The aristocracy formed the social framework of the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries, says Cheynet, but it would probably be a mistake to try to delineate it too closely, as
Kay (U. of Kansas) attempts to solve some of the riddles that he finds in Commedia and figures Dante left hanging on purpose to engage the intellect of readers. Among these are the sins of Brunetto La
This is the second volume published by Variorum of reprinted essays by the prolific writer and historian. Carter (music history, Royal Holloway, U. of London, England) is familiar, it seems, with ever
Although articles in this volume fall into three thematic clusters, each of those groups exemplifies three general themes: micro-social processes; innovations and the question of continuity versus dis
Mahoney (philosophy, Duke U., Raleigh, N. Carolina) traces the analysis of Aristotle and his followers by the 15th-century Vernia and his younger contemporary, Nifo, in 14 previously published and ele
Pearson collects 15 of his articles appearing between 1968 and 2001 in journals such as Modern Asian Studies and Portuguese Studies. Set in the early modern period, they describe people living on the
Fifteen otherwise not readily available scholarly essays, 1975-95, investigate the values underlying competing views of monarchy and polity that ushered in early modern English politics and law. Guy (
Boorman presents a collection of essays on how aspects of printing, publishing, and performance affect present-day views of sixteenth-century music in terms of history, performance and compositional p
Moving beyond the recent interest in the 1588 Spanish Armada incident, Loomie (history, Fordham U.) explores the policies of three Spanish Habsburg monarchs towards England in some of the less familia
From c. 1215 to 1368 China was part of the world empire of the Mongols, and during this period underwent many changes as the country was opened up to external influences - demographic, linguistic, rel
Finding the recent publications on the military religious orders voluminous but somewhat uneven, Luttrell offers again 19 detailed his studies based on primary document and archival research that firs
This is the first of three volumes collecting essays by Richard M. Frank (emeritus, Catholic U. of America) on kalam, Islamic theology. The 15 studies here provide both the lexical and intellectual co
This book has three main themes: the socio-economic history of Turkish society in the 17th-18th centuries; the outcome of the Tanzimat (Reforms) in the province of Jerusalem, as an example of the whol
The studies in this volume illuminate the thought and life of Philip Melanchthon, one of the most neglected major figures in Reformation history and theology. Melanchthon was one of the most widely pu
The history of the Reconquista - the Christian reconquest of Spain from the Arabs - has proved an increasingly stimulating field of historical research. On the one hand, the struggle forced Spanish so
A collection of 11 essays that were preparatory to and illustrative of the author's Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085 (1998). A principle conclusion he hopes to establish is that Gregory was a pope of dee
This volume, organized by society and then chronologically by date of induction, incorporates extensive biographical sketches of members of the American Society for Propagating Useful Knowledge and th
In this sampling of his work since 1971, medievalist Reynolds (affiliation cryptic) arranges nine essays around two themes building on earlier work examining shifts in the theology of sacred orders fr
Grendler (U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) explores how schools, universities, and teachers interacted with church and state in various circumstances and contexts. Some of the 11 papers, facsimiles f
A dozen articles published over the past three decades explore such topics as the canonists and the legitimacy of secular power, the contribution of the Medieval canon lawyers to the formation of inte
