Bathhouses In Iudaea Syria Palaestina And Provincia Arabia From Herod The Great To The Umayyads

Author : Arleta Kowalewska
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789256604

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Bathhouses in Iudaea, Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia from Herod the Great to the Umayyads by Arleta Kowalewska Pdf

Bathing culture was one of the pillars of Roman society and bathhouses are one of the largest categories of a particular type of construction excavated in the Roman world. The large number of surviving remains and their regional variety make bathhouses vital for the study of the local societies in the Roman-Byzantine period. This book presents the archaeological evidence of close to 200 Roman-style bathhouses from the region of Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia, part of the provinces of the Roman East, constructed from the reign of Herod the Great (second half of the 1st century BCE) to the end of the Umayyad rule (mid-8th century CE). The bathing complexes of the Roman, Byzantine, and the Early Islamic periods, ranging from large public thermae to small bathing suites, are for the first time analyzed as unified data with an unprecedented amount of detail, considering a variety of parameters – from dating and setting, through building techniques and materials, to plans and decorations. Typologies of the bathhouses and their components are supplemented by exploration of the socio-cultural insight provided by this particular type of construction. The historical narrative of the regional bathing facilities is updated in the light of new information. The full raw data used for the study is provided in the expandable open-access online database.

Author : Moshe Fischer
Publisher : Uvk Universitatsverlag Konstanz
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015047508869

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Marble Studies by Moshe Fischer Pdf

Author : Theodor Herzl
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465551597

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The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl Pdf

Author : Ted Kaizer,Olivier Hekster
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004215030

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Frontiers in the Roman World by Ted Kaizer,Olivier Hekster Pdf

This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth workshop of the international network 'Impact of Empire', which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire. It focuses on different ways in which Rome created, changed and influenced (perceptions of) frontiers.

Author : Paul Reynolds
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSD:31822036452985

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Hispania and the Roman Mediterranean, AD 100-700 by Paul Reynolds Pdf

Gathers together and reviews the evidence for trends in production of table wares and amphora-borne goods across the Iberian Peninsula and Balearics from the second to the seventh century AD.

Author : Jodi Magness
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575060705

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The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine by Jodi Magness Pdf

CD-ROM consists of: Interactive site map.

Author : Salmon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1745
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00120660

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Modern History: Or, The Present State Of All Nations by Salmon Pdf

Author : M. Eisenberg,Asher Ovadiah
Publisher : Giorgio Bretschneider editore
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788876893155

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Cornucopia by M. Eisenberg,Asher Ovadiah Pdf

The studies presented in the book express the spirit of A. Segal research work and reflect his interest and curiosity in a wide spectrum of Classical archaeology, such as town planning and architecture in the Graeco-Roman world, Roman theatres, Roman temples, Herodian art and architecture, Nabataean art and architecture, architectural decoration, and more.

Author : Martin Pitts,Miguel John Versluys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107043749

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Globalisation and the Roman World by Martin Pitts,Miguel John Versluys Pdf

This book applies modern theories of globalisation to the ancient Roman world, creating new understandings of Roman archaeology and history. This is the first book to intensely scrutinize the subject through a team of international specialists studying a wide range of topics, including imperialism, economics, migration, urbanism and art.

Author : Cyril Courrier,Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000450026

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Ancient History from Below by Cyril Courrier,Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira Pdf

If ancient history is particularly susceptible to a top-down approach, due to the nature of our evidence and its traditional exploitation by modern scholars, another ancient history—‘from below’—is actually possible. This volume examines the possibilities and challenges involved in writing it. Despite undeniable advances in recent decades, ‘our slowness to reconstruct plausible visions of almost any aspect of society beyond the top-most strata of wealth, power or status’ (as Nicholas Purcell has put it) remains a persistent feature of the field. Therefore, this book concerns a historical field and social groups that are still today neglected by modern scholarship. However, writing ancient history ‘from below’ means much more than taking into account the anonymous masses, the subaltern classes and the non-elites. Our task is also, in the felicitous expression coined by Walter Benjamin, ‘to brush history against the grain,’ to rescue the viewpoint of the subordinated, the traditions of the oppressed. In other words, we should understand the bulk of ancient populations in light of their own experience and their own reactions to that experience. But, how do we do such a history? What sources can we use? What methods and approaches can we employ? What concepts are required to this endeavour? The contributions mainly engage with questions of theory and methodology, but they also constitute inspiring case studies in their own right, ranging from classical Greece to the late antique world. This book is aimed not only at readers working on classical Greece, republican and imperial Rome and late antiquity but at anyone interested in ‘bottom-up’ history and social and population history in general. Although the book is primarily intended for scholars, it will also appeal to graduate and undergraduate students of history, archaeology and classical studies.

Author : Gill Hey,Paul Frodsham
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789252699

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New Light on the Neolithic of Northern England by Gill Hey,Paul Frodsham Pdf

These papers highlight recent archaeological work in Northern England, in the commercial, academic and community archaeology sectors, which have fundamentally changed our perspective on the Neolithic of the area. Much of this was new work (and much is still not published) has been overlooked in the national discourse. The papers cover a wide geographical area, from Lancashire north into the Scottish Lowlands, recognising the irrelevance of the England/Scotland Border. They also take abroad chronological sweep, from the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition to the introduction of Beakers into the area. The key themes are: the nature of transition; the need for a much-improved chronological framework; regional variation linked to landscape character; links within northern England and with distant places; the implications of new dating for our understanding ‘the axe trade; the changing nature of settlement and agriculture; the character early Neolithic enclosures; the need to integrate rock art into wider discourse.

Author : Alain-Philippe Durand,Naomi Mandel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441162137

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Novels of the Contemporary Extreme by Alain-Philippe Durand,Naomi Mandel Pdf

This book investigates a new form of fiction that is currently emerging in contemporary literature across the globe. 'Novels of the contemporary extreme' - from North and South America, from Europe, and the Middle East - are set in a world both similar to and different from our own: a hyper real, often apocalyptic world progressively invaded by popular culture, permeated with technology and dominated by destruction. While their writing is commonly classified as 'hip' or 'underground' literature, authors of contemporary extreme novels have often been the center of public controversy and scandal; they, and their work, become international bestsellers. This collection of essays identifies and describes this international phenomenon, investigating the appeal of these novels' styles and themes, the reasons behind their success, and the fierce debates they provoked.

Author : Michael Bonner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400827381

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Jihad in Islamic History by Michael Bonner Pdf

What is jihad? Does it mean violence, as many non-Muslims assume? Or does it mean peace, as some Muslims insist? Because jihad is closely associated with the early spread of Islam, today's debate about the origin and meaning of jihad is nothing less than a struggle over Islam itself. In Jihad in Islamic History, Michael Bonner provides the first study in English that focuses on the early history of jihad, shedding much-needed light on the most recent controversies over jihad. To some, jihad is the essence of radical Islamist ideology, a synonym for terrorism, and even proof of Islam's innate violence. To others, jihad means a peaceful, individual, and internal spiritual striving. Bonner, however, shows that those who argue that jihad means only violence or only peace are both wrong. Jihad is a complex set of doctrines and practices that have changed over time and continue to evolve today. The Quran's messages about fighting and jihad are inseparable from its requirements of generosity and care for the poor. Jihad has often been a constructive and creative force, the key to building new Islamic societies and states. Jihad has regulated relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, in peace as well as in war. And while today's "jihadists" are in some ways following the "classical" jihad tradition, they have in other ways completely broken with it. Written for general readers who want to understand jihad and its controversies, Jihad in Islamic History will also interest specialists because of its original arguments.

Author : Syrithe Pugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000356588

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Euhemerism and Its Uses by Syrithe Pugh Pdf

The first interdisciplinary study of the long history of an important phenomenon in European intellectual and cultural history / Fills an important gap in the history of ideas / Will appeal to scholars and students of classical reception, mediaeval and Renaissance literature, historiography, and theories of myth and religion

Author : Jean Lorrain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Novel
ISBN : 1943679037

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Monsieur de Bougrelon by Jean Lorrain Pdf

Fiction. LGBT Studies. French Literature. Translated from the French by Eva Richter. In Jean Lorrain's MONSIEUR DE BOUGRELON, an eccentric, outmoded dandy leads ennui-filled French tourists around misty Amsterdam. Guiding them through sailors' bars, whorehouses, and costume galleries, Monsieur de Bougrelon recounts hallucinatory stories of his past and delves into his heroic friendship with his aristocratic companion Monsieur de Mortimer. MONSIEUR DE BOUGRELON is a unique character: loquacious, proud, a leftover from an earlier age, wearing garish outfits and makeup that drips. To his speechless audience, he waxes nostalgic about his life as an exile in Holland, as well as what he calls imaginary pleasures - obsessions with incongruous people, animals, and objects. These obsessions are often sexual or border on the sexual, leading to shocking, surreal scenes. MONSIEUR DE BOUGRELON also enthuses over his beautiful friend Monsieur de Mortimer, making this novella one of the rare works of the nineteenth century to broach homosexuality in a meaningful way, years before Jean Cocteau and Jean Genet. Originally published in French in 1897, MONSIEUR DE BOUGRELON is now available in English translation for the first time. Its inventiveness and sheer decadence find kindred spirits in the novels of Comte de Lautréamont, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and even Louis-Ferdinand Céline, while the novella's indulgent language and unconventional vision of art and sex embody the best of fin-de-siècle literature. It is, in the novella's own words, a true boudoir of the dead.