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Rome in the PyreneesWritten by an acknowledged authority on this period and region, this is the first full-length book published in English of the archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding people the Convenae.
Drawing from the extensive excavation that he has carried out on... | | A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years“A highly-respected series . . . [a] 30-year project known for its high quality of research, editing, and printing. . . . Recommended for all libraries”—Choice
“Like the Crusades themselves, this History will . . . long stand as a monument to the vision of its founders and the dogged persistence... | | Moodle 1.9 MultimediaThis book provides you with everything you need to include pictures, sound, video, animations, and more in your Moodle courses. You'll develop Moodle courses that you are proud of, and that your students enjoy.
This book was written around the design of an online course called Music for an everyday life using Moodle, where teachers and... |
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The Dark Side of Game TexturingA perfect and direct starting point for a beginner game texture artist! "The Dark Side of Game Texturing" is also an excellent reference for intermediate artists, or for those who want to further their digital art skills. Learn how to create game textures similar to the eerie, sinister, and ominous textures seen in great video games... | | Dominicans, Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Crown of AragonWith their active apostolate of preaching and teaching, Dominican friars were important promoters of Latin Christianity in the borderlands of medieval Spain and North Africa. Historians have long assumed that their efforts to convert or persecute non-Christian populations played a major role in worsening relations between Christians, Muslims and... | | Ceramic, Art and Civilisation
In his major new history, Paul Greenhalgh tells the story of ceramics as a story of human civilisation, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. As a core craft technology, pottery has underpinned domesticity, business, religion, recreation, architecture, and art for millennia. Indeed, the history of ceramics parallels the... |
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Dress and Society: contributions from archaeology
While traditional studies of dress and jewelry have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a result of the close relationship between dress and three currently popular topics: identity,... | | Outliers: The Story of Success
Roseto Valfortore lies one hundred miles southeast of
Rome in the Apennine foothills of the Italian province of
Foggia. In the style of medieval villages, the town is organized
around a large central square. Facing the square is the
Palazzo Marchesale, the palace of the Saggese family, once
the great landowner of those parts.... | | The Riddle of the Image: The Secret Science of Medieval Art
From monumental church mosaics to fresco wall-paintings, the medieval period produced some of the most impressive art in history. But how, in a world without the array of technology and access to materials that we now have, did artists produce such incredible works, often on an unbelievably large scale? In The Riddle of the... |
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