MU Libraries New Books: History - Greece

About the new book list

11/18/2009

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Céramique géométrique d'Érétrie / Samuel Verdan, Anne Kenzelmann Pfyffer, Claude Léderrey. (11/18/2009)

11/18/2009

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Call #: DF221.E7 E7 20

La tombe aux Érotes et la tombe d'Amarynthos : architecture funéraire et présence macédonienne en Grèce centrale / Caroline Huguenot. (11/18/2009)

11/18/2009

Call #: DF221.E7 E7 19

Spartans : a new history / Nigel M. Kennell. (10/28/2009)

10/28/2009

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Review

"Kennell displays admirable historical judgment, aided by a first-hand knowledge of Spartan landscapes and archaeology. His presentation of Spartan history is wide-ranging and his conclusions are informed by the very latest scholarly thinking."
Graham Shipley, University of Leicester

"Nigel Kennell provides an expert overview of Spartan history from the Archaic to the Roman periods. Spartans: A New History will be an essential tool for all serious students and teachers of ancient history."
Ellen Millender, Reed College

Call #: DF261.S8 K45 2010

The Aegean and its cultures : proceedings of the first Oxford-Athens graduate student workshop organized by the Greek Society and the University of Oxford Taylor Institution, 22-23 April 2005 / edited by Georgios Deligiannakis, Yannis Galanakis. (10/28/2009)

10/28/2009

Call #: DF261.A177 A33 2009

Lost to the West : the forgotten Byzantine Empire that rescued Western civilization / Lars Brownworth. (10/21/2009)

10/21/2009

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From Publishers Weekly

The once common idea that the lights went out on classical and Western civilization when Rome fell in 476 C.E. has long since been debunked, but Brownsworth weighs in to illustrate that the Roman Empire's center of power simply shifted to Constantinople. In a narrative by turns spellbinding and prosaic, Brownsworth marches us through centuries of history, beginning long before the fall of Rome, and introduces the successive rulers of Byzantium, from Christian emperors to Muslim sultans, detailing a culture he describes as both familiar and exotic. He follows religious, political and cultural change up through the Islamic conquest of 1453. Christian refugees fled Byzantium into Europe, taking with them their longstanding love of ancient culture and introducing Western Europe to Plato, Demosthenes, Xenophon, Aeschylus and Homer, fanning the flames of the renaissance of Hellenistic culture that had already begun in various parts of Europe. Although Brownsworth admirably illustrates the ways that the Byzantine Empire lives on even today, Judith Herrin's Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire offers a more compelling and thorough history of this empire. Maps. (Sept.)
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Call #: DF552 .B76 2009

Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman & early Christian antiquity : seeing the gods / edited by Jaś Elsner and Ian Rutherford. (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

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Review

...a vital contribution to the study of ancient pilgrimage and to studies in ancient religion...one of the essential works in the field. Matthew Dillon, Journal of Hellenic Studies [The essays] raise important issues and offer stimulating examples that will help move the discussion [on the subject] forward. Richard S. Ascough, Journal of the American Academy of Religion It would be an important addition to university libraries Robert Tatam, The Journal of Classics Teaching

Call #: DF121 .P55 2005

Zeit der Helden : die "dunklen Jahrhunderte" Griechenlands 1200-700 v. Chr. / herausgegeben vom Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe [Redaktion, Claus Hattler]. (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

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Call #: DF220.5 .Z458 2008

Les céramiques d'usage quotidien à Thasos au IVe siècle avant J.-C. / Francine Blondé avec la collaboration de Maurice Picon. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

Call #: DF261.T2 E3 20