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F.E. Peters, a scholar without peer in the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, revisits his pioneering work after twenty-five years. Peters has rethought and thoroughly rewritten his classic The Children of Abraham for a new generation of readers-at a time when the understanding of these three religious traditions has taken on a new and critical urgency. He began writing about all three faiths in the 1970s, long before it was fashionable to treat Islam in the context of Judaism and Christianity, or to align all three for a family portrait. In this updated edition, he lays out the similarities and differences of the three religious siblings with great clarity and succinctness and with that same remarkable objectivity that is the hallmark of all the author's work. Peters traces the three faiths from the sixth century B.C., when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to the time in the Middle Ages when they approached their present form. He points out that all three faith groups, whom the Muslims themselves refer to as "People of the Book," share much common ground. Most notably, each embraces the practice of worshipping a God who intervenes in history on behalf of His people. The book's text is direct and accessible with thorough and nuanced discussions of each of the three religions. Updated footnotes provide the reader with expert guidance into the highly complex issues that lie between every line of this stunning and timely new edition of The Children of Abraham. ?

Christianity. --- Islam -- History -- To 1500. --- Judaism -- History -- To 1500.

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The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great's life. The affective ties of the protagonists of Alexander's Empire nurtured the interest of the ancient authors, as well as the audience, in the personal life of the most famous men and women of the time. These relations echoed through time in art and literature, to become paradigm of positive or negative, human behavior. 0By rejecting the perception of the Macedonian monarchy as a positivist king-army based system, and by looking for other political and social structures Elizabeth Carney has played a crucial role in prompting the current re-appraisal of the Macedonian monarchy. Her volumes on Women and Monarchy in Ancient Macedonia (University of Oklahoma Press, 2000), Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great (Routledge, 2006), Arsinoe of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life. (Oxford University Press, 2013) have been game-changers in the field and has offered the academic world a completely new perspective on the network of relationships surrounding the exercise of power. By examining Macedonian and Hellenistic dynastic behavior and relations, she has shown the political yet tragic, heroic thus human side, thus connecting Hellenistic political and social history.

Families --- Greece --- Civilization --- To 1500

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En 1343, un navire génois, empli de vivres, est intercepté dans le port de Naples par une population affamée agissant sous la conduite de membres de familles nobles. Le capitaine est sauvagement assassiné et la cargaison du navire est détournée. En 2005, dans la province de Naples, trois jeunes hommes menottés sont tués d'un coup de revolver dans la tête devant les portes d'un collège. Quels sont les liens entre ces deux faits divers, l'un et l'autre tristement banals rapportés à leur époque (dans un cas une révolte de la faim, dans l'autre un crime de la Camorra) ? Y en a-t-il même au-delà de leur localisation - mais n'est-ce déjà pas beaucoup quand le lieu en question, Naples, est connu pour être celui du crime organisé et de l'épanouissement d'un système clientéliste mafieux ? Amedeo Feniello invite le lecteur à revisiter l'épisode de 1343 comme étant révélateur de l'identité même de la ville, de la conception d'une « nation napolitaine » spécifique dont les origines sont à rechercher au XIIe siècle, lors de l'annexion de Naples par les Normands. L'intégration au royaume normand de Sicile s'est faite en effet au prix de la concession de larges pans du pouvoir souverain aux cinquante-sept grandes familles napolitaines, créant ainsi une structure politique divisée en parcelles rattachées à un territoire et marquées par une solidarité et un honneur propres. Cette appropriation clanique de la ville, devenue structure mentale, est liée à la vie la plus profonde de cette cité, à son imaginaire le plus archaïque, à sa part maudite, qui s'exprime aujourd'hui comme hier, en 2005 comme en 1343.

Clans. --- Crime --- Insurgency --- Organized crime --- History To 1500. --- History To 1500. --- History To 1500.

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Medieval Dutch literature --- Dutch literature --- To 1500