European history

Civil War Settlers

Scandinavians, Citizenship, and American Empire, 1848–1870 Anders Bo Rasmussen

The first thorough analysis of Scandinavian Americans, examining citizenship, settler colonialism and whiteness in the Civil War era.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.292pp 9781108845564 Hardback £47.99 / US$59.99 C

Weeds and the Carolingians

Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900 Paolo Squatriti

Presents a dynamic picture of early medieval Europeans struggling to control their ecosystems, and creating relationships with their vegetable environments.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781316512869 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the 17th Century

José Lingna Nafafé

A groundbreaking story of African agency and the abolition of slavery, providing a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.

Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora

July 2022 228 x 152 mm c.377pp 9781108838238 Hardback £47.99 / US$59.99 C

The French Monarchical Commonwealth, 1356–1560

James B. Collins

Offers a new perspective on the nature of political society in the French monarchy, across more than two centuries.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 9781108473309 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C EUROPEAN HISTORY

Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234

Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law D. L. d’Avray

Explains the rise in demand for papal judgments from the 4th century to the 13th century, and how these decretals were later understood.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108473002 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Royal Childhood and Child Kingship

Boy Kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c. 1050–1262 Emily Joan Ward

The first comparative study of royal childhood and child kingship, revealing the fundamental role they played in medieval rulership.

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, 120

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108838375 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

The Virgin Mary in Byzantium, c.400-1000

Hymns, Homilies and Hagiography Mary B. Cunningham

Examines the role of the Virgin Mary in Byzantine society, focusing on religious texts that promoted her cult.

November 2021 247 x 174 mm c.300pp 9781108845694 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe

A Thousand Year History Jonathan R. Lyon

Argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800 by analyzing the position of advocate.

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.375pp 9781316513743 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars

Volume 3: Experience, Culture and Memory

Alan Forrest Peter Hicks

Comprehensive account of the effect of the Napoleonic Wars on those who fought and on European society and culture more broadly.

The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.600pp 25 maps 9781108417679 Hardback £110.00 / US$145.00 R

German History Unbound

From 1750 to the Present H. Glenn Penny

Offers a new, polycentric vision of modern German history, focusing on the great plurality of Germans across Europe and around the world.

May 2022 228 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781316649916 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$29.99 P

The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars

Volume 1: Politics and Diplomacy

Michael Broers Philip Dwyer

A history of the Napoleonic Wars that focuses on international relations and bureaucracy with contributions by leading international experts.

The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.625pp 30 b/w illus. 25 maps 9781108424370 Hardback £110.00 / US$145.00 R

Postcolonial People

The Return from Africa and the Remaking of Portugal Christoph Kalter

Explores how European nations were remade by the end of empire, through the history of ‘returning’ settlers from Portuguese Africa.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.340pp 9781108837699 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500-1620

Christine Kooi

This accessible general history places the Reformation in the Low Countries within its broader political and religious context.

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009073950 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

Race in Post-Fascist Italy

‘War Children’ and the Color of the Nation Silvana Patriarca

Explores the untold stories of biracial children born to Italian women and Black Allied soldiers in the aftermath of World War Two.

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108845908 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

War, Communication, and the Politics of Culture in Early Modern Venice

Anastasia Stouraiti

This highly original work redefines the place of war and empirebuilding in the making of early modern Venice.

October 2021 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781108838443 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

A Concise History of Albania

Bernd J. Fischer and Oliver Jens Schmitt

An authoritative and up-to-date single-volume history of Albania and its people in their Balkan and European contexts.

Cambridge Concise Histories

June 2022 216 x 138 mm 440pp 9781107662186 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$34.99 G