Winner of the 2018 National University of Ireland (NUI) Publication Prize in Irish History

For which reason must we obey authority or we should refuse obedience, this is a universal concern which arises in different periods of time, religions and cultures. This collective work analyses this and other issues, focusing on the medieval period and in the Greek Byzantine, Christian Latin, Jewish and Islamic traditions.

As the first comprehensive treatment of Venetian sculpture of the early Renaissance in nearly a century, this book examines the documents, literary sources, and oeuvre of all Venetian sculptors in stone, bronze, and wood.