"A classic. It provides an invaluable aid to anyone seeking to understand Plato and Aristotle in their historical context. Dover uses a variety of ...

A reprint, with corrections, of the University of California and Basil Blackwell editions of 1974.

Greek Religion: A Sourcebook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of ancient Greek religious beliefs and rituals through a rich collection ...

Text in English & German. This volume brings together essays from three decades. The first section addresses National Socialism, primarily from...

Preface; Introduction; Grottasǫngr; Commentary; Bibliography.

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

Merchants and bankers managed much of nineteenth-century Iran's economy and finances. The ulama -- clerical leaders -- who considered themselves re...

Introduction; Historical Background; Title; Preservation; Contents; Oral and written sources; date and place of composition; Authorship and circums...

1860. An Aboriginal labourer named Jim Crow is led to the scaffold of the Maitland Gaol in colonial New South Wales. Among the onlookers is the Sco...

After receiving a bundle of worn letters written by her late grandfather George Black Jack Vowel during the First World War, journalist J...

The long and complex history of reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament through the ages, described in the HBOT Project, i...

Preface; The Sagas of Heimskringla -- Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction, Snorri and Heimskringla Through the Centuries; Authorship; Snorr...

This is the first part of a new translation in three volumes of Heimskringla, the collection of sagas covering the history of Norway from its legen...

This is the third part in the three-volume translation of Heimskringla

From the era of wooden sailing ships and Europe's golden age of exploration, the story of famed British navigator Henry Hudson tells a classic tale...

George Case is a writer on ideas and popular culture, and an acknowledged authority on the band Led Zeppelin. He is the author of Jimmy Page: Magus...

Two aspects of the Egyptian civilisation characterise the work of Erik Iversen: Its original art and literature, and its reception in Europe from c...

Preface; Introduction; Hervarar Saga Ok Heiđreks; Notes; Glossary; Index of Names.

Preface; Introduction; The author; The date of the Historia; The Historia and other sources; ϸóror munkr: man, monk and historian; The text; The an...

The fragmentary medieval chronicle, Historia Norwegie, is the oldest piece of historical writing from Norway, and probably our first specimen of No...

This study includes a revised model of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period (c. 1969-1715 BC) that is based on to...