It is, after all, the generation that created the modern understanding of 'cinematic experience', with the likes of Modern Warfare and Uncharted 2, which one may or may not like; but in general, I am not fond of the 3D style of that era.

The seventh generation gave us some of the most generic graphic styles ever, in the name of pursuing a photorealism that didn't even exist yet.

I guess this thought is not so controversial, given the recent revival of so-called PS1 graphics in indie productions.

Absolutely. I know that late 2D graphics are often regarded as having a polish and timeless beauty that early 3D graphics (32/64-bit console era) do not have, but I often find the 3D graphics of the sixth and seventh generations much less interesting, stylistically, than these earlier works.

At the same time, I don't think the neoliberal university minds at all that this predicament is facilitating the appropriation of certain disciplines by the far right.

... The pre-modern is usually more difficult to market. I think it is important to recognize who the villain is here, because help for the pre-modern against the far right will not come from the same university structures that have actually created the current predicament.

Of course, this is not a specific issue with the recent international shift to the far right. This is a more general issue with the neoliberal university, which is not a center for the production of knowledge as such, but rather an entity meant to be closely instrumental to a market economy ...

I am doubly pleased, as I had not written anything in Italian for a while. I don't think this book will be available online, but I would be happy to share the PDF of my work with any interested colleagues.

My chapter is titled "Il re pastore e il concilio: echi costantiniani nell'Italia longobarda." In it, I took the opportunity to elaborate on the contribution of the Constantinian model of the shepherd-king to the institutional development of the Lombard kingdom in early medieval Italy.

I have more articles in the works for Wiley's EAH, which will be published in future updates.

Finally, in the entry 'Gairethinx', I have especially sought to make the debate surrounding this subject -- largely shaped by German and Italian legal historiography -- better known to the international academic community.

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In 'Heretics, Roman legislation against', which covers the period from Constantine to Justinian, I have tried to touch, albeit concisely, on all the most relevant facets of this vast and important subject.

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All these entries are on subjects especially dear to me. In particular, I have thought for many years that there was a need for a fresh outline of the 'Nomos empsychos', and I'm glad the Editors gave me the opportunity to provide exactly that.

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...what remains, in my opinion, an understudied and misunderstood subject, long affected by a scholarly bias that has sought to diminish the relevance of any portrayal of emperors and kings that blurred the line between imperium and sacerdotium.

I hope this study will contribute to a better understanding of the role of the pastoral metaphor in the characterization of Christian kingship more generally...

I have previously also written about #TLoU2 (the video game), specifically about its portrayal of violence and torture: www.ordines.it/wp-content/u...