A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture.

Medieval research has grown tremendously in depth and breadth over the last decades. Particularly our understanding of medieval culture, of the basic living conditions, and the specific value system prevalent at that time has considerably expanded, to a point where we are in danger of no longer seeing the proverbial forest for the trees. The present, innovative handbook offers compact articles on essential topics, ideals, specific knowledge,...

Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of.

What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work - a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook.

In 8 thematic...

This handbook will provide a systematic overview of the present state of international research in digital public history. Detailed individual studies by internationally renowned public historians, digital humanists and digital historians will elucidate central issues in the field and present a critical account of the major public history accomplishments, research activities, and practices with the public and of their digital context. It will apply an international and comparative approach, look at the historical deveopment of the field, focus on technical background and the use of...

Since the discovery of X-ray diffraction in 1913 over 100 000 different inorganic substances have been structurally characterized. The information has been published in over 72 000 publications spread over 1 000 different scientific journals.
The aim of this reference work is to provide the researcher with a comprehensive compilation on inorganic substances in only four volumes.
This work provides critically evaluated physical properties tied to a chemical substance and quantitative information on publications related to a chemical system.

Der Band stellt aktuelle Theorieansatze aus den Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften ausfuhrlich vor und zeigt deren Rezeption und Diskussion im Bereich der Germanistischen Mediavistik auf. Zu jedem Kapitel tritt eine exemplarische theoriebasierte Analyse eines zentralen Textes der mittelalterlichen deutschen Literatur. Beigegeben sind umfangreiche Literaturangaben und ein Glossar der 'Schlusselbegriffe'.

Staaten rahmen und gestalten Migrationsprozesse, kanalisieren Migrationsbewegungen und kategorisieren Migrantinnen und Migranten. Unterschiedliche staatliche Akteure beschranken oder erweitern die Handlungsspielraume von Menschen, die danach streben, ihre Arbeits-, Erwerbs-, Siedlungs-, Bildungs- oder Ausbildungschancen mithilfe von Bewegungen zwischen geographischen und sozialen Raumen zu verbessern oder sich neue Chancen zu erschlieen. Die Kontroll-, Steuerungs- und Regulierungsanstrengungen staatlicher Institutionen konnen Freiheit und Freizugigkeit von Einzelnen oder Kollektiven so...

Die moderne Geschichte Agyptens und des Sudan hat mehrfach radikal in die nubische Lebenswelt eingegriffen und tut dies bis auf den heutigen Tag: Nach den groen Staudammbauten des 20. Jahrhunderts sind neue Damm-, Bau- und Schurfprojekte auch im 21. Jahrhundert der Anlass, unter enormem Zeitdruck groflachig nubisches Terrain zu erforschen. Hierdurch bedingt wurde auf allen Gebieten der Kulturgeschichte ein gewaltiger Wissenszuwachs erreicht. Erganzt wird dies durch Entdeckungen in agyptischen Fundplatzen, angrenzenden Wustengebieten und benachbarten Groraumen. Die 42 Beitrage dieses...

The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chretien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions...

Volume 1 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey of the theory of colloids in a variety of fields, as well as theircharacterization by rheology. It is an ideal reference work for research scientists, universities, and industry practitioners looking for a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces behave.