History

Medieval Sovereignty examines the idea of sovereignty in the Middle Ages and asks if it can be considered a fundamental element of medieval constitutional order. Maiolo analyzes the writings of Marsilius of Padua (1275/80-1342/43) and Bartolus of Saxoferrato (1314-57) and assesses their relative contributions as early proponents of sovereignty.

De kerkelijke relatie tussen Bentheim en Nederland is op initiatief van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis onderzocht en beschreven door twaalf vooraanstaande historici en theologen.

In this huge study the author presents a systematic and thematic overview of all concepts and ideas, that are basic and gave shape to Western thinking about history: Jewish and Christian concepts of redemptive history, particularism vs. universal concepts, ethnocentric concepts, typology, eschatology and the apocalyptic.

The aim of this work is to examine the immidiate internal and external circumstances of the Assyrian downfall. The first chapter comprises a short outline of Assyrian history in which special emphasis has been laid upon social-economic, political and military causes of Assyria's vulnerability. The situation faced by Assyria during the last quarter century of her existence is presented in the second chapter. Then the author goes on to a discussion covering the anti-Assyrian coalition and its make-up.

Money and the wheel are two of man’s great mobilizing discoveries. Without them modern life is fantasy. The Limits of Money describes important phases in the evolution of money, starting with the standardization of weights in the Near East 4000 years ago up to today’s electronic currencies.

Since antiquity classicists have debated the true location of Ithaca, the island home of Homer’s mythological hero, Odysseus. With this book Cees H. Goekoop expertly guides readers through the existing scholarship on the whereabouts of the island and details the evidence that still has the power to unite and divide scholars. Goekoop mines Homer’s original text to unearth a wealth of geographical clues and then offers his own theories.