This study examines conflict and conflict resolution in medieval Eastern Europe. The author argues that the posturing, limited violence, and shifting alliances within kinship networks often determined
The warp and weft of political and social relationships among the medieval elite were formed by marriages made between royal families.Ties of Kinship establishes a new standard for tracking the dynast
An overriding assumption has long directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus’ in the tenth through twelfth centuries was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from E
Retired pediatric surgeon Raffensperger, who accepts some help from specialists, both in the historical chapters and the chapters on specific conditions and treatments, explains that pediatric surgery
The precautionary principle calls for taking action against threatened harm to people and ecosystems even in the absence of full scientific certainty. The rationale is that modern technologies and hu
This volume brings together scholars from fields and disciplines as diverse as medieval history, Byzantine history, Roman art history, and early Islamic studies that were influenced by Walter Kaegi. T
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 800 to 1250. The book utilises the existing source base, as we
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 800 to 1250. The book utilises the existing source base, as we
Why is trade in wholesale water so rare, when markets can actively trade bread, tractors, and electricity? This book shows that water markets fail because of high transaction costs, resulting in ineff
When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically
