Iain Whyte investigates the history of slavery and its abolition with a particular assessment of Scotland's role in emancipation.
Iain Whyte investigates the history of slavery and its abolition with a particular assessment of Scotland's role in emancipation.
Earliest christian hymnbook - the odes of solomon
Scholar, ecclesiastic, teacher and poet of the eighth century, Alcuin was a person of deep Christian faith, tenacious in his loyalty to orthodox Catholic theology. He had a seminal influence upon his own generation and those that came after him. This book examines his life and c…
An important collection of eight essays on Ancient Persia (Iran) in the periods of the Achaemenid Empire (539-330 BC), when the Persians established control over the whole of the Ancient Near East, and later the Sasanian Empire. It will be of interest to historians, archaeologis…
Durkheim is universally recognized as one of the founding fathers of sociology with his work enabling sociology to be accepted as a discipline within the academic world. What is presented here is a selection of readings from Durkheim's work on religion, beginning with early revi…