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Thunder from the Prairie
In Thunder from the Prairie, Jerry Harrington explores the life of Harold E. Hughes: a man of working-class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become Iowa governor (1963–1969) and US Senator (1969–1974). As a Democratic governor in traditionally Republican Iowa, Hughes, through his charismatic leadership, helped transform Iowa into a competitive two-party state while modernizing state government to make it more responsive to the contemporary needs of its citizens. Hughes was an outspoken leader against the Vietnam War and the American military as senator, and he exposed covert operations such as the illegal bombings of North Vietnam and Cambodia. Relying upon his experience with a...
Anna, Duchess of Cleves
A fresh look at Anne of Cleves’ life as a German noblewoman, and the Continental politics that affected her marriage. Did the doomed union really cause the fall and execution of Thomas Cromwell?
Holland in het jaar 1000
In ‘Holland in het jaar 1000’ beschrijft Kees Nieuwenhuijsen de turbulente geschiedenis van West-Frisia, het latere graafschap Holland, in de tiende en de elfde eeuw. De Vikingaanvallen en de kruistochten zijn beide historische perioden die tot de verbeelding spreken. De geringe aandacht voor de tussenliggende tiende en elfde eeuw ligt niet aan het ontbreken van opwindende gebeurtenissen, bewijst Kees Niewenhuijsen met ‘Holland in het jaar 1000’. De graven van Holland speelden mee in het telkens wisselende West-Europese krachtenveld. ‘Holland in het jaar 1000’ begint met de moord op de laatste Noormannen-leider, Godfried de Deen. Na diens dood grijpt Gerult zijn vazal Gerulf. De ...
Three Bernards Sent South to Govern
A presentation of the fundamental constitution that preceded dynastic feudalism, with source materials pertaining to ninth-century France, and a consideration of the methods best suited for achieving significant insight, in particular in the reconstruction of aristocratic genealogical relationships. This study finds that the essential office of count invariably was inherited, ideally according to proximity and primogeniture, with the king and the aristocracy acting as a corporation to admit specific and well-understood variations to basic hereditary principles in a sophisticated juristic environment.
