Literary studies: classical, early & medieval books

English summary: At the turn of the 3rd century, the two most important Neo-platonic Greek philosophers, Porphyry...  Read More >>

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Offering a new interdisciplinary, synthetic approach to late medieval intellectual history and to major works within...  Read More >>

Three new fragments from amongst the oldest Greek papyri  Read More >>

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Rund hundert Jahre nach dem großen Überblick von Albert Hauck erscheint wieder eine Darstellung des mittelalterlichen...  Read More >>

In 1904 Wilhelm Schubart published the best-preserved texts from anEgyptian papyrus codex. These papyri include...  Read More >>

Land and Book places a variety of texts in a dynamic conversation with the procedures and documents of land tenure,...  Read More >>

The examination of the context of medieval sermons essayed in this volume focuses on a variety of aspects: the dominant...  Read More >>

This book brings together translations of numerous ancient texts, allowing its author to explore the mysteries of...  Read More >>

Livy's account of the Hannibalic War in his Third Decade is a narrative history of unparalleled richness, drama,...  Read More >>

A full-scale critical edition with commentary of Seneca's Oedipus, the only surviving ancient Roman play on one...  Read More >>

Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that...  Read More >>

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both...  Read More >>

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Voici sans doute, par son sujet, sous les dehors austeres d'une compilation de fiches diverses, un des grands livres...  Read More >>

This is the famous epic poem about the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts, one of Ancient Greece's most popular...  Read More >>

Le livre VI des Etymologies, connu sous le titre De libris et officiis ecclesiasticis qui dans l'edition Lindsay...  Read More >>

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A collection of essays from leading historians which explores the ways in which history was written in Europe and...  Read More >>

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both...  Read More >>

Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that...  Read More >>

It goes on to offer a new way to group the dialogues, based on important facts in the lives and philosophical...  Read More >>

The author's Habilitationsschrift--Universitèat Mèunchen, 2010.  Read More >>

Either as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual...  Read More >>