Byzantium, a World Civilization
Byzantium, a World Civilization

Author: Angeliki E. Laiou

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780884022152

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These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.

Britain and Poland-Lithuania
Britain and Poland-Lithuania

Author: Richard Unger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008-05-02

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 9004166238

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Twenty-four papers deal with various aspects of the economies, politics, religion, art, and culture of Britain and Poland-Lithuania from the Middle Ages down to the Third Partition, illustrating unexpected similarities and long-standing ties between the two regions.

Recent Studies in the Final Palaeolithic of the European Plain
Recent Studies in the Final Palaeolithic of the European Plain

Author: Bodil Bratlund

Publisher: Aarhus University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Using the regional diversity of environmental & cultural changes that were rapid & would have major use among geographically & geomorphologically different regions, this text aims at inter- as well as intra-regional comparison & contrast of approaches.

History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness
History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness

Author: Lucian Boia

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9789639116979

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Based on the idea that there is a considerable difference between reality and discourse, the author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythicized from the perspectives of the present day, present states of mind and ideologies. He closely examines historical culture and conscience in nineteenth and twentieth century Romania, particularly concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Boia's innovative analysis identifies several key mythical configurations and shows how Romanians have reconstituted their own highly ideologized history over the last two centuries. The strength of History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness lies in the author's ability to fully deconstruct the entire Romanian historiographic system and demonstrate the increasing acuteness of national problems in general, and in particular the exploitation of history to support national ideology.

Ceauşescu and the Securitate
Ceauşescu and the Securitate

Author: Dennis Deletant

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9781563246333

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Deletant (Romanian studies, U. of London) provides an extensive history and examination of the Securitate, Ceausescu's secret police. The first two chapters address the methods used to impose Communist rule in Romania and revolutionize Romanian society. Subsequent chapters deal with Transylvania and Ceaucescu's appeals to national sentiment, the role of Bessarabia in cultivating support, compliance and dissent, central planning, repression in the years 1978 to 1989, and the present state of affairs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia
The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia

Author: Grahame Clark

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1975-01-09

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521204460

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During the Ice Age Scandinavia was submerged under thick ice sheets, and it was only in the subsequent warmer conditions, as the ice receded, that colonisation by plants, animals and men became possible. In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into this area, with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion. The account is carried down to the time (3500-3000 BC) when mixed farming, including cereal agriculture, was being introduced into the area. The book is fully illustrated and documented by many maps and tables. It provides a rounded picture of the economy of the first settlers and their descendants in an area whose archaeological past has been exceptionally fully investigated and documented. The colonisation of Scandinavia is considered in its European context, but the main emphasis lies on the process of change and the continuity of settlement in the territory itself.