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This book analyses Zonaras' twelfth-century chronicle as both a literary composition and a historical account, concentrating on its composition, sources, and political, ideological, and literary background. Kampianaki aims to present it as a work which seamlessly merges the traditions of chronicle writing and classicizing historiography.

This text analyses Zonaras' twelfth-century chronicle as both a literary composition and a historical account, concentrating on its composition, sources, and political, ideological, and literary background. Kampianaki aims to present it as a work which seamlessly merges the traditions of chronicle writing and classicizing historiography.

This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM). ; Working class. ; Labor movement.

Presently in collective consciousness there was a steady perception of Spain as the safe state entering into group of the countries, being a support of the European integration. The impression was made that Spain, despite difficulties of its historical development, at last found the national identity, having created from regions and national lands making it the new multicultural community fastened in a whole by a tolerant, educated and authoritative monarchy. However the world economic crisis which has begun in 2008 destroyed the Spanish idyll, having aggravated old and having generated new contradictions. Traditionally painful problem for Spain was existence of centrifugal tendencies at the heart of which two main reasons lay: manifestations of the nationalism peculiar to those areas where Catalan, Basque and Galician nationalities historically lived, and a regionalism caused by aspiration of local elite to bigger distance from Madrid. Considering features of pre-Roman history of Spain, the author seeks to understand, whether sources of modern separatism can originate in an extreme antiquity. Following the results of research the conclusion is drawn that most boldly "link of times" is traced on the example of Basques, the part of which intellectual elite seeks to use features of origin and historical development of these people for a reinforcement of current nationalist and separatist trends. The author considers that the history has to serve as the bridge between the people, instead of put up between them a new wall.

Recent years have seen growing interest in the literature of early modern favouritism and the poetry inspired by, and for, one of the period's most infamous royal favourites, George Villers, duke of Buckingham. This essay explores one relevant text that has received comparatively little attention: The Emperor's Favourite is an anonymous seventeenth-century manuscript tragedy preserved in the library of the Newdigates of Arbury Hall (MS A414). Probably written between 1627-1632?, and based on the playwright's reading of classical authors such as Juvenal, Suetonius, and Tacitus, The Emperor's Favourite superficially dramatizes the tragic rise and fall of Crispinus, corrupt favourite of tyrannical Roman Emperor Nero, but a series of contemporary parallels makes it clear that the play offers an oblique critique of the career of Buckingham and the Stuart court, thus tapping into topical anxieties about Buckingham's influence and the effects of royal favouritism more generally.

Some notable iudicia populi on capital charges.--The Transpadane question and the alien act of 65 or 64.--The agrarian proposal of Rullus in 63.--Political and legal aspects of the trial of Rabirius.--Caesar's colony at Novum Comum in 59 B.C.--Caesar's legal position in Gaul from 52 to 49 B. C.--The table of Veleia or the lex Rubria.--The table of Heraclea and the lex Iulia municipalis.--On the lex Iulia municipalis.--Cicero's argument in Pro Balbo 8.19-22. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This article discusses different historiographical approaches that dominated the studies on early imperial Roman history during the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In order to do this, it focuses on two historiographic controversies: in the first place, the modernist-primitivist debate concerning economic history; in the second place, the debate about the constitutionalist approach to Roman politics, and the criticism it attracted. We conclude that historians have paid great attention to the elements that characterize the different spheres of social life, and to the reasons why scholars ought to favour one of them - especially whether to consider more structural or more dynamic aspects of social life. Our article considers the challenges in surveying the elements that integrate and separate these different spheres, i.e. the frontiers, suggesting possible approaches to overcome these limits, mainly by paying attention to their boundaries and connections. ; O artigo discute as diversas abordagens historiográficas que predominaram nos estudos da história do Principado Romano durante o século 20 e início do século 21. Para isso, analisamos, em particular, dois importantes debates. O primeiro deles diz respeito à história econômica. Trata-se do debate modernista-primitivista. O segundo está ligado à história política e nos leva à abordagem constitucionalista e às críticas feitas a essa perspectiva. Concluímos que os historiadores têm dado bastante atenção ao que caracteriza cada uma das diferentes esferas da vida social e os motivos que temos para dar mais importância a cada uma delas, especialmente considerando aspectos da vida social que sejam mais estruturais ou mais dinâmicos. Indicamos a importância de levantar o que une essas esferas da vida social, e o que integra e separa essas esferas, em uma palavra: para as fronteiras. Por fim, o artigo apresenta alguns caminhos para realizar essa tarefa, particularmente propondo que se dê atenção ao que separa e liga esses campos da vida social.