The first part of David Nicholas s massive two-volume study of the medieval city this book is a major achievement in its own right. It is also fully self-sufficient though many readers will want to use it with its equally impressive sequel which is being published si... Lees meer.

A definitive new history of the origins evolution and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis or city-state was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship freedom and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and... Lees meer.

The first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives who was an abbot of Qartmin Monastery in Tur Abdin and a bishop of the city of Harran in the late seventh and early eighth century AD. The first ever critical e... Lees meer.

It is commonly assumed that the creation story of Genesis and its chronology were the only narratives openly available in medieval and early modern Europe and that the discovery of geological time in the eighteenth century came as a momentous breakthrough that shook the... Lees meer.

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique golden age late fourth early fifth to seventh century and the so-called Byzantine reconquista post-965 AD while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized supposedly by the... Lees meer.

This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was discovered during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe even in popular works intended for a large pub... Lees meer.

This collection of papers discusses analyzes and criticizes modern interpretations of early medieval rituals and their material correlates. Some deal with rituals relating to death life cycles and the circulation in other contexts of objects otherwise used in the buri... Lees meer.

This first volume of a three-volume anthology of women s writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era covers the age of Roman Antiquity and early Christianity. It provides texts contexts and translations of a wide variety of works including dramatic poeti... Lees meer.

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The task of philosophy the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once wrote is to overturn Platonism . This might be true if only we could define what Platonism is. In this clear and accessible book Mauro Bonazzi provides the first comprehensive introduction to ancient... Lees meer.

An analysis of Islam in India focusing on the Hindu perspective. It studies the Hindu caste system from its beginnings in antiquity to a guild-like village caste and professional caste system in the Middle Ages and its continuance within Muslim and colonial societies.... Lees meer.

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.

Dieser Band versammelt 18 ausgew hlte Aufs tze des Kirchenhistorikers J rg Ulrich welche sein forscherisches Schaffen im zur ckliegenden Vierteljahrhundert widerspiegeln. Ein besonderer Fokus der Aufs tze liegt auf der f r die Patristik zentralen Epoche des 4. 5. Ja... Lees meer.

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique golden age late fourth early fifth to seventh century and the so-called Byzantine Reconquista post-AD 965 while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized supposedly by the... Lees meer.

This edited collection aims to examine religion across. historical media forms using a broad concept of media contemporary media with a focus on digital forms religious traditions and disciplinary approaches. This book attempts to address issues of religion and med... Lees meer.