From the French origin of Coca-Cola to McDonald's sponsorship of the 2015 Milan Expo, the book presents the first comparative history of these multinational corporations in two Western European countries, addressing some compelling...

In Ritterliche Taten der Gewalt befasst sich Florian Dörschel mit der kriegerischen Seite des deutschen Rittertums im Übergang vom Mittelalter zur Frühen Neuzeit. Das Rittertum ist nicht nur von Interesse, um das Selbstverständnis einer...

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The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in...

From the sixteenth through to the eighteenth century, printed disputations were the main academic output of universities. This genre is especially attractive as it deals with the most significant cultural and scientific innovations of...

"The Encyclopaedia of Islam/New Edition" ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das detaillierte Informationen über die islamische Welt bietet. Herausgegeben von E. van Donzel und anderen renommierten Gelehrten, deckt diese Enzyklopädie...

"An Aristocratic Compatibilist's Providence: Components of Aquinas's Soft Determinist View" von Petr Dvorský ist eine tiefgehende Untersuchung der theologischen und philosophischen Ansichten von Thomas von Aquin im Hinblick auf das Thema...

This study is the first fundamental analysis and synopsis of the printed relic-book genre. Printed relic books represent, both by image and text, precious reliquaries, which were presented to the faithful audience during special...

"Islam on the Margins: Studies in Memory of Michael Bonner" ist eine Sammlung von wissenschaftlichen Aufsätzen, die dem Andenken an den renommierten Historiker Michael Bonner gewidmet sind. Das Buch gehört zur Reihe "Islamic History and...

The book deals with the relationship between Friedrich Meinecke, who is often considered to be the leading German historian of the first half of the twentieth century, and several of his students who, after the Nazi seizure of power,...