The Plow, the Pen and the Sword: Images and Self-Images of Medieval People in the Low Countries 9781472442109

Inclusive Commons and the Sustainability of Peasant Communities in the Medieval Low Countries 9781351681858

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The Pen, the Sword, and the Law: Dueling and Democracy in Uruguay 9780228012344

A vivid exploration of the unique cultural, political, and legal history of duelling in Uruguay. When duelling became

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The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena 9780268078652, 0268078653

In The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work

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By Sword and Plow: France and the Conquest of Algeria 9780801454479

In 1830, with France's colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did

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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword 1435744292, 9781435744295

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Religion, Culture, and Mentalities in the Medieval Low Countries: Selected Essays 2503518907, 9782503518909

Ludo Milis graduated from Ghent University in 1961 as the last student of Francois-Louis Ganshof, who in the years after

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History of the Low Countries 9781782388531

The history of the smaller European countries is rather neglected in the teaching of European history at university leve

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The Sword of Ambition: Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt 9781479839087

The Sword of Ambition belongs to a genre of religious polemic written for the rulers of Egypt and Syria between the twel

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The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena [1 ed.] 0268027765, 9780268027766

Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets during the early 1500s and their contribution to culture.

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The Sword of Ambition: Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt 9781479839766

Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s court The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto interreligious ri

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