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The Ghurids have their origins in the mountainous region of modern central Afghanistan, from where they established the first Islamic state in India. Some of their ghulams, primarily nomadic Turks from Central Asia, were to become independent rulers, leading to the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate. At its height, in the late-twelfth and early-thirteenth centuries, their domain extended from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal and from the Straits of Hormuz to the River Oxus. Mamluks, Conquest and Culture covers both the military and political history of the dynasty and the Persianate cultural world they inhabited and propagated on the subcontinent. The collapse of the Great Seljuk Empire allowed them to expand westwards into Iran. Extensive use of ghulams played a crucial role in their success, and this cavalry was to prove decisive in the campaigns against the Indian dynasties. Their conquests reunited territories to create a transregional empire for the first time in a millennium.

Sumption is that rare and precious thing: a serious, decent, honest thinker . . . and one of our finest historians. Dan Jones, Sunday TimesGripping and eminently readable . . . a compelling justification for the enduring value of historical narrative.The TimesUnsurpassed, and probably unsurpassable.Daily Telegraph In this final volume of his epic history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest, from the opening years of the reign of Henry VI until the loss of all of Englands continental dominions except Calais thirty years later. This sudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the history of the two principal nation-states of western Europe, ending four centuries of the English dynastys presence in France and separating two countries whose fortunes had once been closely intertwined, creating a new sense of national identity in both. The legacy of these events would influence their divergent fortunes for centuries to come.Behind the clash of arms stood some of the most remarkable personalities of the age: the Duke of Bedford, the English Regent who ruled much of France; Charles VII of France, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after the disasters of his early years; the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.The Hundred Years War ends in Englands agonising defeat - but triumph for Jonathan Sumption . . . There is no doubting his achievement. It is, as everyone says, a "monumental" work.Spectator

"Masterly A fascinating tour dhorizon of the Edwardian political scene. This must be a definitive account." Professor Jane Ridley, author of George V: Never a Dull Moment"A tour de force, sympathetic in its treatment of the subject, eminently wise in its judgement and invariably fair in its verdicts. It purrs along like a Rolls-Royce engine." Professor T. G. Otte, author of Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey"This brilliant book from Britains most important constitutional historian upends the orthodoxy about the decadent Edwardians. A masterpiece of intelligent history, both forceful and subtle, which transforms how we view not just those most complex Edwardians but also our own equally complex times." Professor Richard Aldous, author of The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs Disraeli"Brilliant. Instantly the leading history of this turbulent and critical period in Britains transition towards a modern democracy." Professor Robert Blackburn, Kings College London"Vernon Bogdanor has the habit of unearthing gems that have been missed by others. He does it again in this magisterial work on post-Gladstonian Britain by challenging some of the long-established myths about this period that deserve to be cast aside." Professor Malcolm Murfett, Kings College London"Professor Bogdanor argues with conviction and sometimes passion but always with judiciousness and in the light of deep reflection. The result is a masterly work which speaks to the politics of our own time." Alvin Jackson, Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of Edinburgh"An extraordinary exploration of a political world whose dynamics continue to shape the future of liberal constitutionalism." Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University"Crisp, authoritative and lucid." Nicholas Owen, associate professor of politics, University of OxfordThe turbulent years of 1895 to 1914 changed Britains political landscape for ever. They saw a transition from aristocratic rule to mass politics and heralded a new agenda which still dominates today. The issues of the period economic modernisation, social welfare and equality, secondary and technical education, a new role for Britain in the world were complex and difficult. Indeed, they proved so thorny that despite the efforts of the Edwardians they remain among the most pressing problems we face in the twenty-first century.The period has often been seen as one of decadence, of the strange death of liberal Britain. In contrast, Vernon Bogdanor believes that the robustness of Britains parliamentary and political institutions and her liberal political culture, with the commitment to rational debate and argument, were powerful enough to carry her through one of the most trying periods of her history and so make possible the remarkable survival of liberal Britain.In this wide-ranging and sometimes controversial survey, one of our pre-eminent political historians dispels the popular myths that have grown up about this critical period in Britains story and argues that it set the scene for much that is laudable about our nation today.

This special issue of the journal "zeitgeschichte" presents the results of the doctoral theses written within the framework of the "Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research" (20092012) as selected scholarly essays. The contributions are devoted to authoritarian regimes of the 20th century in Austria, Belarus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the Soviet Union. Using various methods from the humanities and social sciences, diff erent aspects of mainly "small" dictatorships are examined: conditions of emergence, structures, continuities, as well as preceding and subsequent processes of political and social transformation.Das vorliegende Sonderheft der Zeitschrift zeitgeschichte stellt die Ergebnisse der im Rahmen des Initiativkollegs (IK) Europaische historische Diktatur- und Transformationsforschung (20092012) verfassten Promotionsarbeiten in Form ausgewahlter wissenschaftlicher Essays vor. Die Beitrage widmen sich autoritaren Regimes des 20. Jahrhunderts in Belarus, Griechenland, Italien, Lettland, Litauen, Osterreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumanien, Spanien, Ungarn und der Sowjetunion. Mittels verschiedener geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlicher Methoden werden unterschiedliche Aspekte vor allem kleiner Diktaturen untersucht: Entstehungsbedingungen, Strukturen, Kontinuitaten sowie vor- und nachgelagerte Prozesse politischer und gesellschaftlicher Transformation.

As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments and tells the story of the islands people from the earliest stone age hunter-gatherers to those who lived in townships and in the grandeur of Islay House. He visits the tombs of Neolithic farmers, forts of Iron Age chiefs and castles of medieval warlords, discovers where Bronze Age gold was found, treacherous plots were made against the Scottish crown, and explores the island of today, which was forged more recently by those who mined for lead, grew flax, fished for herring and distilled whisky the industry for which the island is best known today. Although an island history, this is far from an insular story: Islay has always been at a cultural crossroads, receiving a constant influx of new people and new ideas, making it a microcosm for the story of Scotland, Britain and beyond.

Migration ist Gegenstand Sozialer Arbeit, wenn Migrant(inn)en marginalisiert sind und die Gesellschaft auf Anforderungen neuer Vielfalt reagieren muss. Sie findet nicht allein in migrationsspezifischen Sozialen Diensten statt, wie beispielsweise Fluchtlingsdiensten - der Umgang mit Vielfalt und Ausgrenzung ist in allen Bereichen Sozialer Arbeit Thema. Ausgehend von der Darstellung von Migration und Flucht und ihren entsprechenden sozialen Herausforderungen erortert das Buch migrationsspezifische Handlungsfelder der Sozialen Arbeit und erlautert entsprechende Konzepte und Methoden. Debatten zu Integration, interkultureller Kompetenz und verwandte Ansatze werden in ihrer Relevanz fur ein handlungsleitendes Konzept Sozialer Arbeit befragt. Als Querschnittsthemen werden u. a. behandelt: kulturelle Vielfalt in der Gesellschaft, Diskriminierung, interkulturelle und antirassistische Bildungsarbeit, der interkulturelle und interreligiose Dialog.

Years of Turbulence powerfully showcases many new perspectives on the Irish revolutionary period of 1912-23, through the vivid and provocative scholarship of leading and emerging historians. The contributors to this fascinating collection not only focus on new angles, they also revisit traditional assumptions, and elaborate on some of the central, current debates on the revolutionary period. Many muted voices of the revolution are given a platform for the first time in these pages. The collection demonstrates a determination to uncover personal experiences and protests that until now have remained relatively undocumented and ignored. Such themes as the experience of violence in its various forms, the specific circumstances of individual counties, tensions between constitutionalism and radicalism, between elites and the grassroots, the extent to which the IRAs campaign was effectively co-ordinated and controlled, as well as the challenge of writing about women and what they experienced, are deeply considered.Historians in this collection also recognise the need to address, not just events of the revolutionary period, but its afterlife, assessing what the revolution and its leaders came to symbolise, the extent to which a hierarchy of benefit existed in its aftermath, and what the implications were for survivors.Making use of a variety of recently released archival material - including censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, the Bureau of Military History collection, the Military Archives and Service Pensions Collection - Years of Turbulence reveals a fascinating web of different experiences during the revolutionary era and is a fitting contribution, not only to the pioneering scholarship of renowned historian Michael Laffan, who this collection honours, but also to the current decade of commemoration of the centenary of the revolution. The book is richly illustrated with rare images of the period from the Des FitzGerald collection.

This book provides the first detailed account of the course of Scottish politics in the reign of Charles II. It focuses on the years from 1667 to 1673, when, for the only time in the Restoration era, Scottish political leaders were able to make policy for Scotland with minimal interference from London and with Scottish interests chiefly in mind. The key players were the secretary of state, John Maitland, who was earl of Lauderdale and resident at court, and his chief agent in Edinburgh, John Hay, earl of Tweeddale, his first cousin, who became his dearest brother when Tweeddales son married Lauderdales daughter. A third indispensible member of the group was Sir Robert Moray, their cousin by marriage, King Charless fellow chemist and close friend. Together the three inaugurated a programme of reform which had some initial success but in the end foundered on political and personal disagreements. Maurice Lee makes effective use of the unpublished correspondence of the three, among themselves and with others, in telling the melancholy tale of the regime of this triumvirate for the first time.

The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations of the families whose territorial power and local leadership made them a central factor in medieval Scottish society. Issues discussed include the influence of Anglo-Norman England on earlier medieval Scotland, patterns of land accumulation by the aristocracy, noble residences, the legal and administrative aspects of baronial lordship, clientage, and dealings between magnates and the Church. Throughout, the essays stress the importance of recognising that, before the Wars of Independence, the nobility of Scotland was closely bound by ties of kinship and property with the nobility in England and emphasise that the common assumption of perpetual opposition between baronage and the Crown is a myth. First published in 1985, these essays remain essential reading on the subject.

In viewing Galloway from the wider context of the northern British mainland, Irish Sea and wider Hebridean zone, it has been possible to explore the dynamics of state-building, dynastic interactions, and the close inter-relationships of the territories connected by the western seaways, which most traditional national histories obscure. From this wider perspective, the development of the lordship of Galloway can be considered in the context of the spreading power and regional rivalries of English, Irish and Scottish kings, and a reassessment of the emergence of the unitary lordship controlled by Fergus of Galloway and his family. Traditional interpretations of the relationship of Fergus and his successors with the kings of England and Scotland are challenged and new light is thrown on the beginnings of the processes of progressive domination of Galloway by, and integration into, the kingdom of the Scots. The end of the autonomous lordship in the 1230s is projected against the backdrop of the aggressive state-building activities of King Alexander II and the transformation of its rulers from independently minded princes and warlords into Anglo-Scottish barons.

This text analyzes what really happened in Glasgow in the tumultuous years following World War I. It shows the real improvements in social conditions, and explores the impact of these years on the coming dominance of the Labour party in the west of Scotland.

A Firsthand Look at a Groundbreaking Archaeological DiscoveryIn 2014, aerial photography revealed a submerged structure beneath the waters of Lake Iznik, near the ancient city of Nicaea. The structure appeared to be in the shape of an ancient basilica church, with a nave, aisles, and an apse pointing to the east. The discovery was named one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in 2014 by the Archaeological Institute of America. Earlier excavations in ancient Nicaea have revealed fourteen Byzantine churches in the city, but none of them can be dated as early as the fourth century.Biblical scholar and archaeologist Mark Fairchilds work on the archaeological excavations in Turkey reveals what he argues is the likely location of the First Council of Nicaea. The Underwater Basilica of Nicaea includes: Beautiful images from the excavation Helpful maps from the dig site Fascinating insights for a location that could be the birthplace of Christian theology.

The gospel is for every tribe, tongue, and nation (Revelation 7:9), but there is no single biblical or theological model for the relationship between the gospel and these diverse cultures. Indeed, every suggested approach carries its own range of philosophical and theological commitments that all too often remain unexamined. Contextualization is fraught with challengesyet wrestling with questions of context is essential for how we understand mission, theology, and the embodiment of the Christian faith.German missiology has engaged these questions in a variety of ways that can both inform and critique Anglo-American traditions. In this compilation and analysis, John Flett and Henning Wrogemann translate and comment on a core thread of German missiological works, explaining both their historical and current significance. Drawn from journals and books across a century of academic discourse, these classic writings trace developments from Gustav Warneck, the father of contemporary missiology, through key thinkers such as Karl Hartenstein, who coined the term missio Dei, down to twenty-first century discussions of intercultural hermeneutics. Along the way they reveal advances, mistakes, and changing definitions as German missiologists interacted with the cultural and political realities of their time.This longitudinal study, showcasing many texts available in English for the first time, tackles the history and dynamics of contextualization head-on and sheds new light on the state of missiology today. We are reminded, Flett and Wrogemann argue, that we must keep working to honor difference within the worldwide Christian community as necessary to the fullness of our being in Christ.Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

Exile in Amsterdam is based on a rich, extensive, and previously untapped source for one of the most important and fascinating Jewish communities in early modern Europe: the sermons of Saul Levi Morteira (ca. 1596-1660). Morteira, the leading rabbi of Amsterdam and a master of Jewish homiletical art, was known to have published only one book of fifty sermons in 1645, until a collection of 550 manuscript sermons in his own handwriting turned up in the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest. After years of painstaking study from microfilms and three trips to Budapest to consult the actual manuscripts, Marc Saperstein has written the first comprehensive analysis of the historical significance of these texts, some of which were heard by the young Spinoza. Saperstein reviews the broad outlines of Morteiras biography, his treatment by scholars, and his image in literary works. He then reconstructs the process by which the preacher produced and delivered his sermons. Morteiras sermons also provide a trove of information about individuals and institutions in Morteiras Amsterdam, enabling Saperstein to analyze the shortcomings of behavior and the lapses in faith criticized by the preacher. The sermons also presented an ongoing program of adult education that transmitted the Jewish tradition on a high yet accessible level to a congregation of new Jews-immigrants who had lived as Christians in Portugal and were now assuming a Jewish identity with minimal prior knowledge. Here Saperstein focuses on themes Morteira considered crucial: memories of the historical past, confrontations with Christianity, ideas of exile and messianic redemption, and attitudes toward the New Christians who remained in Portugal. These historical reflections on Amsterdams community of new Jews are illustrated by eight of Morteiras sermons, which Saperstein presents in English and with full annotation for the first time. Exile in Amsterdam offers those interested in European Jewish history and homiletics access to primary source documents and the scholarship of one of the premier historians of Jewish preaching.

El libro analiza cómo se gestionaron los intereses diplomáticos de Felipe II en el Sacro Imperio entre 1559 y 1570, sobre todo en calidad de duque de Borgoña y, en menor medida, como duque de Milán. Tambien explica esos intereses pertenecian mayormente a un subsistema diplomatico denominado politica del Norte. En segundo termino, explica la razon por la que algunos antiguos servidores de Carlos V, que formaban parte de la representacion diplomatica de Felipe II ante el Sacro Imperio, fueron desplazados por hombres de la Peninsula Iberica. En tercer lugar, muestra que la defensa de los intereses jurisdiccionales y confesionales de Felipe II en el Sacro Imperio eran una expresion de dinamicas diplomaticas multilaterales. Finalmente, identifica y explica los temas referidos a la Italia imperial que trataron sus embajadores permanentes en Viena. La investigacion muestra que el manejo de los intereses diplomaticos de Felipe II en el Sacro Imperio entre 1559 y 1570 experimento un proceso de transicion. Paso de un modelo borgoñon a uno hispano que dependia del subsistema diplomatico politica del Norte. Este ultimo, casi a modo de una reminiscencia, hundia sus raices en la tradicion de los antiguos duques de Borgoña y dotaba de sentido y organizacion a los mecanismos empleados por el Rey Prudente. El dinasticismo, la multilateralidad y el desdoblamiento de su representacion (duque de Borgoña y de Milan, principe extranjero, pariente de los emperadores) fueron sus principales recursos para tratar de alcanzar sus objetivos en el espacio imperial.

La Historiografía ha sido sometida en el curso de la época moderna tanto a su confirmación inicial de mayor rango humanístico como a su depauperación en el siglo XX por negligencia regional en sectores tan decisorios por su objeto como la literatura, la filosofia o el arte. El gran dominio contemporaneo estructural-formalista significo por principio la destruccion de los conceptos de tiempo e historia en el ambito operacional de las ciencias humanas. Ya de la Ilustracion cabe interpretar que desempeño una funcion ambivalente en este sentido. Aun cabria arguir que nos hallamos ante una deficiencia o depauperacion solidaria respecto del proceso conducente al nuevo estado de cosas actual, es decir la aminoracion generalizada de los estudios humanisticos serios en favor de las simples practicas profesionales; la aminoracion de los criterios criticos y su relegacion a los intervenidos medios de opinion publica; la imposicion permanente de las ciencias sociales so pretexto de convergencia sobre las humanas propiamente dichas; la doble y paralela liquidacion de las artes de la lectura y la memoria; y por ultimo, digamos, el abocamiento a un resituado momento final de la Historia y la progresion confirmada de la Globalizacion En cualquier caso, todo ello no exime sino que exige, cuando menos, un analisis de los hechos y el intento de establecimiento de un diagnostico bien fundado.

Die Tetralogie Verloschene Lichter ist die Schilderung von blo funfzehn Monaten Hitlerholle. Das ist nur ein Fragment der Vernichtung und nicht einmal das grausamste, wenn man von auen darauf schaut.Mordechai Strigler, 1950Bereits kurz nach seiner Befreiung aus dem Konzentrationslager Buchenwald im April 1945 begann Mordechai Strigler, seine Erfahrungen in den Lagern des besetzten Polens literarisch zu verarbeiten. Wie kaum ein anderer Zeitzeugenbericht beschreibt Striglers Text mit beispielloser Schonungslosigkeit die Lagerorganisation und das Lagerleben sowie den Umgang der judischen Gefangenen untereinander.In Schicksale schildert Strigler die Zeit vom Winter 1943/44 bis zur Schlieung der Munitionsfabrik und Vorbereitung der Evakuierung der Haftlinge im August 1944. Er konzentriert sich dabei auf die Menschen in Werk C des Arbeitslagers Skar?ysko-Kamienna und ihre Beziehungen zueinander. Das Eintreffen von assimilierten und getauften, aber auch deutsche Juden aus Krakau im Lager im Fruhjahr 1944 verscharfte schwelende Konflikte: Aufgrund der vielen sozialen Unterschiede entstanden unter ihnen Spannungen, die das Leben der Gefangenen teils dramatisch verschlechterten. Strigler liefert damit ungewohnlich offen eine Sozialstudie judischer Schicksale in deutscher Gefangenschaft.

The creative genius behind Founders Building at Royal Holloway, University of London, arguably the most glorious building in England of the end of the nineteenth century, is widely respected and its architectural style is regarded as archetypally Victorian. Yet its architect, William Henry Crossland, is little known, despite a substantial catalogue of buildings, most of which remain standing today. Bringing Crossland out of the shadows, this biography explores this mysterious and elusive figure in depth for the first time. Recently digitised documents and long-hidden archival material have thrown a powerful light on Crossland, which, together with the authors first-hand knowledge of his buildings, offer the reader an unprecedented appreciation and understanding of the man, his life and work, as well as his personal and artistic influences. W.H. Crossland fills a gap in nineteenth-century architectural knowledge, but it is also the touching story of an ambitious and talented man, who is long overdue to be recognised as one of the greats among nineteenth-century architects. This book is intended for architects, architectural historians and anyone who is interested in the built environment, nineteenth-century history and intriguing personal stories.

The creative genius behind Founders Building at Royal Holloway, University of London, arguably the most glorious building in England of the end of the nineteenth century, is widely respected and its architectural style is regarded as archetypally Victorian. Yet its architect, William Henry Crossland, is little known, despite a substantial catalogue of buildings, most of which remain standing today. Bringing Crossland out of the shadows, this biography explores this mysterious and elusive figure in depth for the first time. Recently digitised documents and long-hidden archival material have thrown a powerful light on Crossland, which, together with the authors first-hand knowledge of his buildings, offer the reader an unprecedented appreciation and understanding of the man, his life and work, as well as his personal and artistic influences. W.H. Crossland fills a gap in nineteenth-century architectural knowledge, but it is also the touching story of an ambitious and talented man, who is long overdue to be recognised as one of the greats among nineteenth-century architects. This book is intended for architects, architectural historians and anyone who is interested in the built environment, nineteenth-century history and intriguing personal stories.

Con ocasión del bimilenario de la muerte de Augusto en 2014, nos sumamos a la conmemoración internacional de esta efeméride con una serie de actividades que tomaron como hilo conductor el tratamiento interdisciplinar de la mujer en el saeculum augustum. Esta monografia se forja en ese concreto contexto; asi, desde los campos del Derecho romano, Historia del Derecho, Historia antigua, Historia medieval, Literatura, Arqueologia e Historia del arte, se recogen diversos trabajos de investigacion sobre mujeres reales en la frontera temporal y politica en la que convergen dos siglos, dos sistemas de poder: la Republica y el Imperio.