Search results for 'Rachel Optiz'
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Medieval to early post-medieval tenements and Middle Eastern imports: Excavations at Plantation Place, City of London, 1997–2003 [Hardback]
Ken Pitt (Author); Lyn Blackmore (Author); Tony Dyson (Author); Rachel Tyson (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781907586163
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: Monograph Series
Volume: 66
Excavations at Plantation Place provided evidence for medieval and early post-medieval occupation of an entire block in the eastern part of the City of London near the Thames waterfront. Contemporary ground surfaces and buildings ... .... Learn More -
A Future for the Past: Petrie's Palestinian Collection [Paperback]
Rachel Thyrza Sparks (Author)
£34.50ISBN: 9780905853420
Published by : UCL Press
This book stems from an exhibition of the finds from Petrie's expeditions to Palestine, now housed at the Institue of Archaeology at UCL. It consists of a full colour catalogue of the 270 artefacts with accompanying essays which describe Petrie... .... Learn More -
Exploring History, 1400-1900: An Anthology of Primary Sources [Hardback]
Rachel C. Gibbons (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780719075872
Published by : Manchester University Press
Exploring history 14001900: An anthology of primary sources reaches out to the reader across an expanse of 500 years. It offers a broad sweep of history in the light of three key themes: consumers and producers; beliefs and ideologies; and sta... .... Learn More -
Hellenistic and Roman Ideal Sculpture [Hardback]
Rachel Kousser (Author)
£47.00ISBN: 9780521877824
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The relationship of Roman to Greek art is a vogueish subject for study at the moment as scholars reassess the idea that Roman artists were mere copyists, without merit in their own right. This new work builds on these theories through a detaile... .... Learn More -
Choruses of Sophokles' Antigone and Philoktetes [Hardback]
Margaret Rachel Kitzinger (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9789004165144
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This study argues for a fundamental difference in the modes of expression of actor and chorus. The chorus views the action from the perspective of dancers and singers, while the actors' understanding is shaped by the responsibility they have to... .... Learn More -
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History in the Comic Mode: Medieval Communities and the Matter of Person [Hardback]
Rachel Fulton (Author);Bruce W. Holsinger (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9780231133685
Published by : Columbia University Press
21 prominent medievalists discuss continuity and change in ideas of personhood and community. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, contributors write as historians of religion, art, literature, culture and society, advancing a new medeival cu... .... Learn More -
Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens [Hardback]
Rachel Hall Sternberg (Author)
£28.95ISBN: 9780292714168
Published by : University of Texas Press
Humane ideals were central to the image Athenians had of themselves and their city during the classical period. Tragic plays, which formed a part of civic education, often promoted pity and compassion. But it is less clear to what extent Athen... .... Learn More -
Pity and Power in Ancient Athens [Hardback]
rachel Sternberg (Author)
Regular Price: £52.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780521845526
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Ancient Athenians resemble modern Americans in their moral discomfort with empire. Athenians had power and used it ruthlessly, but the infliction of suffering did not mesh well with their civic self-image. Embracing the concepts of democracy a... .... Learn More -
The Coinage of Nysa-Scythopolis (Beth-Shean) [Hardback]
Rachel Barkay (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9789659055807
Published by : Israel Exploration Society
The city of Nysa-Scythopolis, located, uniquely for a Decapolis city, to the west of the River Jordan, was liberated from the Hasmonaeans by Pompey. Now a self-maintaining Roman city, Nysa-Scythapolis began to mint its own bronze coins, as oppo... .... Learn More