Money and Markets
09/01/2020
As Duncan Needham outlines below, the work and influence of Professor Martin Daunton is remarkable indeed. We are delighted therefore to have published this collection in his honour. Suitably, it… READ MORE
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The Culture of Castles in Tudor England and Wales
16/10/2019
Dr Audrey Thorstad introduces her new book, the first multi-disciplinary study of the cultural and social milieu of the post-medieval castle. In March 2019, Historic Environment Scotland reported that over… READ MORE
Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo
16/09/2019
Few films in German film history have generated more buzz and speculation long before their actual release than Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, only a handful have left as many legends about… READ MORE
Roger of Lauria, the Admiral of Admirals
20/08/2019
Our thanks to Dr Charles D. Stanton for this wonderful introduction to the incredible story of Roger of Lauria, whose triumphs during the War of the Sicilian Vespers remain unparalleled…. READ MORE
Books to look out for in August 2019
02/08/2019
What do English alabasters, apostate nuns and Aaron Copland have in common? They’re just three of the topics dominating our August releases. From the figure of the rogue to early… READ MORE
Medieval Week on Gotland
29/07/2019
First, all you can focus on is the silence. When will they come? How far has he gotten? Are they within the walls yet? When you are just about to… READ MORE
Karl Muck’s Nude Performance of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3 in E flat major
22/07/2019
While German music conductor Dr. Karl Muck was interned in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia during World War I, he committed an act of rebellion against U.S. federal authorities thereby leading the… READ MORE
Bernhard Heisig, the most important German artist you’ve probably never heard of…
10/07/2019
Indebted to Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth, and Otto Dix, as well as the drawings of Adolf Menzel, Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011) was one of East Germany’s most important artists. Indeed, one… READ MORE
The Wings of Atalanta: Essays Written along the Color Line
25/06/2019
You may enter South Carolina by many routes. Sail into Charleston Harbor and you pass Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, and Sullivan’s Island, where forty-percent of the Africans… READ MORE
The Old English in Early Modern Ireland
11/04/2019
The Irish Catholic Confederates nearly toppled the English administration of Ireland during the Nine Years’ War (1594-1603). For much of the war, the Irish had the upper-hand and defeating them… READ MORE