By demonstrating the importance of horrific motifs in Greek and Roman epic, this book challenges ...

This volume provides a unique overview of the broad historical, geographical and social range of ...

Scholars from several disciplines recast reception studies and the classical tradition through th...

The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteen...

The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteen...

Scholars from several disciplines recast reception studies and the classical tradition through th...

The University of Oxford is the third-oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest...

Volume XI of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews...

Isaiah Berlin (1909-97) was recognized as Britain's most distinguished historian of ideas. Many o...

The death of Admiral Nelson on the Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is the basis of a w...

As in the previous volumes, volume IX of the History of Universities contains a mix of learned ar...

This study of Cardinal Richelieu's career as chief minister to Louis XIII of France presents the ...

This fresh and readable account gives a complete history of the University of Oxford, from its be...

The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and mu...

A detailed biographical study of the members of the army medical service during the Revolution an...

Built around a representative cohort of 750 'professional men' recorded in the 1851 census, this ...