Author: Mikael S. Adolphson
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: premodern, japan, warriors, courtiers, power, monks, gates
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2000-07
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0824823346
ISBN-13: 9780824823344

The political influence of temples in premodern Japan, most clearly manifested in divine demonstrations--where rowdy monks and shrine servants brought holy symbols to the capital to exert pressure on courtiers--has traditionally been condemned and is poorly understood. In an impressive examination of this intriguing aspect of medieval Japan, the author employs a wide range of previously neglected sources to argue that religious protest was a symptom of political factionalism in the capital rather than its cause. It is his contention that religious violence can be traced primarily

Author: Todd C. Peppers
Publisher: Stanford Law and Politics
Keywords: court, law, clerk, supreme, influence, marble, palace, rise, courtiers
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2006-04-26
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0804753822
ISBN-13: 9780804753821

"This is a meticulous work of historical scholarship, tracing the evolution of the Supreme Court law clerk from its beginnings in the nineteenth century up to the present day. Refreshingly free of the gossip, politics, and rumors that have disfigured previous accounts of this important institution, the book manages to be not only scrupulous, but fascinating."—Richard Posner, Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit "This unique history of Supreme Court law clerks is a surprise gift to anyone who is fascinated by the Court as an institution. We have read or heard th

Authors:Walter Map,  Christopher N. L. Brooke, Roger A
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: medieval, texts, oxford, trifles, curialium, courtiers, nugis
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 1983-08-25
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 019822236X
ISBN-13: 9780198222361

Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.