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Throughout the Ancien R?gime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's La favola d'Orfeo (1607) and Christoph Gluck's Iphig?nie en Tauride...

Egyptian Prehistory Monographs 7The prehistory of the Eastern Desert of Egypt is not well understood. A Holocene Prehistoric Sequence in the Egyptian Red Sea Area is an important contribution to our...

The different psychopathologic syndromes show in an exaggerated and caricatural manner the basic structures of human existence. These structures not only characterize psychopathology, but they also...

An in-depth analysis of oracular divination in Plutarch?s thought Oracular divination was of special concern for Plutarch of Chaeronea (45?120 AD), Platonic philosopher as well as priest at the...

Studies in Social and Economic History, Volume 35Based on intensive research in the archives of six countries, this book presents an in-depth analysis of Belgium's monetary and financial history...

Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He...

During the battle of the Teutoburg Forest, or clades Variana (9 AD), an alliance of Germanic tribes led by the German "hero" Arminius defeated three Roman legions and their auxiliaries led by Publius...

Around 1900, the Louvain photographer Edouard Morren made a unique photo report of the buildings comprising the University of Louvain. The 78 photographs were bound in a luxurious album, which is now...

Introduction to the history of Roman law and its institutions Throughout its history, Europe has been influenced by Roman culture, a culture with a strong sense of society and highly legal-minded...

This Avicenna bibliography, the result of twenty years of research, seeks to continue the work begun in this domain by G.C. Anawati. New times produce new possibilities, and indeed, with the advent...

Plutarch?s Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (Sayings of Kings and Commanders) holds a peculiar position in his oeuvre. This collection of almost 500 anecdotes of barbarian, Greek, and Roman rulers...

Aristotle's treatise 'On the Soul' figures among the most influential texts in the intellectual history of the West. It is the first systematic treatise on the nature and functioning of the human...

Borders between countries, neighbourhoods, people, beliefs, and policies are proliferating and expanding despite what self-proclaimed progressive societies wish or choose to believe. For a wide...

Contemporary scholarship on Bonaventure has characterized him as the Neo-platonic foil to the Aristotelianism of his day. The present book, however, shows a Bonaventure who is highly enthusiastic...

Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 39Communication leads to an evolution of knowledge, and the free exchange of knowledge leads to fresh findings. In the Middle Ages things were no different. The inheritance of...

At the crossroads of philosophy, artistic practice, and art history Though Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari were not strictly art historians, they reinvigorated ontological and formal approaches to...

Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, may be considered to be a major figure of the history of Arabo-Islamic philosophy, medicine and science. His influence was substantial and enduring, not only...

Historical national accounting is nowadays recognized as an important field of research in economic history. Nevertheless the sub discipline also receives a lot of criticism. Several estimates would...

How conventional and experimental prototypes and series created an architecture for all.Mass housing and prefabrication shaped global modernist architecture like no other aspect of industrialised...

Advanced reader on the history of educationDevelopments in educational systems worldwide have largely contributed to the modernization and globalization of present-day society. However, in order to...

New insights into Pietro d?Abano?s unique approach to translations The commentary of Pietro d?Abano on Bartholomew?s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle's Problemata Physica, published in 1310,...

Beyond Empiricism: On Criteria for Educational ResearchAuthor: Paul SmeyersPublisher: Leuven University PressPublication Date: 37667Number of Pages: 270 pagesBinding: EducationISBN-10:...

The relationship between EU law and national constitutional law, including constitutional law in federalism matters, has been subject to an ongoing scholarly debate. Beyond Federal Dogmatics...

For the last 180 years, scientists have been attempting to determine the 'provenance' (geological source) of the copper used in Bronze Age artefacts. However, despite advances in analytical...

The question of whether to disclose that a text is a translation and thereby give visibility to the translator has dominated discussions on translation throughout history. Despite becoming one of the...

Volume I of the Bibliotheca Manuscripta Henrici de GandavoAuthor: R. MackenPublisher: Leuven University PressPublication Date: 28901Number of Pages: 630 pagesBinding: ReferenceISBN-10:...

Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing questions how the Black female body, specifically the Black maternal body, navigates interlocking structures that place a...

Democratic societies are being challenged to look for new ways of doing politics that involve different stakeholders, particularly citizens. This book looks at public authorities' attempts to put...

This book brings together international experience of business planning for digital libraries: the business case, planning processes, costs and benefits, practice and standards, and comparison with...

Even though the policy impact of Catholicism has increasingly been acknowledged, existing scholarship lacks a coherent view on its changing influence over time and in different political contexts. In...