Jonathan Phillips se specializuje na historii křižáckých výprav a jako profesor na Royal Holloway v Londýně zkoumá složité vztahy mezi Východem a Západem v období středověku. Jeho práce se soustředí na vojenské, politické a kulturní aspekty těchto klíčových historických událostí. Phillips analyzuje motivace aktérů, dopady křižáckých výprav na dobové společnosti a jejich dlouhodobé dědictví. Jeho přístup je založen na hlubokém bádání a snaze představit poutavý a informovaný pohled na tuto fascinující éru.
This volume is the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, as well as related texts and documents on Genoa and the crusades. The majority of early crusading historiography is from a northern European and clerical perspective and Caffaro's voice offers an exciting depar
"From Spanish conquistadors through to pith-helmeted British colonialists, the prevailing vision of European empire-builders has been staunchly statist. But from the early 1600s through to the early twentieth century, from the East Indies to North America to Africa and the South Pacific, it was company states - not sovereign states - that played the most important role in driving European worldwide commercial and colonial expansion. In Asia, the Dutch and English East India Companies ingratiated themselves with mighty Asian rulers such as the Mughal and Qing Emperors to infiltrate Asian markets. In North America, the Hudson's Bay Company maintained a network of forts and factories across the continent closely integrated with American Indian trading routes and practices
In this new volume in the Apollos Old Testament Commentary series, Elaine Phillips offers a thorough and comprehensive study of the minor prophets Obadiah, Jonah and Micah.