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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After Newton: Essays on Natural Philosophy
1st Edition
By P.M. Harman
February 26, 1993
In the period 1700-1850 there took place a major transition in natural philosophy: from Newton’s concept of passive matter activated by ethereal and active principles, to the conception of nature as a self-contained system, its activity being seen in terms of energy and field principles which were ...
Coptic Perspectives on Late Antiquity
1st Edition
By Leslie S.B. MacCoull
February 26, 1993
The transitions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages continue to demand explanation; in the case of Egypt there is the added question of why the Coptic language died out following the Arab conquests. In these studies Dr MacCoull draws on the extensive papyrological evidence, in both Coptic and Greek,...
Etudes sur le grand domaine carolingien
1st Edition
By Jean-Pierre Devroey
February 26, 1993
The origins of the large estate of Carolingian Europe and the role it played in the evolution of Frankish society and economy are the themes of this volume. The first group of articles focus on documentary evidence, especially the polyptychs and their interpretation. Though there is insufficient ...
Newton, his Friends and his Foes
1st Edition
By A. Rupert Hall
February 26, 1993
Over the last forty years Professor Hall has been a major contributor to the ’new view’ of Newton now generally accepted. Essentially this has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newton’s vast, but long neglected legacy of manuscripts, and the first studies in this volume ...
Past and Present in Medieval Spain
1st Edition
By Peter Linehan
December 17, 1992
The studies included in this selection - the opening two being published for the first time - are concerned with various aspects of the history of Christian Spain between the 6th century and the 14th. A recurrent theme is that of the invention of the past: of the manner in which, for reasons which...
Rural and Urban Aspects of Early Medieval Northwest Europe
1st Edition
By Adriaan Verhulst
December 17, 1992
The articles here concern the period from the end of the Roman Empire up to the 10th-11th centuries and the lands between the Loire and the Rhine, most particularly the Low Countries. Rural history forms the subject of the first studies, which focus on the large ’classical’ estates of the ...
Croisades et Etats latins d’Orient: Points de vue et Documents
1st Edition
By Jean Richard
November 28, 1992
This is the fourth selection of Jean Richard’s articles to be published by Variorum; like them, it brings together much widely scattered material. The first selection focuses on the crusading process - the conception and execution of a crusade, the motivation of its participants. The following ...
The Culture of Science in France, 1700–1900
1st Edition
By Robert Fox
November 17, 1992
This volume treats a remarkable period in the history of science in France. The articles in the first of its two sections, concerned with patronage and institutions, explore the structures that fostered research and the diffusion of scientific and technological knowledge, not only in the great ...
Science médiévale d'Espagne et d'Alentour
1st Edition
By Guy Beaujouan
September 24, 1992
The articles in this volume provide a profound contribution to our knowledge of the scientific and intellectual context of the great voyages of discovery in the 15th century, and illustrate the particularities of the development of science and medicine in medieval Spain - for example at the medical...
The City and the Realm: Burgos and Castile, 1080–1492
1st Edition
By Teofilo F. Ruiz
September 24, 1992
The articles in the first part of this volume, two being a revised English version of an article originally in Spanish, examine the place of the city in the historical development of Castile. The focus is the social and economic history of Burgos, and the work is founded on detailed research in the...
Vie chrétienne et culture dans l’Espagne du VIIe au Xe siècles
1st Edition
By Manuel C. Díaz
September 24, 1992
In the 7th century the political and economic situation of Visigothic Spain seemed to grow ever worse, yet it was at this time that there was established a Christian culture that lasted up to the 11th century. This culture forms the subject of the present volume and was the product, the author ...
War and Society in Habsburg Spain
1st Edition
By I.A.A. Thompson
September 24, 1992
The historical study of war in the Spain of Philip II forms the starting point for the articles in this volume. They approach this not so much from a military angle, but as a problem of organization, procurement and finance. In a sense, the articles represent an assessment of the effectiveness of...