This book examines the history and literary representation of one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of English socio-economic history, namely primogeniture as a rule governing the succession to landed
Buckley (Trinity College, Dublin) and Cyrus (Vanderbilt U.) have compiled a group of 17 articles by scholars in Europe, Australia, and the U.S. devoted to topics promoted by Brainard (d.2000), who org
The line between history and hagiography in late antique and medieval writing is often permeable. The essays in this volume support the belief that the authors of both forms were aware of the distinct
In honor of Holocaust survivor Irene Eber (emerita, East Asian studies, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem), who made notable contributions to Chinese studies and the area of Chinese-Jewish relations, Findeisen (
Wyatt (ancient Near East religions, U. of Edinburgh) assembles 13 essays he wrote between 1978 and 2004, standardizing the system of references, providing a common bibliography, and occasionally refer
Otto Pacht, one of the most significant art-historians of the 'Vienna School', and well known for his analyses of Early Netherlandish art, turns his attention in this publication to the humanist circl
In this major study of Middle Assyrian ceramics at Tell Sabi Abyad, the director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Egypt introduces this archeological site in northern Syria, historical b
This is the first full length scholarly treatment of the life and work of J. B. Lightfoot. Using large quantities of unpublished sources Geoffrey R. Treloar presents a picture of Lightfoot in relation
The scholarly study of Islam has become ever more insular and apologetic. Academic Islamic Studies has tried to maintain a focus on truth, authenticity, experience and meaning and has effectively avoi
