December 2012

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Abandoning America: Life-stories from early New England Susan Hardman Moore In a field where primary sources are thin and difficult, Abandoning America is an excellent tool for reference and research. The book is fully annotated and offers a substantial introduction providing for further historical context. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $95.00	June 2013	Early Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
Anglo-Norman Studies 35 Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2012 Edited by David Bates A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Building the Operatic Museum Eighteenth-Century Opera in Fin de Siécle Paris William Gibbons The pathbreaking revival in Paris ca. 1900 of long-neglected operas by Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau-and what this meant to French audiences, critics, and composers. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $85.00	June 2013	Music	Academic	University of Rochester Press
Castration and Culture in the Middle Ages Edited by Larissa Tracy Essays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
Communities and Health Care The Rochester, New York, Experiment Sarah F. Liebschutz Analyzes the Rochester, New York, Hospital Experimental Payment program (HEP) of the 1980s and its aftermath, emphasizing the importance of local and state communities to health-care decision making and legislation. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00\| US $75.00	June 2013	History of Science & Medicine	Academic	University of Rochester Press
A Companion to Fifteenth-Century English Poetry Edited by Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards A comprehensive, accessible coverage of the key authors and genres of fifteenth-century poetry. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
A Companion to the Works of Max Frisch Edited by Olaf Berwald A comprehensive advanced introduction to and scholarly commentary on the work of the Swiss writer Max Frisch, one of the leading German-language dramatists and novelists of the late twentieth century. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $90.00	July 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Culture, Identity and Nationalism French Flanders in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Timothy Baycroft An examination of the evolution of national and cultural identity in French Flanders over a period of 200 years. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Curye on Inglysch English Culinary Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century (including the Forme of Cury) Edited by Constance B. Hieatt and Sharon Butler A collection of recipes compiled from more than twenty medieval manuscripts. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £15.00 \| US $24.95	January 2013	Medieval Literature	Paperback	D.S. Brewer
The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare Robert Hornback A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £25.00 \| US $45.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Paperback	D.S. Brewer
Fernando Pessoa's Modernity without Frontiers Influences, Dialogues, Responses Edited by Mariana Gray de Castro Eighteen short essays by the most distinguished international scholars examine Pessoa's influences, his dialogues with other writers and artistic movements, and the responses his work has generated. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	July 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
Fifteenth-Century Studies 38 Edited by Barbara I. Gusick Annual collection of essays on diverse aspects of the fifteenth century, this year emphasizing topics in medieval literature. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $75.00	June 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Great Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union: Rapallo and after, 1922-1934 Stephanie C. Salzmann Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the treaty of Rapallo together within five years of their defeat in the First World War. The resulting fear of Soviet-German co-operation cast a long shadow over British foreign policy; this book traces its influence. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
A History of the County of Northampton VII: Corby and Great Oakley Edited by Mark Page and Matthew Bristow Comprehensive and authoritative history of Corby and Great Oakley, charting their growth and development from the early medieval period to the present day. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £95.00 \| US $165.00	July 2013	Modern History	Academic	Victoria County History
A History of the County of Shropshire VI.I Shrewsbury: General History and Topography Edited by W.A. Champion and A.T.T. Thacker Comprehensive survey of the history of Shrewsbury. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £95.00 \| US $165.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Victoria County History
Inside Conducting Christopher Seaman Exactly what does a conductor do in front of an orchestra? Internationally renowned conductor Christopher Seaman offers lively and informative answers in this wise yet humorous book. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Music	Trade Hardback	University of Rochester Press
Managing the British Empire The Crown Agents, 1833-1914 David Sunderland First in-depth account of the role played by the Crown Agents in the growth of the colonies. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Marco Polo's Le Devisement du Monde Narrative Voice, Language and Diversity Simon Gaunt The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe Edited by Cordelia Beattie and Matthew Frank Stevens Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Massacre at the Champ de Mars Popular Dissent and Political Culture in the French Revolution David Andress The massacre exposed the widely differing ways in which post-Revolutionary Parisians construed the word "patriotism", and why the great Revolutionary goal of political unanimity was so elusive. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
*The McCulloch Examinations* of the Cambuslang Revival (1742): A Critical Edition. Volume I** Conversion Narratives from the Scottish Evangelical Awakening Edited by Keith Edward Beebe First published edition of what has been described as "one of the most remarkable testimonies of eighteenth-century piety ever compiled". Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00	July 2013	Modern History	Academic	Scottish History Society
*The McCulloch Examinations* of the Cambuslang Revival (1742): A Critical Edition. Volume II** Conversion Narratives from the Scottish Evangelical Awakening Edited by Keith Edward Beebe First published edition of what has been described as "one of the most remarkable testimonies of eighteenth-century piety ever compiled". Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00	July 2013	Modern History	Academic	Scottish History Society
*The McCulloch Examinations* of the Cambuslang Revival (1742): A Critical Edition [2 volume set]** Conversion Narratives from the Scottish Evangelical Awakening Edited by Keith Edward Beebe First published edition of what has been described as "one of the most remarkable testimonies of eighteenth-century piety ever compiled". Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Modern History	Academic	Scottish History Society
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 9 Edited by Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £30.00 \| US $50.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France The County of the Perche, 1000-1226 Kathleen Thompson The emergence of the northern French county of the Perche, and the rise of the Rotrou family from obscure origins to princely power, 11-13c. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Ramon Llull: The Book of the Order of Chivalry Ramon Llull Translated by Noel Fallows New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £16.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Saints' Cults in the Celtic World Edited by Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies, and Eila Williamson Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £25.00 \| US $45.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
The Scottish Middle March, 1573-1625 Power, Kinship, Allegiance Anna Groundwater A new investigation of James I and VI's policy in the troubled Border region between England and Scotland. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Early Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Spanish Reception of Russian Narratives, 1905-1939 Transcultural Dialogics Lynn C. Purkey This book examines Spain's reception of Russo-Soviet literature and its relationship with Nuevo Romanticismo through the lens of Bakhtin's theories on the novel. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	June 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
Soldier and Peasant in French Popular Culture, 1766-1830 David M. Hopkin A study of the differing views of the conscript based on evidence along the eastern border of France. The popular idea of the swaggering military folk-hero, a potent image for the peasant-conscript, contrasts with the elitist view of conscription as "the nation in arms". Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Studies in Medievalism XXII Corporate Medievalism II Edited by Karl Fugelso Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on its relationship with business and finance. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
The Church on its Past Edited by Peter Clarke and Charlotte Methuen Essays range chronologically from Luke Gardiner's analysis of Socrates Scholasticus's retelling of the events of the reign of Theodosius I in the 440s, to John Wolffe's essay on modern religious history and the contemporary church. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £45.00 \| US $80.00	May 2013	History of Religion	Academic	Ecclesiastical History Society
The Minute Books of the Suffolk Humane Society A Pioneer Lifesaving Organisation and the World's First Sailing Lifeboat, 1806-1892 Edited by Robert Malster Documents from the Suffolk Humane Society reveal many fascinating details of life in a coastal town in the nineteenth century. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £25.00 \| US $45.00	May 2013	Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
Trade and Trust in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World Spanish Merchants and their Overseas Networks Xabier Lamikiz This new study shows how merchants sought to minimise losses by forging strong bonds of interpersonal trust amongst a range of employees, partners, and clients. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature The Influence of Derek Brewer Edited by Charlotte Brewer and Barry Windeatt Essays on the many key aspects of medieval literature, reflecting the significant impact of Professor Derek Brewer. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	July 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities Carole Rawcliffe The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	July 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press