Ancient history

The essays in this second collection of articles by Professor Liebeschuetz deal with several aspects of the history of Late Antiquity.

Written over nearly three decades, the fifteen essays involve the three a's of the title, art, agency, and appreciation.

This volume includes seventeen essays on Byzantine monasticism, focusing on the 9th to 15th centuries.

After an introductory general essay on the life cycle and status of women in Byzantine society, this volume focuses on female religious life, with particular emphasis on the role of convents - as spiritual sanctuary, refuge for women in need, or provider of charitable services.

Responding to the profound challenges of our times, this book provides a comparative and cross-cultural exploration of the role of religion in war in a long historical perspective, from the second millennium BCE, and even earlier, up to early modernity.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Byzantinistische Beiträge" verfügbar.

Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931.

Glossaries are one of the most important sources for our knowledge of early medieval schools, for they provide an accurate records of what texts were studied and how they were understood.

The essays in this book discuss a number of the central metaphysical and ethical themes that engaged the minds of Platonist philosophers during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), one of the leading Byzantinists of her generation, broke new ground in the study of the social and economic history of the Byzantine Empire.

The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th-12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this volume.

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.

Twelfth-century Byzantium is characterized by a striking artistic vitality and profound socio-political changes.

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers.

Dans cet ouvrage sont rassemblées des études archéologiques et historiques relatives à la civilisation égyptienne.

Haskell Institute of Lawrence, Kansas, first opened its doors in 1884 to twenty-two Ponca and Ottawa children, sent there to be taught Anglo-Protestant cultural values.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die Erforschung der altägyptischen Kultur im Rahmen der Akademie" verfügbar.