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A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the
First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather
than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade
(1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western
historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century,
beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade
and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and
verse. From the time when many of these accounts were first
assembled in printed form by Jacques Bongars in the early
seventeenth century, and even more so since their collective
appearance in the great nineteenth-century compendium of crusade
texts, the Recueil des historiens des croisades, narrative
histories have come to be regarded as the single most important
resource for the academic study of the early crusade movement. But
our understanding of these texts is still far from satisfactory.
This ground-breaking volume draws together the work of an
international team of scholars. It tackles the disjuncture between
the study of the crusades and the study of medieval
history-writing, setting the agenda for future research into
historical narratives about or inspired by crusading. The basic
premise that informs all the papers is that narrative accounts of
crusades and analogous texts should not be primarily understood as
repositories of data that contribute to a reconstruction of events,
but as cultural artefacts that can be interrogated from a wide
range of theoretical, methodological and thematic perspectives.
MARCUS BULL is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval
and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; DAMIEN KEMPF is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at
the University of Liverpool. Contributors: Laura Ashe, Steven
Biddlecombe, Marcus Bull, Peter Frankopan, Damian Kempf, James
Naus, Lean Ni Chleirigh, Nicholas Paul, William J. Purkis, Luigi
Russo, Jay Rubenstein, Carol Sweetenham,
This book comprises proceedings from the Third International
Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in
May 2012. This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed
“nutrition and cancer” from different perspectives and on the
basis of distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches. Knowledge
on the relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer is explored in
a number of contributions, and the role of dietary intervention in
cancer patients is discussed. Issues of vital interest to the
research community, such as epidemiological and experimental
oncology (genetics, epigenetics, and the mechanisms of action of
natural compounds in the diet), receive detailed consideration. A
further key topic is the emerging molecular technologies (the
“omics”) that can cast light on the interplay between nutrition
and human malignancies. Chapters take the form of reviews that
include sections presenting expert opinions.
This book comprises proceedings from the Third International
Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in
May 2012. This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed "nutrition
and cancer" from different perspectives and on the basis of
distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches. Knowledge on the
relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer is explored in a
number of contributions, and the role of dietary intervention in
cancer patients is discussed. Issues of vital interest to the
research community, such as epidemiological and experimental
oncology (genetics, epigenetics, and the mechanisms of action of
natural compounds in the diet), receive detailed consideration. A
further key topic is the emerging molecular technologies (the
"omics") that can cast light on the interplay between nutrition and
human malignancies. Chapters take the form of reviews that include
sections presenting expert opinions.
This volume includes contributions presented at the Second
International Sym posium on Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples,
Italy, in October 1998 at the National Tumor Institute "Fondazione
Pascale." During the Conference, experts from different disciplines
discussed pivotal and timely subjects on the interactions between
human nutrition and the development of malignancies. Comparing the
themes of this Meeting with those discussed at the First Sympo sium
in 1992, the major scientific advancements certainly derive from
the extensive use of molecular approaches to perform research in
nutrition. Moreover, the fundamental observation of R. Doll and R.
Peto (1981), which suggested that at least 35% of all cancers (with
large differences among different tumors) might be prevented by
dietary regimens, has been definitively confirmed by
epidemiological studies. On the other hand, the relationships
between diet and cancer are quite intricate and complex; it is
difficult, and at the same time not methodologically correct, to
reduce them to simple terms. Metabolic and hormonal factors,
contaminants and biological agents, and deficiency of specific
protective nutrients are all pieces of the same puzzle."
The major scientific advancements in the study of nutrition and
cancer in the last six years derive from the extensive use of
molecular approaches to perform research in the nutritional field.
Moreover, the fundamental observation of R. Doll and R. Peto
(1981), which suggested that at least 35% of all cancers (with
large differences among different tumors) might be prevented by
dietary regimens, has been definitively confirmed by
epidemiological studies. The molecular studies reported in this
volume include all of the major aspects of investigation on human
nutrition and malignant transformation. In the last decade a large
number of compounds responsible for the biological activity of
human foods has been identified and characterized. These molecules
not only include important and well-known risk factors but, most
promising, compounds, which might exert chemopreventive activity.
Among them, antioxidants (such as vitamins, phenols, and lycopene)
seem to play a critical role in reducing the risk of cancer at
different anatomical sites, including colon, breast, and prostate
malignancies. Other molecules, derived from fiber bacterial
intestinal degradation (short fatty acids), are of interest, even
if their importance has not been completely unraveled and is still
the subject of debate.
A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the
First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather
than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade
(1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western
historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century,
beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade
and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and
verse. From the time when many of these accounts were first
assembled in printed form by Jacques Bongars in the early
seventeenth century, and even more so since their collective
appearance in the great nineteenth-century compendium of crusade
texts, the Recueil des historiens des croisades, narrative
histories have come to be regarded as the single most important
resource for the academic study of the early crusade movement. But
our understanding of these texts is still far from satisfactory.
This ground-breaking volume draws together the work of an
international team of scholars. It tackles the disjuncture between
the study of the crusades and the study of medieval
history-writing, setting the agenda for future research into
historical narratives about or inspired by crusading. The basic
premise that informs all the papers is that narrative accounts of
crusades and analogous texts should not be primarily understood as
repositories of data that contribute to a reconstruction of events,
but as cultural artefacts that can be interrogated from a wide
range of theoretical, methodological and thematic perspectives.
MARCUS BULL is Andrew W Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval
and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; DAMIEN KEMPF is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at
the University of Liverpool. Contributors: Laura Ashe, Steven
Biddlecombe, Marcus Bull, Peter Frankopan, Damian Kempf, James
Naus, Lean Ni Chleirigh, Nicholas Paul, William J. Purkis, Luigi
Russo, Jay Rubenstein, Carol Sweetenham,
Analyses of different aspects of the history of warfare in the
Mediterranean in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The kingdom of
Sicily plays a huge part in the history of the Norman people; their
conquest brought in a new era of invasion, interaction and
integration in the Mediterranean, However, much previous
scholarship has tended to concentrate on their activities in
England and the Holy Land. This volume aims to redress the balance
by focusing on the Hautevilles, their successors and their
followers. It considers the operational, tactical, technical and
logistical aspects of the conduct of war in the South throughout
the eleventh and twelfth centuries, looking also at its impact on
Italian and Sicilian multi-cultural society. Topics include the
narratives of the Norman expansion, exchanges and diffusion between
the "military cultures" of the Normans and the peoples they
encountered in the South, and their varied policies of conquest,
consolidation and expansion in the different operational theatres
of land and sea.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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