Hermetic theosophy, originally an offspring of Egyptian religion, spread throughout the ancient world from the Hellenistic age onwards and was welcomed by Christianity in Late Antiquity. Cultivated pe
This volume contains case studies that examine how medieval cultures (western European, Arab/Islamic and Jewish) adopted ideas from the past and from each other in fields such as philosophy, literatur
Despite increased interest in recent years, the study of medieval Scandinavia and Eastern Europe is still confined mainly to local monographs. This compilation, stemming from a 2008 conference held in
Walker (English literature, U. of New South Wales) specializes in Locke, Milton, and the history of republican political thought. Over the past few decades, he says, most scholars have come to see the
