The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction Av Joachim (professor Of German History And Thought University Of Cambridge) Whaley

<b>Very Short Introductions<b>: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring </b>Ancient Greece is often considered to be the birthplace of science and medicine, and the explanation of natural phenomena without recourse to supernatural causes. These...

German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and G¿nter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction presents an engrossing tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the...

Marriage has not always meant just one man and one woman. For much of human history, over much of the globe, the most common alternative was polygamy: marriage involving more than one spouse. Polygamy, or plural marriage, has long been an accepted form...

From the fourth to the fifteenth century AD the Byzantine Empire flourished as a powerful economic, cultural, and military force, whose influence stretched from Spain to Egypt. Peter Sarris explores the fusion of Greek and Roman civilization at the heart...