by Luke Stegemann, cultural historian and author of Madrid: A New Biography — Unsurprisingly given its 1200 years... The post Six People Who Shaped Madrid appeared first on Yale University P...
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Marek Kohn, the author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, describes the Christmas market in the medieval German... The post Fairytale of Rothenburg – Marek Kohn appeared first on Yale University...
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November 1st 2023 marks the 30th anniversary since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, which established... The post The European Union at 30 – an extract from ‘Circle of Stars�...
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Join Marek Kohn, author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, on a journey across Europe as he explores... The post What Stories Do Old Towns Tell? appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog...
https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2023/09/27/what-stories-do-old-towns-tell/
Michael H. Kater, author of After the Nazis, contends with the legacy of controversial novelist Martin Walser, within... The post Martin Walser’s Death – by Michael H. Kater appeared first...
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Survivors follows the lives of one hundred Jewish children who survived the Holocaust through their adulthood and into... The post Survivors by Rebecca Clifford – 50 Years in 50 Books appear...
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Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan... The post In Search of the River Jordan appeared first on Yale University Pres...
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Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey during his reign. He designed it from the start as a Coronation church. This extract... The post Henry III’s Westminster Abbey as a Coronation Church ap...
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Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 in a reign marked by... The post Stalin: A Reading List appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog .
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In The Stripping of the Altars, Eamon Duffy recreates lay people’s experience of religion in the pre-Reformation church,... The post Candlemas: An Extract from ‘The Stripping of the Altars�...
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