European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• The Sense of Suffering: Constructions of Physical Pain in Early Modern Culture

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  • Editors Jan Frans Dijkhuizen; Karl A. E.. Enenkel
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  • The early modern period is a particularly fascinating chapter in the history of pain. This volume investigates early modern constructions of physical pain from a variety of disciplines, including religious, legal and medical history, literary criticism, philosophy, and art history.

• Serving Empire, Serving Nation

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  • Author: J. Freitag
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  • Using James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, this book demonstrates the power of the British imperial state in constructing historical memories in late nineteenth and early twentieth century India, and how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes as well as European imperial concerns.

• Sexuality, Law and Legal Practice and the Reformation in Norway

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  • Author: A.I. Riisøy
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  • This book argues the continuities between the medieval and early modern in Norway in regards to extramarital sexuality and the manner in which it was criminalised and punished, as well as the position of women within the law.

• Slaves and Warriors in Medieval Britain and Ireland, 800 -1200

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  • Author: D.R. Wyatt
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  • Concentrating upon the lifestyle, attitudes and motivations of the slave-holders and slave-raiders, this book explores the activities and behavioural codes of Britain and Ireland’s warrior-centred societies c.800-1200 highlighting the significance of slavery for constructions of power, ethnic identity and gender.

• Sober, Strict, and Scriptural: Collective Memories of John Calvin, 1800-2000

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  • Editors Johan Niet; Herman Paul; Bart Wallet
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  • This book examines how John Calvin – his person, character, and deeds – was remembered, commemorated, and memorialized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

• Stephen Langton: Erzbischof von Canterbury im England der Magna Carta (1207-1228)

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  • Author: D. Baumann
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  • This biography of Stephen Langton, the Parisian master of theology and archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1228), focuses on his political commitment as a prelate in a period of considerable crisis and upheaval in England, and establishes Langton’s substantial contribution to the making of the Magna Carta. Die Biographie über Stephen Langton, den Pariser Theologen und Erzbischof von Canterbury (1207-1228) konzentriert sich auf sein politisches Wirken als Prälat in einer von Krisen und Umbrüchen geprägten Periode der englischen Geschichte und zeigt anschaulich seinen maßgeblichen Anteil an der Entstehung der Magna Carta.

• Studies in Medieval Jewish Poetry

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  • Editors Alessandro Guetta; Masha Itzhaki
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  • Analysing well-known Hebrew medieval poets from a new, refreshing standpoint and focusing on less known authors and periods, this book shows the maturity of the research in this field. Written in English (and French) the articles make the Hebrew texts more easily available to scholars of comparative literature.