Money Circulation in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Time, Range, Intensity

Money Circulation in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Time, Range, Intensity Review

The question as to how money circulated in Europe from Antiquity to the 17th century still remains unsolved. The studies in this volume, based on new finds and new scientific methods, contribute more results. They concern different aspects of the question, including the role of Celtic coins in Moravia in the light of the sensational finds from Nemcice, the inflow of dirhams and their imitations into Baltic, and the comparison of silver circulation in Scandinavia, old Prussia and Germany in the Viking-Age. The beginnings of coinage in Bohemia and Lithuania are also studied. -------------------------- CONTENTS: Preface / Ryszard Kiersnowski (Wilno 4 November 1925 - Warszawa 7 July 2006) / The Fiftieth Anniversary of 'Wiadomosci Numizmatyczne' / Fundmuenzen vom Keltenzentrum Nemcice (Maehren): Beitrag zum keltischen Muenzumlauf im Mitteldonaugebiet / Some Remarks on Monetary Circulation in Viking-Age Scandinavia / Monetary Circulation in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries: A Short Survey in the Light of Die Studies / The Marking of Dirhams at Some Principal Samanid Mints / Coin Finds in the Viking-Age Emporium at Janow Pomorski (Truso) and the 'Prussian Phenomenon' / Coin Circulation in Viking-Age Germany / The 10th Century Bohemian Deniers in the Light of Revised Finds / Die Muenzen des Fundes von Ulejno (Grosspolen), tpq 1009 / Monetary Circulation in Denmark from c. 1100 to c. 1500 / Coins and Coin Circulation in Medieval Finland / The Circulation of the Earliest Lithuanian Coins / Zur Interpretation der Zeugenaussage der Muenzfunde ueber den Geldumlauf in Boehmen im 16. und in der 1. Haelfte des 17. Jahrhunderts

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World Review

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization.

Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the Indo-European languages and English--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama (Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies)

Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama (Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies) Review

This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's parallel development in early modern Venice, including the commedia dell'arte; and, along with a consideration of Anglo-Italian intertextuality, the character's subsequent flourishing on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. In outlining the character's development, Ellis identifies and describes the physical and behavioral characteristics of the comic old man and situates these traits within early modern society by considering prevailing medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflict over political and economic circumstances. The plays examined include Italian dramas by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, Niccolo Machiavelli, Donato Giannotti, Lorenzino de' Medici, Andrea Calmo, and Flaminio Scala, and English works by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Dekker, along with Middleton, Rowley, and Heywood's "The Old Law". Besides providing insight into stage representations of aging, this book illuminates how early modern people conceived of and responded to the experience of growing old and its social, economic, and physical challenges.

The Three Little Pigs, Softcover, Beginning to Read (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read)

The Three Little Pigs, Softcover, Beginning to Read (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read) Review

This collection features 96 books to give primary students varied book choices in a wide range of reading levels. Many of the books by well-known author, poet, and former first grade teacher Margaret Hillert. The series is divided in to four child-centered collections. Reading levels 1.1-1.3.

The range and originality of conservative reflection.(Editorial): An article from: Modern Age

The range and originality of conservative reflection.(Editorial): An article from: Modern Age Review

This digital document is an article from Modern Age, published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc. on June 22, 2008. The length of the article is 1242 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The range and originality of conservative reflection.(Editorial)
Author: R.V. Young
Publication:Modern Age (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2008
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc.
Volume: 50 Issue: 3 Page: 195(3)

Article Type: Editorial

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