In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become
commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts, the concept of dignity …

This book is part of a comprehensive study of Alcuin that is completed in Alcuin: Theology
and Thought. The whole study owes a great deal to my pupils and colleagues at …

This book complements Alcuin–His Life and Legacy and completes my study of Alcuin's
contribution to the formation of Catholic Christianity in Western Europe at the end of the …

An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention, Westphalia
From Below draws on history and IR theory to offer a fresh analysis of an insufficiently …

This paper introduces the De spiritu et anima, widely copied in the medieval period as a
work of Augustine, but whose authority and authorship was much contested in the 13th …

Starting with the study of Magnus Hundt's Antropologium (1501) and Galeazzo Capra's
Anthropologia (1533), this article will first show that the comprehensive study of humankind …

Miseria y dignidad del hombre en los Siglos de Oro traza, a grandes rasgos, la historia de
los conceptos miseria y dignitas hominis desde sus orígenes hasta el Renacimiento …

The “dignity of man” concerns the human condition and what sets humans apart from other
creatures on earth and in the heavens. The idea had origins in ancient Greek and Roman …

Among the practices of note-taking common in early modern Europe was the annotation of
books. Margins and flyleaves provided space for notes, and text pages allowed for …

Abstract The Carolingian Renaissance was a cultural revival inspired by Charlemagne who,
during his long reign (768–814), extended the Frankish kingdom to include most of present …