This dissertation explores the Middle Passage (the route of slave ships carrying human cargo across the Atlantic Ocean) as an involuntary migratory movement and considers how artistic and literary
The arrival of the Black Death in England, which killed around a half of the national population, marks the beginning of one of the most fascinating, controversial and important periods of English soc
Drawing on interviews with their leaders and on literature by and about them, Hoepfner (U. of Passau, Germany) profiles Jewish political organizations in the two countries. He begins by setting out hi
The papers of this proceedings stem from the 5th Meeting in commemoration of the death of the historian Wilhelm Levison, held in December 2007 at Durham U., the UK, where Levison taught after escaping
This festschrift in honor of scholar Wim Blockmans is edited by three of his former colleagues in medieval history at Leiden University, Hoppenbrouwers, Janse and Stein. The contributors are an impres
Verbist (faculty of arts, Leuven Catholic University) combines mathematical and medieval scholarship in this study of the attempts of eight medieval authors from 990-1135 to correct the Christian cale
The subject of this volume is Francis Turretin's federal theology as a defense of the doctrine of grace. Specifically, it deals with Turretin's exposition of the twofold covenant of God, that is the c
This is one of two volumes of selected papers that emerged from the 2001 conference. European and North American medievalists specializing in history, literature, archaeology, and art history examine
On the three hundredth anniversary of the publication of van Espen's Jus Ecclesiasticum Universum in 1700, scholars of canon law and history presented papers in English, French and German on the legal
A dozen essays by medievalists from North America, Europe, and Oceana consider eloquence and dictamen in the love letters of Heloise and Abelard, the language of William of Malmesbury, the General P
Considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the monument honoring Maussolos gave English the word "mausoleum." Although the site was first rediscovered and excavated in 1857, this text i
Defining the "Early Old Babylon" period as the 200 years preceding the reign of Hammurabi and his expansion of the Babylonian empire, the author examines archaeological and documentary evidence from t
