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Palaeopoetics: The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination [Hardback]
Christopher Collins (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9780231160926
Published by : Columbia University Press
Christopher Collins introduces an exciting new field of research traversing evolutionary biology, anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and literary study. Paleopoetics maps the selective proc... .... Learn More -
Landscape of the Mind: Human Evolution and the Archaeology of Thought [Hardback]
J. F. Hoffecker (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9780231147040
Published by : Columbia University Press
In Landscape of the Mind, John F. Hoffecker explores the origin and growth of the human mind, drawing on archaeology, history, and the fossil record. He suggests that, as an indirect result of bipedal locomotion, early humans developed a feedba... .... Learn More -
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages [Paperback]
Susan Boynton (Author);Diane J. Reilly (Author)
£20.50ISBN: 9780231148276
Published by : Columbia University Press
This volume explores the many ways in which the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe. An initial orientation introduces the origins, components, and organization of medieval Bibles. Subsequen... .... Learn More -
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Susan Boynton (Author);Diane J. Reilly (Author)
£62.00ISBN: 9780231148269
Published by : Columbia University Press
This volume explores the many ways in which the Bible was read, performed, recorded, and interpreted by various groups in medieval Europe. An initial orientation introduces the origins, components, and organization of medieval Bibles. Subsequen... .... Learn More -
Prophecy, Alchemy and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages [Hardback]
Leah DeVun (Author)
£34.50ISBN: 9780231145381
Published by : Columbia University Press
In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Religious figures who preached the end times were hardly rare in the ... .... Learn More -
THe Crusades, Christianity and Islam [Paperback]
Jonathan Riley-Smith (Author)
£13.50ISBN: 9780231146258
Published by : Columbia University Press
The Crusades, Jonathan Riley-Smith contends are dragged into modern discourse, particularly in the wake of 9/11 and the so-called war on terror, despite the fact (and indeed precisely because of the fact) that the picture most people have of th... .... Learn More -
THe Crusades, Christianity and Islam [Hardback]
Jonathan Riley-Smith (Author)
£18.50ISBN: 9780231146241
Published by : Columbia University Press
The Crusades, Jonathan Riley-Smith contends are dragged into modern discourse, particularly in the wake of 9/11 and the so-called war on terror, despite the fact (and indeed precisely because of the fact) that the picture most people have of th... .... Learn More -
Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the 5th to the 15th Centuries [Hardback]
J. F. Hamburger (Author)
£23.95ISBN: 9780231139809
Published by : Columbia University Press
Too often considered the poor relations of their male counterparts, this collection of essays sees nuns take centre stage, exploring their history, daily lives and political and cultural influence in the world beyond the cloister. An exhibitio... .... Learn More -
Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle and Society in the School of Valentinus [Hardback]
Ismo Dunderberg (Author)
£29.50ISBN: 9780231141727
Published by : Columbia University Press
The school of Valentinus, most popular in the second and third centuries was one of the largest and most important early Christian heretical sects, vigorously denounced by Irenaeus and Tertullian amongst others. Historians and theologians have ... .... Learn More -
Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History [Paperback]
Xiaoming Wang (Author);Richard H. Tedford (Author)
£15.95ISBN: 9780231135290
Published by : Columbia University Press
The fossil record for canids is among the fullest, making them an ideal candidate for this detailed investigation of their evolutionary history, designed to be accessible to the interested non-specialist. Over 40 million years it examines their... .... Learn More