Variorum Collected Studies
About the Book Series
The first title in the Variorum Collected Studies series was published in 1970. Since then over 1000 titles have appeared in the series, and it has established a well-earned international reputation for the publication of key research across a whole range of subjects within the fields of history. The history of the medieval world remains central to the series, with Byzantine studies a particular speciality. Other major strands include Islamic studies and the histories of philosophy, science and medicine.
Each title in the Variorum Collected Studies series brings together for the first time a selection of articles by a leading authority on a particular subject. These studies are reprinted from a vast range of learned journals, Festschrifts and conference proceedings. They are an essential resource making available research that is scattered or inaccessible in all but the most specialized libraries.
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The Profession and Practice of Medieval Canon Law
1st Edition
By James A. Brundage
August 04, 2004
This latest collection of studies by James Brundage deals with the emergence of the profession of canon law and with aspects of its practice in the period from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Substantial numbers of lawyers systematically trained in canon law first appeared in Western Europe during ...
Greater Britain, 1516–1776: Essays in Atlantic History
1st Edition
By David Armitage
July 28, 2004
Greater Britain, 1516-1776 brings together a series of studies by David Armitage on the history of the early modern British Atlantic world. The essays examine the history of the Britain and its empire from the 16th century to the 18th and place special emphasis on the intellectual histories of the ...
Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West
1st Edition
By Vern L. Bullough
July 23, 2004
The papers collected here first of all reflect Vern Bullough's concern to examine how knowledge was transmitted from one generation to the next and the impact this had on new developments in medicine and science. Universities, Medicine and Science in the Medieval West brings together the author's ...
Re-enacting the Past: Essays on the Evolution of Modern English Historiography
1st Edition
By Joseph M. Levine
July 14, 2004
How and why did modern historiography take on its present form? Re-enacting the Past addresses the problem in England by looking at some of the ways that the Renaissance and the Reformation affected writing and thinking about history, and left a legacy to modern historiography. Professor Levine ...
China, the Portuguese, and the Nanyang: Oceans and Routes, Regions and Trade (c.1000-1600)
1st Edition
By Roderich Ptak
May 25, 2004
Under the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, China's maritime trade went through several stages of rapid expansion. This concerns both activities initiated by the central government and private seafaring: Chinese ships would sail to ports in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, and foreign merchants ...
Studies in the Origins of Early Islamic Culture and Tradition
1st Edition
By Michael Cook
March 15, 2004
In contrast to the gradual formation of the high cultures of most of the world, the process by which Islamic civilisation emerged and took on its classical form between the 7th and 9th centuries was unusually sudden. The studies collected here are concerned with aspects of this remarkable ...
Science, Technology and Learning in the Ottoman Empire: Western Influence, Local Institutions, and the Transfer of Knowledge
1st Edition
By Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
February 28, 2004
The aim of these studies is to explore the scientific activity and learning that took place within the Ottoman empire, a subject often neglected by both historians of science and of the Ottoman world. Professor Ihsanoglu has been a pioneer in this field. In several papers he analyses the ...
Studies in Italian Sacred and Instrumental Music in the 17th Century
1st Edition
By Stephen Bonta
October 28, 2003
Stephen Bonta's research on seventeenth-century Italian music, particularly for strings, spans more than 30 years. Included in this selection of his published articles is his seminal study of the early history of the bass violin which proved to be the foundation for his subsequent articles on the ...
Between France and England: Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany
1st Edition
By Michael Jones
August 28, 2003
'Between France and England' characterises the role played by most rulers of the duchy of Brittany during the late Middle Ages, before it was finally united with Valois France. These essays (including three appearing for the first time in English) explore political and institutional aspects of the ...
Theodulf of Orléans: Charlemagne's Spokesman against the Second Council of Nicaea
1st Edition
By Ann Freeman
August 28, 2003
Who composed in Charlemagne's name the impressive treatise that repudiates the Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (but which, in the end, the king prevented for religio-political reasons from circulating in his own day)? This series of essays explores in turn the liturgical background, the ...
Francs et Orientaux dans le monde des croisades
1st Edition
By Jean Richard
July 28, 2003
This latest volume by Jean Richard is concerned with the evolution of the crusading movement and with the interaction between crusaders and indigenous peoples of the Near East. The articles look at changes in the concept of crusading, means of financing it, and forms of indulgence; at how the ...
Renaissance Astrolabes and their Makers
1st Edition
By Gerard L'E. Turner
July 15, 2003
This book is about the archaeology of science, or what can be learnt from the systematic examination of the artefacts made by precision craftsmen for the study of the natural world. An international authority on historical scientific instruments, Gerard Turner has collected here his essays on ...