Space matters. It situates our history, structures our daily lives, and often determines what we can and cannot do. Borders are central to this reality. Tools a
This volume contributes to medical history in Antiquity and the Middle Ages by significantly widening our understandings of health and treatment through the the
This volume unites a wide range of papers given at the international conference «Italy and Europe's Eastern Border. 1204-1669» in Rome in November 2010. Its c
Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories—politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws
Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral fo