This book, based on new research in the Spanish archives, offers an account of the activities of the linajudos , genealogists whose occupation was to scrutinize ancestries and to extort money from ca
The idea of outlawry was, of course, a highly important concept of legal and social control in the early Medieval societies in Europe as well as elsewhere, and especially so in the early Germanic soci
A fascinating, fully accessible collection of Christian-Jewish dialogic essays, originally read at the conference on [title], jointly sponsored by Manhattan College and Baruch College, CUNY, and held
Sierra Leone-born Bah (African history, College of Charleston) serves as a guide to the complex processes which led to the post-colonial defining of the borders of his native land as well as Liberia a
Presents papers from a January 1998 Festschrift . Historians and theologians from Australia and New Zealand explore the way that Christianity has made a home in the region, and provide case studies in
Changing definitions of crime accompanied the economic transformation of seacoast New Hampshire from a predominantly agricultural, rural society in 1812 to one that was mainly industrial, commercial,
A description of the political development of the PCI workers' party in the Porta Romana area of Milan during the 1940s emphasizing the struggle between workers' expectations and external political so
A historical reference of Quebec City from the 1680s to the 1730s focusing on French architectural influences in the creation of the Canadian city's image. Grignon (history, Laval U.) probes archival
Cameroon's linguistic history is complex, at least as complex as its religious history. In fact, in the case of Cameroon the two came together to create a long series of clashes between mission person
Examines Italian fascist WWII propaganda, defining the domestic and foreign policy imperatives of the fascist regime and explaining how propaganda was implemented to meet the wartime needs of the stat
