European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• James of Viterbo: De regimine Christiano

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: R.W. Dyson
  • Editor Bob R.W. Dyson
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  • De regimine Christiano, produced at the height of the great conflict of 1296-1303 between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair of France, is a detailed and rigorous defence of the papacy’s claim to supremacy even in temporal matters.

• The Jewish Body

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Maria Diemling; Giuseppe Veltri
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  • This volume explores perceptions of the "Jewish body" in variety of early modern Jewish sources. It discusses, among other topics, ideas of the ideal body in normative sources, the influence of Kabbalistic ideas on Jewish-Christian discourse and the link between melancholy and exile.

• Jewish Theatre: A Global View

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editor Edna Nahshon

• The Jews in Sicily, Volume 15 Notaries of Trapani

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: S. Simonsohn
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  • This volume documents the history of the Jews in Sicily based on notarial and court records. It illustrates the economic, social, and religious history of the Jewish minority and the relations with the Christian majority. The volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes while the introduction will appear at the end of the series.

• The Jews in Sicily, Volume 16 Notaries of Trapani (end), Erice (Monte San Giuliano), Mazara, Termini Imerese, Corleone and Sciacca

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: S. Simonsohn
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  • This volume documents the history of the Jews in Sicily based on notarial and court records. It illustrates the economic, social, and religious history of the Jewish minority and the relations with the Christian majority. The volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes while the introduction will appear at the end of the series.

• The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth Century (paperback)

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: D. Yeroushalmi
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  • Dealing with some of the main aspects of general history among the Jews of nineteenth-century Iran, this book provides the reader with over 40 selected archival and published sources. Analyzed and annotated in detail, the sources shed light on the general history, community, culture, and religion among Iran's widely scattered Jewish communities.

• Just Wars and Moral Victories

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: D. Whetham
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  • By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare.