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This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death. Their subjects are the speculative thought

The papers collected in this volume all focus on medicine and science (natural philosophy) in the multicultural societies of the Spanish kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, between the 13th and the 17th

This selection of articles complements the volumes previously published by Variorum. Its subject is the history of the Church law of the Middle Ages, and the manner in which it has been

A collection of studies - 12 in English, two in French, two in Italian and one in Spanish - on the Hospitallers of Rhodes and their Mediterranean world, covering various aspects of

This is a selection of articles by Meleze-Modrzejewski (eight in French; two in German) which deal with the question of personal status and family ties in Classical law, both Greco-Roman and Eastern.

These articles discuss the appropriation of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam. After presenting the historiography of this process, the volume focuses on Ibn al-Haytham, one of the

This work deals with the law and legal theory in classical and medieval Islam. Among the topics covered are: non-analogical arguments in Sunni juridical Qiyas; logic and formal arguments in Sunni jurisprudence;

This work offers seven studies in English which investigate climate and climatic change, environmental and ecological evolution and control, and the exploitation of water in ancient Maghreb, during the Roman period.

This collection of studies on the Arab-Persian medieval Islamic world focuses on historical, religious, cultural and literary aspects of the region from pre-Islamic times to the 15th century. Topics include the Arab

This work deals with the history of North Africa in the Middle Ages. It examines the formation of a society increasingly influenced by Arabic, as well as Islamic, culture after the Arab