Routledge Worlds
About the Book Series
The Routledge Worlds are magisterial surveys of key historical epochs, edited and written by world-renowned experts. Giving unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage, they are the works against which all future books on their subjects will be judged and are essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the subject.
The Quaker World
1st Edition
Edited
By C. Wess Daniels, Rhiannon Grant
October 04, 2024
The Quaker World is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination. Exploring the global reach of the Quaker community, the book begins with a discussion of the living community, as it is now, in all its diversity and complexity. The book covers ...
The Biblical World
2nd Edition
Edited
By Katharine J. Dell
August 26, 2024
The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings, and social context of the Bible. This new edition is updated with several new chapters as well as a new section on biblical interpretation. Contributions from leading scholars in the field present wide-ranging views ...
The Mongol World
1st Edition
Edited
By Timothy May, Michael Hope
May 27, 2024
Drawing upon research carried out in several different languages and across a variety of disciplines, The Mongol World documents how Mongol rule shaped the trajectory of Eurasian history from Central Europe to the Korean Peninsula, from the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century. Contributing...
The Sámi World
1st Edition
Edited
By Sanna Valkonen, Áile Aikio, Saara Alakorva, Sigga-Marja Magga
May 27, 2024
This book provides a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the Sámi society and its histories and people, offering valuable insights into how they live and see the world. The chapters examine a variety of social and cultural practices, and consideration is given to environment, legal and ...
The Epic World
1st Edition
Edited
By Pamela Lothspeich
January 30, 2024
Reconceptualizing the epic genre and opening it up to a world of storytelling, The Epic World makes a timely and bold intervention toward understanding the human propensity to aestheticize and normalize mass deployments of power and violence. The collection broadly considers three kinds of epic ...
The World of the Bahá'í Faith
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert H. Stockman
January 29, 2024
The World of the Bahá’í Faith is an outstanding guide to the Bahá’í Faith and its culture in all its geographical and historical diversity. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this volume explores the origin of this religion and contains substantial thematic articles on ...
The Inuit World
1st Edition
Edited
By Pamela Stern
October 09, 2023
The Inuit World is a robust and holistic reference source to contemporary Inuit life from the intimate world of the household to the global stage. Organized around the themes of physical worlds, moral, spiritual and intellectual worlds, intimate and everyday worlds, and social and political worlds,...
The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World
1st Edition
Edited
By Rachel Mairs
May 31, 2023
This volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art. The chapters from this international group of experts showcase ...
The Asante World
1st Edition
Edited
By Edmund Abaka, Kwame Osei Kwarteng
January 09, 2023
The Asante World provides fresh perspectives on the Asante, the largest Akan group in Southern Ghana, and what new scholars are thinking and writing about the "world the Asante made." By employing a thematic approach, the volume interrogates several dimensions of Asante history including state ...
The Safavid World
1st Edition
Edited
By Rudi Matthee
January 09, 2023
The Safavid World brings together thirty chapters on many aspects of the complex Safavid state, 1501–1722. With the latest insights and arguments, some offer overviews of the period or topic at hand, and others present new interpretations of old questions based on newly found sources. In addition ...
The Umayyad World
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Marsham
May 30, 2022
The Umayyad World encompasses the archaeology, history, art, and architecture of the Umayyad era (644–750 CE). This era was formative both for world history and for the history of Islam. Subjects covered in detail in this collection include regions conquered in Umayyad times, ethnic and religious ...
The Early Christian World
2nd Edition
Edited
By Philip Esler
November 01, 2021
Since its publication in 2000, The Early Christian World has come to be regarded by scholars, students and the general reader as one of the most informative and accessible works in English on the origins, development, character and major figures of early Christianity. In this new edition, the ...