This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelunga€?s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Isla
The 1641 Depositions are among the most important documents relating to early modern Irish history. This essay collection is part of a major project run by Trinity College, Dublin, using the depositio
This edition provides an insight into the dark areas between Victorian science, medicine and religion. The rare reset source material in this collection is organized thematically and spans the period
This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern period.
Dialogue was a pivotal genre for the spread of Enlightenment ideas. Focusing on non-canonical British writers Wallbank examines the evolution of dialogue as a genre during the Romantic period.
The works of Foucault and Bentham have been regularly examined in isolation, yet rarely has the relationship between them been discussed. This study traces the full breadth of that relationship within
Focusing on the impact of Continental religious warfare on the society, politics and culture of English, Scottish and Irish Protestantism, this study is concerned with the way in which British identit
The ability to connect theoretical macroeconomics to the analysis of the economic and political performance of a given country is an essential skill for global investors. In Country Analysis: Understa
Entrepreneurship is often considered only in the context of new venture creation, small business issues, and the profiles and personalities of individual entrepreneurs. The emphasis in Creating and Re
Following Gromyko's advice about learning how to learn is part of the ... 21 The same is true of learning: 'Education is no whore to be picked up in the ...
On few occasions in the history of modern management have leadership skills been in such sharp focus as they are now. The ability to direct often very large and diverse organizations; to make sense of
Good governance is good PR, it is important in every sphere of society, whether it be the corporate environment, the political, or wider society. When resources are too limited to meet the minimum exp
For most of the twentieth century, the Conservative Party engaged in an ongoing struggle to curb the power of the trade unions, culminating in the radical legislation of the Thatcher governments. Yet,
Located in the northwest corner of China, Shaanbei province remains poor and rural despite both Maoist and modern projects. Jones (music, SOAS University of London) has been doing field work on North
Recent policies and government initiatives, in Western countries, have strengthened the expectation that young disabled people have the right to be involved in decisions that affect their futures, inc
During the 18th century, letter manuals became the most popular form of conduct literature. They were marketed to and used by a wide spectrum of society, from maidservants and apprentices, through mil
Contains essays by historians of economic and financial history. It illuminates the relationships between government indebtedness and the development of financial markets in Europe from the late Middl
Although central to many a foray into political philosophy, ethics, and many other subjects of inquiry, Plato's seminal work is also thought to be diffuse in its structure and disjointed in its transi
The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence
John Ireland (1879-1962) was one of the leading composers of the English Musical Renaissance at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. Born of literary parents in Bo
This book examines an interesting and relatively understudied area of the evolution of the international rule of law and the role of professional ethics. The rule of law has been gradually developed a
This second volume of studies by the late Nehemia Levtzion pursues the themes covered in his previous collection, Islam in West Africa; it also maintains a particular interest in the history of Africa
This book is aimed at people who are involved in, or are about to become involved in, a project or programme. If you feel your project and programme management competences can be improved, 59 Checklis
Written over nearly three decades, the fifteen essays involve the three a's of the title, art, agency, and appreciation. The first refers to the general subject matter of the book, Byzantine art, chie
Defoe's era saw much popular interest in the instructional handbook and behaviour manual. Bringing together a collection of Daniel Defoe's most important and influential instructional treatises, this
British and Canadian scholars of early modern history, theology, and literature explore the scholarly criticism of the Bible in England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Among their topi
Henham (law, Nottingham Trent U.) pulls together several themes relative to sentencing in international criminal trials that he has discussed in a number of articles and working papers as part of the
Facsimiles of 14 articles originally published 1987-2003, along with one first published here, explore family and family politics of the king, the royal family, and the elites, all but three dealing w
Munday had one of the longest careers of any author of his generation and left a body of work larger and more varied than nearly all his contemporaries combined, but is regarded as a minor figure with
Social scientists working on environmental issues in Turkey from a variety of disciplines and intellectual traditions were solicited for their views on the rise and significance of the recognition of
Scholars of politics, law, economics, and geography explore the implications of globalization for New Zealand in terms of political and economic engagement, national identity, and security and foreign
Following on from the earlier edited collection, Loss of Control and Diminished Responbility, this book is the first volume in the Substantive Issues in Criminal Law series. It serves as a leading poi
People conquered by Islamic powers were assimilated in various fashions. Some were allowed their own quasi-self-government and free practice of their faith, if they paid a special tax, the dhimmah. Ot
The late author has played a major role in the reformulation of Croatian ethnology since the 1970s through her work at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research. She broke with the diffusionist
In a philosophical study of the notion of liberating knowledge as it occurs in a range of Buddhist sources, Burton (Mount Saint Vincent U., Nova Scotia) assesses the common Buddhist claim that the key
The selection is designed to demonstrate James' (1566-1625) diversity and achievements as a writer. In order to represent his poetry and political writing without resorting to excerpts, Rhodes (U. of
The 15 articles of this collection, first published between 1979 and 1998 (most were published in the 1990s), will appeal to scholars of popular religion and medieval Christianity as well as Byzantini
The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's Book of the Courti
European scholars of sociology, political science, and anthropology ponder conceptual and theoretical aspects of group and individual identity, patterns of orientation among Turkish migrants in German
