Byzantine women

varieties of experience 800-1200

This volume brings together a group of international scholars, who explore many unusual aspects of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this collection is to investigate the participation of women - non-imperial women in particular - in supposedly 'masculine' fields ...

The responsive museum

working with audiences in the Twenty-Tirst Century

What is the relationship today between museums, galleries and learning? "The Responsive Museum" interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational role of the museum. It unravels the complex relationship of museums with their publics, and discusses today's challenges and the debates ...

Technology and legal systems

The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with ...

Deliberative democracy and its discontents

Deliberative democracy tends to suffer from a lack of literature from the perspective of legal theory. In this book, scholars from Europe and the United States look at the three fundamental questions raised in current deliberative theory: why deliberate, who deliberates and where to deliberate ...

European fair trading Law

the unfair commercial practices directive

The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is the most important directive in the field of trade practices to have emerged from the EC, but it builds upon European activity which has sought to regulate trade practices on both a sectoral and horizontal level. It is an ...

The economics of european integration

theory, practice, policy

Through four previous editions "The Economics of European Integration" by Willem Molle has established itself as a preferred textbook for students of the economics of the EU as well as a reliable reference work for those with a professional interest in the European Union. Carefully ...

Violence in Late Antiquity

perceptions and practices

'Violence' is virtually synonymous in the popular imagination with the period of the Later Roman Empire - a time when waves of barbarian invaders combined with urban mobs and religious zealots to bring an end to centuries of peace and serenity. All of these images come ...

The spanish match

prince Charles's journey to Madrid, 1623

In the spring of 1623 Charles, Prince of Wales, the young heir to the English and Scottish thrones donned a false wig and beard and slipped out of England under the assumed name of John Smith in order to journey to Madrid and secure for ...

The EU-NATO relationship

a legal and political perspective

The EU-NATO relationship continues to develop at a time of significant change for both organizations. Post 9/11, NATO embarked on a fundamental transformation, recasting itself as an organization with global strategic reach and interest, focused less on Europe than ever before. At the same ...

Assessing the extent of China's marketization

China is indisputably one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world; however the character, nature and extent of its market economy status remains in question. This book provides an empirical analysis of many aspects of the developing market economy including: government reform, the ...

Modeling and forecasting primary commodity prices

The publication of this book at this time is particularly important. Recent economic growth in China and other Asian countries has led to increased commodity demand which has caused price rises and accompanying price fluctuations not only for crude oil but also for the many ...

Approaching the EUropean federation?

The European project has within only 52 years achieved a surprising momentum, and the European Union (EU) is now approaching full statehood. The Convention on the Future of Europe has finished its work and handed over a proposal for a constitutional treaty to the Heads ...

Law's practical wisdom

the theory and practice of Law making in new governance structures in European Union

Focusing on new governance structures which promote deliberation, proceduralization, and dialogue, this book presents a theory of law making in the European Union. The empirical substantiation of the book is premised on case studies from the EU, including the Information Society Directive, domain name dispute ...

Courts and judges

Representing the Royal Navy

british sea power: 1750-1815

The church of Mary Tudor

CONTENTS: Introduction: The personal religion of Mary I, David Loades. Part I The Process: The Marian Episcopate, David Loades; The English universities, 1553#58, Claire Cross; Westminster Abbey restored, Charles Knighton; The clergy, the church courts and the Marian restoration in Norwich, Ralph Houlbrooke. Part ...

The counter-Reformation

Catholic Europe and the non-Christian world

Modern scholarship has effectively demonstrated that, far from being a knee-jerk reaction to the challenges of Protestantism, the Catholic Reformation of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was fuelled primarily by a desire within the Church to reform its medieval legacy and to re-enthuse its institutions ...

The Jesuits and the Monarchy

Catholic Reform and political authority in France (1590-1615)

The first three decades of Bourbon rule in France coincided with a period of violent fragmentation followed by rapid renewal within the French Catholic community. In the early 1590s, when Henri IV # Protestant head of the Bourbon house # acceded to the throne, French Catholics were ...

The low countries in the sixteenth century

Erasmus, religion and politics, trade and finance

Xenotransplantation

law and ethics

One of the leading causes of death is organ failure, that is, when one or other of the organs that run the machine we call the body gives out. However, whereas with a machine spare parts can usually replace faulty parts, in the case of ...