Old English does not appear to have recognized a genre of prose at all, contends Beechy (English, U. of North Florida), and all important documents were rendered in an artificed literary register not
Evolutionary approaches to the study of human beings have been able to explain the origin and maintenance of many of the features of our bodies. Many thinkers believe that an evolutionary approach wil
In the wake of Soviet disintegration, Central Asia became an idiom for the ensuing confusion in the post-Cold War climate of international affairs, characterized by inter-state order and intra-state a
Despite the burgeoning literature on Karl Barth, his doctrine of the Holy Spirit continues to be under-appreciated by his friends and critics alike. Yet, while Barth's commitment to the doctrine of th
While the highland bagpipes never fell out of fashion in Scotland (unlike some of their bellow-driven cousins), their popularity among scholars and the public has increased greatly over the past two d
One of the pioneers of popular music studies, Richard Middleton has made an important contribution not only to this particular field but also to the critical and cultural theory of music more generall
Kumin (early modern European history, U. of Warwick, UK) presents the results of a scholarly workshop that focused on applying spatial approaches and insights to the study of the politics of pre-indus
The issue Margolis (U. of Cincinnati) and Moreno-Raino (Regent U., US) address is not the potential for democracy within the Internet, but the Internet as a potential tool of democracy. The fundamenta
After years of debate, the British parliament voted to end its participation in the slave trade and abolish slavery in its lands. Swaminathan, of Long Island University, traces the history of the deba
The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection. It nevertheless remains unclear what precisely should count as a 'fair' trial and who should decide verdicts. This alrea
How is history even possible, since it involves recapturing a past already lost? It is through this urge to understand, feel and experience, that films based on medieval history are made. They attempt
Developments in the field of microscopy during the Enlightenment have been largely overlooked. This book fills the gap, providing a thorough analysis of what the main concerns of the field were and ho
September 11, 2001 marked the beginning of a new era of security imperatives for many countries. The border between Canada and the United States suddenly emerged from relative obscurity to become a fo
Since the publication of Solomon Volkov's disputed memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, the composer and his music has been subject to heated debate concerning how the musical meaning of his works can be u
The 16 papers of this collection were first presented at the 2005 Performance/Performativity in the Middle Ages conference, held at the U. of Chicago, and organized by Gertsman, who teaches at Souther
How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study
This book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of Saint Catherine of Siena. Gerald Parsons argues that the cult of Catherine of Siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult
Entropic Creation is the first English-language book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, from around 1860 to 1920. According to the second law of ther
During the post-cold war world, the world's only superpower has encountered an unprecedented challenge: a non-state enemy that is challenging its hegemony and is using violence as a strategic means. G
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791a€“1864) was a great musical dramatist in his own right. The fame of his operas rests on his radical treatment of form, his development of scenic complexes and greater plasticit
Has secularism sounded the death knell for religious education? Where will students who need answers about faith and faith systems turn? The result of a series of colloquia held at St. Deiniol's Libra
Heyd (philosophy, U. of Victoria, Canada) presents new essays and revisions of ones written over the past dozen years in order to help readers devise a more adequate relationship with the natural worl
During the course of the Anglo-German naval race, the British Admiralty found a regular flow of information on Germany's naval policy, on her warship construction and on the technical progress of her
In this book, Susan Mandala offers a series of in-depth investigations into how the dialogue of four modern plays 'works' with respect to the pragmatic and discoursal norms postulated for ordinary con
What makes Oiseaux exotiques so important is that it is arguably the first of Messiaen's major works to create a successful synthesis between his music and his passion for ornithology. The earliest co
Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decade,
Over the last 300 years public international law has developed from a set of principles, ultimately grounded in natural law, into an extremely complex web of norms, supporting and sustained by an arra
We are surrounded by new musical encounters today as never before, and the experience of musics from elsewhere is progressively affecting all arenas of the human conscience. Yet why is it that Western
Examined here is the historical figure and architectural patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan, the young mother of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, who for most of the latter half of the seventeenth century
While the revelation of God's name is a central theological topic, its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed 'in the name of God', how migh
Over the past decade, Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the southern states of the U.S. Twenty American academics contribute 13 chapters to a contemporary and mu
Of the 1.3 billion living in poverty around the world, over 70 percent are women. Mooney Cotter (Law Society of Ireland) examines how laws and policies, particularly those relating to the North Americ
Only very recently has human factors lost what Wilson (Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, U. of Nottingham) and his UK co- editors call its "ugly duckling" status in the railway industry. The 49 p
Living through one of the most revolutionary periods in British history, the Welsh composer Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) spent his professional life in the service of the Crown and Church. The first sec
Lawson (London School of Economics) seeks to rescue revolution both as a concept and a practice, from the triumphalism of the contemporary world, which has proclaimed it irrelevant in a world where th
Though it was elaborated in the distant context of the early 14th century, Panaccio (U. of Quebec) says that William of Ockham's nominalism, still provides a challenging and fruitful body of theory to
Essays by a dozen friends, colleagues, and former students of Brian Gibbons explore the concept of Jacobean city comedy that Gibbons established in his seminal study Jacobean City Comedy: A Study of S
This timely volume discusses the much debated and controversial subject of the presence of religion in the public sphere. The book is divided in three sections. In the first the public/private distinc
While he was researching a book on Scottish Puritanism during the reigns of Charles II and James VII, Mullan (U. College of Cape Breton, Canada) ran across several spiritual autobiographies from the p
This book presents some of the most recent trends and developments in Presocratic scholarship. A wide range of topics are covered - from the metaphysical to the moral to the methodological - as well a
