Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes
In: Culture and history of the ancient Near East 54
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In: Culture and history of the ancient Near East 54
In: Textes littéraires français 145
In: Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego volume 10
Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees, and this was true for Judah as well. The Judean priesthood achieved its longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees
In: Textes de la Renaissance 208
"En 1576 l'humaniste Antoine de Laval produit à partir du texte de l'édition princeps publiée la même année à Paris par l'exilé florentin Jacopo Corbinelli la première version en langue française des Ricordi de Francesco Guicciardini. La traduction répond à la nécessité, très vivante en France à la fin du XVIe siècle, de préparer une sorte de vademecum pour la formation du souverain, capable de fournir des modèles universels adaptables à des situations et des contextes disparates dans la pratique politique des ambassadeurs, des conseillers et des secrétaires. Dans un moment de crise du rôle et des fonctions de la souveraineté, Antoine de Laval offre une collection de préceptes pour la cour, afin de défendre l'unité et la stabilité de la monarchie."--Back cover
In: Publications romanes et françaises 238
In: The publications of the Selden Society volume 129
Readings on Westminster I, cc.1-3 -- Readings on Magna Carta, c. 1 -- Other texts on the common law and the church
In: Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance n° 564
Continuing the critical edition of trial texts from the rein of Louis XI, the present volume presents those of John V of Armagnac, Charles of Albret, and Charles the Bold. These texts allow for a fuller understanding of the rebellion against the king, the kingdoms emerging legal structures, and Louiss ability to work within and through the law, all while manipulating it to his needs