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Characters of The ReformationIn this collection of short biographies Hilaire Belloc, one of the great Catholic historians of the twentieth century, shares his views on the principal characters of the Protestant Reformation, focusing primarily on those figures concerned with the events in England.Through each account, Belloc demonstrates...
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Breve Historia del Mundo. Edición IlustradaNueva edición ilustrada de esta obra clásica que lleva décadas divulgando la historia del mundo a lectores de todas las edades.Esta Breve historia del mundo no es un manual al uso: es la historia de la humanidad, desde la edad de piedra hasta la...
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Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400-1600): Monuments of Mourning, Memory and MeditationIn Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400-1600), Jan L. de Jong reveals how funerary monuments, far from simply marking a grave, offered an image of the deceased that was carefully crafted to generate a laudable memory and prompt meditative reflections on life, death, and...
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Space, Time, Myth, and Morals: A Selection of Jao Tsung-I's Studies on Cosmological Thought in Early China and BeyondThe articles assembled in this volume present an important selection of Professor Jao Tsung-i's research in the fields of comparative mythology, early Chinese hemerology and the interrelation between divination, morals and ritual in early Chinese thought.Author: Tsung-I JaoPublisher: BrillPublished: 09/08/2022Pages: 368Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789004516823This...
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Descartes in the Classroom: Teaching Cartesian Philosophy in the Early Modern AgeThe volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes's philosophy in the early modern age, across the borders of countries, and confessions, both within and without the university setting - public conferences, private tutorials, distance learning by letter.Author: Davide Cellamare, Mattia...
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A History of Mali's National Drink: Following the Tea Ritual from China to West AfricaThis study follows green tea from China to Mali along its historical trade routes halfway around the world, examining the circumstances of its introduction, the course of the tea ritual, the equipment to prepare and consume it, and the meanings that it assumed.Author: Ute...
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Stigmatics and Visual Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern ItalyThis book places the discourse surrounding stigmata within the visual culture of the late medieval and early modern periods, with a particular focus on Italy and on female stigmatics. Echoing, and to a certain extent recreating, the wounds and pain inflicted on Christ during...
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Vintage Journal Greetings from ArkansasThe Vintage Pocket Journal Greetings from Arkansas features an illustration of two different sceneries. At the top is a picture of a dirt road alongside an outcrop covered with trees, while the bottom is a picture of a tiered waterfall. This journal has full...
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Vintage Journal Downtown Hot SpringsThe Vintage Pocket Journal Downtown Hot Springs features an illustration of a street lined with businesses and filled with cars. At the top, ""A part of the Business Section, Junction of Central & Ouachita Aves."" is written. This journal has full color decorative vintage...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington StateBreaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new generations.From Nettie Craig Asberry, founder of the Tacoma NAACP, to Dr. Dolores Silas, now honored by a school bearing her name,...
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The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance HistoriographyThe Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography sets the agenda for inclusive and wide-ranging approaches to writing history, embracing the diverse perspectives of the twenty-first century and Critical Media History. Written by an international team of authors whose expertise spans a multitude of...
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Animals in Ancient Greek ReligionThis book provides the first systematic study of the role of animals in different areas of the ancient Greek religious experience, including in myth and ritual, the literary and the material evidence, the real and the imaginary. An international team of renowned contributors shows...
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Education in Revolutionary Struggles: Iván Illich, Paulo Freire, Ernesto Guevara and Latin American ThoughtEducation in Revolutionary Struggles introduces us to the fascinating world of Latin American educational thought in the third quarter of the 20th century. It discusses the contributions of three of the most distinguished intellectuals of the period - Iván Illich, Paulo Freire and Ernesto...
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Garibaldi's Radical Legacy: Traditions of War Volunteering in Southern Europe (1861-1945)Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time. In that context, the Spanish Civil War and the armed resistances during the Second World War involved particularly large numbers of transnational fighters. The...
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The Educational Philosophy of Luis Emilio Recabarren: Pioneering Working-Class Education in Latin AmericaThis text offers a unique philosophical and historical inquiry into the educational vision of Luis Emilio Recabarren, and his pivotal role in securing independent education for Chile's working classes in the early 20th century.Through close analysis of the textual archives and press writings, The...
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Charles Kingsley: Faith, Flesh, and FantasyNovelist, poet, Anglican priest, and controversialist, Charles Kingsley (1819-75) epitomizes the bustling Victorian man of faith and letters, a prolific polymath as ready to break a lance with John Henry Newman over Christian doctrine as he was to preach to schoolchildren on the virtues...
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Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the HolocaustA major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice Jews and Roma died side by side in the Holocaust, yet the world did not recognize their destruction equally. In the years...
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43: Inside the George W. Bush PresidencyThe presidency of George W. Bush has been the subject of extensive commentary but limited scholarly analysis in the years since he left office. 43 draws extensively, but not solely, from the recently released interviews of the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program at...
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Coal Town KidsDuane Radford and his friends from childhood reminisce about growing up in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (lovingly called "the Pass"), when the area's coal mines were active. Set on the edge of the Canadian Rockies, in southwestern Alberta, the Pass includes the small towns of...
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Jefferson Davis's New York City: The Romance Between New York and the SouthMost of us would agree that New York and the South are very different places today, both culturally and politically. Yet, surprisingly, during the 19th century they shared a common outlook. As a native New Yorker, Donald J. Green was astonished to learn that...
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