The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922
To understand the history of the Western culture it is necesary to take into account the relationship of this part of the world with the historical development of Central Europe, the Balkans and the Middle...
Historiography
Daily Life in the Time of Jesus
Book somewhat similar to another title of the author ("Jésus en son temps"). However, this is written 15 years later, with more knowledge, and is dedicated to what the title indicates: the Jewish society of...
Patriots. The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides
History of the Vietnam War. The book is composed of brief summaries that explain the essentials, supported in a broad set of interviews with many people who were involved in this conflict, from all sides,...
Tales of the Alhambra
Washington Irving could be described as the prototype of a romantic historian: cosmopolitan and tireless traveler, embodies the restless and multifaceted personality of nineteenth-century man. American...
The Templars
Short book about the Order of the Templars. The author is a specialist in medieval subjects, and with this writing she tries to undo some myths about this military order, transmitting its true history, its...
La Russie des tsars. D'Ivan le Terrible à Vladimir Poutine
Cet ouvrage de divulgation historique considère que le pouvoir en Russie, qu'il soit tsariste, soviétique ou républicain, se conjugue toujours au singulier et demeure d'essence autocratique. Plusieurs...
La Dittadura del Relativismo
Collection of seven lectures by the author on contemporary society. His main postulate is that the debate of ideas and the problems of today's society have a moral and religious root. In this sense, the...
A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1830
This is a textbook of the area and period mentioned in the title. It is a good introduction to the study area, in spite of the two inherent difficulties to produce such an objective: the difficulty of...
The Book. A Global History
This volume is a summary of the two-volume The Oxford Companion to the Book (2010) for a wider audience. It is an introduction to the history of books and all the aspects related to writing and printing...
Ten Books that Shaped the British Empire. Creating an Imperial Commons
The editors have placed together an interesting series of articles by various authors whose common thread is dealing with the British Empire, either to explain it or to promote it, or to criticize or even...