Mary Beard

John North

Reader in Classics Mary Beard

Simon Price

Lecturer in Ancient History and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall Simon Price

A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium.

Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

Peter Thonemann

An innovative and intriguing look at the foundations of Western civilization from two leading historians; the first volume in the Penguin History of Europe The influence of ancient Greece and Rome can be seen in every aspect of our lives. From calendars to democracy to the very languages we speak, Western civilization owes a debt to these classical societies. Yet the Greeks and Romans did not emerge fully formed; their culture grew from an active engagement with a deeper past, drawing on ancient myths and figures to shape vibrant civilizations. In The Birth of Classical Europe, the latest entry in the much-acclaimed Penguin History of Europe, historians Simon Price and Peter Thonemann present a fresh perspective on classical culture in a book full of revelations about civilizations we thought we knew. In this impeccably researched and immensely readable history we see the ancient world unfold before us, with its grand cast of characters stretching from the great Greeks of myth to the world-shaping Caesars. A landmark achievement, The Birth of Classical Europe provides insight into an epoch that is both incredibly foreign and surprisingly familiar.

A History from Troy to Augustine

The Birth of Classical Europe

This book presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire.

Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook

Terry Jones

Mark Leckey

Raf Simons

Marc Foxx

Jo-Ann Furniss

Ashley Heath

Ralf Hutter

The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they have earned four Platinum albums, and they are estimated to have sold 30 million albums worldwide. Their iconic status as elder statesmen of Alternative Rock remains undiminished - if anything, their tireless touring has ensured that it has grown with every passing year - and lead singer Robert Smith is an endlessly fascinating figure to successive generations of fans. The Cure's influence reverberates through genres including Emo, Goth, Industrial and Indie Rock. The book is an encyclopaedic A-Z of The Cure examining and riffing on miscellaneous trivia, biographies of the band members past and present, summaries of each album and selected songs, details of the band's various tours and films, and essays on broader topics such as their image, their politics and their influences. Playful, eccentric and irreverent - true to the spirit of the band itself - CUREPEDIA is a comprehensive biography of one of the biggest alternative rock bands in the world. The hardback edition features interior pages printed in red and black ink, a ribbon marker, and bespoke C-U-R-E letter endpapers specially designed by Andy Vella - celebrated artist and collaborator (as part of Parched Art) with The Cure on their album artwork for four decades.

An A-Z of The Cure

Curepedia

Die legendäre Band »The Cure« rund um Frontmann Robert Smith mit seinen toupierten schwarzen Haaren und dem verschmierten roten Lippenstift hat in ihrem bald fünfzigjährigen Bestehen unendlich viel erlebt – Krisen, Auszeichnungen, zahllose Konzerte... Ihre melancholische, kunstvolle Musik und der ikonische Look begeistert Fans auf der ganzen Welt. Mit mehr als 30 Millionen verkauften Alben, zahllosen Hits wie ihrem ersten Charterfolg »Boys Don't Cry«, das saccharinsüße »Friday I'm in Love«, das sphärisch-verstörende »Lullaby« und als erfolgreichste Liveband in ihrem Genre mit Jahr um Jahr ausverkauften Hallen haben sich »The Cure« ihre Aufnahme in die Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 2019 durch harte Arbeit verdient. Simon Price, seit seinen Teenager-Jahren glühender Anhänger der Band, hat die spannendsten, verblüffendsten und unbekanntesten Geschichten und Fakten aus der Bandgeschichte zu einer begeisternden Enzyklopädie zusammengestellt, von A wie abbrennende Matratzen bis Z wie zudringliche Fans. Ein ungemein kenntnisreiche^s, überraschendes und vielseitiges Kompendium für alle Alternative-, Gothic- und »The Cure«-Fans!

Alles über The Cure – 234 Stories & Facts

CUREpedia

A Sourcebook

Religions of Rome

Alan K. Bowman

Martin Goodman

Hannah M. Cotton

Lecturer in Ancient History Alan K Bowman

The essays in this volume cover the whole of the period in which Rome dominated the Mediterranean world. The belief shared by all the contributors is that the Roman empire is best understood from the standpoint of the Mediterranean world looking in to Rome, rather than from Rome looking out. The papers focus on the development of political institutions in Rome itself and in her empire, and on the nature of the relationship between Rome and her provincial subjects. They also discuss historiographical approaches to different kinds of source material, literary and documentary - including the major Roman historians, the evidence for the pre-Roman near east, and the Christian writers of later antiquity. This volume reflects the immense complexity of the political and cultural history of the ancient Mediterranean, from the late Republic to the age of Augustine.

Rome and the Mediterranean World

Representations of Empire

In oktober 2005 werd voor het gebouw van het Europees Parlement in Straatsburg een imposant beeld onthuld. Het beeld, een gift van de stad Agios Nikolaos op Kreta, stelt de legendarische prinses Europa voor, rijdend op een stier. Op een dag werd oppergod Zeus verliefd op de mooie Europa. Om haar in te palmen nam hij de gedaante aan van een prachtige stier, waarna hij haar op zijn rug de zee over droeg naar Kreta. Het beeld in Straatsburg staat zo symbool voor de plaats die Kreta in de Europese geschiedenis inneemt: de mythische prinses zou haar naam aan het latere Europa schenken en zo staat de Minoïsche beschaving op Kreta aan de basis van de Europese geschiedenis. De geboorte van het klassieke Europa vertelt de Europese geschiedenis die loopt van de zogenoemde Minoïsche beschaving op Kreta uit het midden van het tweede millennium v.Chr. tot het Laat- Romeinse Rijk van de 4e en vroege 5e eeuw n.Chr. Centraal in deze beschouwing staan de oude volken uit het noorden van het Middellandse Zeebekken, de Grieken en Romeinen. De volken die rond de Egeïsche Zee, op de zuidelijke Balkan en op het Italiaanse schiereiland leefden waren verantwoordelijk voor de voornaamste ontwikkelingen die de geschiedenis zouden bepalen.

een geschiedenis van Troje tot Augustinus

De geboorte van het klassieke Europa

The A-Z of the Cure

Described as'Rock Book of the decade' by the Guardian in London, this is the fascinating story of this number one- selling, award-winning UK band. Beginning with their childhoods in South Wales, Simon Price traces the lives of the band through their early days, the mysterious disappearance of their songwriter, Richey Edwards, and concluding with the release of their multi-platinum album This is My Truth Tell Me Yours. Classic photos, unseen rarities -- including exclusive pictures from the band's official photographer -- and the most comprehensive Manic Street Preachers discography ever published, make this book unmissable. Has sold over 20,000 copies since its original publication in 1999 Written with the full co-operation of the band, their families, their friends and colleagues in the music industry.

A Book about Manic Street Preachers

Everything

Christoph Schleicher

Evidence from the United Kingdom

Returns to Equity, Investment and Q

David Cannadine

Heads of state today mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial, from Reagan's inaugural to Andropov's funeral. Such spectacles continue to be a prominent part of modern political systems, of varied ideological hue, but their precise meaning and importance often remain unclear. The essays in this book - all specially written for it - address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists, and the traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar, from medieval Europe to contemporary Ghana.

Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies

Rituals of Royalty

Mike Lewis

Chris Elliott

A Call of Cthulhu Double Adventure

The Vanishing Conjurer - Statue of the Sorcerer

Simon R. F. Price

This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.

Religions of the Ancient Greeks

Simon Price

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