Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 23 - Historical Society: Series Number

A collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.

List of contents

1. French crossings IV: vagaries of passion and power in Enlightenment Paris Colin Jones; 2. Entrusting Western Europe to the Church, 400�0 Ian Wood; 3. Emperor Otto III and the end of time (The Alexander Prize Essay) Levi Roach; 4. Of living legends and authentic tales: how to get remembered in early modern Europe Judith Pollmann; 5. The semantics of 'peace' in early modern England Phil Withington; 6. What is pain? A history (The Prothero Lecture) Joanna Bourke; 7. A room with a view: visualising the seaside, c.1750�14 Peter Borsay; 8. Safety first: the security of Britons in India, 1946�47 Ian Talbot; 9. The 'tropical dominions': the appeal of dominion status in the decolonisation of India, Pakistan and Ceylon Harshan Kumarasingham; 10. Report of Council for 2012�.

Product details

• Authors: Ian W Archer, Ian W. Archer, Ian W. (University of Oxford) Archer
• Assisted by: Ian W. Archer (Editor), Ian W. (University of Oxford) Archer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2014
• EAN: 9781107063860
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06386-0
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous