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Die kaiserliche Botschaft in Venedig zur Zeit Maria Theresias (1740-1780)
Bis heute ist erstaunlich wenig uber die alltaglichen Arbeitsablaufe und Tatigkeiten fruhneuzeitlicher Botschaften bekannt. In der vorliegenden Publikation beschaftigt sich die …
Studies in Medieval Muslim Thought and History
This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung’s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, Religious and Ethnic …
Companion to Byzantium
Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman …
Experiencing Old Age in Ancient Rome
Old age today is a contentious topic. It can be seen as a demographic timebomb or as a resource of wisdom and experience to be valued and exploited. There is frequent debate over …
A Tale of Two Saints
Hagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature …
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of …
Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity
In this book, prominent historians apply Mediterranean paradigms to Classical Mediterranean Antiquty (Greece and Rome), allowing for a new approach to the ancient world and …
Galen: Writings on Plato's Timaeus<i/>
To Galen, Plato was the great authority in philosophy but also had important things to say on health, disease, and the human body. The Timaeus was of enormous significance to …
Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought
This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more …
Interpolation in Thucydides
The scraps of hard evidence are carefully sifted from the putative so as to uncover the probable extent and nature of interpolation in Thucydides. This gives a coarse but firm …
The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry
This book offers a new interpretation of ancient Greek sacrifice from a cultural poetic perspective. Through close readings of the Theogony, the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the …
Ancient Greece on British Television
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and …