The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was a book constructed by Thomas Jefferson in the latter years of his life by cutting and pasting numerous sections from various Bibles as ...

The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

Over 1,000 illustrations, maps, and primary source materials enhance the text and make history come alive for students and faculty alike.

This ground-breaking collection of ten critical essays traces the history and various uses of pornography in early modern Europe, offering the historical perspective crucial to understanding current issues of artistic censorship.The essays, ...

The following works, on the contrary, deserve the fullest consideration

For this new edition, Malcolm Barber has revised each chapter, taking into account the historiography of the past decade & bringing the text up to date.

An important work for the nineteenth century history of East Africa. It contains a new introduction with a biographical sketch of Krapf.

Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law. This study moves beyond conventional biography to integrate the story of Ibn Hanbal's life with the main events during a crucial formative period in Islamic history.

In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans.