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: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-