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Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space
(2019)
Thirteen papers on different subjects, focussing on writings and inscriptions in medieval art, explore the faculty of writing to create and determine spaces and to generate the sacred by the display of holy scripture. The ...
Acteurs des transferts culturels en Méditerranée médiévale
(2013)
Der Mittelmeerraum wies während des Mittelalters einen großen Reichtum an Transfer- und Austauschprozessen auf. Waren entsprechende Bedingungen (geographische Mobilität, eine kulturell grenzüberschreitende Lebenssituation ...
Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe. First results from SHARE after the economic crisis
(2013)
SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do Europeans age? Under which circumstances do older people and their families live, how healthy ...
Dress and Cultural Difference in Early Modern Europe
(2019)
Dress constitutes one of the most obvious and indeed most visual and visible markers of difference. Being very close to the body it becomes part of the daily habitus and an unavoidable means of communication with others. ...
Languages From the World of the Bible
(2011-12-19)
The alphabetic script is part of the lasting heritage of the ancient Near East. It unites a number of newly-emerging civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine, which together constitute the immediate background of the Hebrew ...
Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies
(2020)
The notion of the “Silk Road” that the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen invented in the 19th century has lost attraction to scholars in light of large amounts of new evidence and new approaches. The handbook ...
Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
(2014-06-01)
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no ...
The International Labour Organization
(2020)
This is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization’s (100 year-long) history. The Centenary publication shows the ILO as a forum and an actor in the area of Global Social Policy. It opens a ...
Fortunatianus Aquileiensis Commentary on the Gospels English translation and introduction
(2017)
The commentary as transmitted in the Cologne manuscript consists of four principal
sections: an initial section on the characteristics of the four Gospels (praef., lines 1–
133 of the edition);20 an extensive exposition ...
Organized Secularism in the United States
(2017-04-30)
Recent decades have witnessed the dramatic growth of an organized secularist movement that serves the needs of and advocates for the nonreligious. This volume brings together the latest research on organized secularism in ...