In Late Antiquity Gaza was an exceptionally prosperous city, with wealth derived from a flourishing wine trade across the Mediterranean, as well as an intellectual centre whose leading lights combined traditional classical and Christian learning.
Britain was the first country in the world to industrialise and alongside new means of production, came novel forms of transport, including steam trains and steamships in the 19th century and jet aircraft and hovercrafts in the middle of the 20th century.
Hostel, House and Chambers is the first comprehensive study of the campaigns to house a new generation of working women, the specialised design of the buildings and the women whose lives were changed by this architectural movement.
Familiar multiples like Boots, Burton’s, Marks & Spencer and Woolworth’s – plus a host of smaller chains – forged the character of Britain’s... Læs mere
Through a study of past tectonic patterns and their environmental consequences, certain predictions can be offered into Earth’s potential future. Graham Park is Emeritus... Læs mere
On the heels of Alaric’s sacking of the city of Rome in 410 CE, Honorius, the emperor of the Roman west, appointed Flavius Marcellinus to oversee and judge a debate between two sparring Christian groups in Africa: the Donatists and Catholics.
This volume offers a fresh translation and the first English-language commentary of Pomponius Mela, an Iberian intellectual who wrote a three-book geographical description of the Roman world under the emperor Claudius.
The book covers a wide range of literary genres, including poetry, theater, prose fiction, and autobiography, all analyzed through a distinctively Moroccan historical and cultural lens, providing new insights into Moroccan literature and the theories of revolt and nostalgia.
Offers a work of late medieval English vernacular theology. This book includes the results of a collation of the 71 known surviving manuscripts and early prints.
Theorising Comparative History for the Ancient Mediterranean examines how ‘soft’ comparative history can illuminate the ancient Mediterranean world.
Alongside the anti-slavery and political reform movements, Temperance was one of England’s most influential social movements... Læs mere