“…Discussing material culture, language and alphabet, religion (including sacred prostitution of women and boys to the goddess Astarte), funerary custom and trade and expansion into the Punic west, he explores Phoenicia in all its paradoxical complexity. …”

“…In this survey, focussing on the Benedictine monasteries and nunneries in south-west England (including Glastonbury) during the 240 years leading up to the dissolution of the religious orders under Henry VIII, the author discusses the question in terms of 'internal' practice, initiated by Benedictine monks and nuns, and 'external' practice, for which non-monastic agents were responsible; and analyses the historical circumstances affecting the commission and the purchase of art and architecture. …”
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“…Marie-Janine Calic reveals the many ways in which southeastern Europe's position at the crossroads of East and West shaped continental and global developments. …”

“…Focussing on ecclesiastical aspects of the period in that region (Galicia in particular) and secular attitudes to the privatisation of the church, it raises inter alios the question why developments there did not lead to a permanent sundering of the relationship with Rome (or Avignon) two centuries ahead of that outcome elsewhere in the West. 0 In addressing such issues, as well as of neglected archival material in Spanish and Portuguese archives, Linehan makes use of the also unpublished so-called 'secret' registers of the popes of the period. …”

“…At more than twenty great churches, beginning at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis and extending around Paris from Provins in the east, south to Bourges and Dijon, and west to Chartres and Angers, larger than life-size statues of human figures were arranged along portal jambs, many carved as if wearing the dress of the highest ranks of French society. …”

“…The Eurocentric conventional wisdom holds that the West is unique in having a multi-state system in international relations and liberal democracy in state-society relations. …”
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“…Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, the book includes chapters on West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso) and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa). …”

“…Instead of running through this mountain range from east to west (or reverse) and writing one local history after the other, relevant patterns were captured: patterns of control, borders, communication routes, Christendom, settlement, economy, local methods to establish power and traces of local identity. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminary Material / Copyright page / Dedication / Acknowledgements / Abbreviations / Introduction / Chapter 1 A Non-colonial Power in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa / Part 1 The Struggle for National Liberation during the Last Phase of European Colonialism, 1967-1974 / Introduction to Part 1 / Chapter 2 Countering Criticism from the Third World: Switzerland's Stance on White Minority Rule / Chapter 3 Negotiating Foreign Policy on the Domestic Front: Non-state Actors and Portuguese Colonialism / Conclusion to Part 1 / Part 2 A Shift in Cold War Alliances: Radical Regime Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967-1979 / Introduction to Part 2 / Chapter 4 Attempting to Keep a Low Profile: The Revolutions in Somalia and Ethiopia / Chapter 5 Getting Out of a Foreign Policy Impasse: The Decolonisation of Angola and Mozambique / Chapter 6 Improving Switzerland's Image: Relations with Independent Mozambique / Conclusion to Part 2 / Part 3 Armed Conflicts in Africa and the Renewal of Cold War Tensions, 1975-1979 / Introduction to Part 3 / Chapter 7 Manoeuvring through the East-West and North-South Conflict: The Angolan War / Chapter 8 Retaining Western Influence in Africa: The Ogaden War / Conclusion to Part 3 / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Armstrong Gibbs (2:29) -- O holy night (1847/1910) / Adolphe Adam ; arr. John E. West (5:40) -- In the bleak mid-winter (1909) / Harold Darke (4:43) -- The Christ-child (2009) / Gabriel Jackson (5:02) -- Nativity carol (1971) / John Rutter (4:26) -- Jingle bells (1859/1992) / James Lord Pierpont ; arr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A short history of Byzantine inscriptions / Andreas Rhoby -- Some lessons of Byzantine epigraphy / Cyril Mango -- La tentation de Byzance : réflexions sur les inscriptions byzantines vues de la Latinité / Vincent Debiais -- Die byzantinische und die slawische Epigraphik in Bulgarien heute / Vasil Gjuzelev -- Byzantanischen Inschriften des nördlichen Schwarzmeerraums / Audrey Vinogradov -- Drei Grunfragen zu einen Corpus byzantinischer Inschriften / Peter Schreiner -- Die grössen westl;ichen Corpuswerke zu den mittelalterlichren und frühneuzeitlichen Inschriften / Walter Koch -- Corpus delle iscrizioni bizantine e pratiche della cultura scritta : note su questioni aperte e per prospettive future / Guglielmo Cavallo -- Zu den Richtlinien für die Edition byzantinischer Inschriften / Erkki Sironen -- Byzantine epigraphy for the 21st century / Charlotte Roueché -- Introducing Athena Ruby, Dumbarton Oaks' new font for Byzantine inscriprions / Joel Kalvesmaki -- Indices of published Christian and Byzantine inscriptions : an old project carried through with new technologies / Katerina Nikolaou, Irene Chrestou -- Byzantine dedicatory inscriptions and donor portraits (7th-15th c.) : a project in progress at the University of Athens / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti -- Corpus des graffites en Cappodoce : introduction / Mari Xenaki -- Greek graffitti from St. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Wherein We Begin Life on the Road; James Harms-Morgantown, West Virginia; David Citino-Columbus, Ohio; Martha Collins-Oberlin, Ohio; Linda Gregerson-Ann Arbor, Michigan; Richard Tillinghast-Ann Arbor, Michigan; Winnie Cooper; Orlando Ricardo Menes-South Bend, Indiana; Mark Strand-Chicago, Illinois; Karen Volkman-Chicago, Illinois; Lisa Samuels-Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Marvin Bell-Iowa City, Iowa; Dust, Corn, and Popcorn People; Michael Dennis Browne-Minneapolis, Minnesota; David Allan Evans-Brookings, South Dakota -- David Romtvedt-Buffalo, WyomingThe West; Sandra Alcosser-Lolo, Montana; Robert Wrigley-Moscow, Idaho; Nance Van Winckel-Liberty Lake, Washington; Christopher Howell-Spokane, Washington; Wherein the Author Ruminates on RV Life; Mark Halperin-Ellensburg, Washington; Jana Harris-Sultan, Washington; Sam Hamill-Port Townsend, Washington; The Day I Did Winnie Cooper Wrong; Barbara Drake-Yamhill, Oregon; Floyd Skloot-Amity, Oregon; Suddenly in California; Ralph Angel-South Pasadena, California; Carol Muske-Dukes-Los Angeles, California; David St. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Montana -- 27: Slavery in Islamic West Africa; Jennifer Lofkrantz -- 28: Urban East African Slavery; Michelle Liebst -- 29: Slavery in South Asia; Emma Kalb -- 30: Slavery in Southeastern Europe; Viorel Achim -- 31: Injection: The Global Spread of Abolitionism; William Mulligan -- Part 5: Contemporary Societies (1900-Present) -- 32: American Slaveries since Emancipation; Catherine Armstrong -- 33: Slavery in French West Africa; Benedetta Rossi -- 34: Slave Labor in Nazi Germany; Marc Buggeln -- 35: State-introduced Slavery in Soviet Forced Labor Camps; Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal -- 36: North Korean Slavery and Forced Labor in Present-Day Europe; Remco Breuker -- 37: Modern Slavery in the Global Economy; Bruno Lamas -- 38: Injection: Modern Slavery and Political Strategy; Joel Quirk -- 39: Conclusion: Situating Slavery Studies in the Field of Global History; Juliane Schiel…”