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Rapp, C., Kinloch, M., Krausmüller, D., Mitsiou, E., Nesseris, I., Papavarnavas, C., Preiser-Kapeller, J., Rossetto, G., Shukurov, R., & Simeonov, G. (2023). Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: A Sourcebook. In V&R unipress eBooks. doi.org/10.14220/9783737013413 @medievodons @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (45)

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Thumiger, C. (2023). Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought: (Fifth Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: doi.org/10.1017/9781009241311 @bookstodon (68)

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@bibliolater @histodon @histodons @bookstodon

Ooh!
I want to read that book!

The Late Antique is such an interesting time

Is it really open access?! Wow. Now I'll have to put my brain where my mouth is

@bibliolater

Please stop.

You can see what religion currently does in certain places in the world

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