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462. Crusades – Medieval Worlds in Conflict
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Thomas F. Madden, James L. Naus, Vincent Ryan, Thomas F. Madden, James L. Naus, and Vincent Ryan
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- Crusades--Congresses
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These essays, selected from papers presented at the International Symposium on Crusade Studies in February 2006, represent a stimulating cross-section of this vibrant field. Organized under the rubric of'medieval worlds'the studies in this volume demonstrate the broad interdisciplinary spectrum of modern crusade studies, extending far beyond the battlefield into the conflict and occasional cooperation between the diverse cultures and faiths of the Mediterranean. Although the crusades were a product of medieval Europe, they provide a backdrop against which medieval worlds can be observed to come into both contact and collision. The range of studies in this volume includes subjects such as Muslim and Christian understandings of their wars within their own intellectual and artistic perspectives, as well as the development of memory and definition of crusading in both the East and West. A section on the Crusades and the Byzantine world examines the intersection of western and eastern Christian attitudes and agendas and how they played out - particularly in the Aegean and Asia Minor. The book concludes with three studies on the crusader king, Louis IX, examining not only his two crusades in new ways, but also the role of the crusade in his later sanctification.
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- 2016
463. Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology
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Kathryn O. Weber, Emma Hite, Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith, Kathryn O. Weber, Emma Hite, Lori Khatchadourian, and Adam T. Smith
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- Community life--Eurasia--History--To 1500, Time--Social aspects--Eurasia--History--To 1500, Social archaeology--Eurasia, Archaeology--Research--Eurasia
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Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics re-examines the relationship between Eurasia's past and its present by interrogating the social construction of time and the archaeological production of culture. Traditionally, archaeological research in Eurasia has focused on assembling normative descriptions of monolithic cultures that endure for millennia, largely immune to the forces of historical change. The papers in this volume seek to document forces of difference and contestation in the past that were produced in the perceptible engagements of peoples, things, and places. The research gathered here convincingly demonstrates that these forces made social life in ancient Eurasia rather more fitful and its publics considerably more unruly than archaeological research has traditionally allowed.Contributors are Mikheil Abramishvili, Paula N. Doumani Dupuy, Magnus Fiskesjö, Hilary Gopnik, Emma Hite, Jean-Luc Houle, Erik G. Johannesson, James A. Johnson, Lori Khatchadourian, Ian Lindsay, Maureen E. Marshall, Mitchell S. Rothman, Irina Shingiray, Adam T. Smith, Kathryn O. Weber and Xin Wu.
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- 2016
464. History of Technology Volume 19
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Graham Hollister-Short and Graham Hollister-Short
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- Technology--History, Technology--Social aspects
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The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
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- 2016
465. The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World
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Werner Riess, Garrett G. Fagan, Werner Riess, and Garrett G. Fagan
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- Violence--Greece--History--To 1500, Violence--Rome, Civilization, Greco-Roman
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What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting. Perpetrators of violence in the classical world knew this and chose their venues and targets with care: killing Julius Caesar at a meeting of the Senate was deliberate. That location asserted Senatorial superiority over a perceived tyrant, and so proclaimed the pure republican principles of the assassins. The contributors to The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World take on a task not yet addressed in classical scholarship: they examine how topography shaped the perception and interpretation of violence in Greek and Roman antiquity. After an introduction explaining the “spatial turn” in the theoretical study of violence, “paired” chapters review political assassination, the battlefield, violence against women and slaves, and violence at Greek and Roman dinner parties. No other book either adopts the spatial theoretical framework or pairs the examination of different classes of violence in classical antiquity in this way. Both undergraduate and graduate students of classics, history, and political science will benefit from the collection, as will specialists in those disciplines. The papers are original and stimulating, and they are accessible to the educated general reader with some grounding in classical history.
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- 2016
466. The Flower-Patch Among the Hills
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Flora Klickmann and Flora Klickmann
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This early work, is an absorbing collection of articles that Klickmann wrote for the periodical Girl's Own Paper. This title is the first of seven Flower-Patch books that contain stories involving her household and the people living in and around Brockweir, Gloucestershire. A wealth of anecdote, autobiography and descriptions of nature written in a conversational, humorous style. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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- 2016
467. Classical Islamic Theology: The Ash`arites : Texts and Studies on the Development and History of Kalam, Vol. III
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Richard M. Frank, Dimitri Gutas, Richard M. Frank, and Dimitri Gutas
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- Islam--Doctrines--History
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This is the third of three volumes reprinting the collected papers on Islamic subjects by Richard M. Frank, Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of America, and completes the set. The present volume on the Ash`arites and the classical Ash`arite tradition brings together articles written in the last two decades of Richard Frank's scholarly activity which represent his mature thought on the main philosophical and doctrinal elements of that tradition. The volume opens with two more general studies, one on the science of kalam, presenting Frank's most profound insights on its very nature and essence, followed by a series of detailed and incisive analyses of the physics, metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology of the Ash`arite system. This body of work forms the vanguard of modern studies on the subject and will repay repeated and prolonged study.
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- 2016
468. Història mínima de Catalunya
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Jordi Canal and Jordi Canal
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Quan i com va sorgir Catalunya? Quina és la història de la bandera catalana? Per què l'expansió catalana es va dirigir cap al Mediterrani? Quin és l'origen de la Generalitat? Quin és el text en català més antic que es conserva? Per què es van produir les guerres remences? Com van afectar Catalunya les guerres carlines? Quan i com va aparèixer el nacionalisme català? Quin paper va tenir Catalunya en l'Espanya republicana? Com es va manifestar la repressió durant el franquisme? Com es va iniciar el procés autonòmic i l'estatut d'autonomia? Amb quins desafiaments s'ha d'encarar la Catalunya del segle XXI?
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- 2016
469. Hospitaller Women in the Middle Ages
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Anthony Luttrell, Helen J. Nicholson, Anthony Luttrell, and Helen J. Nicholson
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- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Hospitalers, Women in Christianity--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
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This volume brings together recent and new research, with several items specially translated into English, on the sisters of the largest and most long-lived of the military-religious orders, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. In recent years there has been increasing scholarly interest in women's religious houses during the Middle Ages, with particular focus on the problems which they faced and the social needs which they performed. The military-religious orders have been largely excluded from this interest, partly because it has been assumed that women played little role in religious orders with a predominantly military purpose. Recent research has shown this to be a misconception. Study of the women members of these orders enables scholars to gain a deeper appreciation of the nature of hospitaller and military orders and of the role of women in religious life in general. The papers in this volume explore the roles which the Hospitaller sisters performed within their order; examine the problems of having men and women living within the same or adjoining houses; study relations between the order and the patrons of its women's houses; and consider the career of a prominent Hospitaller woman who became a saint. This volume will be of interest not only to scholars of the military-religious orders and of the Hospital of St John in particular, but also to scholars of monastic history and to those with a concern for women's history during the middle ages.
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- 2016
470. The History of the Book in the West: 1800–1914 : Volume IV
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Stephen Colclough, Alexis Weedon, Stephen Colclough, and Alexis Weedon
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- Book industries and trade--Western countries--History, Books--Western countries--History, Books--History--1450-1600, Books--History--17th century
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This collection of published papers on the development of the publishing cycle from author to reader includes work by many of the leading authorities on the history of the book in the nineteenth century, including James Barnes, Simon Eliot, Kate Flint, Elizabeth McHenry, Robert Patten, David Vincent and Ronald Zboray. It contains examples of different approaches, reflecting the fact that scholars come from a variety of disciplinary traditions, such as bibliography, typography, literary studies, library studies and the history of science. The introduction provides an overview of both the historical context and recent work on the subject. The volume is divided into five sections: National Publishing Structures in America, France, and Russia; International Trade; Publishing Practices; Distribution; Reading. The collection includes work in the tradition of French book history which has focussed on the systems and structures of the publishing industry and Anglo-American book history characterised by detailed analyses of the publication of a specific title or the practices of an individual reader.
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- 2016
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