Fictionalised accounts of translation and interpreting for peacebuilding forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo: The memoir-novels of Veselin Gatalo and Tanja Janković
(2016)
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Baker, C. (2016). Fictionalised accounts of translation and interpreting for peacebuilding forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo: The memoir-novels of Veselin Gatalo and Tanja Janković. In L. Buckingham (Ed.), The Status of English in Bosnia and Herzegovina (267-284). Channel View Publications and Multilingual Matters
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Jane Lead and the tradition of puritan pastoral theology (2016)
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Capern, A. L. (2016). Jane Lead and the tradition of puritan pastoral theology. In A. Hessayon (Ed.), Jane Lead and her Transnational Legacy (91-117). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39614-3_5Capern argues that Jane Lead and the Philadelphians were part of a continuous, evolutionary tradition of transatlantic radical Calvinist Protestantism. Jane Lead’s works are compared with those of Eleanor Davies to suggest that the pastoral imperativ... Read More about Jane Lead and the tradition of puritan pastoral theology.
Hull, fishing and the life and death of Trawlertown: Living the spaces of a trawling port-city (2016)
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Byrne, J. (2016). Hull, fishing and the life and death of Trawlertown: Living the spaces of a trawling port-city. In Port Towns and Urban Cultures: International Histories of the Waterfront, c.1700-2000 (243-263). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48316-4
The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar (2016)
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Smith, S. C. (2016). The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar. In J. Fisher, E. G. Pedaliu, & R. Smith (Eds.), The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (381-399). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46581-8_17The Gulf States, while small in size, were of increasing economic and financial significance to the British economy in the post-war period. While the loss of India in 1947 reduced the strategic importance of the Gulf, this was more than compensated f... Read More about The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar.
The Gallipoli centenary: An international perspective (2016)
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Macleod, J. (2016). The Gallipoli centenary: An international perspective. In B. West (Ed.), War memory and commemoration (89-106). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315572802The centenary of the invasion of Turkey by the combined forces of the British and French empires was marked around the world on 25 April 2015. Leading the way was Australia, a country that has built a national identity around the Anzacs who landed at... Read More about The Gallipoli centenary: An international perspective.
Germany 2: Colonial Empire (2016)
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Biskup, T., & Kohlrausch, M. (2016). Germany 2: Colonial Empire. In J. M. Mackenzie, N. R. Dalziel, N. Doumanis, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Empire. Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118455074The German Empire founded in 1871 possessed the fourth largest colonial empire in the period of high imperialism. Although Germany was a colonial power only between 1884 and 1919, Germans were engaged in colonial projects both before and after this p... Read More about Germany 2: Colonial Empire.
Germany 1: Colonialism Early Modern Period (2016)
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Biskup, T. (2016). Germany 1: Colonialism Early Modern Period. In J. M. MacKenzie, N. R. Dalziel, N. Doumanis, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Empire. Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe394Although no German state maintained a continuous colonial presence outside Europe before the 1800s, Early Modern Germany formed an important part of European expansion on several levels, which had repercussions for German society and economy as well... Read More about Germany 1: Colonialism Early Modern Period.
The Indian Army in Europe, 1914–1918 (2015)
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Omissi, D. (2015). The Indian Army in Europe, 1914–1918. In E. Storm, & A. Al Tuma (Eds.), Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945: "Aliens in Uniform" in wartime societies (119-139). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315658414-14In January 1915, a wounded Punjabi Rajput soldier, recovering from injuries sustained on the Western Front, wrote a letter home from a hospital in Britain to a relative in India. ‘This is not war,’ he said, ‘it is the ending of the world. This is jus... Read More about The Indian Army in Europe, 1914–1918.
England’s Wars of Religion: A Reassessment (2015)
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Prior, C. W. (2015). England’s Wars of Religion: A Reassessment. In W. Palaver, H. Rudolph, & D. Regensburger (Eds.), The European wars of religion: An interdisciplinary reassessment of sources, interpretations and myths (119-138). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315558486In 1983 John Morrill concluded a lecture before the Royal Historical Society in London with the observation that the English civil war was ‘the last of the wars of religion’. 1 is was profoundly suggestive, given the fact that religion had shaped pol... Read More about England’s Wars of Religion: A Reassessment.
Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650 (2015)
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Capern, A. L. (2015). Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650. In S. Broomhall (Ed.), Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (187-209). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137531162_11Chancery was a court that became infamous for provoking anger, contempt, distrust, and disgust, even loathing and rage, two basic emotions that feature right at the centre of Robert Plutchik’s three-dimensional emotions wheel. Chancery never became w... Read More about Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650.
Die Schlacht von Sanssouci: Der roi-philosophe und die klandestine Literatur im Siebenjährigen Krieg (2015)
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Biskup, T. (2015). Die Schlacht von Sanssouci: Der roi-philosophe und die klandestine Literatur im Siebenjährigen Krieg. In S. Stockhorst (Ed.), Krieg und Frieden im 18. Jahrhundert (75-92). Wehrhahn Verlag
Imperialism, History of (2015)
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Smith, S. C. (2015). Imperialism, History of. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (685-691). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.62046-9© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The word 'imperialism' is one of the most powerful concepts of our time. Originally coined as a term to describe and analyze the expansion of the European powers over the rest of the world in the last quarter... Read More about Imperialism, History of.
Searching for John Sevier: Myth, memory, and the history of early Tennessee history (2015)
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Ray, K., & Barksdale, K. (2015). Searching for John Sevier: Myth, memory, and the history of early Tennessee history. In K. Ray (Ed.), Before the volunteer state: New thoughts on early Tennessee, 1540–1800 (201-216). University of Tennessee Press
Cherokees, Empire, and the Tennessee Corridor in the British Imagination, 1670-1730 (2015)
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Ray, K. (2015). Cherokees, Empire, and the Tennessee Corridor in the British Imagination, 1670-1730. In K. Ray (Ed.), Before the Volunteer State: New Thoughts on Early Tennessee, 1540–1800 (35-64). University of Tennessee Press
Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family (2015)
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Capern, A. L. (2015). Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family. In C. Walker, & H. Kerr (Eds.), 'Fama' and her sisters: Gossip and rumour in Early Modern Europe (85-113). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.EER-EB.4.00081This article explores the role of rumour, or the hearsay and gossip that circulated in a community, in eroding or maintaining reputations within and across families; it considers the nature of gossip, including the way it carried gender connotations,... Read More about Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family.
A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856 (2014)
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Starkey, D. J., & McCarthy, M. (2014). A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856. In S. Eklöf Amirell, & L. Müller (Eds.), Persistent Piracy (131-151). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352866_7The British Atlantic world was ‘created by kaleidoscopic movements of people, goods and ideas’ that spiralled out of England, Scotland and Ireland (hereafter, Britain) from the sixteenth century onwards.1 A desire to gain at the expense of foreigners... Read More about A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856.
Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain (2014)
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Wall, R. (2014). Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain. In J. Reinarz, & R. Wynter (Eds.), Complaints, controversies and grievances in medicine: Historical and social science perspectives (184-202). Routledge
Das Haus Hannover, das Britische Empire und die Naturgeschichte. Gelehrte Praktiken zwischen Universität Göttingen, Weltreich und Dynastie (2014)
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Biskup, T. (2014). Das Haus Hannover, das Britische Empire und die Naturgeschichte. Gelehrte Praktiken zwischen Universität Göttingen, Weltreich und Dynastie. In R. G. Asch (Ed.), Hannover, Großbritannien und Europa: Erfahrungsraum Personalunion, 1714-1837. Wallstein
Eleanor Davies and the New Jerusalem (2014)
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Capern, A. L. (2014). Eleanor Davies and the New Jerusalem. In J. A. Chappell, & K. A. Kramer (Eds.), Women during the English Reformations: Renegotiating Gender and Religious Identity (91-114). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465672_6Eleanor Davies was a great believer in historical moments. In her first work—A Warning to the Dragon and All His Angels of 1625-she told readers that “The Lord is at the Dore.”1 This immanence of God made her watchful and purposeful, reading the sign... Read More about Eleanor Davies and the New Jerusalem.
Iron and the Parisi : socio-economic and ritual aspects of the iron industry in Roman East Yorkshire, UK (2014)
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Halkon, P. (2014). Iron and the Parisi : socio-economic and ritual aspects of the iron industry in Roman East Yorkshire, UK. In B. Cech, & T. Rehren (Eds.), Early Iron in Europe (203 - 214). Editions MergoilThis article presents a case study concerning the prodcution and consumption of iron in a tribal region of Roman Britain. In addition to such economic factors, th role of iorn within society, particularly in the religion and ritual of the region will... Read More about Iron and the Parisi : socio-economic and ritual aspects of the iron industry in Roman East Yorkshire, UK.