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Power and Justice in Medieval England
The Law of Patronage and the Royal Courts
How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law Appointing a parson to the local church following a vacancy—an “advowson”—was one of the most important rights in medieval England....
The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 1
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenus
"An important event in the world of scholarship.”—London Review of Books “Will probably become the standard English version of the complete dialogues.”—Anthony C. Daly, S.J., Modern Schoolman...
The Corinthian Body
In this intriguing discussion of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, Dale Martin contends that Paul's various disagreements with the Corinthians were the result of a fundamental conflict over the ideological construction...
Learn to Read Greek
Textbook, Part 2
Learn to Read Greek is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors’ Learn to Read Latin, published in 2004. Like its Latin predecessor, it...
The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple, 1756-1795
Volume 1: 1756-1777
This is the first of two volumes collecting the letters of James Boswell and the friend who knew him longer and more intimately than any other, William Johnson Temple (1739-1796), clergyman and essayist. Meeting as university...
The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Series 4)
Volume 3 4-3, 1811-1820
This is the last of three volumes of selected correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820), America’s first professional architect and engineer. Covering the final decade of Latrobe’s life,...
The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection
Three Volumes
The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, is considered one of the greatest art collections of the twentieth century. It originated in the 1930s when Robert Sainsbury, a collector of...
The Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1799-1820 (Series 1)
Volume 3 1-3, From Philadelphia to New Orleans
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was best known as the architect of the United States Capitol. His career as surveyor, architect, engineer took him to many places in the US, and in close contact with Thomas Jefferson. Also known for...
The English Castle
1066-1650
From coast to coast, the English landscape is still richly studded with castles both great and small. As homes or ruins, these historic buildings are today largely objects of curiosity. For centuries, however, they were at the...
A Concise History of Ornithology
Who are the pioneering scientists who have contributed to our knowledge about birds? How has the science of ornithology developed over the past centuries? This educational and entertaining book explores the history of...