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  • Abacus and Mah Jong
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    • Author: M. Carter
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    • This case study of Chinese settlement in Mauritius investigates the complexities of colonial diasporas and sets the construction of a mythology of migration against the realities of the processes of negotiation and communication with the larger society.
  • Arabian Seas 1700 - 1763 (4 vols.)
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    • Author: R.J. Barendse
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    • Drawing on a vast range of sources Arabian Seas 1700 - 1763 is as much a sweeping overview as a detailed examination of the maritime world of the western Indian Ocean in the eighteenth century. It deals with the various states, economies and societies there and with the impact of the early phase of European colonialism on them.
  • Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe
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    • Editors Th. Marius Leeuwen; Keith D. Stanglin; Marijke Tolsma
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    • The name of Arminius (1559/60 - 1609) is connected with a specific variant of the Reformed tradition: more rational and humanistic than mainstream Calvinism. This book gives an impression of the current research into his work. The focus is on the influence of Arminianism all over Europe, mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. An extensive survey of the portraits of Arminius and a comprehensive bibliography of his writings complete this book.
  • The Astronomical Tables of Giovanni Bianchini
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    • This book describes and analyses, for the first time, the astronomical tables of Giovanni Bianchini of Ferrara (d. after 1469), explains their context, inserts them into an astronomical tradition that began in Toledo, and addresses their diffusion.
  • Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology
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    • Editors Christoph Grellard; Aurélien Robert
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    • Drawing a new portrait of late medieval conflicts between atomists and anti-atomists, this book offers a new outlook on the fourteenth century's development of sciences.
  • Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on Sexual Equality
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    • Author: V. Guillin
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    • Drawing on a detailed analysis of their correspondence, this books offers a new intepretation of the relation between Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill, which focuses on their controvery over sexual equality.
  • Bastions and Barbed Wire
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    • Author: Tony Pollard
    • Editors Tony Pollard; Iain Banks
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    • A collection of the latest work in Conflict Archaeology. General theme is confinement, with concentration camps and siege sites, and defensive structures covered. Also includes other papers on battlefield archaeology and conflict studies.
  • Beda Mayr, Vertheidigung der katholischen Religion (1789)
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    • Author: U. Lehner
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    • Despite the importance the monks had as carriers of programmatic Enlightenment ideas, few of their original texts are available in modern editions. This edition contributes to filling this lacuna by publishing Dom Beda Mayr’s (1742–1794) ecumenical Catholic theology.
  • Between Betrothal and Bedding
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    • Author: M.M. Korpiola
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    • Investigating the interaction and tension between Swedish and canonical marriage formation, and the later Lutheran influence, the book offers a case study of marriage formation as a process and the mechanisms of legal reception in medieval and Reformation Sweden.
  • Bewegung und Beharrung: Aspekte des reformierten Protestantismus, 1520-1650
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    • Editors Peter Opitz; Christian Moser
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    • Die Beiträge dieser Festschrift für den Zürcher Reformationshistoriker Emidio Campi beleuchten ausgewählte Aspekte, welche die Geschichte des reformierten Protestantismus als komplexen Prozess von Bewegung und Beharrung ausmachen.
  • Beyond the Catch
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    • Editors Louis Sicking; Darlene Abreu-Ferreira
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    • Drawing on archaeological and written sources, this collection of essays presents fascinating new interpretations in the history of the fisheries by highlighting the consequences of the northern fisheries through interdisciplinary approaches to various themes, including the environment, economy, politics, and society in the medieval and early modern periods.
  • Boundaries and their Meanings in the History of the Netherlands
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    • Editors Benjamin Kaplan; Marybeth Carlson; Laura Cruz
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    • Drawing on a growing interest in the theoretical concept of boundaries, the contributors to this volume seek to understand the process of drawing boundaries, both real and imagined, and the consequences of these processes in the history of the Low Countries.
  • Chains of Gold
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    • Author: M.J. Borges
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    • Using a systems approach, this book examines how transatlantic labor migrations were linked to European circuits of geographic mobility, and explores the development of social networks that were crucial in Portuguese migrants’ socioeconomic adaptation in the Argentine pampas and Patagonia.
  • Child of the Enlightenment
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    • Authors: J.A. Baggerman; R.M. Dekker
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    • A diary kept by a boy in the 1790s provides the basis for a panoramic view of the Age of Enlightenment and democratic revolution in Europe, highlighting the emergence of new ideas on education, nature, time, space, religion and politics.
  • Christian Humanism
    • Type: E-Book
    • Editors Alasdair A. MacDonald; Z.R.W.M. Martels; Jan Veenstra
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    • This collection of new essays throws light on aspects of Christianity and Humanism and their mutual relations. The central focus is on the age of Renaissance and Reformation, and the contributions treat aspects of religion, history, philosophy, literature and education.
  • Civil Justice in Renaissance Scotland
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    • Author: A.M. Godfrey
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    • Drawing on archival research into jurisdictional change, litigation and dispute settlement, this book provides a fundamental reassessment of the origins of a central court in Scotland, arguing for the overriding significance of the foundation of the College of Justice in 1532.
  • Communities and Crisis
    • Type: E-Book
    • Author: S. Kelly Wray
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    • Based on testaments and notarial contracts, this examination of the Black Death of 1348 argues for social resilience in Bologna. The notarial record demonstrates that notaries, officials, medical practitioners, and clergy served the populace, while families remained intact and the populace resisted flight.
  • A Companion to Paul in the Reformation
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    • Author: R.W. Holder
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    • The reception and interpretation of the writings of St Paul in the early modern period forms the subject of this volume. Written by experts in the field, the articles offer a critical overview of current research, and introduce the major themes in Pauline interpretation in the Reformation.
  • A Companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli
    • Type: E-Book
    • Editors W.J.T. Kirby; Emidio Campi; Frank A. James III
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    • Peter Martyr Vermigli's distinctive blend of humanism, hebraism, and scholasticism constitutes a unique contribution to the scriptural hermeneutics of the Reformation. The Companion consists of 24 essays addressing the reformer’s international career, exegetical method, biblical commentaries, major theological topics, and later influence.
  • A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
    • Type: E-Book
    • Editors Joelle Rollo-Koster; Thomas Izbicki
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    • This collection presents the broadest range of experiences faced during the Schism, center and periphery, clerical and lay, male and female, Christian and Muslim, theology, including exegesis of Scripture, diplomacy, French literature, reform, art, and finance.
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