Bücher der Reihe Routledge Companions to History

Making use of archaeological information and including clear discussions of controversial issues, this comprehensive volume provides easily accessible factual material on all major areas of warfare in the medieval West.

Covers Christian history over the last two millennia, from the early Church of the Roman Empire. This book is useful for students, teachers and the general reader.

Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, this title includes: thematic chapters; a chronology and glossary; biographies of key figures; and, maps. Featuring suggestions for further reading, it is a useful resource for students and scholars of the colonial and post-colonial eras.

Provides an introduction to the major historians and philosophers together with the central issues, ideas, and theories, which have prompted the rethinking of history that has gathered pace since the 1990s. This book examines the key concepts for the history through the ideas of leading thinkers such as Kant, Nietzsche, Croce, and Collingwood.

Presenting a compendium of facts and figures, lists, chronologies and bibliographies, from politics and economics, to leisure and sport, this book provides the complete companion to "Victorian Britain".

Brings together a range of information on the major aspects of 18th century British history, which is chronological, statistical, tabular and bibliographical. This book begins with the 18th century political system before going on to cover foreign affairs and the empire, the major military and naval campaigns, and social and cultural history.

Presents a history of the crusades, an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects. This work spans a chronological range from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and gives a chronological framework and context for modern research on the crusading movement. It is intended for students of history and religious studies.

Containing chronologies, biographies, documents, and genealogies, this compendium examines almost all aspects of the period from James I to Queen Anne. It details the key events and themes of the era, including: the English Civil War and its military campaigns; the Gunpowder Plot, Catholic persecution and the influence of Puritanism; and more.

Covers the events as Europe transformed during the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

Focusing on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods, this book offers a guide to the events, people and ideas which have shaped, and continue to shape, central and eastern Europe since the re-ordering of Europe at the end of the First World War. This book explores the common heritage and collective history of the region.

Covering information from the Reformation, controversies over the succession and the prayer book to literature, the family and education, this reference tool includes chronologies, biographies, statistics, and maps, as well as a glossary to the key works in the field.