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The Oxford Illustrated Histories are a series of single-volume history books written by experts and published by the Oxford University Press. [1] According to Hew Strachan , its intended readership is the 'intelligent general reader' rather than the research student.
The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 (2008) excerpt and text search; Hearder, Henry, and D. P. Waley; A Short History of Italy: From Classical Times to the Present Day (1963) online edition Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine; Holmes, George. The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy (2001) excerpt and text search; Killinger ...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. Florence, Rome and the origins of the Renaissance. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986, 1988. The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, 1990, 2001. The first age of the western city, 1300-1500: an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 8 ...
Italy took the initiative in entering the war in spring 1915, despite strong popular and elite sentiment in favor of neutrality. Italy was a large, poor country whose political system was chaotic, its finances were heavily strained, and its army was very poorly prepared. [160] The Triple Alliance meant little either to Italians or Austrians.
Most of the books have been written specifically for the series, but around 60 were recycled from earlier OUP publications: several had been in OUP's Past Masters series, [7] and numbers 17–24 used chapters from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain (1984). Each book of the series is numbered on its spine.
The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania, Volume I: The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385–1569 (2015) by Robert I. Frost [17] The Russian Empire 1450–1801 (2017) by Nancy Shields Kollmann [18]
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford University Press, 1996) The Rise and Fall of the French Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 1996) with David Cannadine (eds.), History and Biography: Essays in Honour of Derek Beales (Cambridge, 1996) with Peter Wende (eds.), Reform in Great Britain and Germany, 1750–1850 (Oxford, 1999)
Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984: History – U.K. 019: Medieval Britain: John Gillingham, Ralph A. Griffiths: 10 August 2000: Chapters from The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 1984: History – U.K. 020: The Tudors: John Guy: 10 August 2000 29 August 2013 (2nd ed.) Chapter from The Oxford Illustrated History ...