Celebrates the performance and reception of Greek drama in Oxford. This book traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s.

What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when they represented his mother Olympias as a witch? This title addresses such questions.

Richard Rolle - the Yorkshire hermit, visionary and transmitter of religious counsel - was widely recognised in the later English Middle Ages as a major spiritual author. This book describes each of Rolle's books. It includes an introduction to Rolle's work explaining its significance, examining the transmission of his writings.

Presents a fifteenth-century English translation of De doctrina cordis , the thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns. This book contains ten essays from an international group of scholars of medieval religion discussing this Middle English translation alongside its Latin forebear, and other European vernacular translations.

Presents fifty-two memorials in Latin taken from churches situated (largely in the West Country) where each memorial is accompanied by a translation and by notes on the grammar. This book is intended for those who would like to be able to read Latin epitaphs in churches, and whose knowledge of the language may be sketchy.

A comprehensive exploration of questions relating to food in antiquity in England. The authors investigate the production and distribution of food, social, religious and political factors, medicine and diet, cultural identity and contrasts with neighbouring cultures, and food in literature.

Presents essays on aspects of the history of Devon in the Tudor and Stuart period, this volume includes a reproduction of, and a chapter on, a 16th-century map of Exeter. Other subjects include Countess Katherine Courtenay; tinworking; and legislative activities during the reign of Elizabeth I.

This work covers a wide spectrum of topics relating to the Arabian Peninsula. The series aims at presenting the results of new observations and original research and provides authoritative information intended to appeal to both the specialist and the general reader.

Cornwall's geology has been the subject of considerable interest to academic and commercial geologists due to its diversity and complexity. This volume contains contributions by 21 leading geologists, providing an up-to-date review of current research.

Part of an occasional series covering a range of topics relating to the Arabian Peninsula, including religion, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture and language. Each volume provides authoritative information and presents the results of new observations and original research.

Part of an occasional series of collected papers containing original material dealing with the languages, history, culture and archaeology of the Arabian Gulf area. This work should be of interest to scholars of Arabic and Islamic studies.

Part of an occasional series covering a range of topics relating to the Arabian Peninsula, including religion, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture and language. Each volume provides authoritative information and presents the results of new observations and original research.

Part of an occasional series covering a range of topics relating to the Arabian Peninsula, including religion, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture and language. Each volume provides authoritative information and presents the results of new observations and original research.

This text examines the opinions of residents in South West England to plans for the development of power industries in their region. The key theme is that the responses of local residents towards nuclear facilities and other major developments deserve to be taken seriously.

This anthology collects and analyzes a sample of texts from the late Middle Ages concerned with the writing or reading process. Some 60 prologues and other excerpts are drawn from literary texts as well as from religious, philosophical, historical and other kinds of writing.

Looks at the last years of the mining industry in Devon and Somerset, tracing its decline from a high point in the mid-19th century to near extinction in the years immediately preceding World War I. The book provides basic information on all the mines working in the district during this period.

This a critical edition of a Verne play. The book also contains many of his unpublished letters. The study of Michel Strogoff discusses the genesis and creation of the play, major differences between the novel and the play, and Michel Strogoff as melodrama.