V. 1. Continental Europe -- v. 2. The Mediterranean world -- v. 3. The British Isles. "In this important collection of primary sources, Laborie and Hessayon bring together a huge range of vital sources for the study of prophecy in the early modern world. This meticulously edite…
Argentina -- Bolivia -- Brazil -- Chile -- Colombia -- Cuba -- El Salvador -- Guatemala -- Mexico -- Nicaragua -- Peru -- Puerto Rico -- Uruguay -- Venezuela. "Twentieth Century Guerrilla Movements in Latin America: A Primary Source History collects political writings on human …
"The Arthurian story can be seen as an evolving constellation of characters and themes that remain recognisable as they pass through different material, literary, social and contexts. This collection provides an innovative and wide-ranging introduction to the world of Arthur by …
"The links between Buddhism and health have lately received much attention in English-language academic, scientific, and popular media alike thanks to the increasing visibility of Tibetan meditation techniques in particular, but all of these discussions have thus far failed to c…
"This volume presents the analysis, English translation, and critical edition of the Latin text of The Little History of the Lombards of Benevento, thus offering an important contribution for a better understanding of early medieval southern Italian (and Mediterranean) history. …
"This volume presents the analysis, English translation, and critical edition of the Latin text of The Little History of the Lombards of Benevento, thus offering an important contribution for a better understanding of early medieval southern Italian (and Mediterranean) history. …
The legend of Prester John has received much scholarly attention over the last hundred years, but never before have the sources been collected and coherently presented to readers. This book now brings together a fully-representative set of texts setting out the many and various …
Cet ouvrage se veut une synthèse des connaissances sur le culte romain de la grande Mère des dieux (Mater deum magna), aussi connue sous le nom de Cybèle. Après avoir présenté les causes et les circonstances liées à son arrivée à Rome, l?auteure revient sur l?organisation de ce …
Der Band gibt aus vielfältigen Perspektiven Einblicke in die wesentlichen Bereiche des privaten und öffentlichen Lebens der römisch-griechischen antiken Welt. Neben papyrologischen Studien liegt ein Schwerpunkt dabei auf weiteren materiellen Befunden, insbesondere Münzen. Hinzu …
Foreword /Eric Ketelaar --Introduction: Archives and information in the early modern world /Alexandra Walsham, Kate Peters, & Liesbeth Corens --Part I: Organization and agency.2.Early modern European archivality: organised records, information, and state power, c. 1500 /Randolph…
"This book examines Latin narratives produced in the aftermath of the First Crusade and challenges the narrative of supposed brutality and amorality of warfare in this period - instead focusing on the moral and didactic concerns surrounding warfare and violence with which mediev…
"Drawing on a wide range of sources including interdiction procedures, records of criminal justice, documentation from mental hospitals, and medical literature, this book provides a comprehensive study of the spaces in which madness was recorded in Tuscany during the eighteenth …