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Mit der GERMANIA SACRA werden Handbucher zur Geschichte der alten deutschen Reichskirche (bis 1803/6 ) geschaffen. Das gesamte verfugbare gedruckte und ungedruckte Quellenmaterial sowie die Literatur der deutschen Bistumer, Domkapitel, Kollegiat- und Pfarrkirchen, Kloster und sonstigen kirchlichen Institutionen wird hier aufgearbeitet. Die Gliederung erfolgt nach den Bistumern und Erzbistumern.

Die Handbucher sind im wesentlichen einheitlich angelegt und enthalten folgende Kapitel: 1. Quellen, Literatur und Denkmaler, 2. Archiv und Bibliothek, 3. Historische Ubersicht, 4....

This volume provides a crucial reference book for Civil War scholars and historians, professional or amateur, seeking...

This volume provides a crucial reference book for Civil War scholars and historians, professional or amateur, seeking...

In recent years, the intersection of religion and the American Civil War has been the focus of a growing area of scholarship. However, primary sources on this subject are housed in many different archives and libraries scattered across the U.S., and are often difficult to find. The Routledge Sourcebook of Religion and the American Civil War collects these sources into a single convenient volume, the most comprehensive collection of primary source material on religion and the Civil War ever brought together.

With chapters organized both chronologically and thematically, and highlighting...

The Ancient Romans provides comprehensive coverage of the political, military and social history of ancient Rome from the earliest days of the Republic to its collapse, and the subsequent foundations of the empire laid by Augustus before his death in 14 BC. Interspersed through the discussion of the political history of the period are crucial chapters on all aspects of Roman culture, from women, to religion and slavery, and Roman law, giving students a full understanding of republican life.

With over 150 maps, illustrations and photographs, The Ancient...

The Ancient Romans provides comprehensive coverage of the political, military and social history of ancient Rome from the earliest days of the Republic to its collapse, and the subsequent foundations of the empire laid by Augustus before his death in 14 BC. Interspersed through the discussion of the political history of the period are crucial chapters on all aspects of Roman culture, from women, to religion and slavery, and Roman law, giving students a full understanding of republican life.

With over 150 maps, illustrations and photographs, The Ancient...

This is the sixth volume of ancient cuneiform texts being prepared under the auspices of The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, and the first volume for the Babylonian periods. The purpose of the project is to locate and publish standard editions of the texts known as the Royal Inscriptions from ancient Mesopotamia (Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria). Since the texts were first deciphered in the nineteenth century, the close affinity between them and events and people in the Bible has stirred great interest.

The texts presented in this volume are from the important transitional...

The only comprehensive encyclopedia on the Boer War available, this volume offers A-Z entries on the war's origins, military strategy and tactics, main battles and sieges, major political and military figures, weaponry, and other related topics.

From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs' rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian history in a beautifully illustrated full-color atlas depicting the essential cultural, political, economic, and military developments of Russia's past.

Like the double-headed eagle that is its state emblem, Russia has always looked abroad to both the East and West, searching for secure trade routes, trustworthy allies, and...

Cradled among the world's highest mountains--and sheltering one of its most devout religious communities--Tibet is, for many of us, an ultimate destination, a place that touches the heavens, a place only barely in our world, at its very end. In recent decades Western fascination with Tibet has soared, from the rise of Tibetan studies in academia to the rock concerts aimed at supporting its independence to the simple fact that most of us--far from any base camp--know exactly what a sherpa is. And yet any sustained look into Tibet as a place, any attempt to find one's way around its...

The Great Depression and the New Deal remain key topics in American History that come up often as testing subject material. This book--comprising an introduction, encyclopedic A-Z entries, a chronology, thematic tagging, more than a dozen primary sources, Advanced Placement (AP) exam resources, and a bibliography--provides a complete resource for studying the themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policy of the Great Depression and New Deal in America. It is ideally suited as a study resource for high school students studying to take the AP U.S. history course as well as...

This crucial reference book, the fourth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization,...