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This gendered translation of the Benedictine Rule for women in 1517 is also a handbook for women on exercising authority, management skills and the art of good governance, including monastic property and

This text provides a study of William Byrd's life and works, taking in to account the most up to date scholarship. The biographical section includes many facts about Byrd and his family,

Technology revolutionized the ways that music was produced in the 20th century. As that century drew to a close and a new century began a new revolution in roles was underway. The

The premise of this work is that plays about war and the "art of war" literature proliferating in the 1590s intervene in the military realities of the last few years of Elizabeth's

A dramatic change of political and economic contexts has brought forward the need for spatial planning systems and practices to go through some substantial changes, so as to assert its position or

People who live in the countries of the "Horn of Africa" have faced pervasive and perpetual crisis for a long time: a crisis accentuated throughout the 1990s. This collection of essays examines

This text explains the dynamics of the relationship between the people of the African continent and those of the African diaspora at the end of the 20th century. The text re-examines the

A reassessment of the distinctive features of the Chicago School, its contributions in the theoretical and methodological fields, and its influence on the growth of sociology throughout the world, and in American

This work describes advances and examines emerging problems in engineering psychology and cognitive ergonomics, bridging the gap between academic theoreticians developing models of human performance, and practioners responsible for the design, development

The authors believe that a systematic organizational approach to aviation safety must replace the piecemeal approaches largely favoured in the past, but this change needs to be preceded by information to explain

Based on extensive new research investigating the range of women's involvement in early-19th-century popular politics, mid-Victorian reform and the women's movements of the late century, this work makes an intervention in the

For the first time since its invention, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas. The advent of digital technology has rendered the craft of

Consolidation and concentration trends in banking was the theme of the Academic Archive Colloquium of the European Association for Banking History held in Madrid, June 1997. This volume comprises 18 papers and

This text represents a contribution to the history of the Northern crusades and the Chritianization of the Baltic lands in the Middle Ages, from the beginnings of the Catholic mission to the

Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome in 1600, accused of heresy by the Inquisition. His life took him from Italy to Northern Europe and England, and finally to Venice,

This volume explores the experiences of older women in post-war Japanese society through analysis of their family and housing histories. Three broad themes - family relations, welfare systems and housing - were