Globalizing borderlands studies in Europe and North America

Table of Contents: “…The usefulness of borderlands concepts in ancient history : the case of origen as monster / Elizabeth DePalma Digeser -- Structures of power in late antique borderlands : Arabs, Romans, and Berbers / Greg Fisher and Alexander Drost -- The transborder economy of medieval Cistercian monasteries in the southern Baltic Sea region / Manja Olschowski -- Visionaries, violence, and the legacy of trauma on the Maine frontier during King Philip's War, 1675-1677/ Ann Marie Plane -- Swedish Pomerania in the eighteenth century : the development of Frihet in a borderland of the Baltic Sea Region / Stefan Herfurth -- The Duchy of Courland from 1650 to 1737 : transformation of a religious borderland in the Baltic Sea region / Kord-Henning Uber -- Native borderlands : colonialism and the development of native power / Clint Smith -- Beyond red-light districts : regional and transnational migration in the Mexican-U.S. borderlands, 1870-1912 / Veronica Castillo-Munoz -- Medicalizing the borders of an expanding state : physicians, sanitary reports, and the frontiers of Mexican progress, 1930-1950 / Gabriela Soto Laveaga -- Theorizing the social functioning of political borders through studies of cross-border petty trade / Olga Sasunkevich -- Future directions in borderlands studies / Alexander Drost and Michael North.…”
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Marvel and artefact : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts by Ford, A. J. (Priest)

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Marvel and Artefact: The 'Wonders of the East' in Its Manuscript Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: 'The Manifold Uses of Things': The Early Medieval Book as Artefact -- 2: The Wonders of the East and the Learned Tradition of Marvels -- Introduction -- A Brief Overview of the Learned Tradition -- The 'Wonders of the East' and the 'Letter of Pharasmenes to Hadrian' -- 3: The Wonders in a Manuscript of Unknown Origin: London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. xv -- Introduction -- Illustration -- Homodubii -- Cynocephali and Donestre -- Other Similarities -- Conclusion -- Palaeography -- Anglo-Saxon Square Minuscule: Scribe 2 -- Style-I English Vernacular Minuscule: Scribe 1 -- The Significance of Distinct Scripts in Vitellius A. xv -- Codicology -- The Consensus Quires -- The Contested Quires -- The 'Wonders' in Vitellius A. xv: 'Speaking Beyond the Light' -- 4: The Wonders and the Computus Manuscript: London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. v -- Introduction -- The Origin and Audience of Tiberius B. v -- Reading Books and the Monastic Library -- The Materiality of Tiberius B. v -- Page Design in Tiberius B. v -- The 'Wonders of the East' -- The Calendar -- Tiberius B. v: The Semiotics of the 'Computus' Manuscript -- The 'Wonders of the East' as Semiotic -- The Land of Vineyards and the Ivory Couch -- The Mountain of Adamant and the Griffin -- The Phoenix and Its Nest of Cinnamon -- The Unnamed Fiery Mountain and Its Black Inhabitants -- Jamnes and Mambres -- Conclusion -- 5: The Wonders and the Schools: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614 -- Introduction -- The Problem of Dating Bodley 614 -- Codicological Considerations -- Art-Historical Considerations -- Palaeographical Considerations -- Textual Considerations -- Summary.…”
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