History

Pierre Sfendules sheds light on Bunsen's work, the Elenchos controversy, and deepens the understanding of the transnational role of early church history in the debates of the 19th century.

The Nicene Creed can be considered the most important creed of ecumenism. Jennifer Wasmuth investigates the Reformation reception of the Nicene Creed on the basis of a detailed examination of the authoritative writings of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon.

This volume examines ancient and early medieval libraries, handbooks, and encyclopedias as interrelated types of knowledge repositories by investigating their embeddedness in religious contexts and their religious functions or connotations. Selected case studies illuminate interactions between education and religion and sharpen the focus on how religion functions in ancient and medieval contexts.

This textbook is geared towards students but also offers legal scholars and anyone interested in the law a clear and comprehensive overview of European constitutional history. The main German 19th and 20th century texts are supplemented by others which have influenced modern constitutional Europe.