By Gennifer Weisenfeld (NHC Fellow, 2009–10) Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation—the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923—this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. The Kanto earthquake triggered cultural responses that ran the gamut from voyeuristic … Continued
By R. V. Comerford (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) This book provides a fascinating history of Ireland, focusing on the ways in which the nation has been depicted by competing interests, from political factions to religious groups to commercial powers. It examines the origins of Ireland's various identities, looking at Irish culture, religion, and language. The result … Continued
By Raymond Van Dam (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Cappadocia had long been a marginal province in the eastern Roman empire, high on a rugged plateau in central Asia Minor and hardly influenced by classical Greek culture. But during the fourth century emperors visited repeatedly as they traveled between Constantinople and Antioch. In Cappadocia they met provincial … Continued
Edited by Theodore Evergates (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) The cartulary of 1211 is the oldest surviving register produced by the chancery of the counts of Champagne. This first edition of the cartulary contains 121 letters received from the barons and prelates of the county during the rule of Count Thibaut III (1198-1201) and the first decade … Continued
By Colleen E. Kriger (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast … Continued
By Stephen J. Shoemaker (NHC Fellow, 2013–14) For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. The means by which Mary, mother of Jesus, came to prominence have long remained strangely overlooked despite, or perhaps because of, … Continued
Edited by Alison Keith (NHC Fellow, 2007–08) and Stephen Rupp This collection of fifteen essays examines the literary influence of Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the late Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Such notable authors as Christine de Pizan, Gower, Chaucer, Petrarch, Scève, Cervantes, Góngora, and Milton are explored. By concentrating on Ovid’s most influential work, … Continued
Edited by Shepard Krech, III (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1993–94; 2000–01) New edition of a bibliography first published in 1986 by the Rupert's Land Research Centre, intended to lay the groundwork for well-researched student projects. Scholars are warned in the introduction that the more inaccessible governmental or research-center reports are not within the scope of this … Continued
By Merrill D. Peterson (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) Dominated by the personalities of three towering figures of the nation’s middle period—Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and President Andrew Jackson—Olive Branch and Sword: The Compromise of 1833 tells of the political and rhetorical dueling that brought about the Compromise of 1833, resolving the crisis of the Union caused … Continued
