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Time in Antiquity explores the different perceptions of time from Classical antiquity, principally through the technology designed to measure, mark...

The first general and systematic study of the genre of dialogue in antiquity, investigating why dialogue matters.'Dialogue' was invented as...

The Family in Late Antiquity offers a challenging, well-argued and coherent study of the family in the late Roman world...

INAUGURAL LECTURE- INSPIRATIONS OF HERACLITUS FROM EPHESUS FULFILLED IN OUR NEW ENLIGHTENMENT- Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka- SECTION I: PHENOMENOLOGY OF LIFE IN...

Plague was a key factor in the waning of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages.Plague was a key...

1;Editors Preface;6 2;Table of Contents;8 3;Introduction;10 4;The Body in Antiquity: A Very Select Bibliography;20 5;Sermo corporis: Ancient Reflections on g......

The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity explores the social position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian)...

The essays in Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in...

The economy of the late antique Mediterranean is still largely seen through the prism of Weber's influential essay of 1896....

1;Preface;8 2;Table of Contents;10 3;Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity: Structures and Perspectives;14 4;Keynote Lectures;34 4.1;Episcopal Succession in ......

An accessible and authoritative overview capturing the vitality and diversity of scholarship that exists on the transformative time period known...

The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss's notion of gift-giving...

The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity, and a direct challenge to the...

This book offers a counter-traditional account of the history of both rhetoric and poetics. In reply to traditional rhetorical histories,...

Studies the role of ordinary people in the 'Christianization' of the Roman Empire.How did ordinary people and Church authorities communicate...

A general study of food in antiquity, broadly based and comprehensive. EAN/ISBN : 9780511059919 Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press Format: ePub/PDF Au......

This book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought.This 2005 book is a critical examination...

Investigates the effects of fatherlessness on the societies, cultures, politics and families of the ancient Mediterranean world.As the changes in...

Examines the role of geography in the historical writings of the early medieval period.The period from the fifth century to...