Publication and the Papacy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. New ed, Paperback - Samu (University of Helsinki) Niskanen

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates th...

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This volume presents the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct life conditions in ancient Tuscany between Late Antiquit...

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

Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest...

The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. ...

DescriptionAncient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective--the baffli...

This volume creates awareness among spectators about the differences between the past and the present, the importance of understanding the past-pre...

Explores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antiq...

This book is essential reading for understanding what happened to Rome at the end of antiquity. By focusing on the actions of senatorial aristocrat...

Murder, Rape and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages contains accounts of some of the most sanguine, unusual or controversial judicia...

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...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jean-Luc FournetIllustration(s): 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 224Collection: The ...

Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central positi...

A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam to the decline of nomads in the twentieth century. This offers a viv...

Zeini challenges the view that considers the Zand's study an auxiliary science to Avestan studies, framing the text instead within the exegetical c...

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

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

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

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Uses an interdisciplinary approach combining new archaeological evidence with archival material to reconstruct the lives of rural communities in th...

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...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

Explores the gradual transformation of the virtually monolingual edifice of classical culture in late antiquity as the increasingly Christianized e...

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Argues that the largest extant theatrical tradition of the third and second centuries BCE continued to be vital for writers of the first century BC...

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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...

Reducere. In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dict...