The Roman Emperor and His Court c. 30 BC–c. AD 300: Volume 1, Historical Essays, Angela Hug, Benjamin Kelly

Автор: Lauren Mackay
Название: Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn
ISBN: 1350147052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350147058
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne’s life—her father Thomas and brother George— are often relegated to the margins of the history of Henry VIII’s turbulent reign. Well before Anne’s coronation in 1533, Thomas was regarded as one of Henry’s most skilled and experienced ambassadors, and George was a talented young courtier on the rise. But Anne's downfall was to have a devastating effect on her family – ultimately costing her and her brother their lives. A family whose success and prestige had been shaped over generations was destroyed in a violent and brutal episode as the king sought a new wife and a male heir. In this first biography devoted to the Boleyn men, Lauren Mackay takes us beyond the stereotypes of Thomas and George to present a story that has almost been lost to history. This book follows the Boleyn men as they negotiated their way through the ruthless game of politics among the wolves of the court, and establishes their place in Tudor history.

Автор: Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova
Название: Bulgarians by Birth: The Comitopuls, Emperor Samuel and their Successors According to Historical Sources and the Historiographic Tradition
ISBN: 9004352384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004352384
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: Bulgarians by Birth is a collection of sources concerning the revolt of the Comitopuls and the Empire of Samuel, as well as the war between Bulgaria and Byzantium in the late 10th and early 11th century. Each source is accompanied by an extensive commentary. It is the first collection of sources in translation on this topic to be published.

Автор: Lisa Balabanlilar
Название: The Emperor Jahangir: Power and Kingship in Mughal India
ISBN: 1838600426 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838600426
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Jahangir was the fourth of the six "Great Mughals," the oldest son of Akbar the Great, who extended the Mughal Empire across the Indian Subcontinent, and the father of Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal. Although an alcoholic and opium addict, his reputation marred by rebellion against his father, once enthroned the Emperor Jahangir proved to be an adept politician. He was also a thoughtful and reflective memoirist and a generous patron of the arts, responsible for an innovative golden age in Mughal painting.

Through a close study of the seventeenth century Mughal court chronicles, The Emperor Jahangir sheds new light on this remarkable historical figure, exploring Jahangir's struggle for power and defense of kingship, his addictions and insecurities, his relationship with his favourite wife, the Empress Nur Jahan, and with his sons, whose own failed rebellions bookended his reign.

Автор: Henry Heller
Название: The French Revolution and Historical Materialism: Selected Essays
ISBN: 9004296972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004296978
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: This text reasserts the Marxist view of the French Revolution as a bourgeois and capitalist revolution. Based mainly on articles published in the journal Historical Materialism it challenges the still dominant revisionist view of the French Revolution. It serves to restore the close tie between the history of the Old Regime and the Revolution. It demonstrates that the rise of a bourgeois capitalist class has a long history dating back to the sixteenth century. Moreover, it shows that the Revolution itself played a large role in strengthening the bourgeoisie politically and economically while bringing about the unification of financial and productive capital. Indeed, it shows that the rising of the masses during the Revolution, viewed by revisionism as economically regressive, in fact helped to bring about the consolidation of capitalism.

Название: Philology Matters!: Essays on the Art of Reading Slowly
ISBN: 900431511X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004315112
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: This book is about philology and its relevance over time. The compilation foregrounds a multi-faceted field of research that has dealt with the relationship between language, literature and culture for over 2,000 years. The main thread of this volume, comprising ten scholarly essays, is to show that philology as an academic field and a scholarly perspective?understood in its widest sense as the profound understanding of language, literature and culture?does matter in the twenty-first century, that is to say, in our own time characterized by globalization and digitalization. The contributions reflect the many dimensions of philology and its plurality, interdisciplinarity and the humanities. The volume seeks to illustrate various ways of engaging with philology. Here lies the true nature of philology, and this is why it still matters.Contributors are Massimiliano Bampi, Maja Backvall, Jonas Carlquist, Odd Einar Haugen, Helge Jordheim, Karl G. Johansson, Lino Leonardi, Harry Lonnroth, Outi Merisalo, Marita Akhoj Nielsen and Nestori Siponkoski.

Автор: Susan Karant-Nunn
Название: The Personal Luther: Essays on the Reformer from a Cultural Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9004348875 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004348875
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: Overwhelmingly, Martin Luther has been treated as the generator of ideas concerning the relationship between God and humankind. The Personal Luther deliberately departs from that church-historiographic tradition. Luther was a voluble and irrepressible divine. Even though he had multiple ancillary interests, such as singing, playing the lute, appreciating the complexities of nature, and observing his children, his preoccupation was, as he quickly saw it, bringing the Word of God to the people. This book is not about Luther’s theology except insofar as any ideational construct is itself an expression of the thinker who frames it. Luther frequently couched his affective utterances within a theological framework. Nor is it a biography; it does not portray a whole life. Rather, it concentrates on several heretofore neglected aspects of the Reformer’s existence and personality. The subjects that appear in this book are meant to demonstrate what such core-taking on a range of mainly unexplored facets of the Reformer’s personality and experience can yield. It will open the way for other secular researchers to explore the seemingly endless interests of this complicated individual. It will also show that perspectives of cultural historians offer the broadest possible evidentiary base within which to analyze a figure of the past.

Автор: Steele Philippa M
Название: Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
ISBN: 110844234X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108442343
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The first comprehensive account of syllabic writing in ancient Cyprus, tackling epigraphic, archaeological and historical problems relating to the island`s writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, and challenging some longstanding or traditional views. Invaluable for scholars studying Cypriot epigraphy or archaeology.

Автор: Duane W. Roller
Название: A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo
ISBN: 1107180651 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107180659
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The Geography of Strabo is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author`s The Geography of Strabo, the first English translation of the work in many years.

Автор: Alex Mullen
Название: Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean: Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in the Iron Age and Roman Periods
ISBN: 1108718426 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108718424
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The Celtic-speaking communities of Southern Gaul interacted with the ancient Mediterranean world during a period of constantly evolving cultural configurations. Using sociolinguistics and archaeology, this book investigates evidence for multilingualism and multiple identities from the foundation of Greek Marseille in 600 BC to the final phases of Roman Imperial power.

Автор: Adriano Prosperi
Название: Justice Blindfolded: The Historical Course of an Image
ISBN: 9004362207 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004362208
Издательство: Brill
Цена: 139470.00 T
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Описание: Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness. In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined. Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

Автор: Dirk Jacob Jansen
Название: Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at The Imperial Court (2 Vols.) : The Antique as Innovation
ISBN: 900435526X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004355262
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: In Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court: Antiquity as Innovation, Dirk Jansen provides a survey of the life and career of the antiquary, architect, and courtier Jacopo Strada (Mantua 1515-Vienna 1588). His manifold activities -- also as a publisher and as an agent and artistic and scholarly advisor of powerful patrons such as Hans Jakob Fugger, the Duke of Bavaria and the Emperors Ferdinand I and Maximilian II -- are examined in detail, and studied within the context of the cosmopolitan learned and courtly environments in which he moved. These volumes offer a substantial reassessment of Strada's importance as an agent of change, transmitting the ideas and artistic language of the Italian Renaissance to the North.

Автор: Ronkko Essi, Terpstra Taco, Walton Marc
Название: Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy
ISBN: 1732568413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781732568419
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Portrait of a Child is an illustrated guide to the fascinating story of the mummy known to archaeologists as "Hawara Portrait Mummy No. 4." Discovered in 1910 by British archaeologist Flinders Petrie at the Roman-Egyptian archaeological site of Hawara, the mummified child had been buried with a luminous painted portrait which has captivated viewers ever since. This book tells the story of what cutting-edge research has revealed about her life and death.

The centerpiece of a 2018 exhibit at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art titled "Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt," the mummy was the focus on intense, multidisciplinary research. University researchers used CT scan technology to investigate the cause of the child's death and identify the method and materials used in mummification. Traveling to the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the mummy then became the first ever analyzed using Advanced Photon Source synchrotron technology, where a high-brilliance X-ray beam revealed more details about her bone matter and the materials she was entombed with. Accompanied by a wealth of color images, maps, and diagrams, Portrait of A Child, shares new scientific findings, as well as the conservation, ethical, and museological considerations weighed by the researchers and curators.

Written for the knowledgeable general reader, the book presents recent multidisciplinary research that explores the mummy, the economic and cultural history of Hawara within the Roman Empire, as well as the life of a girl in Egypt at the turn of the second century.