Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Brass, Tom, Histories: Ancient, Modern, Personal and Political. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 354) 275 pp. 2025:11 (Brill, NE) <760-967>
ISBN 978-90-04-74948-1 hard ¥35,904.- (税込) EUR 136.00

Histories examined here extend from the ancient to the modern, encompassing also the political and the personal. The reason for examining recent trends in the historiography of the Roman empire is because it is there, at the starting point of the historical trajectory on which the whole of Marxist theory is based, that attempts are being made to undermine its foundations. Against this the efficacy of class and much else besides is reasserted via an examination of how and why discourse about work, gender, and property relations features at the rural grassroots, together with a critical analysis of how and why discarding Marxism has contributed to the current empowerment of populism.

Odegaard, Marie / Brookes, Stuart / Lemm, Thorsten (eds.), Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. (History of Warfare 157) 432 pp. 2025:12 (Brill, NE) <760-969>
ISBN 978-90-04-74969-6 hard ¥34,056.- (税込) EUR 129.00

From fire-lit beacons to sweeping lines of sight, this book uncovers the hidden infrastructure of pre-modern warfare. It is the first archaeological study to trace how military signalling systems shaped landscapes and societies from antiquity to the early modern period. Spanning ancient Greece, Viking Age Scandinavia, and medieval North Africa, the book investigates how visual communication enabled mobilisation, defence, and control. Through case studies and new interpretations of archaeological and historical data, it reveals a world where ordinary people, not just armies, played a central role in responding to the threat of war. A major contribution to military and landscape archaeology. Contributors are Jorgen Bakke, Alexandre Ausonius Bertaud, Stuart Brookes, Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Martin Malcolm Elbl, Andreu Galera Pedrosa, Frode Iversen?, Andrew Johnson, Christian Juel, Thorsten Lemm, Lucas R. McMahon, Mette Stauersbol Mogensen, Marie Odegaard, Ainhoa Pancorbo Pico, Mads Ravn, Mads Runge, Andreas Thiel, and Joey L. Williams.

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Kurilla, Ivan, The Battle for the Past: How Politics Rewrites History. 143 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <760-492>
ISBN 978-981-9531-91-2 hard ¥10,556.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book is about the dramatic changes that the world is witnessing in its attitude toward the past. For the first time in many generations, ordinary citizens around the globe have burst into disputes about history that were previously the province of politicians and scholars. These people are demolishing monuments, creating new myths for themselves and restoring the memory of names long forgotten. Everyone needs a past to build on, and people are no longer satisfied with history written without their participation. Politicians sense this demand and are experimenting with the past themselves-making it an instrument of political conflict and sacrificing it to their interests. The author of this study brings to bear many examples of America's "culture wars," a phenomenon that offers very interesting comparisons with Europe's "memory wars" and recent Russian conflicts over the past.