Author: Maximus (of Tyre)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The Dissertations of Maximus Tyrius
Author: Maximus (of Tyre)The Rights of War and Peace
Author: Hugo GrotiusPublisher:
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Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Ancient Libraries
Author: Jason KönigPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Subject Guide to Books in Print
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
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The Early Oxford Press
Author: Falconer MadanPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Selected Essays of Plutarch
Author: PlutarchForthcoming Books
Author: Rose ArnyPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3088
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Theological Institutes
Author: Richard WatsonPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780344953316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Devil Within
Author: Brian LevackPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300195389
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A fascinating, wide-ranging survey of the history of demon possession and exorcism through the ages. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms—violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of foreign objects, displaying contempt for sacred objects, and others—exorcists were summoned to expel the evil spirits from victims’ bodies. This compelling book focuses on possession and exorcism in the Reformation period, but also reaches back to the fifteenth century and forward to our own times. Entire convents of nuns in French, Italian, and Spanish towns, thirty boys in an Amsterdam orphanage, a small group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts—these are among the instances of demon possession in the United States and throughout Europe that Brian Levack closely examines, taking into account the diverse interpretations of generations of theologians, biblical scholars, pastors, physicians, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and historians. Challenging the commonly held belief that possession signals physical or mental illness, the author argues that demoniacs and exorcists—consciously or not—are following their various religious cultures, and their performances can only be understood in those contexts. “Riveting [and] readable . . . must-reading for students of history, psychology and religion.” —Publishers Weekly “Levak, a distinguished historian of early modern witchcraft, now sets exorcism in a long historical perspective, providing the most comprehensive and scholarly overview of the theme yet published.” —Peter Marshall, Times Literary Supplement
Author: Francis Douce