War and Warfare in Late Antiquity (2 vols.)
War and Warfare in Late Antiquity (2 vols.)

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-08-19

Total Pages: 1119

ISBN-13: 9004252584

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This collection of papers, arising from the Late Antique Archaeology conference series, explores war and warfare in Late Antiquity. Papers examine strategy and intelligence, weaponry, literary sources and topography, the West Roman Empire, the East Roman Empire, the Balkans, civil war and Italy.

The Cambridge History of Africa
The Cambridge History of Africa

Author: J. D. Fage

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 898

ISBN-13: 9780521215923

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After the prehistory of Volume I, Volume II deals with the beginnings of history from 500 B.C. to A.D. 1050.

Holy Power, Holy Presence
Holy Power, Holy Presence

Author: Elizabeth Dreyer

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780809144853

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Western theology is frequently criticized for not having a fully developed pneumatology. According to these critics, preoccupation with Christology and an excessive focus on the nature and unity of God have come at the expense of a full theology of the three persons. While admitting that there is some truth to these criticisms, Elizabeth Dreyer maintains that those who level them base their conclusions on a narrow range of texts and thus fail to establish a true neglect of the Holy Spirit. Medieval authors offer a wealth of creative language and insight that speaks to the role of the Holy Spirit in contemporary spirituality and contributes to a renewed pneumatology for the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Saint Augustine of Hippo
Saint Augustine of Hippo

Author: Miles Hollingworth

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1441173722

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Here is an outstanding new intellectual biography of Augustine of Hippo, written at once for scholars and students but also for the huge number of intelligent lay readers for whom Augustine is a towering figure in the history of Western civilisation.

The Rise of the Fatimids
The Rise of the Fatimids

Author: Brett

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9004473378

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The book traces the rise of the Fatimid dynasty in the 4th century AH/10th century CE, from its origins in Islamic messianism to power in North Africa and Egypt, and a central position of influence throughout the Muslim world. The first part deals with the problem of Fatimid origins, the second with the establishment of the dynasty and its religious and political programme in North Africa, the third with the success of that programme in Egypt. Using the history of the Fatimids and their doctrine to survey the world of the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the 4th/10th century, the book offers a new interpretation of the role of the dynasty in the history of Islam down to the period of the Crusades.