The excavations at South Witham in Lincolnshire produced the most complete archaeological plan of the preceptory of the Military Orders so far seen in Britain. Before 1965 there had been only limited
Why do photographs interest writers, especially autobiographical writers? Ever since their invention, photographs have featured — as metaphors, as absent inspirations, and latterly as actual objects —
The taboo custom existed as an important element of Chinese culture and was perceived as significant by Chinese and foreigners alike. The tabooing of names (bihui) was crucial for implementing social
Chryssides (contemporary religion, U. of Birmingham) and Wilkins, a freelance writer and researcher, offer a resource for teaching Christianity to students from a wide range of backgrounds and religio
The world of Yiddish, its literature and culture, cannot be entered without knowledge of the shtetl — the heart of Eastern European Jewry. The papers in this volume, most of them presented at the seco
The cultures and histories of Italy and Somalia are inextricably linked. Italy colonised Somalia from the end of the 19th century to 1941, and held the territory by UN mandate from 1950 to 1960. Italy
This book addresses three key areas of intellectual enquiry: literary criticism, cultural critique, and philosophical theology. Once closely related, especially in the Catholic tradition, they often a
Anyone going into a bookshop to buy a Bible will not only find different translations but in some cases differing contents Why is this so? This Introduction works back through the processes by which t
In 28 essays and articles reprinted from original publication between 1964 and 2003, Van Seters (emeritus, biblical literature, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) discusses aspects of Israel at differe
Art lost its sacred character during the late Middle Ages, says Andreopoulos (Christian theology, U. of Wales-Lampeter), and modern art--both popular and classical--is losing its place as a distinct e
Translation often proceeds as if languages already existed, as if the task of the translator were to make an appropriate selection from available resources. Clive Scott challenges this tacit assumptio
The importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years is explored in this volume in nineteen essays and seven site reports. Current understanding of the city's origins and development
The importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years is explored in this volume in nineteen essays and seven site reports. Current understanding of the city's origins and development
Contents Include: An introduction to the grave, conservation, metallurgical and other analyses, a catalogue of organic and inorganic materials, and a discussion of dates and context.
Why do queer bachelors and homosexual desire haunt the works of the German writer W. G. Sebald (1944-2001)? In a series of readings of Sebald’s major texts, from ‘After Nature’ to ‘Austerlitz’, Helen
The Dada movement, revered as perhaps the purest form of cultural subversion and provocation in 20th-century Europe, has been a victim of the readiness with which cultural historians have swallowed it
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) is mostly known for his contribution to early British Romantic poetry, but later in life he also wrote extensively on philosophical matters. It is this philosophica
The coming together of linguistics and sociology in the 1960’s, most notably via the work of William Labov, marked a revolution in the study of language and provided a paradigm for the understanding o
In mid-eighteenth-century Europe, a taste for sentiment accompanied the 'rise of the novel', and the success of Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) played a vital role in this. James Fowler's new study is t
