Historians specializing in early modern Europe present 19 papers from a March 2013 conference in Sophia on the concept of cultural, religious, and national borders on the eve of the modern world. The
This book is a contribution to the field of historical archeology in two ways. First, it is a republication of a book establishing a historical and anthropological perspective on archaeology in the re
Drawing on an examination of about 500 melodramas from the period, this volume analyzes the roles of women in 19th-century melodrama. It details the gender rules and genre conventions used by melodram
The hope for intimacy lies deep within us all. That moment of feeling uniquely understood, the antidote to isolation, is what gives us value, validation and self-belief. Often confused with love, inti
The origins of the Western philosophical tradition lie in the ancient Greco-Roman world. This volume provides a unique insight into the life and writings of a diverse group of philosophers in antiquit
"The Future is Now: A New Look at African Diaspora Studies is an exciting collection of essays representative of new voices in this ever-expanding field. Writing in English, Spanish, French, and Haiti
'Small-screen Shakespeare' is a guide to all the Shakespeare productions available for viewing on computer or TV. Peter Cochran gives an expert opinion on the best and the worst, basing his judgements
Derek Matravers introduces students to the philosophy of art through a close examination of eight famous works of twentieth-century art. Each work has been selected in order to best illustrate and ill
Derek Matravers introduces students to the philosophy of art through a close examination of eight famous works of twentieth-century art. Each work has been selected in order to best illustrate and ill
Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal th
Modern Irish is a VSO language, in common with the other Celtic languages, and the order of elements in the structure of transitive sentences is verb-subject-object. This book provides a characterisat
This book is a publication of the Danish-Dutch-Ukrainian survey project carried out between 2006 and 2008. The project introduced the systematic, intensive survey to the region. It took place at both
Learning to Write, Reading to Learn presents the research of the `Sydney School' in language and literacy pedagogy. Widely known as genre-based pedagogy, this research is cutting-edge, but is built on
Painting Restoration Before the Restauration: The Origins of the Profession in France Aby A. Massing The art of painting restoration is almost as old as the art of painting itself. Accidents and time
This is a Festschrift in honor of the German scholar of English literature, Wolfgang Weiss, a former director of the Shakespeare Research Library in Munich and editor of the Shakespeare Jarbuch, on th
"The Future is Now: A New Look at African Diaspora Studies is an exciting collection of essays representative of new voices in this ever-expanding field. Writing in English, Spanish, French, and Haiti
In this book, Mirella Klomp gives an account of her research on the sound of worship among Surinamese Lutherans and Ghanaian Methodists in Amsterdam. Departing from the idea that the sonic spectrum of
As part of a five-year research project on oral communication in Medieval monastic communities, an international conference was held in Ghent, The Netherlands, during May of 2008, and all 17 papers pr
Eusebius of Emesa's Commentary on Genesis, which was written in Greek around the middle of the fourth century, is extant only in fragments preserved in the Greek exegetical Catena and in Procopius of
The Costuma dAgen (customary laws of the Agenais, in south-west France) compiled in Occitan at various times in the thirteenth century and preserved in the Livre Juratoire, or swearing copy (Agen, Arc
Hussein uses the "lightning scene" in ancient Arabic poetry to demonstrate his view that pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabic poetry was not as imitative as other scholars have suggested. Hr argues th
The massive eruption of the island of Santorini 2600 years ago caused tsunamis that destroyed the Minoan civilization and may have altered global climate for years. (The eruption may also be the sourc
Editor Johnson (international history, U. of Salford, UK) and eight co-contributors attempt to fill in at least some of the blanks regarding the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). In addition to describin
In a new approach to the political history of the Florentine Renaissance, Ricciardelli analyzes the use of exclusion as an instrument of government and as a means of consolidating the ruling class. He
Tel Tanninim, Crocodiles Mound, is the modern Hebrew name for the Arabic site Tell el-Melat, Mortar Mound, on the east coast of the Mediterranean about 4.25 kilometers north of Caesarea. Stieglitz and
Archaeologists begin a series of volumes reporting the results of excavations in and around the ancient Greek coastal city of Chalkis from 1995 to 2001. This first volume summarizes the studies of the
In this volume 10 art historians respond to a 2002 exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum with conflicting opinions about the work and life of Artemisia Gentileschi. The articles address particular paint
Aristomenes was the legendary hero of the Messenian wars who led resistence against Sparta and yet, despite a full account of his heroic deeds by Pausanias, is now almost forgotten. This detailed stud
This project, conducted at the eastern rim of the Wadi Araba-Jordan Graben, surveyed 290 sites and made significant discoveries. These include evidence of what must have been a rather large town durin
Citing The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript as one of the most important literary books to survive from the British medieval era, Fein, Raybin, and Ziolkowski present it in a unique manner: each item i
In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote that "philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art." This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It bri
In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote that "philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art." This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It bri
The period after the collapse of the Akkadian empire about 2200 BC was known even then as the seven generations since the Fall of Akkad. Archaeologists summarize the findings about the collapse and it
Based on papers delivered at the 2006 International Medieval Congress, held in Leeds, the UK, the 13 essays of this collection describe individual examples of the popular figure of the fool in art and
Several features of the story of the encounter between Jesus and a Syrophoenician woman (Mk 7,24-30) are unique within the Second Gospel: the stress on the woman's identity, Jesus' first refusal to he
In the West, philosophy is generally confined to the domain of the intellect, and music to the domain of the emotion. This book makes either domain the location for the other. African musical aestheti
The Late Old Babylonian period (1711-1595 B.C.) was at the end of 500 years of "uninterrupted textual production in lower Mesopotamia" (from the preface), and it was a time of political instability. S
Part of a series from the University of Hull Centre for Medieval Studies, in the UK, this volume offers 14 essays on expressions of grief in laments found in medieval literature and poetry, particular
Presented at the April 2008 Conference held at the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Center for Epigraphy at Bar-Ilan U. in Israel, the 14 articles of this collection concern evidence for specific aspects of
A time of political chaos and economic hardships, The Third Intermediate Period, c. 1100-c.650 BC, is a somewhat neglected field of Egyptology, states editor Manfred Bietak in the preface to this work
