Social Control in Late Antiquity. The Violence of Small Worlds, New ed, Paperback - ***

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 ...

This Element covers the history of Native North America's largest city: Cahokia, providing the archaeological history of its emergence and collapse...

Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Peter D. ShapinskyNumber of pages: 344Collection: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studi...

This book underscores the centrality of refugees to the workings of current dynamics of social and cultural membership in the welfare state. The co...

Reducere. These selections from the sermons and writings of Archbishop Oscar Romero share the message of a great holy prophet of modern times. Three short ye...

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

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

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

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...

A world-renowned scholar explores and explains the two views of God in the Bible - the violent God of vengeance and retribution and the non-violent...

An unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present.Illustrations: 150 ...

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

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

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishing IncAuthor(s): Hamit BozarslanNumber of pages: 170Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 18Cover type: Pa...

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

The first book about children in one of the birthplaces of Christian monasticism, Egypt. Uses diverse written and visual sources to demonstrate how...

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

Leonard Rubenstein-a human rights lawyer who has investigated atrocities around the world-offers a gripping and powerful account of the dangers hea...

The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial AfricaPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): J. P...

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 ...

Reducere. A criminal defense attorney, sociologist, and legal scholar takes readers inside New York City's lower criminal courts.

The global struggles against racism, capitalism, and patriarchy revealed by the Black and Indigneous women and trans communities leading its resist...

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...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionFifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and west...

The history of the women who travelled through Liverpool in search of work and adventure, and the women who tried to stop them. Save the Womanhood ...

With the help of thooughts and anecdotes from the people who knew the twins best, including the Kray's chief torturer, who was with them on the nig...

Reducere. This influential book provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Integrating a variety of theoretic...

This book utilizes an intersectional feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women across the Americas with case st...

This book sets out to replace the outdated notion of 'Indo-Roman trade', integrating new findings from the last 30 years. Analysis conducted demons...

Reducere. The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement-unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have fo...

Winner, 2017 Margaret Mead Award presented by the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied AnthropologyHonorable Mention, 2...

This book will engage readers interested in Irish fiction dealing with the United States, Asia, the Global South and Europe. A conceptually innovat...

A young woman finds herself in a kingdom ruled by sorcery, as one of fantasy's most daring new writers subverts the traditional "portal fantasy" sa...

An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity...

The history of the women who travelled through Liverpool in search of work and adventure, and the women who tried to stop them. Save the Womanhood ...