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The articles in this volume, both in English and German, are devoted to the study of books, readers and libraries in medieval England, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period.

This book is the fourth and final collection of Professor R.B. Serjeant's articles on the trade, commerce and society of South Arabia and the Yemen. The early articles concern trade; customary law is the next subject represented with social history and one or two incidental articles completing the volume.

A collection of articles concentrating on culture and spirituality in the 11th and 12th centuries. The cultural articles are concerned with perceptions of time and the past and entry to religious life. The articles on spirituality deal with themes of suffering and attitudes towards the self.

A volume focusing on post-medieval legal developments, this book examines the work of Hugo Grotius. It also includes studies in three European languages and covers the history of legal scholarship in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries, the teaching of law and some doctrines of law.

This collection of essays seeks to reflect the core of Furber's work. It covers the connectedness of private and company commerce, of servants of rival companies, of citizens of antagonistic nations or states, and of Europe's India trade and multinational private investments.

These are historiographical articles on European sources on Black Africa. Articles V, and VII to X are completely evidential, although useful as scholarly reference material; articles I to IV and VI provide narrative reading. Most deal with West Africa and several specifically with Sierra Leone.

Eighteen articles, concerned with the origin and early development of the idea of natural rights, aspects of medieval law and political thought with an overview of modern work on medieval canon law, and the history of papal infallibility with reference to the tradition of Franciscan ecclesiology.

This work employs a mixture of ethnographic fieldwork and the study of medieval Arabic scripts on folk astronomy and agriculture to explore the concept of "lunar stations" in pre-Islamic Arabia, their significance for agricultual society, and the traditional Yemeni agricultural practices.

A study of the history of pre-Islamic Arabian society and the emergence of Islam, as reflected in "Hadith", "Adab", historical, genealogical and exegetical literature. Themes discussed include the ethnic composisiton of the population of Mecca and the contribution of Jahili tribes to Islam.

A study of the Alpine area in the Middle Ages. The essays explore transapline activities, mountain economies and territory and society in the Alpine region. The focus is on the Swiss Alps.

This text focuses on the legal status of the Jews within the Roman Empire and the changes that this underwent when the empire became Christian. Conflicts between Roman and Jewish jurisdiction form an important theme, while particular studies include questions of conversion.

Books and learning in 12th-century Europe are the focus of this text. Discussions range from important individual manuscripts, to collections manufactured in "scriptoria" and the transmission and study of Latin literary texts. The focus is on England, but the European context is also emphasized.

Focusing on 12th century Canon law with emphasis on the European context of the emergence of "Isus Novum". The book covers marriage and forgery of regional applications, the impact of the Beckett dispute, and the role of judges delegate in the formation and application of the new law.

This volume traces the theory that humanity forms a single community and that there exists a body of law governing the relations among the members of the community. These ideas appeared in medieval writings and paved the way for notions of international legal order and universal norms of behaviour.

This work looks at the rise of scientific education and scientific communities in Britain during the 19th century, and at how these ideas were communicated.

This volume aims to account for the changes in the attitudes towards the world and towards themselves that can be seen in the works of Chinese writers in the early centuries of the Christian era.

Examines medicine and healing in 17th-century England. The book explores underlying components of health and medicine, deals with perceived links between medicine and religion, medical ethics, provisions for the sick poor and the range of treatments available, from wise-woman to learned physician.

An exploration of the evolution of design methods in architecture and the types of understanding that have been essential guides. A particular focus is the question of how earlier innovations, made without the benefits of modern theory, were possible.

These essays discuss the central metaphysical and ethical themes that occupied Platonist philosophers during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. One particular theme is the structure of reality, other topics relate to evil and beauty, political life and the search for absolute good.

An illustration of the interconnections between science and philosophy with religion and politics in the early modern period, focusing on the institutional dynamics of the university. The book examines scientific research and the religious and political circumstances that favoured it.

Jerry Stannard assembled a body of work on the history of botany from Homer to Linnaeus. However, his work was cut short by his death, preventing the ultimate synthesis of knowledge which he had envisioned. This work and its companion "Pristina Medicamenta" bring together his articles and studies.

This series of essays embraces two profound revolutions to which the music of the English church was subject during the period 1320-1559. These were the adoption of choral polyphony and the liturgical and doctrinal reformations of 1547 to 1563.

Investigates the scope, content and organization of academic instruction in philosophy and the arts at European schools and universities in the 16th and 17th centuries. This volume contains a number of articles based on archive materials.

The articles here aim to develop and expand Professor Garsoian's earlier research on the bilateral influences on early-Christian Armenia, between Byzantium and the Sasanians. They continue the examination of the essentially Iranian 4th-7th century society and investigate its autocephalous Church.

These essays examine the music of Venice in its last great period, spanning the period from the second half of the 17th century to the fall of the Republic in 1797. They cover institutions, personalities and composers and musicians.

This volume focuses on labour history in Britain. It examines wages and living and working conditions in the 19th century, co-operation and the modern trade union movement. The changes in the labour movement are a major concern of these essays.

A discussion of the Industrial Revolution, featuring three main themes. The first is the concept of the Revolution and its main characteristics. The second is the set of problems facing the early entrepreneurs and managers. Finally, it emphasizes industrialization as a regional phenomenon.

The essays in this volume centre upon the epoch-making papacy of Gregory VII (1073-85) and complement the author's major study of the Pope. They look at the formation and expression of Gregory's ideas, notably in relation to simony and clerical chastity, and emphasize his religious motivation.

These articles rely upon a wide range of evidence, trials and treatises relating not just to the Germanophone Waldenses of the 14th century but to the Waldenses throughout Latin Christendom between the 1170 and the 1530s.