Examines the confession as a statement of the God-given right to resist unjust rule. Follows Luther's insights and practice.

This festschrift contains insightful essays on social, political, and ecclesial themes in the Reformation and in 16th-century Europe. Contributors explore the connections ...

This critical edition presents a remarkable collection of 18 Restoration pamphlets dealing with the English occupation of Tangier. In an extensive original introduction, Karim ...

This early works on 'The Barbary Corsairs' is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back ...

Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society ...

A History of the Muslim World to 1750 traces the development of Islamic civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the mid-eighteenth century. Encompassing a wide ...

The 16th century bronze plaques from the kingdom of Benin are among the most recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many details of their commission and installation ...

Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean explores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. During ...