Описание: This book provides both fresh insights into sixteenth and seventeenth-century spelling standardisation in England, and an exploration of the history of the printed book and its development in the socio-cultural history of the time. It is essential reading for those interested in writing systems and the history of the English.
Описание: A dedicated study of how classical Latin erotic elegy was read in the Renaissance and helped shape the emergence of English love poetry. This book will be of interest to scholars of early modern literature and classical literature, in particular love, gender, sex and the body.
Описание: In the second half of the eighteenth century, several British East India Company servants published accounts of what they deemed to be the original and ancient religion of India. Jessica Patterson`s original study situates these Company works on the `Hindu religion` in the contexts of enlightenment and empire.
Описание: Drawing on rich archaeological evidence uncovered at Ichijodani, Pitelka proposes a new understanding of late medieval Japanese society. Exploring the city`s layout, residents` possessions, politics, war, religion, and cultural networks, he argues that provincial centers could be dynamic and vibrant nodes of entrepreneurship and sophistication.
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