The carnyx in Iron Age Europe: the Deskford carnyx in its European context Ashok SwainThe carnyx, an animal headed bronze horn, once echoed across Iron Age Europe. Now, after centuries of silence, this book presents a full picture of this dramatic instrument. It considers the rare surviving fragments, with a detailed study of the Deskford carnyx from north east Scotland, alongside depictions from Iron Age and Classical art.
focusing on the EU as an emerging global player in contemporary international relations
‘The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville’ contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser- known writings on colonies
This book looks at the economic impact of the transition from white to black rule in South Africa in the 1990s
as well as what shaped such attitudes
The only modern publication on the mosaics of the major Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki aimed at specialist and general reader
Its chief concern is how actors undertook to translate words and concepts into forms legible and significant to an audience
The heat of Beowulf reexamines the aesthetics of the longest surviving Old English poem through the poetics of twentieth-century poets Jack Spicer
This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism
Queer cinema in contemporary France traces the development of the meaning of queer across five French directors’ careers
where the line of authentic reality lies
and later Qur'anic
and discusses all his comedies
