'Some girls fancy sailors, others fancy soldiers. But you, my dear, are a fag hag!'

Lola Miesseroff's childhood certainly predisposed her to be a rebel. She was born in Marseilles…

An annotated timeline provides readers with an easy-to-follow overview of the several centuries of Crusading, and maps provide rapid and easy to read geographical and political information on the most…

In October 1307 all the brothers of the military religious Order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy. In…

In the first conceptual overview of current practices and debates in theatre education, Helen Nicholson explores the contribution that professional theatre practitioners make to the education of young people.

Theatre in Towns offers a contemporary perspective on the role of theatre in the cultural life of towns in England. Exploring volunteer-led, professional and community theatres, this book investigates the…

This volume celebrates Peter Edbury’s career by bringing together essays focusing on his major research interests; the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his chronicle…

This collection offers original perspectives on applied theatre relevant to the twenty-first-century performer and researcher. Chapters explore socially engaged theatre from a range of global and historical contexts, and draw…

Presents for the first time in English the annotated 1916-1918 diaries and letters of Russia’s Grand Duke Michael, from the murder of the Siberian mystic Grigorii Rasputin through the Revolution…