3612 results for '"James Hamilton-Paterson'

Exploring autobiographical texts written by European urban craftsmen from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, this wide-ranging book studies memoirs, diaries, family chronicles, travel...

This analysis of the intellectual life of German universities in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries demonstrates that humanist-scholastic relations were not the titanic struggles depicted in...

The relationship between United States and Iran prior to the 1979 revolution is examined, specifically from 1946-51, when official attitudes seemed to display little understanding or knowledge of...

This textbook is intended for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduates. It is based on the notes from courses I have taught at Indiana State University from 1967 to the present. The preparation...

The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite...

Traces the life of Pound, describes his childhood and education, and discusses the influence of his background on his poetry

Putting on the Mind of Christ examines the biblical, historical, scientific, and theological aspects of contemplative prayer and mysticism that can change our outlook on the world and enable us to...

Urmson examines such philosophers as Russell, Wittgenstein and Stebbing.

First published in 1983, Nahuat Myth and Social Structure brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the...

The description for this book, Honored Citizens of Barcelona: Patrician Culture and Class Relations, 1490-1714, will be forthcoming.