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Procopius of Caesarea

the Persian wars : translation, with introduction and notes

Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first stand-alone English translation of his work Persian Wars. It offers a new translation, which has at its basis one published fifty ...

The Roman elite and the end of the Republic

the boni, the nobles and Cicero

The boni, the wealthy, but largely non-political, section of the Roman elite, have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. This book draws a detailed and rounded picture of the boni, their identity, values and interests, also tracing their - often tense - relationship to the political class, whose inner ...

The Merovingians in historiographical tradition

from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries

The merovingian centuries were a foundational period in the historical consciousness of Western Europe. The memory of the first dinasty of Frankish kings, their origin myths, accomplishments, and failures were used by generations of chroniclers, propagandists, and historians to justify a wide range of social ...

A new imperial history of Northern Eurasia, 600-1700

from Russian to global history

A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 600-1700 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the spaces, societies, and institutions that existed on the territory of today's Northern Eurasia. This is not the story of a certain present-day state or people evolving through ...

The 'Catalan hermaphrodite' and the Inquisition

early modern sex and gender on trial

This book examines the life of Maria Duran, who was born with female genitalia, but was accused of being a man and subsequently put on trial for sorcery by the Portuguese Inquisition during the 18th century. François Soyer uses Maria's story to open a ...

Proxy wars from a global perspective

non-state actors and armed conflicts

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon. Although states have used proxies in armed conflicts for centuries, evolving regional and global security architecture is now forcing states to radically change the way contemporary conflicts are fought. Based on ten case studies, this reassesses exactly how ...

Anglo-Hispania beyond the Black Legend

British campaigns, travellers and attitudes towards Spain since 1489

This book traces and analyses the relationship between Britain and Spain in its various forms since 1489. So often viewed as antagonistic rivals in history, the two countries are here compared and contrasted in order to shed light on their international connection and how this ...

Geopolitics in Central Europe

uperpower competition and regional dynamics

The geopolitical landscape of Central Europe has undergone considerable transformation in the last two decades. While the pre-Global Financial Crisis period saw a focus on strengthening ties with Western Europe and the USA, the post-crisis period has seen reorientation towards Asia, in particular China. This ...

Armenians in the Byzantine Empire

identity, assimilation and alienation from 867 to 1098

Armenians in the Byzantine Empire is a new study exploring the relationship between the Armenians and Byzantines from the ninth through eleventh centuries. Utilising primary sources from multiple traditions, the evidence is clear that until the eleventh century Armenian migrants were able to fully assimilate ...

Sufis in medieval Baghdad

agency and the public sphere in the late Abbasid caliphate

This book examines the political and social activities of Sufis in Baghdad in the period 1000-1258. It argues that Sufis played an important role in creating a public sphere that existed between ordinary subjects and the government. Drawing on Arabic sources and secondary literature, it ...

Theodore Metochites

patterns of self-representation in fourteenth-century Byzantium

The statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites was one of the most important personalities of the fourteenth-century Byzantine Empire. A close advisor to the emperor Andronikos II and restorer of the famous monastery of Chora in Constantinople, Metochites left various writings including orations, poems, essays and ...

Los aviones de caza soviéticos

1936-1941

El estado socialista liderado por Stalin quiso contar con los mejores cazas para defender la URSS de cualquier agresión. A mediados delos años treinta, N. Polikarpov logró diseñar el biplano I-15 "Chato", que tuvo su debut en combate sobre los cielos de la península durante ...

Antes las cúpulas del Kremlin

Moscú, 1941

En este volumen, segunda parte de "Radiografía de Barbarroja", Fernando Paz analiza la situación producida tras los grandes triunfos de la Wehrmacht en el verano de 1941. Sorprendentemente, el Ejército Rojo, que debería haber sido liquidado antes de la línea del Dniéper, continúa en pie ...

Una educación centrada en la persona

Guía para detenerse a pensar en la educación

Desde hace un tiempo es frecuente que al estudiar el quehacer educativo nos centremos exclusivamente en la enseñanza que imparte el profesor y el aprendizaje de los alumnos; y las pautas que se siguen para evaluar casi cualquier decisión educativa se reducen a ciertas pruebas ...

Éticas aristotélicas contemporáneas

Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum, Robert Spaemann

Éticas aristotélicas contemporáneas examina la obra de Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum y Robert Spaemann en el contexto de la filosofía moral angloamericana del siglo XX. Al analizar el modo en el que estos tres filósofos se apropian de Aristóteles, Arthur Madigan destaca dos puntos importantes ...

La musa juguetona y divertida

Poesía erótica española del siglo XVIII. Censura y resistencia

Desde hace medio siglo observamos un renovado interés por la poesía erótica española del siglo XVIII, cuyos versos reflejan el pensamiento innovador de la época por el valor que atribuyen a la felicidad humana. Por ello, los poetas más destacados del Setecientos trataron creencias y ...

Sindicalismo de clase en dictadura y democracia

CCOO de Asturias (1957-2025)

Desde sus orígenes, Comisiones Obreras encuentra en Asturias uno de los territorios de mayor continuidad e implantación. Nacida como movimiento y transformada luego en sindicato, la organización que contribuyó significativamente a la conquista de las libertades y el asentamiento de la democracia presentaba una configuración ...

Hogares rotos

La Guerra Civil y su impacto en las familias españolas

La Guerra Civil y la dictadura franquista no solo transformaron España políticamente, sino que dejaron una huella profunda en sus familias. Este libro ofrece una mirada innovadora y multidisciplinar sobre cómo la represión, el miedo y la escasez marcaron la vida cotidiana entre 1939 y ...

Desarrollo histórico de la jardinería y de la arquitectura del paisaje

Llegar a los orígenes de las culturas ancestrales, de las religiones y de la mitología, es llegar al origen mismo del jardín. La Historia es el germen que nos sirve para el modelaje y adecuación del entorno, dando, con ello, lugar a un término más ...

Donald Judd

Proyectar con el espacio, entre el arte y la arquitectura

Con la publicación en 1965 del ensayo Specific Objects, Donald Judd sienta las bases de una nueva expresión escultórica en la esfera del Minimal Art. En paralelo a esta producción en el arte, que se concreta en el desarrollo de sus objetos específicos, el estadounidense ...