Books with Histories
Pearson, David
Books with Histories
Pearson, David
Leverbaar
Levertijd: ca. 4 tot 6 werkdagen
An exploration of the historical relations between English and Dutch speakers from 1050 to 1600. Crossing chronological, linguistic, geographical, and disciplinary boundaries to show that contact between English and Dutch speakers had a profound impact on the social and cultural landscape of both England and the Low Countries.
This book presents a new cultural history of fin-de-siècle Russia in relation to the East. Drawing on literary texts, paintings, advertisements, official documents, and archival work, it reconsiders the place of Russia in the genealogy of global modernism by exploring the enduring impact of China on pre-revolutionary Russian culture.
The first edition, translation, and commentary on previously unknown medieval sermons written to defend the Catholic religion against heresy in the early thirteenth century, set against the historical backdrop of the crusade against Albigensian heretics in south-western France and during campaigns to push back heresy in northern France.
