"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements. But his l…
Wie kann man erklären, dass ein Autor – wie der Schriftsteller Christian Kracht im Jahr 2012 – für einen seiner Romane eine merkwürdig rassistische Sprache verwendet, seine Begeisterung für die Symbole nationalistischer Parteien äußert, deshalb mit dem Vorwurf einer rechten Gesi…
"An Unproclaimed Empire : the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an interdisciplinary study of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) that is historical in subject but social scientific in approach. It is also the first study to apply this comparative and social scientific method to the GD…
Introduction -- Missions of members of the domus Augusta in the western provinces of the Roman Empire -- The missions of members of the domus Augusta in the East -- Honours accorded members of the domus Augusta -- Conclusion. "This volume focuses on special military and diploma…
"This is a book about Eurasian empires and their spatial dimensions. Which factors prompted the empires' expansion causing some of their leaders to embark on ever more costly wars at the remote frontiers? Which factors, conversely, put limits to this expansion? How did the build…
Combining the talents and expert knowledge of an early modern historian of Russia and of a Soviet specialist, 'Russia's Empires' is a major study of the entire sweep of Russian history from its earliest formations to the rule of Vladimir Putin. Looking through the lens of empire…