‎Europe‎

‎BLOCKMANS, WIM; HOPPENBROUWERS, PETER.‎

‎Eeuwen des onderscheids. Een geschiedenis van middeleeuws Europa.‎

‎Amsterdam, Bert Bakker, 2004 Softcover, 476pp., 23.5x22cm., ills. in z/w., nieuwstaat. ISBN 9789035126657.‎

‎De middeleeuwen roepen het beeld op van torens en kastelen, waar minstrelen hoofse liederen ten gehore brachten en koene ridders elkaar op het toernooiveld eervol bestreden. Het is een onuitroeibaar cliche dat slechts betrekking heeft op een klein en door verbeelding vertekend deel van een complexe periode uit de Europese geschiedenis die meer dan duizend jaar duurde. God heerste er met harde hand over een wereld die naar huidige westerse maatstaven technologisch onderontwikkeld, arm, onrechtvaardig en uiterst gewelddadig was. Een wereld waarin Goten en Vandalen evengoed thuishoren als vazallen en gotische kathedralen, Vikingen en vroonhoven, donatisten en dominicanen. Een wereld ook waarin figuren van bijna mythische proporties hebben geleefd, gewerkt en geheerst: Aurelius Augustinus en Karel de Grote, Dante Alighieri en Thomas van Aquino, Frederik Barbarossa en Jeanne d'Arc. Eeuwen des onderscheids is een toegang tot die wereld, bestemd voor iedereen die zich in de Middeleeuwen wil verdiepen. Hoewel de Middeleeuwen in veel opzichten ver van ons af staan en totaal 'anders' waren dan de tijd waarin wij leven, hebben nogal wat karakteristieke elementen van onze huidige samenleving middeleeuwse wortels. Dat geldt niet alleen voor het nederzettingspatroon en de staatkundige kaart van Europa, maar ook voor bepaalde instellingen die wij als wezenlijk beschouwen, zoals parlement, universiteit en vakvereniging. Eeuwen des onderscheids beoogt het lange millennium tussen 300 en 1550 in al zijn veelvormigheid te overzien en de drijvende krachten te beschrijven die de ontwikkeling van de middeleeuwse samenleving hebben vormgegeven.‎

Bookseller reference : 42883

‎Wim van Meurs, Robin de Bruin, Carla Hoetink, Karin van Leeuwen en Carlos Reijnen‎

‎Europa in alle staten. Zestig jaar geschiedenis van de Europese integratie.‎

‎, Vantilt, 2013 paperback, geillustreerd deels in kleur, 15x23 cm., 352 pagina's, nieuw. ISBN 9789460041266.‎

‎Europa in alle staten geeft een overzicht van de geschiedenis van de Europese integratie: van Aristide Briand en Jean Monnet als voordenkers tot het grondwetsverdrag en de eurocrisis. Structurele dilemma?s vormen daarbij de rode draad, zoals supranationaliteit versus natiestaat of het spanningsveld tussen verdergaande integratie en de opname van nieuwe lidstaten. Er is bovendien veel aandacht voor de bredere context van de naoorlogse politiek, de architecten van de integratie, de structurele vragen van soevereiniteitsoverdracht en solidariteit, de euroscepsis en het democratisch tekort. Europa in alle staten is echter veel meer dan een chronologische canon van zestig jaar Europese Unie. Voor elke fase uit de geschiedenis van de EU bieden de auteurs heldere karateriseringen van de bijbehorende politieke theorievorming en historische thema?s. Europa in alle staten verschaft een waardevol inzicht in het functioneren van de huidige EU en haar onstaansgeschiedenis. Wim van Meurs, Robin de Bruin, Carla Hoetink, Karin van Leeuwen, Carlos Reijnen en Liesbeth van de Grift zijn docenten Europese integratie aan de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen en de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Tom de Bruijn is staatsraad en was in de periode 2003-2011 permanent vertegenwoordiger bij de EU namens Nederland.‎

Bookseller reference : 43852

‎A. Adamska, M. Mostert‎

‎Development of Literate Mentalities in East Central Europe‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2004 Hardcover. VIII 546 p., 15 b/w ill. 12 colour ill., 7 b/w line art, 160 x 240 mm, Languages: English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9782503514499.‎

‎Compared with most of Continental Europe North of the Alps, the introduction of writing in East Central Europe (Bohemia, Poland and Hungary) took place with a considerable delay. Much is known about East Central European uses of writing, although only a fragment of this knowledge is known outside the region. Gathered by historians, palaeographers and codicologists, diplomatists, art historians, literary historians and others, this knowledge has hardly ever been studied in the light of recent discussions on medieval literacy and communication. Work done in the Czech, Polish and Hungarian traditions of scholarship has never been subjected to a comparative analysis. Furthermore, the question of the relation between writing and other forms of communication in the region remains largely unexplored. The volume serves a double purpose. For the first time, a collection of contributions on medieval literacy in East Central Europe is put before the forum of international scholarship. It is also hoped to further discussions of modes of communication, literate behaviour and mentalities among scholars working in the region.‎

Bookseller reference : 44835

‎C. Polet, R. Orban‎

‎dents et les ossements humains Que mangeait-on au Moyen Age?‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2001 Hardcover. 188 p., 156 x 234 mm, Languages: French, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9782503511740.‎

‎Les restes osseux et dentaires sont souvent les seuls temoins des populations humaines aujourd'hui disparues. Or, en raison meme des interactions entre son metabolisme et l'environnement, le squelette renferme de nombreuses informations concernant l'individu auquel il appartenait. Pour reconstituer l'alimentation des populations d'autrefois, on peut faire appel a differentes methodes de l'anthropologie physique. Certaines pathologies du squelette signalent des carences alimentaires. Les etudes de la carie et de l'usure dentaire informent sur l'alimentation ainsi que sur le mode de preparation de la nourriture. De leur cote, les analyses chimiques des os et des dents permettent notamment de distinguer l'origine terrestre ou marine, carnee ou vegetale d'une alimentation et de detecter des expositions a certains elements toxiques comme le plomb. Apres avoir rappele l'essentiel des connaissances sur la composition, les fonctions et le metabolisme des os et des dents, ce fascicule fait le point sur les principales methodes employees par les paleoanthropologues pour reconstituer les regimes alimentaires dans le passe. Il met ensuite l'accent sur l'obstacle majeur aux analyses chimiques des tissus calcifies : la contamination des ossements apres leur enfouissement. Enfin, il developpe les principaux objectifs poursuivis dans les etudes paleoalimentaires : la reconstitution des types d'aliments consommes, l'evolution des regimes et des comportements alimentaires au cours des temps, la mise en evidence de differences selon le sexe, l'age et la position sociale des individus. Certains echantillons permettent meme de diagnostiquer des types de carence et de cerner des pratiques de sevrage. Ni l'archeologie traditionnelle, ni l'archeozoologie n'ont traite avec autant de precision ces questions vitales.‎

Bookseller reference : 45016

‎BRUGGEMAN, Martine;‎

‎KANT IN EUROPA. EEN HISTORISCH OVERZICHT VANAF HET ONTSTAAN VAN DE KANT TOT AAN HET INTERBELLUM,‎

‎Brugge, Stichting Kunstboek, 1997 Gebonden met stofomslag, frontispice in kleur, 235 x 300mm., 320pp., zeer uitgebreide kleurillustratie. in prima staat. ISBN 9789074377546.‎

‎In dit uiterst verzorgde referentiewerk wordt de historiek van de kant tot aan de Eerste Wereldoorlog voor het eerst in Europese context geschetst. Van elk land bespreekt en toont kanthistorica Martine Bruggeman enkele typische kantproducten die op hun beurt geillustreerd worden met een ronduit schitterende iconografie. Talrijke majestueuze portretschilderijen geven een uitstekend beeld van de vestimentaire functie van de kant doorheen de verschillende kunststijlen en in de diverse landen. Hoewel zowat overal in Europa kant werd vervaardigd, liet de aristocratie zich het liefst portretteren in prestigieuze en modische Vlaamse, Italiaanse of Franse kant, zo blijkt. Boek is in zeer goede staat.‎

Bookseller reference : 47516

‎Puhle, Matthias (Herausgeber)‎

‎Otto der Grosse. Magdeburg und Europa I: essays. II: Katalog.‎

‎, Mainz, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001, 2 Volumes. Or. cloth with dustwrapper, XXIV, 584; VIII, 616pp. Ca. 28 x 21 cm. .‎

Bookseller reference : 49460

‎Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean‎

‎Convivium 5.2 (2018)‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2018 Paperback, Languages: English, French, Italian, 168 p., 215 x 260 mm. ISBN 9782503578354.‎

‎Editorial: Ivan Foletti& Elisabetta Scirocco Reflections on Mobility, the Roots and Prospects of European Culture Articles: Hans Belting A venetian Artist at the Ottoman Court. An Encounter of Two Worlds Mzia Janjalia in collaboration with Marina Bulia Trend versus Cultural Context in Medieval Art. The Case of the Kirants Paintings Daniela Rywikova Virtues and Vices Reformed? Visual Pastoralia in Fourteenth-Century Bohemian Art Anita Paolicchi Hoc brachium est beati Iohannis Baptistae. Osservazioni sulla provenienza della reliquia di San Giovanni Battista conservata a Siena Sarah S. Wilkins Countenances as Lightning. The Materiality of the Noli me tangere Fresco in Assisi Rafca Y. Nasr The Virgin Blachernitissa of Barghoun (Lebanon). Image of the Altar or the Priest Exposing the Host Chiara Croci Una cosmografia Cristiana? Le radici astronomiche della cupola del perduto edificio martiriale di San Prisco presso Capua (v sec.) Chronicle & Debates: Thomas Kaffenberger A Newly Discovered Church in Cyprus. Remarks on New Architectural Forms? Modes of Transmission in Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean Ivan Foletti Vivre le pelerinage (medieval). Une experience corporelle Reviews: Armin F. Bergmeier Hagia Sophia. Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium, Bissera V. Pentcheva, University Park (pa), The Pennsylvania State University Press 2017 Dorothy F. Glass E la Parola si fece bellezza (Atti del Convegno internazionale sugli amboni istoriati toscani, 19?28 maggio 2016), edited by Timothy Verdon and Giovanni Serafini, Florence, Mandragora 2017 Adrian S. Hoch Images and Words in Exile: Avignon and Italy during the First Half of the 14th Century, edited by Elisa Brilli, Laura Fenelli and Gerhard Wolf, Florence, sismel ? Edizioni del Galluzzo 2015‎

Bookseller reference : 52099

‎Jan Moens.‎

‎archeologie van leren schoeisel in de middeleeuwen en nieuwe tijden in Vlaanderen : een chronologische, technische en typologische studie : analyse en interpretatie‎

‎, Spa-Uitgevers,, 2020 Paperback, 2 dln 547 en 251 pp. Rijk ge llustreerd. . ISBN 9789089320445.‎

‎Na de boeken over schoeisel van Goubitz en Volken volgt hier het derde grote standaardwerk over schoenen, maar dan specifiek over Vlaanderen. In totaal heeft Jan Moens 38 leerensembles onderzocht, waarvan er 20 voorzien waren van een absolute datering en de overige 18 gedateerd konden worden op ander vondstmateriaal. Methodologisch worden twee kenmerken ge ntroduceerd om schoenzolen te determineren, op basis van de gelenginsnoering en de zoolsymmetrie. Voor het bovenleder is een werk-typologie opgebouwd die rekening houdt met de bestaande typologie n van Goubitz en Volken. Zooltypen en neustypen willen veranderen in de door Jan Moens vastgestelde vijf tijdvakken. Sommige schoentypen komen maar in een korte periode voor, andere daarentegen over een heel lange periode. Primaire snijpatronen veranderen ook in de loop der tijd. Er wordt ook aandacht besteed aan de productieprocessen van schoenmakers en schoenlappers en waar deze beroepen hun activiteiten uitoefenden binnen de stedelijke context. Als vondstcomplexen voldoende grote aantallen zolen opleveren, kan gekeken worden naar de demografische samenstelling, de verdeling kinderen-volwassenen. Ook blijkt dat kinderschoenen vaak een kleine maat volwassen schoenen betreft, hoewel bepaalde typen meer in trek zijn bij kinderen. Het is een uitvoerige studie geworden waarbij alle mogelijke aspecten aan de orde komen. Leeronderzoekers hebben deze studie nodig mede door nieuwe inzichten en als aanvulling op de reeds eerder verschenen werken.‎

Bookseller reference : 57017

‎Wim Van Rooy‎

‎Waarover men niet spreekt : bezonken gedachten over postmodernisme, Europa, islam‎

‎, Uitgeverij De Blauwe Tijger 2015, 2015 Hardcover, 644 pagina's, Nederlands, 245 x 170 mm, boek in nieuwstaat, geen illustraties, met een voorwoord van Paul Cliteur, . ISBN 9789492161031.‎

‎Al maanden voor het verschijnen veroorzaakte dit boek grote ophef in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Nooit eerder riepen gelouterde en bezonken gedachten zoveel weerstand op, nog voor ze publiek uitgesproken waren. Nu staan ze dan eindelijk gedrukt. Wim van Rooy (1947) trekt ten aanval tegen heel Vlaanderen in deze klassieke polemiek en intellectuele autobiografie.‎

Bookseller reference : 57309

‎Robert Tomczak, Adam Andrzej Kucharski‎

‎East Central Europe and Ireland. Political, Economic, and Social Interconnections, 1000-1850.‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 203 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 2 tables b/w. Language: English. ISBN 9782503604329.‎

‎This book explores the broad scope of political, economic, and social aspects of relations between Central Europe (focused on Poland and the lands of the Czechs) and Ireland. Taking a longitudinal approach, this study charts the interaction between the western and the central-eastern peripheries of Europe from the Middle Ages to the period after the Third Partition of Poland-Lithuania in 1795. The authors examine how the relationship between the geographically opposite ends of Europe evolved. Shaped by the shifts of political tectonic plates they argue that the evolution can be described in general terms: from a largely unidirectional to an interconnected chain of events. This book demonstrates similarities and analyses differences in a complex, yet unexplored, past of the three emergent nations; nations which in the public perception were overshadowed by their mighty neighbours for far too long.- Chapter 1. The Middle Ages Christianity in Ireland, Poland, and the Bohemian Principality The Earliest References and Research Chapter 2. Selected Seventeenth-Century Relations Religious Matters and Irish Martyrs as Models of Holiness in Seventeenth-Century Poland External Travel Destinations for the Polish and Czech Nobility Seats of Learning as Centres of Mutual Interest Czech Protestants and the Idea of Settlement in Ireland The Conquest of Ireland Unitas Fratrum in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth The Issue of Emigration and Oliver Cromwell Looking for a New Homeland: The English Proposal Conclusion Chapter 3. Towards Self-Governance in the Nineteenth Century The Irish, Poles, and Czechs at the End of the Eighteenth and the Start of the Nineteenth Centuries Mutual Interests In the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Period of European Revolutions Conclusion Appendix 1. Information Concerning Ireland Included in Polish Encyclopaedias Appendix 2. Selected Irish Biographies‎

Bookseller reference : 63039

‎Manuela Studer-Karlen, Michele Bacci, Natalia Chitishvili (eds)‎

‎Medieval Svaneti: Objects, Images, and Bodies in Dialogue with Built and Natural Spaces‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 232 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Illustrations:100 col., Language: English. ISBN 9788028003821.‎

‎Summary The essays collected in this volume emphasize the importance of Svaneti, a historical region of the Georgian Great Caucasus as an unparalleled treasury of medieval arts, describe some of its outstanding monuments, provide interpretations of their political and religious role at the intersection of different cultural traditions, and explore the dynamics whereby they have constantly invested with new functions and associations throughout their long history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Michele Bacci & Ivan Foletti Svaneti and the Rhetoric of Distance Irine Elizbarashvili & Irene Giviashvili Architecture of the Upper Svaneti Salome Meladze Painted Chancel Screens in Upper Svaneti. The Evidence of Early Monuments Nina Chichinadze The Interactions of Images in Sacred Space. A Case Study: The Church of St Barbara in Khe, Upper Svaneti Marine Kenia The Image of the Virgin in the Medieval Painting of Svaneti Ekaterine Gedevanishvili Iprari Murals. Reading of the Scene of the Apparition of the Angel to Joshua Manuela Studer-Karlen Image and Liturgy. The Church of the Archangels in Tanghili Antony Eastmond Icons, Saints, and Society in Svaneti Nana Burchuladze Icons from Svaneti in the Context of Byzantine Paintings Nutsa Batiashvili & Nikoloz Aleksidze Symbolic Treasure, Care, and Materiality in Upper Svaneti‎

Bookseller reference : 63344

‎Mathijs Lamberigts, Antonia Pizzey, Karim Schelkens (eds)‎

‎Vatican II After Sixty Years. Developments and Expectations Prior to the Council‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 348 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 2 tables b/w., Language(s):English, French. ISBN 9782503607726.‎

‎Summary This volume is the result of a workshop organized in Leuven within the context of the Australian Catholic University-KU Leuven-Tilburg University project on Vatican II (1962-1965). This volume focuses on the preparatory period of the Council and its broader context, for many renewal movements were underway decades before the Council's opening. The preparation of the Council was also a period of intense consultation of bishops and male superiors of religious orders and congregations. Indeed, John XXIII aimed at introducing an aggiornamento in the Roman Catholic Church, taking into account the wishes and the needs of bishops and superiors. The volume presented here offers new insights about this period on the basis of archives and other materials insufficiently consulted to date. The papers presented are the result of research by both senior scholars and junior researchers. They focus on the following issues: revelation, ecclesiology, ecumenism, and education. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Contributors Introduction Part One: Historiography of Vatican II Chapter One: Historia, quae vitae magistra est (John XXIII): The History of Vatican II between Past and Future of Christian Faith Michael Quisinsky Part Two: Revelation Chapter Two: Some Pre-Conciliar Background to Dei Verbum: The Neo-Scholastic Manuals and Their Implied Models Ormond Rush Chapter Three: 'Throwing the Faith to Relativism?' On Understanding Scripture, Tradition, and Authority in the Long Run to Vatican II Karim Schelkens Chapter Four: Beyond the Scripture Sufficiency Debate: The Contribution of Yves Congar Andrew Meszaros Part Three: Church Chapter Five: The Vota of the Prelates of the Southern Cone Region on Ecclesiology and Laity Sandra Arenas Chapter Six: The Vota of the Episcopate of the Andean Region on Ecclesiology and Laity Rolando Iberico Ruiz Chapter Seven: The Australian Pre-Conciliar Ecclesiological Imagination: Exploring Metaphors of the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II in the Australian Landscape Antonia Pizzey Part Four: Eastern Catholic Churches and Ecumenism Chapter Eight: Le Cardinal Li nart et le Tout Action Catholique Catherine Masson Chapter Nine: The Vota of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Reform of Eastern Canon Law Jose Maripurath Devassy, Astrid Kaptijn, Peter De Mey Chapter Ten: Universality in Time and Space: The Salvation Historical Turn in Catholic Ecclesiology against the Background of Pre-Conciliar Ecumenism Simon Beentjes Chapter Eleven: The Catholic Conference for Ecumenical Questions: A Representative Summa of Pre-conciliar European Catholic Ecumenism? Saretta Marotta Part Five: Education Chapter Twelve: Religious Education and the Re-Christianization of Western Europe in the Long 1950s: A Missed Opportunity? Stephen G. Parker Chapter Thirteen: Catechesis, Seminary Formation, and Schools on the Threshold of Vatican II: Expectations within the Vota Antepraeparatoria Isaak Deman Chapter Fourteen: De Scholis Catholicis: The Preparation of the Decree on Catholic Schools in the Preparatory Period Mathijs Lamberigts Index of Names‎

Bookseller reference : 63438

‎Grzegorz Pac, Steffen Hope, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson (eds)‎

‎Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 472 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 12 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503611082.‎

‎Summary While Northern and East Central Europe are often considered to have been peripheral parts of medieval Latin Christendom, they nevertheless embraced many of the same cultural impulses found in more central areas. Key among these was the way in which social elites, in the first centuries after the introduction of Christianity, recognized the potential to exploit the cult of saints as a way of legitimizing their own social standing. Taking this thematic focus as its starting point, this volume explores the intersection of religion, power, and the reception and development of new impulses from abroad within Northern and East Central Europe. It does so by comparing and contrasting cults that emerged locally with cults that were imported to the region. Through this comparative overview, the chapters of this volume not only contribute to a more nuanced understanding of these outlying regions, but also shed new light on Latin Christian Europe as a whole. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Saints and Elites on the Periphery: An Introduction Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and J n Vi ar Sigur sson Part I. Non-native Saints Non-native Saints: Introduction Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and J n Vi ar Sigur sson 2. The Authority of the Virgin. The Use of the Marian Cult in the Legitimization of Power in the Kingdom of Hungary before 1300 Karen Stark 3. Aegis of Aegidius ? the Cult of St Giles in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Poland Mi?osz Sosnowski 4. The Apostles and Ecclesiastical Elites in Medieval Iceland. A Gregorian Hermeneutic Turn in the Medieval North Haraldur Hreinsson 5. From St Florian to St Stanislaus. The Legitimization of Ducal and Episcopal Power in Krak w in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century Karolina Morawska 6. From St Olaf to the Relic of the Crown of Thorns. The Legitimization of Royal Power in Thirteenth-Century Norway Jerzy Pysiak 7. Sanctity in Service. Saints in the Legitimation of the Presence of the Dominicans in Hungary Eszter Konr d Part II. Native Saints Native Saints: Introduction Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and J n Vi ar Sigur sson 8. The Prague Nunnery and its Patroness, St Ludmila. Legitimization and Mutual Support Grzegorz Pac 9. Many Lives of One Man. Strategies for Building Legitimacy through the Story of St Wenceslas in Early and High Medieval Hagiography (940s-1260s) David Kalhous 10. The Cult of Saints in Elite Identity Construction in the Peripheries. The Cases of St Cnut of Denmark and St Wenceslas of Bohemia Kacper Bylinka 11. The Canonization Accounts of St Stephen of Hungary, St Thorlak of Sk lholt, and St Cnut of Odense. A Comparative Reading Haki Antonsson 12. Legitimizing Episcopal Power in Twelfth-Century Denmark through the Cult of Saints Steffen Hope 13. A Mutually Beneficial Relationship. Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300 Sara Ellis Nilsson 14. The Liturgical Performance of Saints' Offices in Medieval Sweden. Multimodal and Performative Event in a Legitimizing Context Karin Lagergren 15. St Hedwig of Silesia. The First Dynastic Saint of the Piasts and the Legitimization of Power at a Time of Change in the Thirteenth Century Anna Agnieszka Dryblak 16. The Legitimization of Papal Power through the Cults of Royal Women in Thirteenth-Century East Central Europe Kirsty Day Conclusions 17. The Cult of Saints and the Legitimization of Ecclesiastical and Secular Elites on the Periphery: Conclusions Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and J n Vi ar Sigur sson Index‎

Bookseller reference : 64257

‎J zef Dobosz‎

‎Church and Cistercians in Medieval Poland. Foundations, Documents, People‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 347 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:14 b/w, 5 tables b/w., 6 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503598024.‎

‎Summary In this volume, the research of J zef Dobosz, one of Poland's leading historians of the Middle Ages, is made accessible in English for the first time. It brings together nineteen studies focused on the role of the Church, the Cistercian Order, and other religious institutions in the history of the Piast realm from which Poland emerged. The introduction offers a broad outline of the first two centuries of the rule of the Piast dynasty after the Baptism of Poland in 966 until the fragmentation of the Piast patrimony during the twelfth century. The subsequent essays examine the circumstances of the foundation of Poland's leading Cistercian monasteries in Sulej w, J?drzej w, W?chock, Owi?ska, and ?ekno. The author analyses the means of their establishment, evaluates the existing sources, and places these within the context of the Piast dynasty's economic, political, and social policies. The studies offer an in-depth analysis of the motivations of the leading dynasts, magnates, and prelates in supporting the mission of the Church in Poland and enabling further embedding of Christianity across all strata of the society. The author examines the oldest Polish documents related to Cistercian monasteries and canons regular (in particular foundation charters) including early medieval charter forgeries. The volume's key conclusions about the impact of Christianity on nascent Poland are based on a detailed examination of medieval charters, the role of scriptoria, identities of significant people of the Church, and the wider historical record. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. The Church and Christianity in Poland before 1300 Part I - Foundations Chapter 2. The Piasts, the Premonstratensians and Other Religious Orders of Canons Regular in the Twelfth Century Chapter 3. The Earliest Evidence for Kazimierz II as Patron and Founder Chapter 4. The Foundation of ?ekno Abbey in the Context of Twelfth-Century Polish Cistercian Institutions Chapter 5. The Foundation Process and the Early Endowment of J?drzej w Abbey Chapter 6. The Circumstances of the Founding of the Cistercian Monastery at Sulej w Chapter 7. The Founder and the Beginnings of the Cistercian Monastery at W?chock Chapter 8. Churches in the Endowments to Polish Cistercian Monasteries in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries Chapter 9. The Foundation of Owi?ska Abbey in the Light of the Earliest Written Records Part II - Documents Chapter 10. The Written Document in Medieval Poland Chapter 11. Research on the Documents and Scriptoria of the Polish Cistercians? Chapter 12. Forgeries as a Subject of Research of Polish Diplomatics of the Middle Ages Chapter 13. Legitimisation of Forged Documents in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Poland Chapter 14. The False Thirteenth-Century Documents of the Cistercian Abbeys at Sulej w and J?drzej w Chapter 15. The Diploma of Mieszko III for the Canons Regular in Trzemeszno (28 April 1145) Chapter 16. The Foundation Charter of the Cistercian Abbey at ?ekno Part III - People Chapter 17. Maur, Bishop of Krak w Chapter 18. Archbishop Janik and His Successors: Preparation for the Reform of Henryk Kietlicz Chapter 19. Thirteenth-Century Abbots of the Cistercian Abbey at W?chock Chapter 20. The Cistercians in Ma?opolska and Their Position in the Economy and Culture of Thirteenth-Century Poland Bibliography Index‎

Bookseller reference : 64370

‎Jean-Pascal Gay, Silvia Mostaccio, Josselin Tricou (eds)‎

‎Masculinit s sacerdotales‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 398 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, Language(s):French, English. ISBN 9782503585239.‎

‎Summary Ce volume, fruit d'un colloque tenu Louvain-la-Neuve en mars 2018, est le premier rassembler des tudes de chercheurs venu d'horizons historiographiques diff rents (histoire religieuse, histoire du genre, histoire de l'art, histoire culturelle) pour traiter de l'histoire des masculinit s sacerdotales et cl ricales du Moyen- ge l' poque contemporaine. l'intersection de l'histoire religieuse et de l'histoire du genre, ces tudes manifestent l'importance de la prise en compte de l'outil du genre pour l'histoire des clerg s, mais mettent ausssi en lumi re la mani re dont tant les approches historiques que la prise en compte du religieux, interrogent en retour les cat gories par lesquelles les tudes de genre ont interrog les masculinit s contemporaines. TABLE OF CONTENTS Silvia Mostaccio, Pour une vision relationnelle et performative des masculinit s sacerdotales. Prologue Josselin Tricou, Masculinit s sacerdotales : approches historiques et apports sociologiques Jean-Pascal Gay, Towards a Religious History of Gender. Sacerdotal masculinity and the Historicization of Hegemony Partie?1. Institution masculine, masculinit s institu es Tom Bervoets, La figure du pr tre et la sup riorit du c libat sacerdotal dans l'?uvre d'Henricus Cuyckius, deuxi me v que de Ruremonde (1596-1609) Jean-Pascal Gay, A Theologian and his Obsession with a Binary Gender Order. Masculinity, Knowledge and Conflicts over Ministry in a Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Province Brendan R der, Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Catholicism? The Case of Clerical Eunuchs Sarah Barth lemy, La Compagnie restaur e.Masculinit s j suites en France dans le premier XIXe si cle Paul Airiau, De Trente aux Trente Glorieuses. Le pr tre, mod le masculin, dans Le pr tre, qui est-il ? Que fait-il ? (1961) Tangi Cavalin, La masculinit des pr tres-ouvriers entre accomplissement sacerdotal, exemplarit militante et scandale eccl sial Partie 2. Performances du masculin sacerdotal Alexis Fontbonne, La virilit maternelle au XIIe si cle : l'an antissement du f minin dans la perfection spirituelle Jean-Marie Le Gall, On Priestly Hairs and Beards Ralph Dekoninck et Caroline Heering, F minisation monstrueuse ou glorification sanctifiante. L'imaginaire du v tement liturgique entre catholiques et protestants au premier ge moderne Fernanda Alfieri, H r sies du corps masculin. Le cas du fr re Giovanni Battista, la c capucin (XVIIe si cle) Tine van Osselaer, Fates and Faiths Intertwined. Clergymen and women mystics in 19th and 20th-century Europe Caroline Sappia, Quelle masculinit pour quelle mission ? Les pr tres?Fidei Donum au Br sil face aux enjeux de genre des soci t s europ ennes et br silienne (1950-1985) Partie?3. Masculinit s sacerdotales l' preuve de l'h g monie Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Catalunya and Beyond. Sex and Priestly Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe Sarah Dumortier, tre pr tre et amoureux. Quelles masculinit s pour les eccl siastiques d voy s ? (XVIe-XVIIIe si cle) Silvia Mostaccio, Sacerdotal Masculinity at War. Jesuit Military chaplains at the Eighty Years' War Mita Choudhury, Clerical Masculinity and Sexual Violence in Eighteenth-Century France in the Girard/Cadi re Affair Caroline Muller, P res spirituels contre p res de famille ? Masculinit sacerdotale et famille bourgeoise dans la seconde moiti du XIXe?si cle Alessandro Serra, L' ducation la masculinit dans la production litt raire de Giovanni Bosco : l'origine du laboratoire sal sien Anthony Favier, L' cran des pr tres-ouvriers ? La masculinit sacerdotale et les milieux populaires en France (ann es 1930-ann es?1970) Josselin Tricou, The Imag(in)ed Priest. Priestly masculinity in French cinema (1944-2014) Jean-Pascal Gay, Silvia Mostaccio et Josselin Tricou, Conclusions‎

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‎Ewa Letkiewicz‎

‎Royal Jewels of Poland and Lithuania. Collections of the Jagiellon and Vasa Dynasts‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 404 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:8 b/w, 96 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503605777.‎

‎Summary This volume delves into the rich histories of the Jagiellon and Vasa dynasties, shedding light on the profound interplay between jewellery and socio-political forces. Readers are invited into an era where jewellery bore multifaceted significance, from symbolising power and piety to facilitating economic engagements. The royal perception of value extended beyond traditional treasures, with a keen interest in animal-derived artefacts. These unconventional items, such as elk hooves or eagle stones, were highly esteemed, reflecting both luxury's diverse nature and the era's cultural and mystical beliefs. Rather than merely cataloguing these artefacts, this study animates them, intertwining narratives of monarchs, nobles, craftsmen, and the lands from which these treasures emerged. It delves into a world where a gem's glint signifies might, gold hints at empires' expanse, and a narwhal's horn could determine kingdoms' destinies. Jewellery has long held a central position in history, particularly among the elite. These pieces were not simply decorative; they conveyed prestige, societal position, and authority. They symbolised both worldly and spiritual prominence, enriched with a complex symbolism. Beyond showcasing wealth, jewellery played crucial roles in diplomacy and politics. What meanings did these unique gems carry for their initial owners? This book uncovers the tales, magnetism, and mystery surrounding these jewellery collections. It paints a picture where jewellery transcends mere ornamentation, serving as a powerful testament to influence, devotion, and grandeur. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. In the Service of the Ruler and the Dynasty Jewels with Royal Monograms Jewels with Heraldic Representations Medals Gifts of Rulers and Magnates Gifts of Towns Jewels as Hoarded Objects Jewels for God and Saints Chapter 2. The Splendour of Jewels. Ornaments for the Body and Attire Ornaments for Hair and Headgear Earrings Decorations Rings Manele, Armlets Chains, Karkans, Alzbants, Kanaks, Collars Noszenia, Pendants, Clasps, Enseignes Ponta?y, Ferety and other Jewels sewn onto Clothes Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, Pins Belts and their Accessories Rosaries, Chaplets, Decymki Chapter 3. Leges sumptuariae?Laws against Excessive Luxury Chapter 4. Apotropaic and Medicinal Functions attributed to Jewels Chapter 5. Jewels at the Jagiellon Court The Jewels of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza The Jewels of Isabella Jagiellon The Heir of the Jagiellon Fortune. The Jewels of Sigismund Augustus The Jewels of Sigismund Augustus's Wives The Jewels of the Younger Daughters of Sigismund I and Bona The Jewels of Stephen B thory Chapter 6. Jewels at the Court of the Vasa Monarchs Sigismund III and his Family Anna Vasa The Jewels of Sigismund III's Wives W?adys?aw IV and his Family John Casimir The Jewels of Sigismund III's other Children Conclusion Bibliography Index‎

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‎Lucie Mazalov‎

‎Eschatology in the Work of Jan Hus‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 254 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:3 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503593050.‎

‎Summary This study provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of Hus's ideas on the last things as they are presented in both his work and life. It examines the content and language of his works, particularly his Latin sermons and correspondence, from a literary-historical perspective. It explores general eschatology (Antichrist, purgatory, heaven and hell), as well as its intertwining with the Last Things that Jan Hus experienced personally in his struggle against Antichrist. Thus, the reader will learn not only about Hus's official ideas, but also about his intimate thoughts contained in correspondence written during his exile and even as he was in prison awaiting death. The book also presents Hus's eschatology in the broader context of Church reform. It clarifies how Hus's eschatology developed from its beginnings up to his death, and takes into account the writings of other thinkers whose ideas are connected to Hus's eschatology, such as John Wycliffe, Mil ? of Krom?? ?, Mat?j of Janov, and Nicholas of Dresden. The book also features an introductory prolegomena on Hus's life and work and early reform eschatology, which describes not only relevant Czech influences on Hus's eschatology (e.g. university theology, social-political factors, the Czech preaching tradition), but also European influences (e.g. Peter Lombard, heterodox doctrines). TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Foreword Introduction The Current State of Research on Hus's Eschatology A Note on Methods Chapter 1: Hus's Eschatology: The Circumstances under which it Emerged and Developed Medieval Christian Eschatology The Eschatology of Heterodox Doctrines in Bohemia in the Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries The Eschatology of the Early Bohemian Reformation The Eschatology of John Wycliffe Prophecies Other Eschatological Ideas Contained in Contemporary Czech Literature The Possible Influence of Crisis Factors in the Fourteenth Century Hus's University Education Milestones in Hus's Life, Hus's Personality, Works, and Career Chapter 2: Antichrist in Hus's Synodal Sermons The Development of Hus's Ideas up to 1405 The Marks of Antichrist in Hus's Synodal Sermons Diliges Dominum Deum (1405) and State Succincti (1407) Evidence of the Coming of Antichrist: Biblical and Non-biblical Authorities and Hus's Own Experience Antichrist Terminology in Hus's Synodal Sermons The Rhetorical Devices of Hus's Synodal Sermons Chapter 3: Antichrist in Hus's Correspondence The Terminology and Rhetorical Devices of the Correspondence The Development of the Antichrist Theme in Hus's Letters Chapter 4: Hus's Notion of Antichrist in the Context of his Systematic Theological Works and the Writings of Other Authors A Comparison with the Notion of Antichrist in Super Quattuor Sententiarum Comparing Hus's Notions of Antichrist with the Ideas of Mil ? of Krom?? ? Comparing Hus's Notion of Antichrist with Mat?j of Janov's Comparing Hus's Ideas with those of Wycliffe A Comparison of Hus's Notion of Antichrist with Jakoubek's Presented in Posicio de Anticristo Chapter 5: Purgatory in the Sermon Dixit Martha ad Iesum What is the Nature of Purgatory? The Power of Prayers for Intercession A Comparison with the Sources of Dixit Martha A Comparison with Works Based on Hus's Dixit Martha A Comparison with the Ideas of Hus's Predecessors and Contemporaries Chapter 6: A Postscript on Hus's Eschatology Threats and the End of the World Death Hus's Eschatology and its Place in Medieval Thought Epilogue Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Works Index‎

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‎Paul Srodecki, Norbert Kersken (eds)‎

‎Expansion of the Faith. Crusading on the Frontiers of Latin Christendom in the High Middle Ages‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 350 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:28 b/w, Language(s):English, German. ISBN 9782503588803.‎

‎Summary This volume offers a comparative approach to the crusade movement on the frontiers of Latin Christendom in the high Middle Ages, bringing a regional focus to research on these peripheral phenomena. It features several key questions: Which military campaigns were propagated as crusades on the peripheries of the Christian West? What efforts were made to gain recognition for them as crusades and what effects did these have? What value did the crusade movement have for societies at the fines christianitatis? What role did the cruciatae have in strengthening pan-Western sense of togetherness and solidarity, and what role did they have for creation of a crusader and frontier identity? The eighteen papers, ranging in scope from the southern and eastern Baltic regions to Iberia, Egypt and the Balkans, provide new insights into the ways in which crusade rhetoric was reflected in the culture and literature of countries involved in crusading beyond the Holy Land. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Contributors List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations A Note on Names Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Crusading on the Periphery in the High Middle Ages: Main Debates, New Approaches Paul Srodecki Part I - Adaptation and Rejection Why Did so few Crusaders from East-Central and Eastern Europe Participate in the Crusades to the Holy Land? Zdzis?aw Pentek The Periphery of Europe and the Idea of Crusade: Adaptation and Evolution of Crusader Ideology in Poland under the Piast Dynasty (1100-47) Darius von G ttner-Sporzy?ski Crusades and Crusading in High Medieval Dalmatia and Croatia ? Failed, Abused, Imaginary Neven Budak Part II - Conviction and Violence Burning of Idols ? Mission and Theology around the Baltic Sea Kurt Villads Jensen The Crusade Idea in the Areas of the North-Western Slavs around the Time of the Second Crusade Norbert Kersken A North German Prince on a Pilgrimage in Arms: Political Implications of the Livonian Crusade of Albert I, Duke of Saxony Kristjan Kaljusaar The Role Played by Bishop Bruno of Olomouc in the Prussian Crusades of the Bohemian King Ottokar II Premislas David Sychra Part III - Conquest and Expansion Die schwedischen Kreuzz ge nach Finnland aus der Ostsee-Perspektive Jens E. Olesen Ein folgenloser Kreuzzug? Die Herrschaftsbereiche Graf Adolfs II. von Schauenburg und des Abodritenf rsten Niklot nach dem Wendenkreuzzug von 1147 Martin Sch rrer The Conquest of the Island of Rugia, 1168/1169: A Danish Crusade? Oliver Auge The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in the Context of Ibero- Christian Conquests in al-Andalus: Myths and Models Luis Garc a-Guijarro Part IV - Catholicism and Orthodoxy Tearing Christ's Seamless Tunic? The 'Eastern Schism' and Crusades against the Greeks in the Thirteenth Century Nikolaos G. Chrissis Between Schism and Union: Rus Adversaries and Allies of the Crusaders in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Anti Selart Part V - Legitimation and Propaganda Legitimising the Conquest of Egypt: The Frankish Campaign of 1163 Revisited Eric B hme Centrality of the Periphery in Crusade Rhetoric: The Afterlife of the Crusade of Andrew II of Hungary Nora Berend The Rhetoric of the Crusades and Anti-Paganism in the Political Propaganda of Ottokar II Premislas of Bohemia Robert Anton n Fighting the 'Eastern Plague': Anti-Mongol Crusade Ventures in the Thirteenth Century Paul Srodecki Index‎

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‎Manuela Studer-Karlen, Ivan Foletti, Adrien Palladino, Ekaterine Gedevanishvili, Irene Giviashvili, Nato Chitishvili, Thomas Kaffenberger, Irma Mamasakhlisi (eds)‎

‎Georgia as a Bridge between Cultures. Dynamics of Artistic Exchanges‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 189 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9788021098886.‎

‎TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Manuela Studer-Karlen, Georgia as a Bridge between Cultures: Dynamics of Artistic Exchange (introduction to A. Palladino's translation of H. Belting) - Ivan Foletti, Belting from Belting. From Moscow to Constantinople, and to Georgia (translation of H. Belting's article) Adrien Palladino, The Painter Manuel Eugenikos from Constantinople in Georgia, translated from Hans Belting Articles: Ekaterine Gedevanishvili, The Khakhuli Dome Decoration Irene Giviashvili, Liturgy and Architecture: Constantinopolitan Rite and Changes in the Architectural Planning of Georgian Churches Nato Chitishvili, Altars in Medieval Georgian Churches: Preliminary Notes on their Arrangement, Decoration, and the Rite of Consecration Thomas Kaffenberger, Liminal Spaces of Memory, Devotion, and Feasting? Porch-Chapels in Eleventh-Century Georgia Manuela Studer-Karlen, The Monastery of the Transfiguration in Zarzma: At the Intersection of Biblical Narration and Liturgical Relevance Irma Mamasakhlisi, The Theme of the Last Judgment in Medieval Georgian Art (Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries)‎

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‎Tibor Mart , Roberto Quir s Rosado (eds)‎

‎Eagles Looking East and West. Dynasty, Ritual and Representation in Habsburg Hungary and Spain‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 338 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:55 b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503581330.‎

‎Summary Symbolised by the 'double-headed eagle' looking East and West, the Habsburg dynasty constituted a universal power structure in the early modern era. The dynasty's Spanish and Austrian branches created a code of shared identity, one which also encompassed their religious piety and their ability to pitch the Austriacum Imperium against multiple enemies worldwide. The present volume investigates the construction of the dynasty's political image in two spheres, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Spanish monarchy, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Fifteen Hungarian, Czech and Spanish specialists offer comparative perspectives on the Habsburg era during this convulsive period of European history, addressing topics including diplomatic links, dynastic ritual and representation, and the Order of the Golden Fleece. In covering a wide range of themes, their contributions aim towards a better understanding of the emergence of new political attitudes in the Western world prior to the Enlightenment. Contributors to the volume include Cristina Bravo Lozano, V clav B??ek, N ra G. Et nyi, Alfredo Florist n Im zcoz, Rub n Gonz lez Cuerva, Borb la Guly s, Fanni Hende, J nos Kalm r, Zsolt K k nyesi, Zolt n Korp s, Pavel Marek, Tibor Monostori, and G za P lffy. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Dynastic links between far lands: The kingdom of Hungary and the Spanish monarchy in the early modern age Tibor Mart and Roberto Quiros Rosado PART I A ritualized dynasty: The ceremonies of the Habsburgs Funerals and coronations: Dynastic heraldic representation in Central Europe from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century G za P lffy Swearing in, crowning and proclaiming the Habsburgs in the kingdoms of Spain: Continuity and innovation, 1516-98 Alfredo Florist n Im zcoz Festivities celebrating the coronations of the Habsburgs Maximilian and Rudolf as king of Hungary in Pozsony/Bratislava, 1563-72 Borb la Guly s The funerals of the emperor Rudolf II in the Spanish monarchy, 1612 V clav B??ek and Pavel Marek Printed political representations of the coronation of Joseph I as king of Hungary, 1687 N ra G. Et nyi Archduke Charles of the House of Habsburg's proclamation of accession to the throne of Spain and his inauguration as king of Aragon, 1703-6 J nos Kalm r Political representation at the coronations of Hungarian kings in the first half of the eighteenth century Fanni Hende PART II One dynasty, two branches: Political interaction and self-representation of the eastern and western Habsburgs Quarrelling brothers: The fraternal relationship of Charles V and Ferdinand I and their attitudes towards Hungary Zolt n Korp s The king of Hungary and the cardinal of Toledo: The creation of a common dynastic image around the two Ferdinands, 1631-35 Rub n Gonz lez Cuerva The kingdom of Hungary in essays and other writings of Diego Saavedra Fajardo in the years 1630-50 Tibor Monostori Hymenaeus in The Hague: Inaugural and dynastic celebrations of Spanish diplomats in the United Provinces, 1649 Cristina Bravo Lozano Hungarian members of the Order of the Golden Fleece: The importance of a Habsburg chivalric order in seventeenth-century Hungary Tibor Mart Moribus antiquis: Dynasty, political strategy and court ceremonial during the genesis of the Austrian Golden Fleece, 1709-13 Roberto Quir s Rosado Court entertainment and relationship networks: Shooting competitions in Charles VI's Viennese court as social opportunities for the noble elite, 1716-33 Zsolt K k nyesi‎

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‎Samuel N.C. Lieu, Glen Thompson (eds)‎

‎Church of the East in Central Asia and China‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 260 pages, Size:210 x 297 mm, Illustrations:25 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503586649.‎

‎Summary The diffusion of Christianity along the Silk Road from Iraq and Iran to China in the premodern era has attracted scholarly attention in the West since the discovery of the famous Xian (Nestorian) Monument c. 1623. This initial discovery was dismissed as a Jesuit forgery by Voltaire, Edward Gibbon and many other scholars of the Enlightenment. However, its authenticity has been more than vindicated by the discovery of genuine (Nestorian / Jingjiao) Christian texts in Chinese from Dunhuang and in Syriac, Sogdian and Old Turkish from Turfan (Bulayq) at the beginning of the last century. Besides confirming the existence of a Tang era Chinese Christian church (Jingjiao), additional archaeological and literary evidence has accumulated of a Christian presence in China during the later Song and Yuan periods (Yelikewenjiao). These churches were the subject of a conference of international specialists in Hong Kong in 2015. The current volume of eleven articles has grown out of the papers presented there. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword (Florian Knothe) List of Contributors Part One: The Church of the East in Central Asia 1. Erica Hunter (SOAS) The Christian Library from Turfan: commemorating the saints in MIK III/45 2. Nicholas Sims-Williams, FBA (SOAS) Sogdian biblical manuscripts from the Turfan oasis 3. Takahashi Hidemi (University of Tokyo) Representation of the Syriac language in Jingjiao documents Part Two: The Church of the East in Tang and Yuan China 4. Huaiyu, Chen (Univsity of Arizona) Shared Issues in a Shared Textual Community: Buddhist, Christian, and Daoist Texts in Tang Chin 5. Max Deeg (Cardiff University) Messiah Rediscovered: Some Philological Notes on the So-called 'Jesus the Messiah Sutra 6. Samuel N.C. Lieu, (Macquarie and Robinson College, Cambridge) From Rome (Daqin ??) To China (Zhongguo ??): The Xi'an ?? (Nestorian) Monument As A Bilingual And Transcultural Document (Keynote Address) 7. Glen L. Thompson (Asia Lutheran Seminary, Hong Kong) Strange Teaching from a Strange Land: Foreignness, Heresy, and Our Understanding of the Jingjiao and Yelikewenjiao 8. David Wilmshurst (formerly Chinese University of Hong Kong) Interfaith Conflict in Yuan China Part Three: The Art and Iconography of the Church of the East 9. Niu Ruji, 'History Is a Mirror:On the Spread of Nestorianism in China from the Newly Discovered Bronze Mirror with Cross-lotus and Syriac Inscriptions 10. Ken Parry (Emeritus Macquarie) Images in the Church of the East: The Textual and Art Historical Evidence in the Light of Contemporary Practice 11. Patrick Taveirne (Chinese University of Hong Kong) The Study of the Ordos "Nestorian Bronze Crosses": Status Quaestionis Addenda to Chapter 3 Index‎

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‎Alberto Melloni, Giovanni Cavagnini, Giulia Grossi (eds)‎

‎Benedict XV: A Pope in the World of the 'Useless Slaughter' (1914-1918)‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 2 vols, 1708 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503582894.‎

‎Summary On August 1, 1917 - three years after the outbreak of World War 1 - pope Benedict XV signed his famous peace note, urging the governments of the belligerent Powers to seek a diplomatic solution to their disputes and stop the "useless slaughter". In order to commemorate the event and to define the place of this "forgotten pope" in twentieth-century history, on November 3-5, 2016, the Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII (Fscire) hosted an international conference, entitled "Benedict XV in the world of the useless slaughter", in which more than a hundred historians from all over the world participated. The aim of the initiative, supported by the Historical and Scientific Committee for Italy's National Anniversaries, is to shed light on the key issues of this pontificate, from Giacomo Della Chiesa's education in the theological seminary in Genua to his heritage and memory all along the twentieth century. The volume resulting from this conference provides a comprehensive and systematic reference work about a key figure in Church history that has all too often been neglected. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations Foreword (Cardinal Pietro Parolin) Introduction (Alberto Melloni) Part One: Stages Origins and Formation Genoa: A Capital between Savoyard Annexation and the Risorgimento (Nicla Buonasorte) The Genoese Aristocracy from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: Traces of the Della Chiesa Family (Federica Meloni) The Migliorati and the Ancestry of Innocent VII (Anna Falcioni) Giacomo Raggi of Genoa, Capuchin Friar, and the Vocation of Giacomo Della Chiesa (Aldo Gorini) Formation and Studies at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Genoa (Nicla Buonasorte) The Students of the Almo Collegio Capranica at the time of Rector Francesco Vinciguerra (Maurilio Guasco) A Diplomat of Leo XIII From Minutante to Sostituto in the Papal Secretariat of State (Klaus Unterburger) Controversies at the Top: Merry del Val, Della Chiesa, Pius X (1883-1907) (Annibale Zambarbieri) Rampolla, Della Chiesa, Benedict XV (Jean-Marc Ticchi) The Bologna Episcopate Giacomo Della Chiesa's First Pastoral Letter to Bologna (Giovanni Turbanti) Culture and Catholic Associations in Bologna in the Pre-War Period (1908-14) (Marcello Malpensa) Archbishop Giacomo Della Chiesa Facing the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) (Alessandro Santagata) The Beginning of the Pontificate The Conclave of Benedict XV (1914) (Alberto Melloni) The First Encyclical: Ad beatissimi (Caterina Ciriello) Ideas of War, Ideas of Peace Churches in War, Faith under Fire (Fr d ric Gugelot) Religion in War and the Legitimization of Violence (Lucia Ceci) Italian Military Chaplains and the 'Useless Slaughter' (Andrea Crescenzi) Pope Benedict XV and Pacifism: 'An Invincible Phalanx for Peace'? (Gear id Barry) Interventionism and Neutrality in Italy The Extremist Neutrality of Guido Miglioli (Claudia Baldoli) Italian Foreign Politics at the Dawn of Benedict XV's Pontificate (Michele Marchi) 'In pro della pace': Benedict XV's Diplomatic Steps to Prevent Italy's Intervention in the Great War (Maurizio Cau) Catholic Interventionism (Guido Formigoni) Diplomacy through Aid Benedict XV: Aid to Belgium (Jan De Volder) Benedict XV and the Armenian Question (Georges-Henri Ruyssen) Aid to the Syrians (1916-17): A Failure (Florence Hellot-Bellier) The International Committee of the Red Cross, the Vatican and Prisoners of War (Mara Dissegna) Neutral Switzerland: The Hospitalization of the Wounded and the Credit Owed to Carlo Santucci (Stefano Picciaredda) The Note of 1917 The Papal Peace Note of 1917: Proposals for Armaments, Arbitration, Sanctions and Damages (Alfredo Canavero) Reshaping Borders: Europe and the Colonies in Pope Benedict XV's 1917 Peace Note (Patrick J. Houlihan) The Italian and French Bishops Dealing with the Note of 1917 (Giovanni Cavagnini) The Note of 1 August 1917 and Its Failure (Xavier Boniface) Part Two: Problems The Missions Cardinal Willem Van Rossum, Benedict XV, and the Centralization of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Rome (1918-22) (Vefie Poels & Hans de Valk) The Roncalli-Drehmanns Mission to the French and German Offices for Missionary Work (1921) (Stefano Trinchese) Maximum illud, a Missionary Turning Point? (Claude Prudhomme) The 'Chinese' Missionary Policy of the Holy See before Costantini (Giuseppe Butturini) The Re-Dimensioning of Anti-Modernism 'A Kind of Freemasonry in the Church': The Dissolution of the Sodalitium Pianum (Alejandro Mario Dieguez) Transformations of Integralist Catholicism under Benedict XV: Benigni's Network after the Dissolution of La Sapini re (Nina Valbousquet) Modernism during the Pontificate of Benedict XV: Between Rehabilitation and Condemnation (Giovanni Vian) Benedict XV and Modernism in Germany (Klaus Unterburger) Votes for Women and 'Catholic Feminism' during the Pontificate of Benedict XV (Liviana Gazzetta) The View of the People of Israel Benedict XV: The 'Children of Israel' and the 'Members of Different Religious Confessions' (Raffaella Perin) The Birth of Vatican Policy on Palestine and the Holy Sites (Paolo Zanini) Between Unionism and Ecumenism An Indecisive Inter-Confessional Situation (1914-1922) ( tienne Fouilloux) A Parallel Diplomacy? Vladimir Ghika and Catholic-Orthodox Relations in Romania during World War I (Cl mence de Rouvray) Theological Questions and Devotional Practices Religious Interpretations of War as Reflected in Prayers during World War I (Maria Paiano) Benedict XV and the Nationalization of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in France and Germany (1914-18) (Claudia Schlager) '... and yet does not touch us': A Survey of European Theology during the Pontificate of Benedict XV (Gianmaria Zamagni) Part Three: Relations France 'Trop petit'? Benedict XV in Cardinal Alfred Baudrillart's Journals and Writings (Rodolfo Rossi) A Case of Oriental Wisdom: The second ralliement (Fabrice Bouthillon) The Doulcet-Gasparri Agreement of 1920 and the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations between France and the Holy See (Audrey Virot) The Appointment of Ambassador Jonnart and the Issue of Religious Associations (Jean Vavasseur-Desperriers) Italy The Reform of Catholic Action (Liliana Ferrari) The Dissolution of the Taparellian Concept of Nationality during the Great War (Cinzia Sulas) The Role of Gaspare Colosimo and the King in the Rejection of the Gasparri Draft (Piero Doria) The Agony of the non expedit (Saretta Marotta) Benedict XV and Proto-Fascism (Alberto Guasco) Germany Benedict XV and the German Episcopate (Sascha Hinkel) The German Reception of the Peace Note (Claus Arnold) The Legacy of Boniface: The Bavarian Episcopate and the In hac tanta Encyclical (December 1918-October 1919) (Patrizio Foresta) The In hac tanta Encyclical (1919) and Peace in Europe (Letterio Mauro) Russia and Ukraine The Holy See's Humanitarian Diplomacy towards the Russian World (1914-22) (Laura Pettinaroli) Benedict XV in Search of Peace for Ukraine (Athanasius McVay) Peace in Eastern Europe (Nathalie Renoton-Beine) Benedict XV and the Caucasus (Simona Merlo) The Other European Nations Benedict XV, the Habsburg Empire and the First Republic of Austria (Francesco Ferrari) Benedict XV and the British Empire (1914-22) (John F. Pollard) Benedict XV and Czechoslovakia (?uboslav Hromj k) Benedict XV and Poland (Roberto Morozzo della Rocca) The Irish War of Independence (Alberto Belletti) Benedict XV and Yugoslavia (1914-22) (Igor Salmi?) Finland and the Catholic Church during the Pontificate of Benedict XV (Milla Bergstr m & Suvy Rytty) The Non-European Countries Appeals to Wilson to Avoid the United States' Entry into War (Liliosa Azara) Benedict XV and the Mexican Revolution (Paolo Valvo) The Holy See's Relations with Brazil (1917-19) (Italo Domingos Santirocchi) Japan on the Vatican's Radar (Olivier Sibre) Part Four: Legacy Benedict XV's Men Benedict XV and the Cardinals (Roberto Regoli) Eugenio Pacelli: Benedict XV's Man of Peace (Philippe Chenaux) A Papal Envoy on the International Stage: Edmund Aloysius Walsh, SJ (Marisa Patulli Trythall) Benedict XV, Father Gemelli, and the Foundation of the Universit Cattolica (Maria Bocci) Bonaventura Cerretti and the Impossible Missions (Marialuisa Lucia Sergio) Europe for Peace and the Aftermath of Versailles The Failure to Revise the Treaty of London (July 1918) (Sergio Marchisio) New Diplomatic Relations and New Agreements in Europe (Stefan Samerski) Post Mortem The Death of the Pope in the Twentieth Century, Change and Continuity: The Example of Benedict XV ( douard Coquet) The 1922 Conclave and the Return of Pope Pius (Lorenza Lullini) The Statue of Benedict XV in Istanbul: The East's Gratitude to the Charitable Pope (Rinaldo Marmara) An Image-Building Failure: Biographies in the Era of Pius XI (Giulia Grossi) From Fernand Hayward's Un Pape m connu to the Spoleto Congress (1955-63) (Federico Ruozzi) Benedict XV and the Founding of the Pontifical Oriental Institute (1917): Foresight, Intuition, Hindsight (Edward G. Farrugia) Continuity and Discontinuity: Pius X, Benedict XV, and Pius XI (Annibale Zambarbieri) Conclusions The Benedict XV Moment (Denis Pelletier) Abstracts Name Index‎

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‎Kirk Bennett‎

‎The Tiflis Dirhams of M ngke Khan‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, vi + 182 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Illustrations:219 b/w, 3 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9780897223652.‎

‎Summary The dirhams of M ngke Kh?n represent the first major emission of silver coinage in Georgia following the Mongol conquest roughly a generation previously. Struck in the Georgian capital city of Tiflis (modern Tbilisi) from the middle of AH 652 to perhaps as late as the first month of AH 660 (AD 1254-1261), these coins circulated widely throughout the South Caucasus and adjacent areas. This coin type was the first in Georgia to provide a date formula with both the month and year of the Islamic calendar. The placement of the date formula in the four marginal segments of the reverse of the coin means that parts of it are often struck off the flan or effaced on individual specimens. The problem is compounded by poor Arabic calligraphy on many coins, leading to much confusion in the literature about the extant dates. However, using secondary design features such as the varying central obverse and reverse decorative elements, this book creates a systematic framework for dating these dirhams, identifying previously unpublished dates and varieties in the process. The first in-depth monograph on this popular and historically important coin series, this book will be a valuable resource for both scholars and collectors interested in Georgian, Mongol, and Islamic numismatics. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Identification Guide Bibliography‎

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‎Vasilios N. Makrides, Gayle E. Woloschak (eds)‎

‎Orthodox Christianity and Modern Science: Tensions, Ambiguities, Potential‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, 277 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503576169.‎

‎Summary The first volume of the new series "Science and the Orthodox Christianity" focuses on the nature of the relationship between modern science and Orthodox Christianity with its centuries-old tradition. Orthodoxy today shares a variety of - sometimes ambiguous - attitudes towards modern science shaped by the texts of the Church Fathers, medieval and modern theologians and scholars, as well as contemporary social realities. On the other hand, modern science, which sprung from the quest by West European scholars for a better knowledge of the world, is faced with crucial and uneasy questions about the meaning of life and the position of humankind within the natural world. The main goal of this volume is to define the patterns of the science-religion relationship in the Orthodox world, especially in the light of the most recent trends in both science and theology. Is this a relationship of dialogue or conflict? Of integration or independence? What is the impact of the revival of patristic studies and new theological currents on the relationship? But also, what is the relevant impact of new scientific discoveries on the image of the human and the universe? Has the modern science-religion dialogue in the West influenced Orthodox Christianity in its effort to create new perspectives and concepts in response to new challenges? These questions are crucial for understanding and mapping the current science-religion dialogue in the Orthodox world, and apart from recording given views and opinions. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Notes on Contributors Vasilios N. Makrides, Gayle E. Woloschak, Relating Orthodox Christianity with Modern Science: An Introduction Part I - The Orthodox Christian Tradition and Modern Science: An Uneasy Relationship? Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, Modern Science and Orthodox Theology: An Uneasy yet Profound Relationship Pantelis Kalaitzidis, The Ambiguous Relationship between Orthodoxy and Science as Part of the Pending Discussion between Orthodoxy and Modernity: From the Polemic against the Enlightenment to the Debate over Homosexuality Vasileios Thermos, Orthodox Tradition and Science: Modernity as a Mediator Part II - The Greek Patristic Heritage: Its Potential for the Orthodoxy Science Dialogue Sergey S. Horujy, The Patristic Idea of Cosmic Liturgy as the Basis of the Relationship between Orthodox Theology and Science Alexei Nesteruk, Philosophical Foundations of Mediation/Dialogue between (Orthodox) Theology and Science William R. Shea, Maximus the Confessor and the Contribution of Orthodoxy to the Dialogue on Science and Religion Stoyan Tanev, Using the Concept of Energy to Encounter Orthodox Theology with Physics: An Analogical Comparative Theological Approach (ACTA) Christopher C. Knight, Science, Theology, and the Mind Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, God, the Great Writer and Great Computer Whizz: Comment on Christopher C. Knight's Paper Part III - Orthodox Christianity and Science: Local Settings and Specific Concerns in the Past and at Present Gayle E. Woloschak, Science-Religion Interface: Agreements and Tensions of Orthodox Christian Pastoral Concern in the Biomedical Sciences Archbishop Makarios of Australia, The Science-Theology Dialogue through the Inter-Orthodox Bioethics Committee Nina Dimitrova, Orthodoxy and Science in Bulgaria (20th-21st Century) Doru Costache, A Theology of the World: Dumitru St?niloae, the Traditional Worldview, and Contemporary Cosmology Dimitry Kiryanov, Evolution and Orthodox Theology in Russia: An Uneasy Way to the Dialogue Kirill Kopeikin, The Orthodox Tradition and a Personal View on the Universe 'from Within': A Russian Orthodox Perspective Aleksandar Petrovi? and Aleksandra P. Stevanovi?, Theology in the Mirror: The Dictionary of Technology in Yugoslavia/Serbia as Revival of Orthodox Culture and Re-ideation of Technology Ekmeleddin ?hsano?lu, Orthodox Christian Physicians and Scholars in the Ottoman Court John Hedley Brooke, Orthodox Christian Physicians and Scholars in the Ottoman Court: A Commentary‎

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‎gnes Fl ra‎

‎Matter of Honour. The Leading Urban Elite in Sixteenth Century Transylvania‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, 284 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, 5 col., 7 tables b/w., Languages: English, Latin. ISBN 9782503555768.‎

‎Summary This monograph entails a comparative study of two early modern urban centers in Transylvania: Cluj (Kolozsv r, Klausenburg) and Sibiu (Nagyszeben, Hermannstadt). It develops a new perspective on urban history in Transylvania, by filling the recent historiographical lacuna on early modern urban elites. This book attempts to combine traditional and modern research methods, by analyzing and comparing a large volume of unpublished data along three research lines. First, the historical background within which of the town elites in Cluj and Sibiu monopolized power are analyzed, including the development of town autonomy and governmental systems, the legal background of urban leadership, its continuity and the conditions under which the political urban elite acted in each town. Secondly, a thorough archontological and prosopographical research, with a special focus on marriage strategies and professional competence leads to a socio-political characterization of the elites of Cluj and Sibiu. Finally, an attempt is made to provide insight into the representation and self-fashioning of these elites. TABLE OF CONTENTS The manuscript has three main chapters, an introductory chapter, conclusions, bibliography and index of names. The introductory chapter starts with the definitions of terms used in the text along with a short review of the elite theories with references to Max Weber, Norbert Elias, Gaetano Mosca or Vilfredo Pareto. This part is followed by the presentation of the aims and of the methodology pursued during the research. The presentation of the sources was split into two categories: unpublished primary sources and edited documents. Subsequently, the historiographical traditions on the topic - both in Hungary/Romania and international - are discussed. The first main chapter is titled 'Respublica - res publica' and it is structured on three subchapters and thirteen sub-sub chapters. The first section (1.1.) is dedicated to the legal and institutional framework within which the urban elites of Cluj and Sibiu operated. The main objective of this section is to acquaint the readers with the beginnings of urban government and autonomy in the two towns in order to discuss the whole process of elite formation from the medieval period until the early modern. I have tried here to cutback some erroneously interpreted historical facts that has been reproduced time and again in scholarly works without any constructive criticism. A second section explores the structures of the town governments in the sixteenth century (1.2.), the history of the main urban offices and their legal context. A third section ends this chapter by having a closer look on the forces that might have interfered with the process of elite formation or disturbed it. Following Karen Lambrecht's theory, elite formation is studied in relation to the court, the Church, the Reformation movements, university and multi-ethnicity. This part gives a deeper insight on the political, religious and ethnic realities of the region in the sixteenth century. The second main chapter ('Magistri rei publicae') focuses on the archontological and propographical research on the urban elites. First, the legal, moral and material criteria of eligibility in public offices are discussed. Presenting several case studies, the second part makes a statistical and analytical presentation of the career building and power concentration in a comparative way. The following two subchapters investigate the 'cursus honorum' (the advancement of public office-holders within the ranks of the town council) and the networking strategies of the local elites (2.4.). This section leads to some intriguing aspects of power concentration within the local elites, family-networks and business relations are revealed. This main chapter concludes in an analytical subchapter dealing with the question whether the governing elites in Cluj and Sibiu can be categorized as a patrician communities or not (2.5). The third part of this book ('Shaping self- and communal identity') is dedicated to the self-fashioning, and by that, to the communal individuation through the representation of the elites. Two main aspects are discussed here: the rituals and the ceremonies of the council election, constituted by a strong interaction between town and elites, and the erudite self-representation of the leaders through art and architecture. The book is provided with a concluding chapter, a vast bibliography and an index of names.‎

Bookseller reference : 65985