Law is a central element of social and political order - with it, power is institutionalized, actions are structured and sanctioned. Fundamental concepts of order are expressed and legitimised by law.
To mark the end of a 35-year project to restore the ancient Greek building complex, members of the restoration team shared highlights of the effort with a London audience in October 2010. The eight pa
his research presents a study of scythes and sharp-edged, bladed, handled agricultural tools from Gaul, based on a survey of archaeological finds. This survey deals only with completely preserved obje
This book examines how human interactions with animals, in particular now extinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeu), affected the social lives of prehistoric hunter-gatherers (hominins - Neanderthals and
In one of five projects and volumes published by the Museum of London in conjunction with English Heritage, Shepherd presents the evidence for a Roman Fort at Cripplegate that Grimes discovered during
This dictionary is small enough to carry in the field, but thorough enough that students or scientists with a fair knowledge of both Spanish and English can look up technical terms as they are reading
Proceedings of Red Sea Project V held at the University of Exeter September 2010. Contents: 1) Travels with Machell in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean: the voyages of Thomas Machell and Jenny Balfour
Allan, a senior scholar in the history of Islamic architecture, offers a significant addition to the scholarship with this beautifully illustrated, authoritative excursus on the monuments and defining
Part of a series on the history of the English kitchen, this volume presents a complete facsimile edition of one of England's early cookbooks, with a foreword by Alan Davidson and an historical introd
Roura explores tourist interactions with landscapes and historical sites in polar regions using the theoretical framework of behavioral archaeology, which describes people's interactions with artifact
Beck (psychology, Abilene Christian U.) ponders why so many churches ostensibly following a Messiah who broke bread with tax collectors and sinners, retreat into exclusion and the quarantine of gated
Hardly any other region in Greece offers such a density of churches with Byzantine frescoes as does Crete. The primary concern of this present study is to make a contribution to the urgently needed ba
In this study, published intensive field surveys, from different regions on the Italian peninsula, are revisited from a range of different methodological and theoretical perspectives. With its emph
This concise book opens with an overview of the life, work, and critical reception of African American author James Baldwin, then examines his fiction, nonfiction, and plays in chapters structured aro
Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824?-1905), one of 19th-century Spain's most well known authors, had a career in the diplomatic service with postings in Europe and the Americas. A serious student of hi
Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824?-1905), one of 19th-century Spain's most well known authors, had a career in the diplomatic service with postings in Europe and the Americas. A serious student of hi
One of the most important aspects of David Bates's distinguished career has been his readiness to engage - as few of his predecessors did - with the world of modern French scholarship. The outcome of
The philosophical and theological ideas of John Wyclif, their dissemination among clerical and lay audiences, and the movement of religious dissent associated with his name all provoked sharp controve
First published in 1988, this fascinating food history is presented in a new edition with the short 1995 essay by Roy Shipperbottom, "The decline of tripe," which describes the disappearance from spec
The present publication is concerned with the rock art from two sections of the Nile Valley in Lower Nubia surveyed in the scope of the UNESCO-organised salvage campaign by the Czechoslovak Institute
Eight of the 29 papers are in English, the rest, along with the preface, are in French. The topics include the conjugation prefixes, the dative case, and the empathy hierarchy in Sumerian; some case p
Sharing Knowledge & Cultural Heritage (SK&CH), First Nations of the Americas, testifies to the growing commitment of museum professionals in the twenty-first century to share collections with
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. ASSAH offers researchers a
With Desiderium Sapientiae (The Desire for Wisdom) written in 1996, and Le Porte Celesti (The Doors of Heaven) published in 1999, now both out of print, Renzo Manetti returns in this book to his favou
Baxter (public and professional programs, U. of Cambridge) works with and studies a variety of British heritage and tourism organizations. Here he explores the role of management, particularly strateg
British novelist Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) became notorious with the publication of her first book, Dusty Answer, in 1927, which described intimate romantic experiences with an emotional honesty un
This volume publishes 27 Greek papyri from the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection dealing with the transport of grain as payment of taxes from Oxyrhynchus to Alexandria or Pelusium, Egypt. Papy
Scholars of philosophy from Europe, the US, and China--with a particularly heavy contribution from Hungary--explore the silent and invisible shift from wonder to curiosity in early modern philosophy.
McClure (pastoral theology, Vanderbilt U., Tennessee) finds the individualist foundations of pastoral theology to be at odds with the prevailing theories of the social origins of selfhood. Writing for
Yorke, an author and illustrator, presents his own drawings and color photos, along with historical drawings and ads, to illustrate the features and details of Art Deco style homes. He explains the ba
The Neolithic Studies Group held a conference at the British Museum, London in November 2005 in conjunction with the Lithic Studies Society to share findings and insights regarding the study of stone
Muslim and Christian scholars affiliated with universities in Pakistan, Sweden, Lebanon, and Palestine offer 11 articles discussing the experiences of non-Muslims in countries with a Muslim majority.
Scholars of modern Italian history and literature examine the printed media there from unification with the annexation of Rome in 1870 to Italy's entry into World War I in 1914. They offer a wide arra
Subversive Spirituality links the practice and study of Christian spirituality with Christian mission. It develops a twofold thesis: grace, spiritual disciplines, and mission practices are inseparably
The mid-second-century apocryphal infancy gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, which deals with the childhood of Jesus from age five to age twelve, has attained only limited interest from scholars. Much rese
A minister of the Uniting Church in New South Wales, Budden (public and contextual theology, Charles Sturt U.) considers what is accepted as normal in social analysis and theology in Australia, with p
Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites - men, women, and children. The issue of the morality of the biblical God is one of the major chall
Bird (theology, Bible College of Queensland, Australia) finds the two New Testament books Colossians and Philemon linked with the message of reconciliation. Christ is shown reconciling people to God i
Eight essays further explore how late antiquity was characterized by a complex engagement with the negotiable authority of the classical past, but travel beyond the center of political and cultural li
This is a Festschrift for Roger Stephenson (recently retired as a professor of modern languages at the U. of Glasgow, Scotland). The nine included papers engage with a variety of Stephenson's scholarl
