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An account of the ways wealth was accumulated and the forms it took in Anglo-Saxon England, with emphasis on recent developments in the study of Anglo-Saxon coins and Domesday Book, and some of their surprising results....

The period of the Babylonian captivity (   c.587-539 BCE) was of seminal importance for the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as for the religious development of Judaism. Jill Middlemas examines the theological thought of the community that remained behind in Judah after the Babylonian army destroyed the Jerusalem Temple and deported the king...

This collecton presents some of the most vital and original recent writings on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, the three greatest rationalists of the early modern period. Their work offered brilliant and distinct integrations of science, morals, metaphysics, and religion, which today remain at the centre of philosophical discussion. These essays...

Based on extensive archival research, English Aristocratic Women demonstrates that aristocratic women's familial roles constituted significant political and public careers that were crucial to the stablitity of their class. It revises traditional understandings of Yorkist and early Tudor politics and provides a unique picture of every aspect of...

An IntroductionA now-classic text, the second edition of this essential introduction to epidemiology presents the core concepts in a unified approach that aims to cut through the fog and elucidate the fundamental concepts....

Knowledge ascriptions, such as 'Sam knows that Obama is president of the United        States', play a central role in our cognitive and social lives. For example, they        are closely related to epistemic assessments of action. As a result, knowledge        ascriptions are a central topic of research in both philosophy and science. In...