Medieval History / History of Medicine / Historiography

Medievalism in Finland and Russia

Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Aspects

Edited by Reima Välimäki, University of Turku, Finland Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle Ages has returned to debates about history, culture, and politics. This volume explores political medievalism in two language areas that are crucial to understanding global medievalism but are, due to language barriers, often inaccessible to the majority of Western scholars and students. It reveals that while medievalisms in Finland and Russia share many features with the contemporary AngloAmerican medievalist imaginations, they also display many original characteristics due to particular political situations and indigenous medievalist traditions. They have their own meta-medievalisms, cumulative core ideas and interpretations about the medieval past that are thoroughly examined here in English for the very first time.

Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World

Edited by Graham Williams, University of Sheffield, UK & Charlotte Steenbrugge, University of Sheffield, UK Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World explores how emotion could be expressed, experienced and performed in medieval European society. By bringing together expertise across disciplines and nations, as well as making use of a range of disciplinary approaches, this book aims to demonstrate the ubiquity and impact of compunction for medieval life and make wider connections between devotional, secular and quotidian areas of experience.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 280 pages • 16 bw illus PB 9781350217720 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788313445 ePub 9781350150393 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350150379 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Directions in Medieval Studies • Bloomsbury Academic

UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350232884 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350232914 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350232907 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Directions in Medieval Studies • Bloomsbury Academic

Philosophy of History

Twenty-First-Century Perspectives

Edited by Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen, University of Oulu, Finland This book takes stock of important and recent theoretical shifts in the philosophy of history. Discussing the implications of the ‘narrativist turn’ on the contemporary field, chapters incorporate cutting-edge discussion on the relevance of contemporary issues such as populism and the Anthropocene to the field. Philosophy of History is a much-needed reappraisal of the philosophy and theory of history; offering an up to date overview of major developments in the field, and addressing the pressing questions of where to go next in a postanalytical world.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 312 pages PB 9781350227972 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350111844 ePub 9781350111868 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350111851 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Feeding the People in Wartime Britain

Bryce Evans, Liverpool Hope University, UK While the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nationwide communal dining schemes during this era. Welcomed by some as a symbol of a progressive future in which ‘wasteful’ home dining would disappear, and derided by others for threatening the social order, these sites of food and eating attracted great political and cultural debate. Using extensive primary source material, Feeding the People in Wartime Britain examines the cuisine served in these communal restaurants and the people who used them.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 192 pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781350259713 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350259737 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350259720 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Food in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations • Bloomsbury Academic

Historicism

A Travelling Concept

Edited by Herman Paul & Adriaan van Veldhuizen, Leiden University, The Netherlands Throughout the 20th century, scholars, artists and politicians have accused each other of “historicism.” But what exactly did this mean? While offering fresh interpretations of classic authors such as Friedrich Meinecke, Karl Löwith, and Leo Strauss, this volume highlights how historicism took on new meanings, connotations, and emotional baggage in the course of its travels through time and place in the 20th century.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 288 pages PB 9781350216181 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350121959 ePub 9781350121973 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350121966 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Feeling Dis-ease in Modern History

Experiencing Medicine and Illness

Edited by Rob Boddice, Tampere University, Finland & Bettina Hitzer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Considering all sides of the medical encounter and highlighting the intersection of intellectual history and medical knowledge, of institutional atmospheres and of emotional and sensory experience, Feeling Dis-ease in Modern History presents a complex and affective account of feeling well and of feeling ill. Especially occupied with the ways in which dynamics of power and authority have either validated or discounted dis-eased feelings, chapters in this book address the politics of medical expertise, gender normativity, race and class hierarches to better understand situated expressions of illness, their reception and their social, cultural and moral valuation.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350228375 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350228399 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350228382 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic