Publications
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Supersapientia: Berthold of Moosburg and the Divine Science of the Platonists
(2021)
This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. († c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold’s biography ...
Shipwrecks, Legal Landscapes and Mediterranean Paradigms
(2022)
This book changes our understanding of the Roman conceptions about the sea by placing the focus on shipwrecks as events that act as bridges between the sea and the land. The study explores the different Roman legal definitions ...
The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange (Expanded Edition)
(2020)
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 ...
Polish Countryside in Transition
(2025)
Today’s quality of life in the Polish countryside is intertwined with residents’ social capital resources. To describe the matter comprehensively and suggest potential trends, the authors examine in four chapters critical ...
Quintessence of Dust: The Science of Matter and the Philosophy of Mind
(2020)
Quintessence of Dust by Harry Redner argues for a science of matter and a philosophy of mind based on emergence. Mind emerges from matter through five essential stages – “quintessence” ( Hamlet). Human mind is differentiated ...
Die Mathematik des Sozialstaats
(2021)
Wie kann man in einer immer enger verflochtenen Welt einen zukunftsfähigen Sozialstaat gestalten? Und wie kann soziale Sicherheit zu einer friedlicheren Welt beitragen? Diesen Fragen widmeten sich nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ...
Polish as a foreign and second language among Ukrainian migrants
(2024)
This volume compiles the latest research on learning and teaching Polish as a foreign and second language among Ukrainian migrants and refugees. The authors address the growing necessity for developing both theoretical ...
Der Wert des Geldes
(2025)
This study looks at the synoptic tradition on money in an innovative way of an overview with deep theological and ethical aspects. It looks at Jesus’ advice on money, God’s saving action and people’s hope of salvation, as ...
Human Rights and the Environment
(2011-01-01)
The book examines the genesis and development of environmental rights (or the Right to Environment) in international law and discusses their philosophical, theoretical and legal underpinnings in the context of sustainable ...
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Galen
(2019)
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Galen presents a comprehensive account of the afterlife of the corpus of the second-century AD Greek physician Galen of Pergamum. In 31 chapters, written by a range of experts in the ...
The Panama Canal
(2010)
The relationship between straits and interoceanic canals has always been ambiguous. Unlike straits, interoceanic canals are neither natural nor subject to a universal legal regime like the Law of the Sea. However, straits ...
Islam at 250
(2020)
This volume, which pays tribute to the work of G.H.A. Juynboll, is a collection of original articles on the state of Islamic sciences and Arabic culture in the early phases of their crystallization.; Readership: Specialists ...
The Assassination of Symon Petliura and the Trial of Scholem Schwarzbard 1926–1927
(2016)
Im Mai 1926 erschoss in Paris ein jüdischer Emigrant aus der Ukraine, der Uhrmacher Scholem Schwarzbard, den ehemaligen Präsidenten der Ukrainischen Nationalrepublik, Symon Petljura. Siebzehn Monate später wurde Schwarzbard ...
Europe from Below
(2021)
In this book, Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Katja Mäkinen, Viktorija L. A. Čeginskas, and Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus scrutinize how people who participate in cultural initiatives funded and governed by the European Union understand the ...
States at Work
(2020)
States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants. Adopting mainly an ethnographic approach as a basis for ...
Literature along the Lines of Flight
(2014)
This book presents new readings of D.H. Lawrence’s later novels from the perspective of established critical theory and contemporary thought: a specific critical theory or critical perspective is selected and applied to ...
Rural Granaries in Northern Gaul (Sixth Century BCE – Fourth Century CE)
(2019)
Rural granaries in northern Gaul (sixth century BCE – fourth century CE) offers a comprehensive account of rural grain storage and its role in the economy of a key region of the Roman Empire. Readership: All interested in ...
Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World
(2014-11-28)
Historians have long lamented the lack of contemporary documentary sources for the Islamic middle ages and the inhibiting effect this has had on our understanding of this critically important period. Although the field is ...
Landeskunde im Kontext
(2020)
Landes- und kulturkundliche Inhalte sowie interkulturelle bzw. kulturreflexive Aspekte sind fester Bestandteil des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Doch wie sieht das in der Praxis und in Lehrmaterialien aus? Dieser Band bietet ...
Luther und die Reformation in internationalen Geschichtskulturen
(2017)
What do texbook write to the topic reformation? How do they interprete the legacy of Martin Luther? How do they depict the role of the catholic church? This book proviedes answers to these questions in the ligth of discourses ...