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A facsimile of a previously unpublished musical manuscript. Among
the major composers of the Portuguese "Golden Age," Pedro de Cristo
(c.1550-1618) is at present the least familiar to scholars and
performers. This situation is largely due to the fact that his
music was not published during his lifetime, but is preserved
rather in manuscripts originating (for the most part) at the
Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, where he spent most of his
life. The present work is an edition of the contents on one of
these manuscripts -- MM 33 in Coimbra University Library -- which
was copied by Pedro de Cristo himself towards the end of the
sixteenth-century. It is an invaluable source of authoritative
readings of his music: principally Latin motets for four or five
voices. Also 198 includes musical examples.
This book examines the lasting impact of war on individuals and
their communities in pre-modern Europe. Research on combat stress
in the modern era regularly draws upon the past for inspiration and
validation, but to date no single volume has effectively
scrutinised the universal nature of combat stress and its
associated modern diagnoses. Highlighting the methodological
obstacles of using modern medical and psychological models to
understand pre-modern experiences, this book challenges existing
studies and presents innovative new directions for future research.
With cutting-edge contributions from experts in history, classics
and medical humanities, the collection has a broad chronological
focus, covering periods from Archaic Greece (c. sixth and early
fifth century BCE) to the British Civil Wars (seventeenth century
CE). Topics range from the methodological, such as the dangers of
retrospective diagnosis and the applicability of Moral Injury to
the past, to the conventionally historical, examining how combat
stress and post-traumatic stress disorder may or may not have
manifested in different time periods. With chapters focusing on
combatants, women, children and the collective trauma of their
communities, this collection will be of great interest to those
researching the history of mental health in the pre-modern period.
This volume sheds new light on the experience of ancient Greek
warfare by identifying and examining three fundamental transitions
undergone by the classical Athenian hoplite as a result of his
military service: his departure to war, his homecoming from war
having survived, and his homecoming from war having died. As a
conscript, a man regularly called upon by his city-state to serve
in the battle lines and perform his citizen duty, the most common
military experience of the hoplite was one of transition - he was
departing to or returning from war on a regular basis, especially
during extended periods of conflict. Scholarship has focused
primarily on the experience of the hoplite after his return, with a
special emphasis on his susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), but the moments of transition themselves have yet
to be explored in detail. Taking each in turn, Owen Rees examines
the transitions from two sides: from within the domestic
environment as a member of an oikos, and from within the military
environment as a member of the army. This analysis presents a new
template for each and effectively maps the experience of the
hoplite as he moves between his domestic and military duties. This
allows us to reconstruct the effects of war more fully and to
identify moments with the potential for a traumatic impact on the
individual.
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges
that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to
the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy infantry at the hands
of the Macedonians. This of course is the golden age of the hoplite
phalanx but Owen Rees is keen to cover all aspects of battle,
including mercenary armies and the rise of light infantry,
emphasising the variety and tactical developments across the
period. Each battle is set in context with a brief background and
then the battlefield and opposing forces are discussed before the
narrative and analysis of the fighting is given and rounded off
with consideration of the aftermath and strategic implications.
Written in an accessible narrative tone, a key feature of the book
is the authors choice of battles, which collectively challenge
popularly held beliefs such as the invincibility of the Spartans.
The text is well supported by dozens of tactical diagrams showing
deployments and various phase of the battles.
Articles on English music, from the medieval period to the present
day, centred on four of the major areas of scholarly enquiry. The
major themes of the essays in this collection reflect the work of
the distinguished scholar John Caldwell, professor of music at
Oxford University and a composer in his own right. There is a
strong focus on early music, with contributions considering the
medieval carol, sources for seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
harpsichord music, and the transmission of fifteenth-century
English music to the Continent; but they range right up to the
twentieth century, with an examination of music in Oxford. All are
concerned in one way or another with themes which recur in
Professor Caldwell's scholarship: sources; style; performance; and
historiography. Contributors: SALLY HARPER, DAVID HILEY, EMMA
HORNBY, HARRY JOHNSTONE, MARGARET BENT, DAVID MAW, MATTHIAS RANGE,
REINHARD STROHM, PETER WRIGHT, MAGNUS WILLIAMSON, JOHN HARPER,
SIMON MCVEIGH, CHRISTOPHER PAGE, OWEN REES, SUSAN WOLLENBERG, JOHN
ARTHUR SMITH, BENNETT ZON, DAVID MAW. To subscribe to the Tabula
Gratulatoria for this volume, CLICK HERE
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Infrastructure Security Conference, InfraSec 2002, held in Bristol, UK in October 2002.The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biometrics; identification, authentication, and process; analysis process; mobile networks; vulnerability assessment and logs; systems design; formal methods; cryptographic techniques, and networks.
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges
that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to
the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy infantry at the hands
of the Macedonians. This of course is the golden age of the hoplite
phalanx but Owen Rees is keen to cover all aspects of battle,
including mercenary armies and the rise of light infantry,
emphasising the variety and tactical developments across the
period. Each battle is set in context with a brief background and
then the battlefield and opposing forces are discussed before the
narrative and analysis of the fighting is given and rounded off
with consideration of the aftermath and strategic implications.
Written in an accessible narrative tone, a key feature of the book
is the author's choice of battles, which collectively challenge
popularly held beliefs such as the invincibility of the Spartans.
The text is well supported by dozens of tactical diagrams showing
deployments and various phase of the battles.
Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history,
often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees
looks to redress the balance, giving naval battles their due
attention. This book presents a selection of thirteen naval battles
that span a defining century in ancient Greek history, from the
Ionian Revolt and Persian Invasion to the rise of external naval
powers in the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Carthaginians. Each
battle is set in context. The background, wider military campaigns,
and the opposing forces are discussed, followed by a narrative and
analysis of the fighting. Finally, the aftermath of the battles are
dealt with, looking at the strategic implications of the outcome
for both the victor and the defeated. The battle narratives are
supported by maps and tactical diagrams, showing the deployment of
the fleets and the wider geographical factors involved in battle.
Written in an accessible tone, this book successfully shows that
Greek naval warfare did not start and end at the battle of Salamis.
This volume sheds new light on the experience of ancient Greek
warfare by identifying and examining three fundamental transitions
undergone by the classical Athenian hoplite as a result of his
military service: his departure to war, his homecoming from war
having survived, and his homecoming from war having died. As a
conscript, a man regularly called upon by his city-state to serve
in the battle lines and perform his citizen duty, the most common
military experience of the hoplite was one of transition – he was
departing to or returning from war on a regular basis, especially
during extended periods of conflict. Scholarship has focused
primarily on the experience of the hoplite after his return, with a
special emphasis on his susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), but the moments of transition themselves have yet
to be explored in detail. Taking each in turn, Owen Rees examines
the transitions from two sides: from within the domestic
environment as a member of an oikos, and from within the military
environment as a member of the army. This analysis presents a new
template for each and effectively maps the experience of the
hoplite as he moves between his domestic and military duties. This
allows us to reconstruct the effects of war more fully and to
identify moments with the potential for a traumatic impact on the
individual.
Beverley McLachlin was the first woman to be chief justice of the
Supreme Court of Canada. Joining the Court while it was
establishing its approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms, McLachlin aided the court in weathering the public
backlash against controversial decisions during her tenure.
Controversies in the Common Law explores Chief Justice McLachlin's
approach to legal reasoning, examines her remarkable contributions
in controversial areas of the common law, and highlights the role
of judicial philosophy in shaping the law. Chapters in this book
span thirty years, and deal with a variety of topics - including
tort, unjust enrichment, administrative law, and criminal law. The
contributors show that McLachlin had a philosophical streak that
drove her to ensure unity and consistency in the common law, and to
prefer incremental change over revolution. Celebrating the career
of an influential jurist, Controversies in the Common Law
demonstrates how the common law approach taken by Chief Justice
McLachlin has been successful in managing criticism and ensuring
the legitimacy of the Court.
Victoria's Requiem is among the best-loved and most-performed
musical works of the Renaissance, and is often held to be 'a
Requiem for an age', representing the summation of golden-age
Spanish polyphony. Yet it has been the focus of surprisingly little
research. Owen Rees's multifaceted study brings together the
historical and ritual contexts for the work's genesis, the first
detailed musical analysis of the Requiem itself, and the long story
of its circulation and reception. Victoria composed this music in
1603 for the exequies of Maria of Austria, and oversaw its
publication two years later. A rich variety of contemporary
documentation allows these events - and the nature of music in
Habsburg exequies - to be reconstructed vividly. Rees then locates
Victoria's music within the context of a vast international
repertory of Requiems, much of it previously unstudied, and
identifies the techniques which render this work so powerfully
distinctive and coherent.
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