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Robert L. Benson (1925-1996), professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, was one of the most learned and original medievalists of his generation. At his untimely death he left behind a considerable body of unpublished writings, many of which he had revised and refined and in some cases presented in lectures and at conferences over many years. The best and most significant of these previously unpublished writings are collected in this volume. The essays in Law, Rulership, and Rhetoric span Benson s entire career from 1955 to 1994. They comprise a rich collection covering a vast range of topics in political, intellectual, legal, and ecclesiastical history, rhetoric, and historiography. Art historians will find the three essays on medieval images of rulership and medieval art valuable, and literary scholars will be interested in the essays on, among others, Boncompagno da Signa. The volume concludes with several occasional, historiographical essays, including a spirited defense of Ernst Kantorowicz against Norman Cantor and an entertaining talk on the medievalist as literary hero. The volume begins with a brief biographical sketch and appreciation of Benson by Horst Fuhrmann._,

Over 25 years ago, Napoleon Hill, then a young special investigator for a nationally known business magazine, was sent to interview Andrew Carnegie. During that interview Carnegie slyly dropped a hint of certain master power he used, a magic law of the human mind - a little known psychological principle - which was amazing in its power. Carnegie suggested to Hill that upon that principle he could build the philosophy of all personal success - whether it be measured in terms of Money, Power, Position, Prestige, Influence, or Accumulation of Wealth. That part of the interview never went into Hill s magazine. But it did launch the young author upon over 20 years of research. And today we open to YOU the discovery and methods of using the revolutionary force which Carnegie quietly hinted at. The thrilling methods of using it are now taught in eight textbooks known as the LAW OF SUCCESS. In the trail of the LAW OF SUCCESS lessons come accomplishments, not mere entertainment and time-killing diversion. There come larger businesses, bugger bank accounts, fatter pay envelopes, small enterprises given new life and power to grow, low-pay employees shown how to gain advancement by leaps and bounds. Think and Grow Rich is Napoleon Hill s newest book, based upon his famous LAW OF SUCCESS philosophy. His work and writings have been praised by great leaders in finance, education, politics, and government._,

The disconcerting reappearance of fascism in many parts of the Western world since the late twentieth century has prompted a re-evaluation of previous political assumptions. One of the more controversial facets of this process centers on the role of ecological ideas and practices within fascist circles, historically as well as today. The effort by fascist ideologists and groups to appropriate ecology for reactionary purposes has long historical roots in Germany, an aspect of the past that remains urgently relevant for the present. ,From the contested history of the Third Reich to the ongoing attempts by far-right currents to modernize their appeal through the ,selective use of ecological themes, this book traces the surprising background and contemporary significance of reactionary varieties of ecology in Germany and elsewhere. The original chapters have been supplemented by an extensive epilogue exploring the historical and political implications of the ecofascist legacy._,

This research focuses on prehistoric metallurgy and the key role it played for the human communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula (the present-day area of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia and the Principality of Andorra). The study covers the period from the first use of gold and copper during the Late Neolithic to the structured production of the Bronze Age. The role played by metallurgy in each prehistoric community and its relationship with the other elements involved in social life is explained. Questions such as the origin of this technology, its social value in relation to the other productions or the importance traditionally given to it in the development and consolidation of social asymmetries are dealt with in depth in the context of each archaeological group._,

The Tuoba',s success in the development of the Northern Wei as a conquest dynasty in fifth-century northern China is demonstrated as a result of their ability to cross between the traditions and practices of the Chinese sphere and those of the Eurasian steppe, through the construction of a ',dual presence', in the Pingcheng period (398-494 CE). A negotiation of material culture in this formative phase of state-building allowed for new notions of kingship, dynastic identity, and representations of daily life to be (re)created. This was manifested separately through the sculptures at the Yungang grottos, tomb repertoires, as well as the concept of Pingcheng as a capital city._,

South American Archaeology Series No 20This book discusses the relationship between mobility and / or archaeological sites functionality and lithic artifacts. The problems encountered when dealing with such issues are presented from different theoretical and / or methodological perspectives and from different spatial and temporal scales. There is a consensus that, from techno-typological analysis, it is possible to infer differential mobility strategies and site functionality. In this regard, the various case studies that are included in the book allow a tour of different ways to approach these issues from lithic artifacts in Argentina, so this book is a reference contribution for both specialists and general public._,

Collet Est was a Roman pottery workshop located on the Catalonian coast near Calonge. In active use from the 1st century BC to the middle of the 1st century AD, the workshop was used to produce dolia, local amphora, domestic pottery and building materials. In a later phase the site was reused as a necropolis by the inhabitants of the nearby Roman villa of Collet. This necropolis survived until the 5th century, when the Roman villa was abandoned. The excavation of the site in 2002-2003 revealed 19 Roman furnaces, several rooms and open air spaces where the inhabitants lived and worked, and a kitchen full of a fascinating range of well-preserved artifacts. The excavation also uncovered 30 inhumations with associated grave goods.This book presents an in-depth report of the important rescue excavations carried out by the University of Girona',s Institute of Cultural Heritage at Collet Est in 2002._,

Edited by F. Pimenta, N. Ribeiro, F. Silva, N. Campion, A Joaquinito and L. Tirapicos.Proceedings of the SEAC 2011 conference.Since Prehistory, the sky has always been integrated as part of the cosmovision of human societies. The sky played a fundamental role not only in the orientation of space, time organization, ritual practices or celestial divination, but also as an element of power. Migrations and voyages are intrinsic to humankind, they opened the routes for cultural diffusion and trade, but also for power dominance. Following these routes is also to follow cultural diversity and how human societies met or clashed. The sky and astronomical phenomena provided the tools for time reckoning, calendar organization and celestial navigation that supported those voyages. Astronomy today gives us the capacity to reproduce the sky, opening a window through which we can glimpse how those societies perceived, integrated and manipulated the sky into their world-views and their myths and, ultimately, into their social organization. The papers presented in this volume were submitted after the 19th meeting of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture, É,vora, Portugal, 19th-23rd September, 2011._,

A complete analysis of matt-painted pottery from Segesta, Sicily is presented in this volume. The analysis is based on direct examination of thousands of pottery fragments excavated from different contexts, both public and domestic, and from which the author derives a detailed typological and chronological order. The core of this study is the analysis of the functional aspects of the pottery. The complementary relationships between the Greek imports and the possible derivation of certain forms from the local allogenic pottery are highlighted. The research also focuses on other sites in western Sicily employing both published and unpublished material. The archaeological findings of Segesta can be contextualised in a network of relationshipswith other nearby centers within which Segesta is considered a political and cultural reference point. In analysing matt-painted pottery this work improves on previous research and contributes new insights into the lives and networks of indigenous inhabitants of Sicily in the late Iron Age and Archaic Era._,

This book, based on the author',s doctoral thesis, focuses on the funerary customs and the society of the Langobards in the last phase of the migration period. Several theories about identity and ethnicity in the Middle Ages, developed in the field of history, have been used to interpret the archaeological records, from this perspective the funerary evidence holds a privileged position, because necropolises provide the richest and the best preserved evidence for the greater part of the age of migrations. Analysis of the grave goods of 16 necropolises of Austria and Hungary that display the material culture of the Langobard people has yielded interesting results relating to the funerary culture and the society that created these arrangements of grave goods. This analysis has permitted the identification of various data that grant an understanding of the construction and the development of the cultural and social identity of the Langobards during the last phase of their migration.Questo libro, basato sulla tesi dottorale dell',autrice, si focalizza sulle tradizioni funerarie e sulla società, longobarda nell',ultima fase della migrazione. Le numerose teorie riguardanti identità, ed etnogenesi, nate e sviluppatesi in ambito storico, hanno trovato impiego in campo archeologico

Il Museo Egizio di Firenze possiede una delle più, importanti collezioni di Ushabti d',Italia e d',Europa. La collezione consta di circa ottocento ushabti, in origine afferenti a diverse collezioni

El presente libro es una recopilació,n de ensayos de diversos autores sobre el inicio del proceso de independencia y de construcció,n del Estado Constitucional en Venezuela y, en consecuencia, en tod

CAMICIA NERA! È, l',unica storia militare della Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale dalle origini al 25 luglio del 1943 e allo scioglimento di quella che fu la Guardia Armata della Rivoluzione Fascista nel dicembre dello stesso anno che sia stata scritta dopo il classico e oggi introvabile ",Storia dei reparti combattenti della MVSN", pubblicato negli anni Settanta da Lucas e De Vecchi. L',autore, considerato il più, autorevole storico della MVSN a livello internazionale, traccia la storia della Milizia e delle guerre cui ha partecipato dal 1923 con la riconquista della Libia, sino all',Etiopia, alla Spagna ed ai vari fronti della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, approfondendo quelle battaglie, da passo Uarieu a Guadalajara, dalla presa di Santander alla difesa dell',Uolchefit, da Sidi el Barrani al Don, in cui le Camicie Nere si distinsero in modo particolare, sfatando luoghi comuni ed evitando aprioristiche denigrazioni ed apologie. CAMICIA NERA! Vuole essere un',introduzione ad un argomento tanto controverso quanto praticamente dimenticato, con un ampio supporto di organigrammi e documenti. In appendice una ricca raccolta di testi di inni e canzoni della MVSN, materiale fondamentale per la comprensione di come la Milizia si autorappresentasse nella propaganda._,

Emme rossa! la prima opera che sia stata mai dedicata alla storia di tutte le Unit della MVSN che combatterono in Russia, dai Raggruppamenti 3 Gennaio e 23 Marzo alla Legione di volontari croati in camicia nera, nel contesto della storia militare della Milizia e degli avvenimenti del fronte orientale dal 1941 al 1943. Di ogni reparto ricostruita la struttura organizzativa e l attivit bellica. In appendice, le motivazioni delle Medaglie d Oro al Valor Militare e gli inni dei Battaglioni M sul fronte orientale. L appendice fotografica, cortesia dell Ufficio Storico dello SME, include rare foto della Legione croata, e molte foto inedite ritraenti Legionari in azione._,

In this compelling exploration of language, archaeology, and early medieval literature, Max Dashu illuminates hidden cultural heritages. She shows that the old ethnic names for &ldquo,witch&rdquo, signify &lsquo,wisewoman,&rsquo, &lsquo,prophetess,&rsquo, &lsquo,diviner,&rsquo, &lsquo,chanter,&rsquo, &lsquo,herbalist,&rsquo, and &lsquo,healer.&rsquo, She fleshes out the oracular ceremonies of the Norse vö,lur (&ldquo,staff-women&rdquo,), their incantations and &ldquo,sitting-out&rdquo, on the land seeking vision. Archaeological finds of their ritual staffs show that many symbolize the distaff, a spinner&rsquo,s wand that connects with wider European themes of goddesses, fates, witches, and female power. They include Berthe Pé,dauque, also known as the &ldquo,Swan-footed Queen,&rdquo, whose spinning began at the proverbial beginning of time. Veneration of the Fates persisted under many titles, as the Norns, sudice, fatas and fé,es, Wyrd or the Three Weird Sisters.Witches and Pagans looks at women&rsquo,s sacraments in early medieval Europe, a subject that has been buried deep for centuries. Women set out offering tables for the Three Sisters or the &ldquo,good women,&rdquo, chanted over herbs, and healed children by passing them through &lsquo,elf-bores.&rsquo, Spinning and weaving were ceremonial acts with divinatory or protective power, as bishops&rsquo, scoldings reveal. Churchmen also railed against the Women Who Go by Night with Diana or Holda or Herodias, in shamanic flight on spirit animals. This was the foundational witch-legend that demonologists seized upon in later centuries. But witch persecution was already underway, as a chapter on the sexual politics of early medieval witch burnings documents.A thousand years ago, an Old English scribe condemned people who &ldquo,bring their offerings to earth-fast stone and also to trees and to wellsprings, swa wiccan taeca&part,&m

La familia alemana Lí,sperguer, protegida de Carlos V, y de gran é,xito en el Chile y Perú, colonial de los siglos XVI y XVII, ha despertado un enorme interé,s mediá,tico, convirtié,ndose en un verda

Perhaps the history we seek begins in Uruk, a settlement on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates, 225km from modern Baghdad. Uruk, which may be the origin of the modern country-name Irak, was at its height in the 3rd millennium BCE and is important to this history because there was a temple there (Cassin et al, 1982

,The New 2017 Revised Edition has been awarded the APMC Cultural Price at the ,Salon de l',Histoire ,in Paris",I can see the Stalingrad sky glowing in the distance.&rdquo, General Erhard Raus, 6t