"Historical Media Review" in conjunction with Cambridge
University Press will review that publisher's unusual historical titles. In many instances HMR will also run
chapter excerpts of current and forthcoming titles. Wherever possible HMR will add background materials to a
review with a blue click thru to the source.
REVIEWS
A CONCISE HISTORY OF GERMANY by Mary Fulbrook - Second Edition - 277 pgs.
In the Concise History series, the second edition of German History has been issued.
Fulbrook takes her streamlined work to the Unification of Germany and the governing of
the Federal Republic of Germany since 1990. This precise work makes for a quick and
concise study from the beginning of Germany to its place in the world today.
Not much focus has been given to the Romans in Germania, but actually begins with an
excellent view of Medieval Germany. In the chapter "The Age of Confessionalism" the
reader is introduced to the Peasant Revolt, Thirty Year War, Martin Luther and the
Reformation. Fulbrook writes on other revolutions, wars, conflicts, reconstruction
and the causes that led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. This clear and informative
volume is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
BOOK Extracts
The New Cambridge Medieval Histories-Vol.V c.1198-c.1300
The Ottoman City Between East & West
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THE MAKING OF ENGLISH NATIONAL IDENTITY by Krishan Kumar
PATTERNS OF PIETY: Women, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval and Reformation England by Christine Peters
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UNDERSTANDING EARLY CIVILIZATIONS: A Comparative Study by Bruce G. Trigger
PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL TITLES
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THE HEADS OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES: England & Wales, Vol. I: 940-1216 Second Edition Edited by David Knowles, C.N.L. Brooke & Vera M. London: Vol. II: 1216-1377 Edited by David M. Smith & Vera M. London
IMAGINING EARLY MODERN LONDON: Perceptions & Portrayals of the City from Stow to Strype 1598-1720 Edited by J.F. Merritt
THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES: From Stage to TV-1750-1990 by Richard Butsch
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ORDINARY PRUSSIANS: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers 1500-1840 by William W. Hagen
ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY: Communications and Commerce - AD 300-900 by Michael McCormick
REBELLION, COMMUNITY & CUSTOM IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY by Norbert Schindler
REDCOATS: The British Soldier & War in the Americas, 1755-1763 by Stephen Brumwell