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The contributors to this volume examine the complex dynamics which arose between the Byzantine Empire and the Near East. Moving beyond the tradition of histoire... Læs mere
A much-needed study of pre-Islamic poetry from Arabia, that fills a key gap in understanding not only the history of Arabian poetry, but also of Arabian ethos and ideology. What emerges is a complex, stylized discourse which reflects a distinctive cosmology.
The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague.
As war ravaged Italy in the 200s BCE, slave actors spoke truth to power. Based on the plays of Plautus, this book brings the voices of Roman slaves to the history of theater and illuminates a major body of evidence for the history of slavery. An inspiring story of resistance.
Presents new methodologies to explore medieval processes of musical and poetic creation, from plainchant and vernacular French songs to... Læs mere
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic transition from the time of the later Roman empire to the reign of Charlemagne and beyond for over sixty years, bringing exciting new evidence to bear on the fall of the Roman empire and the origins of the medieval economy.
Provides the first full study of the original church on the site of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction. Explores aspects of the... Læs mere
Through a close reading of the words of fourteenth-century musicians and theorists, Karen Desmond explores the crucial contributions of... Læs mere
The political integration and Christianization of Saxony has long been counted among Charlemagne's failures. This accessible account... Læs mere
This book consists of two closely related parts. Volume I publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle... Læs mere
In this book, Moore traces and re-interprets the significance of the architecture of the Christian Holy... Læs mere