Böcker i Variorum Collected Studies-serien

Presents twelve studies which are linked together by a common theme, namely the relationship of Byzantine art to the imaginary. This book shows how art enabled the Byzantines not only to imagine the sacred events of the past, but also to visualize the invisible present by manifesting the spiritual world that they could not see.

Aimed at the historians of Islam and Byzantium, the essays in this volume deal with the history of the Middle East from c 550 to 1000 AD. It emphasises social and economic trends and the integration of written and archaeological evidence to elucidate the complex developments in this pivotal part of the world.

Describes the jurists (civilists) of the 12th-century Latin West, that were the bearers of a new science, born in Bologna about 1100. Away from Bologna, these pioneers were isolated, scattered from Scotland to Styria or Catalonia. This book deals with these people and their manuscripts and the relationships between them.

A collection of studies which covers the differences in the style and organisation of scientific activity in Britain and France in the 18th and early 19th centuries. This exploration of organisation and power is complemented by a comparative study of the practice of early 'physics' and chemistry and their different reliance on laboratories.

Brings a series of studies that deals with the impact of the Mongols in the eastern Muslim world. This book also deals with some of aspects in the state established by Hulegu, grandson of Chinggis Khan like: the development of the land-tenure system; the title 'ilkhan'; the use of Arabic sources for the history of the Ilkhanate; and more.

Includes essays united with the following theme: the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe.

Includes essays that approach the reception of the Roman poet Virgil in early modern Europe from the perspective of two areas at the center of current scholarly work in the humanities: book history and the history of reading.

Features essays that share a common concern with exploring maternity's cultural representation, performative aspects and practical consequences in the period from 1540-1690. This work also includes essays that interrogate how early modern texts depict fertility, conception, delivery, and gendered constructions of maternity.

Features articles that analyse the contribution made by overseas trade, and the wealth in coin which it created, to the development of the English economy and locate this in an European-wide setting. This work also shows how the wool trade altered the geographical pattern of wealth and enriched peasants, landowners and merchants.

Part of "Variorum" series, this book presents a collection of essays that range from a case-study of a single crowded Norfolk manor to a consideration of the broad and, towards the end of the Middle Ages, widening contrasts that persisted between North and South.

Deals with the general councils of the Catholic Reformation in the late medieval and early modern periods. This collection contains overviews of the various editions of and scholarship on these general councils.

Explores problems in Fatimid history and historiography, many specifically focused on the content of doctrinal writings produced by the Ismaili supporters and agents of this caliphate who worked on behalf of the dynasty within the empire and outside. This work also looks at issues in disputes that separated the various factions of Medieval Islam.

Features essays that examine clerical and ordinary chants and tropes of the mass, certain aspects of chant notation and particular facets of the old Beneventan and the old Roman chant repertories in relation to the three main cultic centres of the Italian south - Benevento, Montecassino and Rome - and as they relate to their European context.

Argues that historians have exaggerated the power of scientific naturalism to undermine the role of religion in middle and late-Victorian Britain. This book presents a collection of essays that deal with the evolutionary naturalists, especially biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, physicist John Tyndall, and philosopher of evolution, Herbert Spencer.

Presents a selection of studies devoted to the medieval period, centering especially on the T'ang dynasty. This volume includes examinations of landscape and mountain imagery in the poetry of the 'High T'ang' period in the mid-8th century. It includes two articles on birds in medieval poetry.

Both the areas of western Europe - Iberian peninsula and southern Italy - had their own indigenous liturgies and music (Old Spanish and Beneventan), and distinctive written scripts (Visigothic and Beneventan). This title covers the materials illustrating that these areas are indeed closely related, both in their differences and their similarities.

Deals with the origins and early development of globalization. This title also deals with Pacific Ocean exchanges, interconnections between the Spanish, Ottoman, Japanese and Chinese empires, and the necessity of multidisciplinary approaches to global history.

Collects a set of articles on women and gender in the Middle Ages. This title explores the Ragusa/Dubrovnik archives, considering patterns of gift-giving at marriage and of consumption. It focuses on slavery, specifically women destined for domestic service. It contain historiographical surveys of the field of women and gender studies.

A collection of articles on the society and legal systems of South Arabia, both ancient and modern, using the study of the customary law of modern-day tribal society to illuminate the practices of the past and the development of Islamic law.