Ancient Rome (Häftad)
avChristopher S. Mackay
ISBN: 9780521711494 - UTGIVEN: 200708A short and comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Outlining Rome's absorption of the Italian peninsula, Christopher Mackay explains how this conquest provided the Romans [...]
The Hammer of Witches (Pocket)
avChristopher S. Mackay
ISBN: 9780521747875 - UTGIVEN: 200905The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486-7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, reli[...]
The Breakdown of the Roman Republic (Häftad)
avChristopher S. Mackay
ISBN: 9781107657021 - UTGIVEN: 201206In this new primarily narrative history of the final century of the Roman Republic MacKay aims to get beyond the moralistic and personality based reasoning of the ancient sources to evaulate the causes of the failure of the Republican system. MacKay's thesis broadly stated is that the acquisition of[...]
Malleus Maleficarum (Pocket)
avChristopher S. (EDT) Mackay, Christopher S. (TRN) Mackay, Christopher S. (EDT) Mackay
ISBN: 9781107642393 - UTGIVEN: 2012-01The Malleus Maleficarum is the most famous early modern text on witches and witch hunting. Often known as the 'Hammer of Witches', the Malleus consists of a demonstration of the existence of witchcraft and a discussion of both the practice of witchcraft and cures for the injuries caused by it, toget[...]
