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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Studies in the History of Medieval Canon Law
1st Edition
By Stephan Kuttner
March 21, 1991
This fourth selection of articles by Professor Kuttner complements the volumes previously published by Variorum. Its subject is the history of the Church law of the Middle Ages, and the manner in which it has been studied. One group of articles is particularly concerned with the broader ...
The Golden Chain: Studies in the Development of Platonism and Christianity
1st Edition
By John Dillon
March 21, 1991
This volume gathers together a series of widely -scattered articles concerned with the great tradition of Platonic scholarship ” The Golden Chain” from the time of Plato himself up into the period of Middle Platonism. The main emphasis, however, is on the first three centuries AD. The first ...
Politique et société en Sicile, XIIe–XVe siècles
1st Edition
By Henri Bresc
February 14, 1991
In the 12th century, under its Norman rulers, Sicily stood as one of the most flourishing regions of the Mediterranean; by the late 15th century it had sunk into the state of semi-colonial depression and dependence that has chartacterized so much of its modern history. It is this transformation ” ...
L'Ibérie Chrétienne et le Maghreb (XIIe - XVe siècles)
1st Edition
By Ch.-E. Dufourcq, Jacques Heers
November 22, 1990
The late Ch.-E. Dufourcq was one of the first to map out the relations between the Christian and Muslim coastlands of the medieval western Mediterranean. These studies reveal the extent of the contribution he made to the subject, and the care and attention with which he handled the scattered ...
Society and Religion from Jahiliyya to Islam
1st Edition
By M.J. Kister
November 22, 1990
In this second collection of his articles, Professor Kister has continued his investigation into the social and religious history of Arabia. The papers are based essentially on a study of the traditions preserved in the early Arabic sources, many unpublished. As the author demonstrates, these ...
Droit impérial et traditions locales dans l'Égypte romaine
1st Edition
By Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski
September 28, 1990
In the first centuries after the Roman occupation of Egypt the local laws and traditions of the Greek-speaking population were brought face to face with the demands and structures of the legal system of the Empire. The articles in this volume examine how the two interacted, and are based upon ...
Les fins dernières selon Origène
1st Edition
By Henri Crouzel
September 27, 1990
This volume is concerned with the eschatology of Origen, the great 3rd century theologian and philosopher of Alexandria. Of all the doctrines attributed to him, those on the resurrection of man and the end of days have evoked the most opposition and controversy, from Antiquity to the Patristic ...
Un temps, une ville, une Réforme: La Réformation à Strasbourg
1st Edition
By Marc Lienhard
September 27, 1990
Professor Lienhard deals here primarily with the first half of the 16th century, a momentous period which saw the rise and first triumphs of evangelical Christianity. His focus is upon the town of Strasbourg, one of the places where the Reformation first left its mark, and the articles combine to ...
Papacy, Councils and Canon Law in the 11th–12th Centuries
1st Edition
By Robert Somerville
March 29, 1990
Professor Somerville deals here with the history of Latin Christianity at a crucial time - the century of the Gregorian reform movement and of the Investiture conflict between the papacy and the empire. The articles are concerned with the policies of the popes, as expressed in their letters and the...
Sur Gratien et les Décrétales
1st Edition
By Adam Vetulani, Waclaw Uruszczak
March 29, 1990
The publication of the Decretum of Gratian marked a fundamental step in the development of Church law: by collecting, classifying and systematising what had gone before, Gratian established a structure that led directly to the Code which rules the life of the Catholic Church today. Adam Vetulani ...
Princes et principautés russes, Xe-XVIIe siècles
1st Edition
By Wladimir Vodoff
September 30, 1989
It was only in 1547 that the ruler of Moscow, Ivan the Terrible, was formally proclaimed tsar, emperor, yet in reality the title had long been in use. Professor Vodoff’s concern in these articles has been to uncover the significance of such usages, as part of the political vocabulary of medieval ...
Saint Bonaventure: Études sur les Sources de sa Pensée
1st Edition
By Jacques Guy Bougerol
September 30, 1989
In the history of Christian thought, St Bonaventure stands out as the pre-eminent Franciscan philosopher of the 13th century and as a key figure in the development of the spiritual theology of the Church. The four studies which constitute this volume present detailed investigations into some of the...