The four centuries witnessed drastic changes in the exploitation of landownership in various parts of northwestern Europe, which had strong effects of rural economy and society. A pivotal role in thos
Uncertainty is often assumed to be a modern condition, says Flanagan (history, U. of Adelaide, Australia), and contrasted with confident Victorian values or with the faith of earlier periods. But she
Johnson (French, Clayton State University) and Wells (French, Wake Forest University) collect 17 essays in honor of the late Voltaire scholar J. Patrick Lee, written by prominent scholars from the US,
Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co.--which consistently handles books of a high level of scholarship and execution--this sumptuous, oversized volume (8.5x12"), offers 15 essays by
Excavations at Late Bronze Age Ugarit (in Syria) have provided a wealth of information about economic activities within the city itself and in the Eastern Mediterranean more generally. This volume exp
Nature or nurture? Are individuals born as an empty slate and shaped by their environment or are we already programmed to react in certain ways? Strelau (emeritus, psychology, Warsaw University; since
The Ways of Jewish Martyrdom discusses the phenomenon of Jewish Martyrdom in medieval Germany, northern France, and England from the time of the First Crusade (1096) until the mid-fourteenth century (
An international group of scholars examines the concept of the "good ruler" through the late Middle Ages. Bejczy, recently in the history department of the University of Nijmegen and Niederman (politi
Linguists engaged in creating the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature and younger ones who have been attracted to it present studies drawing mostly from that database, which is freely availa
Andersen (educational development, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) et al. compile six essays drawn from a conference held in Copenhagen in May of 2004, "Culture and Language Learning," organized under the Dani
The origins of the Cistercian monastic order are currently under intense scrutiny and revision, as scholars identify how the written word was used to 'invent' a unified corporate identity. Here Elizab
"Peripheral Concerns examines the influence of one 'core' region of the ancient Near Eastern world--Egypt--on urban development in the southern Levant in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, with emphasi
Author Peter Dendle is a scholar in literary representations of the demonic. In this scholarly work, he looks at descriptions of demon possession and exorcism in Anglo-Saxon English primary sources su
Citing the quest for a harmonized immigration policy as one of the most urgent topics for the EU, Minter presents evidence and estimates on different aspects surrounding irregular immigration to the E
Freud argued that religions originate in the unconscious needs, longings and fantasies of human minds. His work has served to highlight how any analysis of religion must explore mental life, both the
Freud argued that religions originate in the unconscious needs, longings and fantasies of human minds. His work has served to highlight how any analysis of religion must explore mental life, both the
There are four extant manuscripts of a 14th-century anonymous interlinear Latin-to-Middle English glossed prose translation of the Book of Psalms, 11 canticles, and the Athanasian Creed. This first of
There are four extant manuscripts of a 14th-century anonymous interlinear Latin-to-Middle English glossed prose translation of the Book of Psalms, 11 canticles, and the Athanasian Creed. The first of
The present book considers the development of figurative wall painting in the southern Low Countries over a period of two centuries, between circa 1300 and 1500. The region had along-standing traditio
Exploring the impulses behind the apocalyptic poem, Pordzik (English and American studies, U. of Wurzburg) examines how gradual changes in the poets' views of the End are reflected in the literary for
In 1622, Rubens designed his second tapestry series, The Story of Constantine, for which he executed twelve oil sketches, all of which are currently preserved in public and private collections in Amer
This is the sixth volume in a continuing series of publications listing and identifying all illustrations contained in English manuscripts from the time of Chaucer to Henry VIII. This was an important
Whys & Therefores aids the reader to arrive at generalizations for the shape of the English language: words, grammar, meaning, sound and spelling. The format adopted throughout is that of a light
Devoted to study of "his" buildings in Turkey for many years, Bier (1942-2004) had completed most of the manuscript before his death; his colleagues undertook its completion and publication. The text
The series that begins here will pursue a single history of the human race, not by stringing together various national or regional histories, but by exploring the interaction between peoples and their
This volume contains 20 papers presented at a 2006 conference on the Thule Culture--the immediate predecessor of the modern Inuit culture of Greenland and the arctic regions of North America. Looking
"The Anglo-Saxon mission to early medieval Germany and the Netherlands has long been seen as a major contribution to the foundation of Christian Europe. Encouraged by the activities of prominent Anglo
These two physical volumes comprise Volume II in the series, which is projected to extend to nine volumes at completion, the final volume providing indices and a general bibliography of medieval Scand
Jacobsen (systematic theology, Aarhus U., Denmark) presents the results of a research project engaged with the factors that played a role in the development of a normative corpus of scripture and doct
This archaeological report describes the Hellenistic and Persian pottery of ca. 525-110 BC found from excavations of Schechem (modern Tell Balatah, Israel). The purpose of the report is primarily to p
Most of the research on Hinduism in Britain has focused on Vaisnavism or Hindu-based religiosity transplanted to the West by Indian gurus, explains Geaves (religion, Liverpool Hope U.), and he intends
Early Christianity saw women in positions of authority and a fluid theology that included feminine figures in the notion of the Divine. However, for centuries a male trinity has dominated theology wit
Rippin (Islamic history, U. of Victoria, Canada) has reprinted 24 articles that focus on the critical category of what is and is not Islam. Within sections on theology, social sciences, religion, civi
Roos examines this relatively little-known period in the first months of the First Crusade, in which crusaders briefly turned their passion for Jerusalem into a passion for converting and killing Jews
The first piece reports on assessments of eight sites in Jordan with substantial Early Bronze Age occupation, looking at architectural features and the nature of preservation. Most of the sites are in
In this collection of nine interdisciplinary articles based on papers presented at a workshop held in April 2003 by the Cultural Change, Dynamics and Diagnosis research program of the University of Gr
Although metaphysics as a discipline can hardly be separated from Aristotle and his works, the questions it raises were certainly known to authors even before the reception of Aristotle in the thirtee
Mc Namee's detailed and well illustrated new study is about eucharistic symbolism in Early Netherlandish painting. It focuses on the pervading presence of the vested angel in this school of painting a
This book is the first fully illustrated and comprehensive monograph devoted to the Westphalian artist Conrad von Soest, who played a pivotal role in the development of North European art around 1400,
Classics as an academic discipline appears to belong to the lecture hall and the seminar. But Classics is alive outside Classics, as the studies collected in this volume show. We engage with Classics
