简介:WhenstudyingCaesar'stwoBritishcampaigns,onediscoversmanydifferences:thetimeoftheyear,sizeofthearmy,preparation,transport,informationofgeographyandtribes,aswellascausesandresults.Caesar'sfirstinvasionisquitedifferentfromthesecondoneandmayberegardedasanoverturefortherealcampaign.ItappearsthatCaesarlearnedfrommistakesmadein55BCandtooksomestepstocorrecttheminthenextyear.ItcanalsobedemonstratedthatbothGaiusandClaudiusunderstood...
简介:Accordingtotherelevanthistoricaldocuments,GuruChosdbangisacontroversialfigure.HeisconsideredoneofthefiveprominentgTer-ston(treasurediscoverers)inseveralchroniclesofNyingmatradition,however,BustonRinchengrubclaimsinhiscommentsonmantrapracticeinTibetthatGuruChosdbangofferedpervertedteachingsandfabricatedfalsetreasures.Thisisatopicofextremeinterestingtomanyresearchers,andthereareseveralofworksofEnglishscholarshipincludingJanetGyatso'sworkonGuruChosdbang'sautobiographyanalyzingitsnarrativemethods.Thereisstillmoreremainingtofigureout.
简介:英美关系在19世纪末20世纪初经历了双边关系中极为重要的一次转折,以和平的方式在美洲完成了权力转移。在国际层面上,英国世界霸权的衰落,欧洲新兴强国的崛起令英国应对不暇,而同为新兴大国的美国所主导的美洲体系的崛起则填补了西半球权力的真空,同时与英国的世界霸权体系互为弥补。在国内层面上,英国经济军事实力下滑,美国国力蒸蒸日上,但双方以仲裁、谈判等外交手段不断化解双边关系中的冲突与摩擦,建立起两国间的信任机制。此外,在主要政治人物的引导和参与下,两国相通的文化、意识形态与政策思维成为两国关系的润滑剂。几种合力共同推动英美两国之间以和平方式完成在美洲的权力转移。
简介:AmericansociologistMasondefinesthewomen'ssocialstatusasaproductofsocialorganizationsystem,makingthemostefficientuseofwomeninthesocialdevelopmentisthemostimportantpartofthewomen'ssocialstatus.Womenalsohavefullyautonomyinafamilyorsocialdecisionevenenjoyspecialprivileges.
简介:Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1997.ISBN0-19-815073-3.Pp.ix+514.$125.00.SincetheformationoftheinternationalPlutarchSocietyin1984therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofpapers,conferences,articles,andbooksonPlutarch.Dr.Shipley'sthoroughandinsightfulstudyshouldbeassignedanhonoredplaceamongtherecentpublicationsonPlutarchanddeservestohaveawideinfluenceamongnotjustPlutarchscholarsbutalsoamonghistoriansofthefourthcenturyB.C.AgesilaosisoneofthemostcomplexandintriguingcharactersinGreekhistorysincehislifespansfromth...
简介:Tibetans,oneoftheoldestethnicminoritiesinChina,aremainlydistributedinthevastwesternregionsofmodernTibet,Sichuan,Qinghai,GansuandYunnan.StudentsandscholarsofthelonghistoryofTibetanculture,aswellasthebreadthandprofundityofTibetanBuddhism,havealwaysconcentratedtheirattentionontheroleofmeninthishistoryandlargelyignoredwomen.Actually,inthehistoryofthesocio-
简介:Cartimandua'srolehasbeenmuchdiscussedbymodernhistorians.1HerpositionasqueenoftheBrigantes,wifeofVenutiusandclientofRomehasbeendefinedbyscholarsinthepreviousfiftyyears.OneareanotthoroughlyexaminedisTacitus'portrayalofhercharacter,whichchangesdramaticallyfromthelengthypassageinAnnals12.32-40totheshortaccountofHistories3.45.Whileneithersectionflattersthemonarch,TacitusdestroyshercharacterintheHistories,equatingherwithfiguressuchasG...