By Dorothy C. Wong (NHC Fellow, 2011–12) The period ca. 645-770 marked an extraordinary era in the development of East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist art. Increased contacts between China and regions to both its west and east facilitated exchanges and the circulation of ideas, practices and art forms, giving rise to a synthetic art style … Continued
By J. R. S. Phillips (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) Edward II (1284–1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. Conventionally viewed as worthless, incapable of sustained policy, and significant only for his sporadic displays of ill-directed energy or a stubborn adherence … Continued
By Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91) In this book—the first volume in his groundbreaking trilogy on the emergence of western political thought—Francis Oakley explores the roots of secular political thinking by examining the political ideology and institutions of Hellenistic and late Roman antiquity and of the early European middle ages. By challenging the popular … Continued
By Paul Strohm (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) After the dethronement and subsequent murder of Richard II, the usurping Lancastrian dynasty faced an exceptional challenge. Interrupting a long period of Plantagenet rule, Henry IV and Henry V needed not only to establish physical possession of the English throne, but to occupy it symbolically as well. In this … Continued
Edited by Jack M. Sasson (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) For over 40 years, Jack M. Sasson has been studying and commenting on the cuneiform archives from Mari on the Euphrates River, especially those from the age of Hammurabi of Babylon. Among Mari’s wealth of documents, some of the most interesting are letters from and to kings, … Continued
By Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91) Francis Oakley continues his magisterial three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this second volume in the series. Here, Oakley explores kingship from the tenth century to the beginning of the fourteenth, showing how, under the stresses of religious and cultural development, … Continued
By Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91) The concluding volume of Francis Oakley's authoritative trilogy moves on to engage the political thinkers of the later Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Reformation and religious wars, and the era that produced the Divine Right Theory of Kingship. Oakley's ground-breaking study probes the continuities and discontinuities between medieval … Continued
By Timothy Tackett (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a few miles from the Belgian border and forced to return to Paris. Two years … Continued
By John C. G. Röhl (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) The internationally renowned historian John Röhl presents here the continuation of his "… infinitely knowledgeable and readable" (Gustav Seibt, FAZ) biography of Wilhelm II. The new volume describes that decisive phase of rule known as the building of the personal monarchy. Characteristics of this government phase are … Continued
By John C. G. Röhl (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period. … Continued