In the high Middle Ages a particular form of patron/client relationship developed between lay lords and peasants in the kingdom of Castille, called the behetria. This differed in many ways from other
Alba-Juez (linguistics, National Distance Education U., Madrid) offers a textbook for a course, or for self-study, on the basic theoretical knowledge and empirical tools of some of the most relevant a
Scholars mostly of literature, but also the history of medicine look at scientific and literary figures of the apothecary, the alchemist, and the shaman as clues to the evolving relationship between m
Emerging scholars in Caribbean studies, writing from the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone Caribbean, explore the region's social issues, migratory experiences, cultural identities, creolized
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars in northern literature will find this collection of articles fascinating, with topics ranging in time from the beginnings of the modern period onward a
The 33 papers of this proceedings were first presented in September 2005 at the sixth Ruralia conference, held in Dobogoko, Hungary. The papers concern specific archaeological and other studies of med
The twenty essays presented here by Hogan (English, Ryerson U., Canada) and Marin- Domine (Spanish language and literature, Wilfrid Laurier U., Canada) interrogate narratives of "the camp" (concentrat
The Erbario Miniato is an early 17th century herbal catalogue that formed part of the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo and is now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, UK. This two-volume set reprod
Faust (Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan U., Israel) aims to identify the ethnogenesis of the ancient Israelites in Canaan within the context of Iron Age archaeology. W.G. Dever's "New Biblical Archa
Scholars of history, literature, and related fields here contend that the Australian context in which medievalism and the Gothic are played out has the potential to bring the two scholarly fields toge
In this tribute to D.H. Green, scholars from Britain, Germany and North America follow Green's insistence on the conjunction of medieval orality and literacy and show the ways this approach can open n
To introduce students to ancient history and archaeology, Chadwick (history and culture of ancient Near East, McGill U.) provides an overview of two of the world's oldest civilizations: ancient Mesopo
Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619) was a pivotal innovator in Italian painting at the turn of the seventeenth century. Carracci's highly individual approaches to religious subjects made him one of the grea
From the November 2001 third Louvain Encounters in Systematic Theology conference, 53 papers consider new theological approaches based on conversation from the perspectives of God, creation, the churc
The anthology was spawned in a May 1998 Baltic-Scandinavian research workshop of anthropologists and other social scientists in Tartu on the Baltic shore. Over the years, papers were rewritten and oth
The 19 papers of this collection were first presented at the 1999 History and Images Congress held at the U. of Copenhagen in Denmark. As reflected in the subtitle, the international group of historia
