habitus mentis enim in corporis status cernitur (St. Ambrose)....Detailed, thoroughly bibliographed (slightly dry) academic studies of gesture. The Chapters are (I will add details as I go along):Introduction. Keith Thomas (Very interesting). pp. 1-14Ch. 1: Walking, Standing, and Sitting in Ancient...
This book contains essays about widowhood through history, what it has meant to be a widow and the experiences of widows. It was a little heavy on the Dutch/English/French cultures for me; I did have several highlights in those sections, but for the most part I could have skipped them. Much more int...
This is the best, most reliable single-volumed handbook I know (in English). It gets right what most writers on the topic do not. It is also devoid of the pretensions and eccentricities of a book like Burkert's Greek Religion. Anyone interested in the topic will do well study this little volume.
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