Excavations on the island were conducted in 1955-59, but the Pictish silverware that was found so eclipsed all other interest that the full findings were not published. In 1999, with erosion threateni
Theory and practice are often considered to be two different things and this shows in the controversy both sides engage in. The advocates of practice reproach the exponents of theory of being too theo
The 11 papers presented here come out of a research program on the history, from 1920 to 1970, of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), a key institution of German science
This substantial volume presents the proceedings of the LRCW I, the first international conference on Roman pottery other than tablewares held in Barcelona in 2002. The aim of the study is to demonstr
A new examination of the meaning of radical ordinary, bringing together the ideas of radical democracy and ecclesiastic thinking through their shared focus on the relation between hope and imagination
Despite having been revised and criticised over the years, the Declaration of Helsinki remains one of the most important and internationally known ethics codes worldwide. Yet we know relatively little
During recent years critics have increasingly expressed their loss of faith in existing cultural and political collective frameworks. Hiddleston challenges this trend towards singularity, bringing tog
Twenty-eight papers discuss new archaeological data and interpretations of evidence from the Neolithic to the Iron Age in the area encompassing Bulgaria, Turkey, Yugoslavia, the Balkans, and the Lower
The study deals with the pre-Islamic culture of two linguistically close ethnic groups who live in NE-Afghanistan in the Hindukush region once known as Kafiristan, but renamed as Nuristan after its Is
The eruption of the Thera (Santorini) volcano in the Aegean Sea in the mid-second millennium BC was a clearly defined, specific moment in Aegean and east Mediterranean prehistory that impacted on all
Archaeological investigations carried out during improvements to five key junctions along a stretch of the A13 trunk road through the East London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking and Dage
The current European Union is too often presented as the perfect realisation of a Europe of the people and freedom. The present essay overturns the common way to understand this reality.
Graham Sutherland was an unusually articulate artist: in this book his diary entries, correspondence and conversations with the author and others, over the last years of his life are distilled and re-
This is the third edition of the book, much expanded to include and incorporate important developments in the subject over the last fifteen years. The book represents a comprehensive treatise on all a
The conviction that Jesus is the restorative Christ demands a commitment to the justice he articulated. The justice of the restorative Christ is justice with reconciliation, justice with repentance, j
An understanding of textiles and the role they played in the past is important for anyone interested in past societies. Textiles served and in fact still do as both functional and symbolic items.
In the contemporary quest for the historical Jesus, the socio-economic background of Jesus and its impact on his message and ministry is the subject of intense debate. This is a quest for the economy
The publication of the Vatican II document on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) was an exciting and challenging moment for the Church. While honouring the tradition, it also marked a quite dramatic devel
Alongside essays on aspects of Calvin’s Theology, Calvin: The Man and the Legacy includes studies of Calvin as pastor, preacher and liturgist and traces the influence of Calvin as it was conveyed thro
In this wonderful book Antonio Lopez offers us no less than a short, indicative Summa theologiae for our times, which points the way to a new theological and philosophical synthesis.This synthesis piv
On the eve of his battle against Maxentius at Milvian Bridge in 312, Flavius Valerius Constantinus (ca. 273/74–337) reportedly saw a symbol in the sky, which played a role in his conversion to faith i
While the writing of Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973) is renowned for its linguistic and narrative proliferation, the best-known works of Samuel Beckett (1906-89) are minimalist, with a clear fondness f
Alongside essays on aspects of Calvin’s Theology, Calvin: The Man and the Legacy includes studies of Calvin as pastor, preacher and liturgist and traces the influence of Calvin as it was conveyed thro
The Dada movement, revered as perhaps the purest form of cultural subversion and provocation in 20th-century Europe, has been a victim of the readiness with which cultural historians have swallowed it
This volume of essays examines a short one month period in the life of the Catholic Church in 2013. From the announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 11 February 2013 through the electi
In Kernels and Husks, John Peart-Binns alleges that Herbert Hensley Henson, eighty-sixth Bishop of Durham, was one of the most distinctive and distinguished bishops of the Church of England in the 20
One of the most fertile and fast-developing themes of recent historiography is treated by the 10 new papers in this volume. The history of the ancient world has traditionally been studied with a view
Spong Hill, with over 2500 cremations, remains the largest early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery to have been excavated in Britain. This volume presents the long-awaited chronology and synthesis of the
How do different publics receive and transform archaeologists' stories? Archaeologists frequently - and often disappointingly - realise that their academic results are heavily "misunderstood&
Paddington Station in London is one of Britains most splendid and historically significant railway termini, as the home and headquarters of the Great Western Railway, and as one of the masterpieces of
This volume of essays examines a short one month period in the life of the Catholic Church in 2013. From the announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 11 February 2013 through the electi
The nineteenth century realist author was a contradictory figure. He was the focus of literary criticism, but obscured his creative role by insisting on presenting his works as ‘copies’ of reality. He
This volume is the first in a series that will cover the extensive and significant archaeological deposits recorded at this quarry on the south side of the Waveney Valley. It includes evidence of preh
The question of hermeneutics now dominates all disciplines of human knowledge and its construction. It has moved from a concentration on how to apply the results of research knowledge to consideration
The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980 as a collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archaeologica del Molise. Its initial focus was the small frescoed crypt of 'San Lorenzo' (later known as the Crypt Ch
'Public theology' involves the application of biblical and theological principles outside the confines of the church and assesses their implications for wider society. It examines both the theoretical
The book introduces the significant historical events as signs of rise and fall of the great dynasties from the Ancient history of China to the end of the Qing Dynasty- almost 5,000 years. By reading
