Oxford University Press

Leading figures in ancient philosophy present new essays on themes from the work of Richard Sorabji, paying tribute to his great achievements and leading his ideas in fresh directions. Sorabji himself contributes to the volume with a fascinating 'intellectual autobiography'. Contributors Sylvia Berryman, Marcelo D. Boeri, Robert Bolton, Sarah...

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In this book, Christina de Bellaigue uses schooling for girls as a lens through which to examine the lives of women on either side of the Channel. She looks at boarding-schools for girls in nineteenth-century England, exploring the emergence and expansion of private schooling for girls, the recruitment and training of schoolmistresses; the...

A fascinating case study of a province of Alexandretta caught in mandate system of the League of Nations and Great Power Politics in the interwar period....

"e;Character"e; has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but        this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what        someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one        that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular...

Catholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther's own Reformation sermons. She shows that from the...