Frances A. Yates 
Renaissance and Reform [PDF ebook] 
The Italian Contribution

From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power. Turkey forms a historical …

In the burgeoning field of late classical antiquity the authors of late Roman Gaul have served as a mine of information regarding the historical, cultural, political, social and religious development …

First published in 1999. When human populations and their needs change, organizations responsible for their care inevitably react. With the rapidly and significantly increased demand for chronic care …

This book provides an account of actual African experience and African criticisms. It is designed to examine the actual viability of the World Bank“s structural adjustment strategies for Africa, all …

During the past two decades, the surge of religious fundamentalism in the United States and in the Muslim world has resulted in many studies of the status of women and other family issues. This volum …

Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood William …

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. …

This profile looks at how Stalin, despite being regarded as intellectually inferior by his rivals, managed to rise to power and rule the largest country in the world, achievieving divine-like status …

The rhetoric of armed social welfare has become prominent in military and counterinsurgency circuits with profound consequences for the meanings of democracy, citizenship, and humanitarianism in conf …

Illuminating the Darkness looks at the status of blacks and North Africans in Islam. Split into two parts: Part 1 discusses the concept of race, ‚blackness‘, slavery, interracial marriage and racism …