ADKINS, F J

Europe's New Map

New York, People's Institute Publishing Company. 1925, 1st US Ed.. Hardcover. Book, In the aftermath of World War I maps were redrawn to solve the apparent political problems This small book discusses the physical and economic geography , the new frontiers and the implications for international affries - chapters on Turkey, the Balkans, Czechoslovakia, Poland and "Teutonic expansion". Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 041352

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Politics International Eastern Europe Greece Turkey

BARKER, JOHN W

Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425) A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship

New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press. 1969, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0813505828) Hardcover. Book, liii,614p. illus. bibliography. index. maps on end papers. Clean tight text block, name of previous owner on ffep.NOTE: A heavy volume [1.1 kg] , Spine slightly bruised . Very Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 041891

Catalogue: Medieval Europe

Keywords: 0813505828 Byzantium Palaiologos Manuel Ii Palaeologus Sold

BUTTERFIELD, ARDIS [ED]

Chaucer and the City (Chaucer Studies)

Woodbridge, Suffolk, D.S.Brewer. 2006, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 1843840731) Hardcover. Book, [Chaucer Studies Vol XXXVII] Literature of the city and the city in literature are topics of major contemporary interest. This volume enhances our understanding of Chaucer's iconic role as a London poet, defining the modern sense of London as a city in history, steeped in its medieval past. Building on recent work by historians on medieval London, as well as modern urban theory, the essays address the centrality of the city in Chaucer's work, and of Chaucer to a literature and a language of the city. Contributors explore the spatial extent of the city, imaginatively and geographically; the diverse and sometimes violent relationships between communities, and the use of language to identify and speak for communities; the worlds of commerce, the aristocracy, law, and public order. A final section considers the longer history and memory of the medieval city beyond the devastations of the Great Fire and into the Victorian period. 231p. ibliography index. Fine.

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Book number: 31209

Catalogue: Medieval Europe

Keywords: 1843840731 London Medieval England Chaucer Geoffrey London Chaucer

FRASER, G.S.

Lawrence Durrell. A study. With a Bibliography by Alan G. Thomas

London, Faber & Faber. 1960, 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Summer 2004. Ex-Library, Pages clean and crisp minor signs of library ownership. 256p. bibliography index. Very Good +/Very Good, Price Clipped.

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Book number: 044608

Catalogue: Expatriate Writers in Europe

Keywords: Summer 2004lawrence Durrell Biography Bibliography English Literature Corfu English Literature

VAN DER KISTE, JOHN

Crowns in a Changing World: British and European Monarchies 1901-36

London, Grange Books Ltd. 1996, Reprint. (ISBN: 1856279103) Hardcover. Book, At the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, almost every European nation was a monarchy, most linked by close family ties to her and Edward VII, the "uncle of Europe". Prior to the outbreak of World War I, the personal relationships of Edward, and of his successor and son, George V, flourished with the other royal families of Europe. The closeness of the European families was violently interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1914, and the armistice of 1918 brought three empires, namely Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia, crashing down. Some monarchies were strengthened, and others weakened beyond repair. In this well-researched study, John Van der Kiste has drawn upon previously unpublished material for the Royal Archives, Windsor, to show the realtionships between the crowned heads of Europe in the first part of the 20th century. His account sheds new light on foreign policy leading up to World War I. As New/Near Fine - Slight Chip.

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Book number: 041026

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: 1856279103 Royalty Europe Edward Vii, George V Russia Rumania Germany Wilhelm Royal Families Royalty Edward Vii - King of England

LESSER, IAN; LARRABEE, F. STEPHEN; ZANINI, MICHELE

Greece's New Geopolitics

Santa Monica CA, Rand / Kokkalis Foundation. 2002, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0833030426) Soft cover. Book, Greece has been profoundly affected by recent changes in the international environment, on its borders, and within the country itself. Many long-standing assumptions about Greek interests and Greece's role have fallen away and have been supplanted by new approaches. The country has become progressively more modern and more European, and its international policy has become more sophisticated. At the same time, the geopolitical scene has evolved in ways that present new challenges and new opportunities for Athens in its relations with Europe, the United States, and neighboring countries. Many of these challenges cross traditional regional boundaries and underscore Greece's potential to play a transregional role, lookingoutward from Europe to the Mediterranean, Eurasia, and the Middle East. This report explores the new geopolitical environment Greece faces, paying special attention to the implications for southeastern Europe and transatlantic relations; explores options for Greek strategy; and offers some new directions for policy in Greece and on both sides of the Atlantic. 113p. bibliography. New.

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Book number: 042882

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: 0833030426 Greece Modern Politics Balkans Europe Eu Greece 1980-1999 Greece - Politics & Economics

MCCORMICK, MICHAEL

Eternal Victory: Triumphal Rulership in Late Antiquity, Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1990. (ISBN: 0521386594) Soft cover. Book, "As the Roman empire declined and 'fell', contemporary glorification of the emperor's triumphal rulership reached new heights, strewing traces of the empire's perennial victory across the physical and mental landscape of late antiquity. In this, the first comprehensive study of how a great imperial ceremony actually developed and how it influenced both the eastern and western heirs to the Roman legacy, the Roman triumph's resurgence and afterlife is documented from the Tetrarchy to the end of the Macedonian dynasty in Byzantium and to Charlemagne's successors in the early medieval West. This perspective shows that celebrations of the ruler's victory experienced unceasing change in ritual form and content and that these changes mirrored broader trends in the development of society and the monarchy. At the same time, it casts new light on the late Roman origins of the trappings of early medieval kingship. Far from the imperial capital, the cult of triumphal rulership permeated local elites, as commanders in the provinces imitated the supreme victor by staging triumphs of their own, and the new Germanic kings followed suit. Classicists, medievalists, Byzantinists, specialists of art and ritual will find here new data and approaches to a central problem in the transformation of the Roman Empire which culminated in the new civilization by Byzantium and the Germanic Kingdoms." 454p. bibliography.index Neat crisp copy. Fine.

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Book number: 041955

Catalogue: Medieval Europe

Keywords: 0521386594 Late Roman Empire Antiquity Byzantium Medieval Europe Sold Zzkarakas?

SAGHY, MARIANNE

Fifteen years of medieval studies in central Europe

Budapest, Corvina. 2009, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Offprint of the "Annual of medieval studies at CEU" Volume 15, 2009. [Pages 171-365] Reports on research relating to Medieval Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia . Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine.194p.[6 copies found in WorldCat - None in N America]. As New.

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Book number: 37851

Catalogue: Medieval Europe

Keywords: Medieval Europe Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia . Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine X04

SIMETI, MARY TAYLOR

Travels with a Medieval Queen - The Journey of a Sicilian Princess

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2002, 1st UK Ed. (ISBN: 0297607952) Hardcover. Book, " In 1185, the 32-year- old Constance of Sicily, a princess with the most magnificent dowry Europe has ever seen, was betrothed to the 21-year-old Henry, cold-hearted son of the great German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. Eight years later, the Sicilian throne lies empty and Henry and Constance (pregnant for the first time at 40) travel south to stake their claim against the usurper Tancredi's family. It is this journey that Taylor Simeti retraces, along the way contrasting medieval society with modern, capturing what the life of the medieval queen must have been like, exploring the idea of travel and pilgrimage, and expressing, above all, a deep empathy for her subject. " 319p. illus (some col.) bibliography. As New/As New.

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Book number: 038403

Catalogue: Medieval Europe

Keywords: 0297607952 Constance Hauteville Frederick Barbarosssa Federick Ii Sicily Holy Roman Empire Sicily