The Greek Civil War

Thanasis D Sfikas

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Half a century after the civil war which tore apart Greek society in the 1940s, the essays in this volume look back to examine the crisis. They bring ... Lees meer

Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present: Visions and Realities

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 19
• This volume is published in honour of the acclaimed work of Robert Holland, historian of the British Empire and the Mediterranean, and it brings toget... Lees meer

Authority in Byzantium

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• The invisible force of authority bound the diverse groups in the Byzantine state and maintained its existence across many centuries. The present volum... Lees meer

Personification in the Greek World

Judith Herrin

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Personification, the anthropomorphic representation of any non-human thing, is a ubiquitous feature of ancient Greek literature and art. Natural pheno... Lees meer

Music, Language and Identity in Greece

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• This volume brings together experts who investigate the links that connect music, language and national identity, focusing on the Greek paradigm. Thro... Lees meer

Digenes Akrites

Roderick Beaton, David Ricks

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Called variously the 'Byzantine epic', the 'epic of Modern Greece', an 'epic-romance' and 'romance', the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its redisc... Lees meer

Byron: The Poetry of Politics and the Politics of Poetry

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 18
• 'It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics. Only t... Lees meer

Greek Medical Literature and Its Readers

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 20
• This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and ski... Lees meer

Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity

David Ricks, Paul Magdalino

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning o... Lees meer

The Making of Modern Greece

David Ricks

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• In 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less... Lees meer

Digenes Akrites

Roderick Beaton, David Ricks

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Called variously the 'Byzantine epic', the 'epic of Modern Greece', an 'epic-romance' and 'romance', the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its redisc... Lees meer

When Greeks and Turks Meet

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 15
• This book addresses a gap in scholarly literature by bringing together specialists from different disciplinary traditions - history, sociology, anthro... Lees meer

Socrates in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• With contributions by both established and rising scholars, Socrates in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries surveys interpretations and uses of thi... Lees meer

Greek Eyes on Europe

John Muir

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied... Lees meer

Greek Eyes on Europe

John Muir

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied... Lees meer

Alexandria, Real and Imagined

Anthony Hirst, Michael Silk

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Alexandria, Real and Imagined offers a complex portrait of an extraordinary city, from its foundation in the fourth century BC up to the present day: ... Lees meer

Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• With contributions by both established and rising scholars, Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment surveys interpretations and uses of this most... Lees meer

El Greco - The Cretan Years

Nikolaos M Panagiotakes, Translated By John C Davis

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• Exploring all the available sources, this study, which until now was only available in Greek, presents us with an account of El Greco's life up to the... Lees meer

John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 17
• The Emperor John II Komnenos (1118-1143) has been overshadowed by both his father Alexios I and his son Manuel I. Written sources have not left us muc... Lees meer

Music, Language and Identity in Greece

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• This volume brings together experts who investigate the links that connect music, language and national identity, focusing on the Greek paradigm. Thro... Lees meer

Camera Graeca

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 16
• Modern Greece and photography are almost peers: both are cultural products of the 1830s, and both actively converse with modernity. This is the first ... Lees meer

John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 17
• The Emperor John II Komnenos (1118-1143) has been overshadowed by both his father Alexios I and his son Manuel I. Written sources have not left us muc... Lees meer

Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present

• Paperback | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll
• This volume honours and celebrates the work of Robert Holland by bringing together 17 essays, all based on original research, with the focal theme of ... Lees meer

Byron: The Poetry of Politics and the Politics of Poetry

• Hardcover | Engels | Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's Coll | nr. 18
• 'It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics. Only t... Lees meer