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Sages and Commoners in Late Antique 'Erez Israel
Stuart S. Miller addresses a number of issues in the history of talmudic Palestine that are at the center of contemporary scholarly debate about the role rabbis played in society. …
Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade
Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade examines modern and contemporary Robinsonade texts written for young readers, looking specifically at the ways in which later adaptations of …
The Battle of Maldon
The battle of Maldon in 991 AD was a defeat. The Old English poem about it that survives, The Battle of Maldon, celebrates the extreme valour of Byrhtnoth, the leader of the …
Astrologumena Judaica
Reimund Leicht führt mit fünf Untersuchungen in zentrale Aspekte der Geschichte der hebräischen astrologischen Literatur der Antike und des Mittelalters ein. Er bietet zugleich die …
The Collected Writings of Edward Rushton
The edition brings together the known writings in poetry and prose of Edward Rushton (1756--1814). Blinded by trachoma after an outbreak on the slaving ship in which he was a young …
Ancrene Wisse / Guide for Anchoresses
This early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses is not only one of the major works of early Middle English prose, but is also a key document for the …
Petrarch and His Legacies
This book gathers cutting-edge articles by prominent scholars reflecting on Petrarch’s poetry and his long legacy, from the Renaissance to the present day. The scholars engaged in …
The Mechanics of Providence
The phenomena we call magic and mysticism had a profound effect on the shaping of Judaism in late antiquity. In this volume, Michael D. Swartz offers a wide-ranging study of the …
Sympathetic Ink
Northern Irish poets have been accused of reticence in addressing political issues in their work. In Sympathetic Ink, Shane Alcobia-Murphy challenges this view through a …
Maria Wickert: Studies in John Gower
Studies in John Gower is a translation of Maria Wickert’s Studien zu John Gower, the book that began the modern study of the Vox Clamantis. It is a monograph in six chapters, the …