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The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe
In The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe, Aleksander Paroń offers a reflection on the history of the Pechenegs, a nomadic people which came to control the Black Sea steppe by the end of the ninth century. Nomadic peoples have often been presented in European historiography as aggressors and destroyers whose appearance led to only chaotic decline and e…
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- 9789004441095
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- 452 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, Volume: 74
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The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)
The Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, s…
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- 9789004190962
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- 448 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Middle East, Islamic & African Studies The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 44 Brill's Paperback Collection
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The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Ant…
Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview…
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- 9789004462175
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- 532 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 10
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The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts = Time, Agency and Memory in Ancient Mexico
The Mixtec civilization (of Oaxaca, Mexico) is one of the most interesting to survive from pre-colonial Mesoamerica. Among its characteristic products were highly artistic pictographic codices depicting the history and dynasties of its city-states. This handbook surveys and describes the illustrated Mixtec manuscripts that survive in Europe, the United States and Mexico, outlines the history of…
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- 9789004193581
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- 600 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The Early Americas: History and Culture, Volume: 1
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The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335)
In the thirteenth century, the Armenians of Greater Armenia and of the Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia were invaded by Mongol nomads of the Inner Asian steppe. The ensuing Mongol-Armenian relations were varied. The Greater Armenians became subjects of the Mongol Empire, whereas the Cilician Armenians, by entering into vassalage, became allies and furthered the Mongol conquests. In order to enhance …
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- 9789004192119
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- 288 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Brill's Inner Asian Library, Volume: 24
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The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange (Expande…
The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange—expanded beyond the special issue of Medieval Encounters from which it was drawn—centers on the magnificent treasury of San Isidoro de León to address wider questions about the meanings of cross-cultural luxury goods in royal-ecclesiastical settings during the central Middle Ages. Now fully open access and with an updated…
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- 9789004424593
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- 320 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Matter of Piety = Zoutleeuw's Church of Saint Leonard and Religious Mater…
The Matter of Piety provides the first in-depth study of Zoutleeuw’s exceptionally well-preserved pilgrimage church in a comparative perspective, and revaluates religious art and material culture in Netherlandish piety from the late Middle Ages through the crisis of iconoclasm and the Reformation to Catholic restoration. Analyzing the changing functions, outlooks, and meanings of devotional o…
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- 9789004433106
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- 452 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History, Volume: 16
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The Matter of Mimesis = Studies of Mimesis and Materials in Nature, Art, and …
Mimesis or imitation comes in many forms, from animal and plant mimicry to artistic copies ‘from life’. This book offers eighteen essays addressing mimesis from diverse perspectives. From the recreation of galaxies to Iron Age torcs, from counterfeit dragons to modern waxworks, each chapter explores facets of material mimesis from prehistory to the present day. The Matter of Mimesis invites…
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- 9789004515413
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- 596 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Studies in Art & Materiality
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The Making of Englishmen = Debates on National Identity 1550-1650
Making the Englishmen: Debates on National Identity 1550-1650 asks how Englishmen defined themselves at a time of profound change and uncertainty. It will seek to contextualise the ways in which Englishness came to be construed as free, plain and unCatholic, and situate this construction as part of a larger attempt to create a narrative which would distinguish them from the rest of Europe. But…
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- 9789004243873
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- 360 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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The Life and Work of Ernesto De Martino = Italian Perspectives on Apocalypse …
In The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino: Italian Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion, Flavio A. Geisshuesler offers a comprehensive study of one of Italy’s most colorful historians of religions. The book inserts de Martino’s dramatic life trajectory within the intellectual climate and the socio-political context of his age in order to offer a fresh pers…
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- 9789004457720
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- 216 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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