This collection of essays investigates histories in the ancient world and the extent to which the producers and consumers of those histories believed them to be true.
Divination and Human Nature casts a new perspective on the rich tradition of ancient divination-the reading of divine signs in oracles, omens, and dreams.
The volume will focus on a comparative level on a specific group of states that are commonly labelled as "e;empires"e; and that we encounter through all historical periods.
Discover the Variety and Unity of the Early ChurchThe Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa, and Europe, spoke many languages, was situated within diverse cultural settings, and had varied worship practices; yet it maintained a vital unity on core teachings at the heart of the Christian faith.
Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end.
Around 750 BC, the Assyrians put together Papyrus, ink, and the Aramaic language and alphabet to create an empire and a technological revolution, and humanity has been recording itself ever since.
Originally published in 1996, this volume contains essays by scholars, critics and translators and includes themes such as the myth in the Cretan Renaissance and the use of ancient myth by 19th and 20th Century poets.
The eighteen papers collected in this volume - fifteen of which are published in English for the first time - explore the transformations of religious practices between the third and the fifth centuries in the Western part of the Roman Empire.
Originally published in 1996, this volume contains essays by scholars, critics and translators and includes themes such as the myth in the Cretan Renaissance and the use of ancient myth by 19th and 20th Century poets.
The first book length study of the motif of impotency in poetry from early antiquity through to the late Restoration, this book explores the impotency poem as a recognisable form of poetry in the longer tradition of erotic elegy.
This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byzantine Historians , is the first book to analyze the lives and works of all forty-three significant Byzantine historians from the seventh to the thirteenth century, including the authors of three of the world's greatest histories: Michael Psellus, Princess Anna Comnena, and Nicetas Choniates.
The theology of sacred or clerical orders of the Latin Church in the high and later Middle Ages developed from an amalgam of texts written from late patristic antiquity through to the early 12th century.
Ce volume traite sous plusieurs aspects des rapports entre la domination économique et sociale et l'Antiquité comme période historique ou comme référence.
The essays reproduced in this volume analyze the guild system in Byzantium and the West, and investigate for the first time the process of price formation in Byzantium.
This book contextualizes Claudian's handling of the Proserpina myth and the underworld in the history of literature and religion while showing intersections with and differences between the literary and religious uses of the underworld topos.
À travers la présentation et l'analyse des caractéristiques de nombreux sites et vestiges, cet ouvrage dévoile un aspect totalement méconnu du passé de la Guinée : sa préhistoire.
Catalina Aparicio aborda sin miedo, con elegancia y una prosa sublime cuestiones sumamente relevantes para conocer la situación de la mujer en el mundo griego; mundo sobre y desde el que se ha construido la sociedad occidental.
Dieses eBook: "Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide (Historischer Roman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples.
This book offers an innovative take on the study of Chinese academic history, approaching the subject from the perspective of broader social and cultural developments, one that is not only comprehensive and inclusive, but also sheds new light on the subject.
Dieses eBook: "Griechische Kulturgeschichte" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Dieses eBook: "Die Nilbraut (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
CELTIC MYTHOLOGYEmbark on an Enchanting Journey with "e;Celtic Mythology: A Collection of the Best Celtic Myths"e;Immerse yourself in a world where the divine and the mortal intertwine, where ancient gods shape the destinies of heroes and the land itself whispers secrets of old.
