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Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2005 Winner of the 2005 College Art Associations Alfred H. Barr Jr., Award Winner of a 2004 George Wittenborn Memorial book Award During the last centuries of the Empire of the Romans, Byzantine artists created exceptional secular and religious works that had an enduring influence on art and culture. In later years, Eastern Christian centers of power emulated and transformed Byzantine artistic styles, the Islamic world adapted motifs drawn from Byzantiums imperial past, and the development of the Renaissance from Italy to the Lowlands was deeply affected by Byzantine artistic and intellectual practices. This spectacular book presents hundreds of objects in all media from the late thirteenth through mid-sixteenth centuries. Featured in full-color reproductions are sacred icons, luxuriously embroidered silk textiles, richly gilded metalwork, miniature icons of glass, precious metals and gemstone, and elaborately decorated manuscripts. In the accompanying text, renowned scholars discuss the art and investigate the cultural and historical interaction between these major culturesthe Christian and Islamic East and the Latin West. Continuing the story of the critically acclaimed The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 8431261, this bookthe first to focus exclusively on the last centuries of the Byzantine erais a highly anticipated publication that will not be superseded for generations. Helen C. Evans is Curator for Early Christian and Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. It was a necessity and pleasure in ancient times as well, although the ingredients used often varied from what would appeal to modern tastes. In this informative and entertaining reference work, Andrew Dalby, explores an encyclopaedic range of foods (and drinks) known from the Greek and Roman worlds. Entries range from a few lines to a couple of pages. They encompass individual foodstuffs such as catfish, gazelle, peaches and parsley, as well as utensils, ancient writers on food, and a vast array of other topics, drawn from classical literature, history and archaeology, along with examinations of modern scholarship. Approachable, reliable and fun, this A-Z explains and clarifies a subject that crops up in numerous classical sources, from plays to histories and beyond. It also gives references to useful primary and secondary reading. It will be an invaluable companion for students, academics andgastronomes alike.

Succeed in AP World History Authors Robert Strayer and Eric Nelson provide the historical content as well as the historical analysis skills students need to succeed in AP World History

Las distintas confesiones surgidas en el siglo XVI (catolicismo, luteranismo, calvinismo) se han estudiado como formaciones uniformes que resultan útiles para explicar el proceso de confesionalización de las Monarquias europeas. No obstante, una investigacion minuciosa demuestra que existieron distintas corrientes espirituales dentro de la ortodoxia de cada confesion, apoyadas por partidos o grupos politicos que, a su vez, justificaban la practica politica de sus respectivas Monarquias; los ejemplos son numerosos: las facciones albista y ebolista en la Monarquia hispana defendian dos modelos de organizacion politica y seapoyaban en sendas practicas religiosas; el partido español en la Corte de Luis XIII conectaba con tendencias espirituales misticas y se oponia a los valores politicos y religiosos de Richelieu; en la Curia de Roma, los cardenales formaban partidos o tendencias que defendian modos diferentes de entender la espiritualidad. Igual sucedia entre luteranos y calvinistas: la pugna entre arminianos y gomaristas en los Paises Bajos, o las tendencias puritana y presbiteriana en Inglaterra, etc. Asimismo, las Ordenes religiosas se identificaron con las distintas tendencias y tuvieron valedores, no solo en las Cortes de cada Monarquia, sino tambien en Roma. Las vias para estudiar tales influencias y relaciones son multiples: en primer lugar, la Capilla Real (estructuras, oficiales o sermones que en ella se pronunciaban, asi como la evolucion del estilo y contenido de la musica), y tambien a traves de las corrientes espirituales y Ordenes religiosas que habia en la Corte; con frecuencia, sus miembros escriben los libros que definen las teorias politicas que deben justificar la actuacion de las Monarquias, al tiempo que eran apoyadas y sostenidas por las facciones cortesanas.