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* A new, fully updated edition of a now classic text. * The text has been completely revised to take into account developments of the past 14 years,

"What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its th

A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day

This volume presents an original view of the culture of early modern Italy. The book addresses particular themes - specifically those of perception an

What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowled

Peter Burke follows up his magisterial Social History of Knowledge, picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the F

However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nige

aeo An important new study of one of the most famous texts of the Italian High Renaissance, Castiglionea s Book of the Courtier. aeo The author anal

However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nige

What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowled

Far from being merely 'frivolous', scholars in diverse fields now recognise how central games, play and playfulness are to human culture, development

What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its thi

Re-examines the place of the Renaissance in European and World history. Views the culture of Western Europe in co-existence with it's neighbours esp

A work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. Focusing on the lives of 563 indi

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of prin

Far from being merely 'frivolous', scholars in diverse fields now recognise how central games, play and playfulness are to human culture, development

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social an

Hans, een gerespecteerd chirurg, keert van de slagvelden van de Eerste Wereldoorlog terug naar Berlijn. Zijn ervaringen hebben hem voorgoed veranderd,

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