Power & Persuasion Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire, Paperback - Peter Brown

Reducere. Peter Brown, perhaps the greatest living authority on Mediterranean civilization in late antiquity, traces the growing power of Christian bishops a...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Peter BrownIllustration(s): 113 Illustrations, black and white; 17 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 21...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis...

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300-600 AD) throughout the western and east...

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With trademark versatility and brilliance, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill explores how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship w...

Rabbinic stories portraying heretics (minim) typically involve a conflict over biblical interpretation. Using previously untapped Christian materia...

This volume examines interdisciplinary boundaries, and includes texts focusing on material culture, philological analysis and historical research. ...

An exploration of Boethius' social, political background, his notion of philosophy and its sources, and his understanding of the relationship betwe...

Reducere. The ancient philosophy, in its original Orphico-Pythagorean and Platonic form, is not simply a way of life in accordance with the divine or human i...

The Arabs and Islam in Late Antiquity - Aziz Al-Azmeh

Reducere. Whether in characterizing Catharine MacKinnon's theory of gender as itself pornographic or in identifying liberalism as unable to make good on its ...

This is the first general book on Greek and Latin letter-writing in Late Antiquity (400300-600 CE). Allen and Neil examine early Christian Greek an...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Mary K. FaragIllustration(s): 22 color photographs, 6 tablesNumber of pages: 346Collection: Tra...

The American Revolution is universally seen as a colossal defeat of the powerful British Empire by colonial rebels. Yet the British emerged from th...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncIllustration(s): fig. and tablesNumber of pages: 397Collection: History of Schools and SchoolingPublication dat...

As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, her mysterious past comes back to haunt her. From bestse...

Reducere. Cuando Roz abre los ojos por primera vez, descubre que est sola en una isla remota y salvaje. No tiene idea de c mo lleg ah o con qu prop sito, per...

Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE. Each of the six topi...

Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radical...

DescriptionThis volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origi...

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An exuberant new picture book from NYT bestselling author Peter Brown, inspired by his own childhood. Fred loves to be naked! He romps around his h...

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Reducere. How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a ...

Reducere. Power and Persuasion: How to Command Success in Business and Your Personal Life, Hardcover

Reducere. In The Other Judaisms of Late Antiquity the late Alan F. Segal is at his very best. This reissued and expanded edition--now containing his celebrat...

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

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A beautifully illustrated and brilliantly funny book from the Caldecott Honor-winning artist, Peter Brown. 'Funky, funny and beautiful, this is an ...

Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape. By reading little-known but hugely influential texts, this bo...