Oxford University Press

A major study of the work of St Maximus the Confessor, covering all the important areas of his thought, from Trinitarian theology to cosmology and spirituality....

An extensively illustrated study of the origins of English and Scottish identity in the reading of classical texts which enabled authors and artists to imagine the character and appearance of their forebears. Richard Hingley relates ideas derived from Roman sources to the development of empire, and places theories of origin in a European context....

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In this boldly structured work, Ruggiero tells the stories of those investigated on the charge of being ruled by witchcraft or the will of the flesh in late Renaissance Venice. With an imaginative flair for story-telling and impeccable scholarship, Ruggiero examines the bound passions of the period through these select tales of the Inquisition and...

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The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed        our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the        specific area of language study. Although important studies of the language of the        papyri have appeared sporadically over the past century, we are still dealing...