The knights hospitaller of the english langue 1460-1565

In this major contribution to the history of the crusades, O'Malley studies the establishments of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Britain and Ireland in the later fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He examines their involvement in the society in those islands and ...

Modern judaism

and Oxford guide

A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought. This volume includes 38 newly- commissioned essays, including contributions from leading specialists in their fields. This book covers the major areas of thought in contemporary Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical ...

Moses Maimonides

the man and his works

Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial new biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson ...

The oxford handbook of jewish studies

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies is part of a major series of Oxford Handbooks. This substantial volume of c.400,000 words reflects the current state of scholarship as analysed by an international team of experts in the different and varied fields represented within ...

Reconceiving the Renaissance

a critical reader

The last two decades have transformed the field of Renaissance studies, and Reconceiving the Renaissance maps this change. Attending to the breadth of fresh approaches, the volume offers a theoretical overview of current thinking about the period. Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge ...

Unemployment

macroeconomic performance and the labour market

This broad survey of unemployment is a benchmark summary of the authors position which became hugely influential. This second edition brings the analysis up to date by relating it to recent empirical developments. This book is a major source of reference for both scholars and ...

Labour rights as Human Rights

Holy War, holy peace

how religion can bring peace to the middle east

War has been made holy by the families of Abraham, and the monotheistic religions of those families, for many centuries. But, argues Marc Gopin, peacemaking was made holy too, through a variety of cultural and religious practices that have been virtually overlooked by scholars and ...

Liberty and freedom

A stunningly original and inspiring illustrated history of America's founding ideals and how they have been understood from colonial times to the present, by one of America's most gifted historians.

Medieval Europe and the world

from late Antiquity to Modernity, 400-1500

This brief but comprehensive textbook covers the history of the time period known as the Middle Ages. Beginning with the rise of Christianity in the West, and ending with the crises that shook Europe and Byzantium in the fifteenth century, the text serves as an ...

Rethinking the Mediterranean

In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield to other Mediterraneans, real and ...

The sepulcre of Christ and the medieval west

from the beginning to 1600

What was the impact of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem on the history of western Europe? Colin Morris shows that the Holy Sepulchre had a vital influence on pilgrimage, the Crusades, the cult of the Cross, and art and architecture. The recovery of the ...

Fundamentalism

the search for meaning

Traders

risks, decisions, and management in financial markets

This is a book about traders in financial markets: what they do, the kind of people they are, how they perceive the world they inhabit, how they make decisions and take risks. This is also a book about how traders are managed - the best and ...

Knowledge management in organizations

a critical introduction

This introductory-level textbook provides a critical review and analysis of the key themes that underpin the subject of knowledge management in organizations. Adopting a thematic approach, the key debates are presented including epistemologies of knowledge, managing and sharing knowledge, and learning and innovation. To fully ...

Changing capitalisms?

internationalization, institutional change, and systems of economic organization

Complex knowledge

studies in organizational epistemology

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organizational theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge. An ideal introduction to the thinking of a leading organizational theorist, this book ...

The UK economy

Now in its 16th edition, The UK Economy is acknowledged as one of the most up-to-date and balanced assessments of British economic life. It combines factual information and analysis in the most accessible guide to the problems and performance of the British economy. Contents: 1 ...

Micro-econometrics for policy, program, and treatment effects

Corporate insolvency Law

theory and application

This volume analyses corporate insolvency law as a coherent whole, stemming from common fundamental principles and amenable to being justified or criticised on that basis. The author explains why consistency of principle must be sought and how it might be found in the relevant statutory ...

International crimes and the ad hoc tribunals

Liability for products

english law, french Law and european harmonisation

This comparative study considers the French and English laws governing all those who may be liable for products: their producers, their suppliers, their users and their regulators. To do so, it examines in each system the private law of tort and contract and aspects of ...