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This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more varied complex and substantial than is usually credited. It explores how the Presocratic natu... Lees meer.

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Focusing primarily on three early modern French authors this book explores the erotics and politics of voluntary servitude in classical antiquity and the early modern period. These authors- tienne de La Bo tie Michel de Montaigne and Marie de Gournay-pursue related... Lees meer.

This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that consequently attempts to define study or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death. After... Lees meer.

In the last few years a reconsideration of the past of the ancients and of the concepts correlated to it e.g. the . classical has been important to many scholars. The present volume adds to the range of perspectives on the antique by expanding research to include diff... Lees meer.

Aristotle and Early Christian Thought is the first book in English to give a synoptic account of the slow appropriation of Aristotelian thought in the Christian world from the second to the sixth centuries. In studies of early Christian thought philosophy is oft... Lees meer.

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By taking space to mean both the physical aspect of the settlement of people and the conceptions that underlie the choice of a particular type of settlement this work looks at how the perception of space changes over time in the late antiquity and Byzantine eras.... Lees meer.

This book considers for the first time the relationship between the river environment and the economic and political structures of northern Italy in the post-Roman period. Through the study of the relationship between river and society over time it shows how the Caroli... Lees meer.

This book collects the papers of the conference held in Berlin Germany 27-29 August 2012 on Space Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age . The conference was a joint effort by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin and t... Lees meer.

Although the topic of humour has been dealt with for other eras early medieval humour remains largely neglected. These essays go some way towards filling the gap examining how early medieval writers deliberately employed humour to make their cases. The essays range fr... Lees meer.

The Internet s explosive growth over the past decade is nowhere more visible than in Asia. This book provides an in-depth look at the impact of social media on political engagement among young citizens in this rapidly changing region of the world. The Internet s expl... Lees meer.

Examines in detail the first seven years of Athanasius s career as bishop of Alexandria from the time of his election and consecration as bishop in 328 to his banishment by Emperor Constantine following the Synod of Tyre in 335. This historical study examines in det... Lees meer.

A History of the Alans in the West was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The Alans a nom... Lees meer.