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Leibniz and the Invention of Mathematical Transcendence
The invention of mathematical transcendence in the seventeenth century is linked to Leibniz, who always claimed it to be his own creation. However, Descartes had created a …
Identity, Commodification and Revolution: Tourism and the Transformation of Society, Politics and Space in Cuba
This book explores how the commodification of the Cuban Revolution affects Cuban identities. Contrary to prevailing beliefs, commodification does not inevitably lead to identity …
Shaping the 'Divine Man': Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in the Graeco-Roman World
This book deals with the intersection between religion, philosophy, and politics in the Graeco-Roman world, and especially in Late Antiquity, with special reference to the figure …
The Multifunctionality of a Medieval Hagiography: A Historical Case Study of the 'Gesta Et Passio' and the Making of the Danish Royal Saint Cnut (C. 1
The 'Gesta et Passio' is a Latin hagiographic text written around 1112 by Aelnoth of Canterbury about the Danish king Cnut who was killed in 1086 and later venerated as St Cnut. …
Housing the Poor: The Right to the City and Policy Arrangements in Urban Indonesia
More than one billion people live in slums, and it remains a distant dream to achieve adequate housing for all, as articulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11). Sound …
Seleukid Ideology: Creation, Reception and Response
Seleukid Perspectives explore the largest successor kingdom to Alexander the Great's empire. Seleukid kings established their power on the battlefield but did not rely on coercion …
Definite Articles in Low Saxon Dialects: A Case Study in Grammaticalization
A prominent characteristic of Low Saxon dialects spoken along the coast of the North Sea, in particular in the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, is the absence of definite …
Slaves of the People: A Political and Social History of Roman Public Slavery
Slavery played a crucial economic and social role in the Roman history. Unfree individuals were employed to perform a wide range of duties in both the domestic environment and the …
Leibniz's Dynamics: Origin and Structure of a New Science
The Making of the 20th Century City: Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe
Broadening the global perspective is high on the agenda for the current study of urban history. It is widely accepted in contemporary Japanese urban history that the prototype of …
Settlers as Conquerors: Free Land Policy in Antebellum America
In early America, the notion that settlers ought to receive undeveloped land for free was enormously popular among the rural poor and social reformers. Well into the Jacksonian …
Busy Tenants: Peasant Land Markets in Central Europe (15th to 16th Century)
"Pre-modern commercialisation and a long-term decrease in transaction costs are not only mirrored in the expansion of goods markets but notably in the development of factor …