"Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, she reveals a complex society where …
Drawing from letters and diaries, a portrait of Queen Victoria and her court offers unique insight into the real woman behind the austere figure depicted in her famous portraits by following the lives of six members of her household.
Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician -- Front jacket flap.
"Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician."--Jacket.
This edition is the first to collate all relevant manuscripts fully. The two documents are accompanied by new translations, introductions, and notes, making them accessible and comprehensible 12th century English texts. They provide a window into the workings and personnel of me…
This edition is the first to collate all relevant manuscripts fully. The two documents are accompanied by new readable translations, full introductions, and notes, making them accessible and comprehensible 12th century English texts. They provide a window into the workings and p…
The Dialogus de Scaccario, or Dialogue of the Exchequer, written by Richard fitzNigel - an insider at the court of Henry II (1154-89), has long formed the basis of historical knowledge of royal finance in the later twelfth century. It focuses on the annual audit of the sheriffs'…
The Hoysaḷa family ruled in southern India, in the present-day state of Karnataka from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries. Previous studies of this family and other contemporary royal households have primarily focused on establishing a chronology for the lineage and demons…
