Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject...

Between Poverty and the Pyre examines the history of the experience of widowhood across different...

Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth o...

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walt...

Jan Bremmer presents a provocative picture of the historical development of beliefs regarding the...

Between Poverty and the Pyre examines the history of the experience of widowhood across different...

The history of sexuality has been the subject of more widely acknowledged importance in the inter...

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walt...

Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth o...

The history of sexuality has been the subject of more widely acknowledged importance in the inter...

In this wide-ranging work on Greek religion and mythology, Jan N. Bremmer brings together his sti...

In this work, Jan N. Bremmer aims to bring together the worlds of early Christianity and those of...