Between Two Worlds Av Malcolm (professor Of Early Modern History University Of East Anglia) Gaskill

Throughout history, to the present day, witchcraft raises questions about the distinction between reality and fantasy, faith and proof. This Very Short Introduction explores witchcraft, both as a contemporary phenomenon and a historical subject. It looks...

Atlantic Wars is the first work to comprehensively explore how warfare shaped human experience around the Atlantic from the late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. It examines how armed conflict affected how and where people lived, who they associated...

Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing.''er at number 14 is dirtyReceiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces...

The first history of the West End of London, showing how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern culture...