War and Society in the Roman World
ISBN: 9780415066440 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the ancient world, war played a crucial part in shaping and changing social and political structures. The impact of war on ancient society is the subject of this book and the companion volume, War and Society in the Greek World. Earlier studies of ancient warfare have concentrated on political causes, tactics strategy and military organizations.
In the ancient world, war played a crucial part in shaping and changing social and political structures. The impact of war on ancient society is the s...
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Medieval Theatre in Context: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415067829 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This relates the development of medieval drama - both Christian and pagan - to the contemporary society and the Christian Church. It provides an overview of the opinions of modern scholars regarding the content, structure and staging of medieval plays, locating the drama within its social context.
This relates the development of medieval drama - both Christian and pagan - to the contemporary society and the Christian Church. It provides an overv...
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Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles
ISBN: 9780415072021 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A balanced account of the period 12,500-5,500 years agoj written by a middle-aged, middle-class academic with interests in bird watching and astronomy " Dr Smith discusses the environmental frameworks and the key sites in an accessible and attractively presented way. The result moves the late palaeolithic and mesolithic away from just the study of stone tools and towards the interaction of foraging peoples with their landscape. A landscape which as Chris Smith shows experienced continuous and major changes that make the Greenhouse Effect appear insignificant. A useful introduction to early...
A balanced account of the period 12,500-5,500 years agoj written by a middle-aged, middle-class academic with interests in bird watching and astronomy...
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Dangerous Voices: Women's Laments and Greek Literature
ISBN: 9780415072496 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests that this essentially female art form gave women considerable power over the rituals of death. The threat they posed to the Greek state caused them to be appropriated by male writers including the tragedians. Holst-Warhaft argues that the loss of the traditional lament in Greece and other...
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, and sets...
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A Short History of Roman Law
ISBN: 9780415072502 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roman law is one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. It is one of the binding factors par excellence within the European community, so it is useful for the new Europeans to have a sound knowledge of the historical background of Roman law. This book presents a survey of the history of Roman law. Olga Tellegen-Couperus divides the 1000 year long history of Roman law into four periods, based on political developments. For each period there is a general outline of the sources and then a description of the territory under Roman rule and the socio-economic situation....
Roman law is one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. It is one of the binding factors par excellence within the Europe...
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City and Country in the Ancient World
ISBN: 9780415082235 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.
This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship. The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.
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The City in the Greek and Roman World
ISBN: 9780415082242 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The city for the Greeks and Romans was of paramount importance for their political, religious, and social life, and this book provides study of both the differing concepts and developments of the city in the Greek and Roman world. For example, the Greek concept of the polis as essentially a community, whose physical attributes - well-built houses, walls, docks - were of secondary importance, gradually shifted. As cities grew, especially under the Hellenistic kings and their Roman successors, fine public buildings, sumptuous houses, and impressive civic amenities became the hallmark of urban...
The city for the Greeks and Romans was of paramount importance for their political, religious, and social life, and this book provides study of both t...
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Cosmology in Antiquity
ISBN: 9780415083720 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The popularity of Stephen Hawking's work has put cosmology back in the public eye. The question of how the universe began, and why it hangs together, still puzzles scientists. Their puzzlement began two and a half thousand years ago when Greek philosophers first looked up at the sky and formed a theory of everything. Though their solutions are little credited today, the questions remain fresh. The early Greek thinkers struggled to come to terms with and explain the totality of their surroundings, to identitify an original substance from which the universe was compounded, and to reconcile the...
The popularity of Stephen Hawking's work has put cosmology back in the public eye. The question of how the universe began, and why it hangs together, ...
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Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy
ISBN: 9780415086141 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the burgeoning field of late classical antiquity the authors of late Roman Gaul have served as a mine of information regarding the historical, cultural, political, social and religious developments of the western empire, and of Gaul in particular. Ausonius is outstanding among these authors for the extraordinary range of material which his writings illuminate. His family exemplifies the rise of provincial upper-classes in Aquitania through talent, ambition and opportunism.
Fusing historical method with archaeological, artistic and literary evidence, Hagith Sivan interprets the... In the burgeoning field of late classical antiquity the authors of late Roman Gaul have served as a mine of information regarding the historical, cult...
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Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry
ISBN: 9780415088978 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's Works and Days, Lucretius' On the Universe, Virgil's Georgics and Ovid's Art of Love amongst others. If didactic epic has one defining characteristic, it is instruction. All these poems were aimed at teaching a student about a concrete topic. At the same time, their poetic form makes these verse lessons highly readable pieces of literature. This volume understands reading didactic poetry as more than just teaching; it is also a leisure-time activity. The author balances a...
This work presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's Works and Days, Lucretius' On t...
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2 Thessalonians
ISBN: 9780415095051 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this lucid expose the second letter to the Thessalonians is approached from a historical perspective. The letter is read as part of a process of communication between its sender and the original addressees, making it accessible to the modern reader.
2 Thessalonians includes a translation of the short Greek text; an historical examination of the letter's genre, authorship and religious milieu; an introduction to apocalyptic eschatology and an extensive commentary on the letter. Maarten Menken's book will appeal to theologians, ministers of religion, students of theology and... In this lucid expose the second letter to the Thessalonians is approached from a historical perspective. The letter is read as part of a process of co...
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John's Gospel
ISBN: 9780415095112 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John's Gospel is an innovative study which shows how the current plurality of literary methodologies can be used effectively to illuminate the text of the fourth gospel. Dr Stibbe, the well-respected author of three previous volumes on St John, uses the methods of structuralism, deconstructionism and narrative criticism in his interpretation. A detailed introduction makes his book accessible to the non-specialist.
The book is an invaluable guide to John's Gospel for all those interested in the Bible as literature. It is important reading for all theologians, students of... John's Gospel is an innovative study which shows how the current plurality of literary methodologies can be used effectively to illuminate th...
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Divine Heiress: The Virgin Mary and the Making of Christian Constantinople
ISBN: 9780415096775 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople.
Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess... Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows ho...
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The Greek Historians
ISBN: 9780415105927 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked.
The Greek Historians follows the... The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct sty...
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The Cultural Life of Images : Visual Representation in Archaeology
ISBN: 9780415106757 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With subjects ranging from prehistoric artworks to excavation drawings, scientific illustrations, artists impressions of ancient sites and contemporary landscapes, this study explores how pictures and representations of the past shape our perceptions and our expectations of the past.
With subjects ranging from prehistoric artworks to excavation drawings, scientific illustrations, artists impressions of ancient sites and contemporar...
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Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China
ISBN: 9780415109758 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case the ecological and economic background to growth, geographical factors, cross-cultural intersection and the rise of urbanism are examined, explaining how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period to the time of the first civilizations in each area.
This volume challenges the traditional assumption of a band-tribe-chiefdom-state... In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest a...
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Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics: An Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy
ISBN: 9780415110341 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the principal doctrines of the Stoics, Epicureans and various sceptical traditions from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to about 200 AD. The discussion is arranged by topics rather than schools, in order to bring out the underlying issues and make clear what the different schools have in common and how they differ. At the same time the coherence of each system as a whole is emphasized. The Hellenistic philosophers and schools of philosophy are emerging from the shadow of Plato and Aristotle and are increasingly studied for their intrinsic philosophical value....
This study examines the principal doctrines of the Stoics, Epicureans and various sceptical traditions from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC...
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The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era
ISBN: 9780415113632 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why forms of suffering like martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important to early Christians.
This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity, seeing Christian... The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows ...
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Women in Antiquity: New Assessments
ISBN: 9780415113687 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women in diverse contexts and areas, such as archaic and classical Greek literature and cult, Roman imperial politics, ancient medicine and early Christianity. Some offer detailed interpretations of topics which have been widely discussed since the 1960s whilst others highlight recent areas of research. This study reflects and expands on existing scholarly debates on the status and representation of women in the ancient world, focusing on methodology,...
The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women i...
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Women in Antiquity: New Assessments
ISBN: 9780415113694 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women in diverse contexts and areas, such as archaic and classical Greek literature and cult, Roman imperial politics, ancient medicine and early Christianity. Some offer detailed interpretations of topics which have been widely discussed since the 1960s whilst others highlight recent areas of research. This study reflects and expands on existing scholarly debates on the status and representation of women in the ancient world, focusing on methodology,...
The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women i...
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229,32 zł |