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Deconstructs the entire Romanian historiographic system a
This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mi
Recent bombing campaigns and peacekeeping efforts have achieved a fragile and uncertain peace in Kosovo. However, NATO will need help from both the European Union and the United Nations to create and
"This is not a psychodrama. Rather, this is a sociopolitical tragedy, extremely valuable, deeply researched, and fascinating. There is very little that is as important as this book about any of the to
From a June 1996 interdisciplinary conference in New York, 19 selected papers reflect three currents in Netherlandic Studies: the traditional study of the language, literature and history; the cultura
Could the atrocities committed in Kosovo have been prevented? What is the future of Kosovo and the surrounding region? What lessons can we learn from such a brutal conflict? In this groundbreaking
Map of Athens, The history of Athens, The environs of the Acropolis, Acropolis, Acropolis Museum, South Slope of the Acropolis, Areopagos Hill of the Nymphs, Pnyx, Hill of Philopappos, Canellopoulos M
This volume makes available some of the most exciting research currently underway into Greek society after Liberation. Together, its essays map a new social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a
In July 1995, more than 7,500 Bosnians from the city of Srebrenica were massacred by troops of the Bosnian Serb Army. Another 30,000 women and children were forcibly removed from their homes in this U
In order to mobilize members of national groups to fight in the many wars in the region since the pre-WWI period, national liberation ideologies were constructed on a rich local tradition of historica
This remarkable history tells the story of the independent city-republic of Basel in the nineteenth century, and of four major thinkers who shaped its intellectual history: the historian Jacob Burckha
The Byzantine world underwent a remarkable recovery of intellectual energy in the period following the recovery of Constantinople in 1261. The reaction of the emperors and their entourage of well-educ
Praise for the French edition:"The most complete and thorough historical synthesis ever written in a European language on the Jewish communities of the Balkans and Turkey."--Michel Abitbol, L'arche"A
By posing the notion of the outsider, one presupposes an insider. These 19 contributions explore the nature of identity and belongingness in Byzantium. The theologians, historians, literary critics, a
For over four years, Washington responded to war in Bosnia by handing the problem to the Europeans to resolve and substituting high-minded rhetoric for concerted action. Then, in the summer of 1995, t
From a March 1995 symposium in London held to complement the British Museum exhibition Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections, 18 papers explore the ways in which B
