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  • The Merovingians in Historiographical Tradition

    From the Sixth to the Sixteenth Centuries

    by Yaniv Fox ...
    The Merovingian centuries were a foundational period in the historical consciousness of western Europe. The memory of the first dynasty of Frankish kings, their origin myths, accomplishments, and failures were used by generations of chroniclers, propagandists, and historians to justify a wide range of social and political agendas. The process of curating and editing the source material gave rise to ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Using Generative AI in Historical Practice

    by Yaniv Fox ...
    Series series Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
    'Using Generative AI in Historical Practice' argues that generative models are reshaping historical scholarship. Rejecting medium - and long -term speculation, it focuses on near-term practice: how historians can use AI now to augment their research through context-aware dialogue, semantic search, network visualization, multimodal source analysis, and code-assisted workflows. It details methods ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul

    Columbanian Monasticism and the Frankish Elites

    by Yaniv Fox ...
    Series Book 98 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
    This study is the first to attempt a thorough investigation of the activities of the Columbanian congregation, which played a significant role in the development of Western monasticism. This was a new form of rural monasticism, which suited the needs and aspirations of a Christian elite eager to express its power and prestige in religious terms. Contrary to earlier studies, which viewed Columbanus ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • East and West in the Early Middle Ages

    Edited by Stefan Esders, Yaniv Fox, Yitzhak Hen, Laury Sarti ...
    From their crystallisation in the late fifth century to their ultimate decline in the eighth, the Merovingian kingdoms were a product of a vibrant Mediterranean society with both a cultural past and a dynamic and ongoing dialogue between the member communities. By bringing together the scholarship of historians, archaeologists, art historians, and manuscript researchers, this volume examines the ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Contesting Inter-Religious Conversion in the Medieval World

    Edited by Yosi Yisraeli, Yaniv Fox ...
    The Mediterranean and its hinterlands were the scene of intensive and transformative contact between cultures in the Middle Ages. From the seventh to the seventeenth century, the three civilizations into which the region came to be divided geographically – the Islamic Khalifate, the Byzantine Empire, and the Latin West – were busily redefining themselves vis-à-vis one another. Interspersed ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The Cult of the Saints

    Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Enlarged Edition

    by Peter Brown ...
    A new edition of the "brilliantly original and highly sophisticated" study of saint worship after the fall of the Roman Empire ( Library Journal).In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly ... Read more

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  • The Age of AI

    And Our Human Future

    by Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher ...
    Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all.Generative AI is filling the internet with false information. Artists, writers, and many other professionals are in fear of their jobs. AI is discovering new medicines, running military drones, and ... Read more

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  • Neighboring Faiths

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today

    by David Nirenberg ...
    Essays on how Jews, Muslims, and Christians have coexisted—or not—over the centuries, from "a particularly incisive and trustworthy historian of religion" ( Commonweal).Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are usually treated as autonomous religions, but in fact across the long course of their histories the three religions have developed in interaction with one another. In Neighboring Faiths, David ... Read more

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  • Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul

    Strategies for Survival in an Age of Transition

    by Ralph Whitney Mathisen ...
    A study of the collapse of Roman rule in ancient Gaul and the shift to Germanic power.Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W. Mathisen examines the "fall" in one part of the western ... Read more

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  • The AI Mirror

    How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking

    by Shannon Vallor ...
    For many, technology offers hope for the future—that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome—not by us, but by our machines. Yet rather than open new futures, today's powerful AI technologies ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Jews of Spain

    by Gerber ...
    The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad (the Hebrew word for Spain) was home to a large Jewish community noted for its richness and virtuosity. Summarily expelled in 1492 and forced into exile, their tragedy of expulsion marked the end of one critical phase of their history and the beginning ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Jerry Kaplan ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    "AI expert Jerry Kaplan explains how generative AI will revolutionize virtually every human activity. Highly recommended." - Francis Fukuyama, Political scientist and author of The End of History and the Last Man Advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) have created a new class of computer systems that exhibit astonishing proficiency on a wide variety of tasks with superhuman ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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