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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

The Monastic Experience

By: Barbara Harvey

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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience

The Monastic Experience

By: Barbara Harvey

This fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities is also a broad exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages, by one of its most distinguished historians. - ;This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monastic communities. It is also a wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century, by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their dependants, and their benefactors. She examines the charitable practices of the monks, their food and drink, their illnesses and their deaths, the number and conditions of employment of their servants, and their controversial practice of granting corrodies (pensions made up in large measure of benefits in kind). All these topics Miss Harvey considers in the context both of religious institutions in general, and of the secular world. Full of colour and interest, Living and Dying in England is an original and highly readable contribution to medieval history, and that of the early sixteenth century. - ;By one of the greatest authorities on the subject -

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Clarendon Press

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0191591734

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Planting the Cross

Catholic Reform and Renewal in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century France

By: Barbara B. Diefendorf

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Planting the Cross

Catholic Reform and Renewal in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century France

By: Barbara B. Diefendorf

The first thing that Catholic religious orders did when they arrived in a town to establish a new community was to plant the cross--to erect a large wooden cross where the church was to stand. The cross was a contested symbol in the civil wars that reduced France to near anarchy in the sixteenth century. Protestants tore down crosses to mark their disdain for "popish" superstition; Catholics swore to erect a thousand new crosses for every one destroyed. Fighting words at the time, the vow to erect a thousand new crosses was expressed in the rapid multiplication of reformed religious congregations once peace arrived. In this book, Barbara B. Diefendorf examines the beginnings of the Catholic Reformation in France and shows how profoundly the movement was shaped by the experience of religious war. She analyzes convents and monasteries in three regions--Paris, Provence, and Languedoc--as they struggled to survive the wars and then to raise standards and instill a new piety in their members in their aftermath. What emerges are stories of nuns left homeless by the wars, of monks rebelling against both abbot and king, of ascetic friars reviving Catholic devotion in a Protestant-dominated South, and of a Dominican order battling demonic possession. Illuminating persistent debates about the purpose of monastic life, Planting the Cross underscores the diverse paths religious reform took within different local settings and offers new perspectives on the evolution of early modern French Catholicism.

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Oxford University Press

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0190887036

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Jerusalem, 1000–1400

Every People Under Heaven

By: Barbara Drake Boehm ,Melanie Holcomb

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Jerusalem, 1000–1400

Every People Under Heaven

By: Barbara Drake Boehm ,Melanie Holcomb

Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center, home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant voices from many lands, including Persians, Turks, Greeks, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Copts, Ethiopians, Indians, and Europeans, passed in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than midtown Manhattan. Patrons, artists, pilgrims, poets, and scholars from Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions focused their attention on the Holy City, endowing and enriching its sacred buildings, creating luxury goods for its residents, and praising its merits. This artistic fertility was particularly in evidence between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, notwithstanding often devastating circumstances—from the earthquake of 1033 to the fierce battles of the Crusades. So strong a magnet was Jerusalem that it drew out the creative imagination of even those separated from it by great distance, from as far north as Scandinavia to as far east as present-day China. This publication is the first to define these four centuries as a singularly creative moment in a singularly complex city. Through absorbing essays and incisive discussions of nearly 200 works of art, Jerusalem, 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven explores not only the meaning of the city to its many faiths and its importance as a destination for tourists and pilgrims but also the aesthetic strands that enhanced and enlivened the medieval city that served as the crossroads of the known world.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588395987

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A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1830

By: Barbara Watson Andaya,Leonard Y. Andaya

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A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1830

By: Barbara Watson Andaya,Leonard Y. Andaya

Written by two expert and highly esteemed authors, this is the much-anticipated textbook on the early modern history of Southeast Asia.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521889928

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Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204

Power, Patronage and Ideology

By: Barbara Hill

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Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204

Power, Patronage and Ideology

By: Barbara Hill

This book will be essential reading for anyone studying Byzantine history in this period. It ranges in time from the death of the emperor Basil II in 1025 to the sacking of the city of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusaders in 1204, spanning the rise and fall of the successful Komnenos dynasty. Eleventh-century Byzantine history is unusual in that imperial women were able to wield immense power and in this ground-breaking book Dr Hill explores why this was possible and, equally, why they lost their position of influence a century later.

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Routledge

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1317884655

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Sixth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Sixth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period (c.300 to c.1500) or of the fate of the heirs of the Roman Empire. Its lively and informative narrative covers the major events, political and religious movements, men and women, saints and sinners, economic and cultural changes, ideals, fears, and fantasies of the period in Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. A comprehensive new map program, updated for the global reach of this edition, offers a way to visualize the era’s enormous political, economic, and religious changes. Line drawings make clear archaeological finds and architectural structures All of the maps, genealogies, and figures in the book, as well as practice questions and suggested answers, are available at utphistorymatters.com,

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University of Toronto Press

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1487541015

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Many Peoples, Many Faiths

Women and Men in the World Religions

By: Robert S. Ellwood,Barbara A. McGraw

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Many Peoples, Many Faiths

Women and Men in the World Religions

By: Robert S. Ellwood,Barbara A. McGraw

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the world’s religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while also presenting current beliefs, practices, and group formations. This unique textbook includes engaging sections on women in religion, religion and governance, and religion in America throughout. Thoroughly revised and updated for its eleventh edition, Many Peoples, Many Faiths covers the following topics: Understanding the World’s Religious Heritage Indigenous Peoples and Religion The Spiritual Paths of India The Journey of Buddhism Religions of East Asia The Family of the Three Great Monotheistic Religions and Zoroastrianism The Unique Perspective of Judaism The Growth of Christianity Building the House of Islam New Religious Movements Religion and Violence, Non-violence, and Peacemaking This edition reflects new scholarship and general interest and, where appropriate, addresses rapidly developing and shifting areas, taking account of the dynamic, changing quality of religion. New and expanded material on indigenous peoples and religions, discussions of colonization, and the new chapter on religion and violence, non-violence, and peacemaking also distinguish this edition. Images, maps, and timelines add to the sense of the richness of the world religions. This is an ideal resource for anyone wanting an accessible and yet comprehensive introduction to the world religions.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429844581

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I

From c.300 to c.1150, Sixth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I

From c.300 to c.1150, Sixth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world. Volume I ranges from northeastern North America to Kievan Rus’, while never losing sight of the main contours of the period c.300 to c.1150. The lively and informative narrative covers the major developments, political and religious movements, people, saints and sinners, economic and cultural changes, ideals, fears, and fantasies of the period in Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. A comprehensive new map program, updated for the global reach of this edition, offers a way to visualize the era’s enormous political, economic, and religious changes. Line drawings make clear archaeological finds and architectural structures. All of the maps, genealogies, and figures in the book, as well as practice questions and suggested answers, are available at utphistorymatters.com.

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1487547129

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Eat the Buddha

Life and Death in a Tibetan Town

By: Barbara Demick

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Eat the Buddha

Life and Death in a Tibetan Town

By: Barbara Demick

A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy “A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.”—The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Parul Sehgal, The New York Times • The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • NPR • The Economist • Outside • Foreign Affairs Just as she did with North Korea, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick explores one of the most hidden corners of the world. She tells the story of a Tibetan town perched eleven thousand feet above sea level that is one of the most difficult places in all of China for foreigners to visit. Ngaba was one of the first places where the Tibetans and the Chinese Communists encountered one another. In the 1930s, Mao Zedong’s Red Army fled into the Tibetan plateau to escape their adversaries in the Chinese Civil War. By the time the soldiers reached Ngaba, they were so hungry that they looted monasteries and ate religious statues made of flour and butter—to Tibetans, it was as if they were eating the Buddha. Their experiences would make Ngaba one of the engines of Tibetan resistance for decades to come, culminating in shocking acts of self-immolation. Eat the Buddha spans decades of modern Tibetan and Chinese history, as told through the private lives of Demick’s subjects, among them a princess whose family is wiped out during the Cultural Revolution, a young Tibetan nomad who becomes radicalized in the storied monastery of Kirti, an upwardly mobile entrepreneur who falls in love with a Chinese woman, a poet and intellectual who risks everything to voice his resistance, and a Tibetan schoolgirl forced to choose at an early age between her family and the elusive lure of Chinese money. All of them face the same dilemma: Do they resist the Chinese, or do they join them? Do they adhere to Buddhist teachings of compassion and nonviolence, or do they fight? Illuminating a culture that has long been romanticized by Westerners as deeply spiritual and peaceful, Demick reveals what it is really like to be a Tibetan in the twenty-first century, trying to preserve one’s culture, faith, and language against the depredations of a seemingly unstoppable, technologically all-seeing superpower. Her depiction is nuanced, unvarnished, and at times shocking.

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Random House

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0812998766

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The Obedientiaries of Westminster Abbey and Their Financial Records, C. 1275-1540

By: Westminster Abbey,Barbara F. Harvey

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The Obedientiaries of Westminster Abbey and Their Financial Records, C. 1275-1540

By: Westminster Abbey,Barbara F. Harvey

Following the normal practice in Benedictine monasteries, the obedientiaries of Westminster Abbey kept two quite different kinds of record, and for distinct purposes. Their charters, together with the cartularies and registers where these documents were so often copied, made it possible for them to defend the Abbey's properties and privileges when these were challenged by lay or ecclesiastical opponents. Their financial records - the subject-matter of this book - assisted good housekeeping within their several departments and enabled them to survive the audit which each faced once a year at the hands of fellow-monks; only the abbot and prior were tacitly exempted from this testing experience. The core of the collection of financial records consists of the so-called final accounts prepared each year by obedientiaries, other than the abbot and prior, for scrutiny at the audit. Nearly 2,000 of these survive, not counting second copies. In the course of the year, however, obedientiaries made use of many other forms of financial record. Without these subsidiary records, it would have been difficult or impossible to compile the final accounts, and we can be confident that many were on the table at the audit and owe their survival to this circumstance.

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Boydell Press

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0851158668

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So Close to Heaven

The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

By: Barbara Crossette

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So Close to Heaven

The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

By: Barbara Crossette

A travelogue of Bhutan and its neighbors in the Himalayas that introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity. "For anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism, it's essential reading" (Washington Post Book World). For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism.

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Vintage

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030780190X

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9780307801906

The Middle Ages in 50 Objects

By: Elina Gertsman,Barbara H. Rosenwein

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The Middle Ages in 50 Objects

By: Elina Gertsman,Barbara H. Rosenwein

The holy and the faithful -- The sinful and the spectral -- Daily life and its fictions -- Death and its aftermath

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1107150388

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Cambodia

Third Edition

By: Caitlyn Miller,Barbara Cooke,Sean Sheehan

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Cambodia

Third Edition

By: Caitlyn Miller,Barbara Cooke,Sean Sheehan

Cambodia is a predominantly Buddhist country, with many of its customs and traditions tied to the religion and its beliefs. Readers will uncover the culture and customs of everyday life in Cambodia, and learn about the countrys tumultuous history from its time as a French colony to the communist rule of the Khmer Rouge to present day. Maps highlight the economic and cultural landmarks of Cambodia, and vibrant photographs take readers on a visual journey to this Asian nation.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1502622300

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Fourth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Fourth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by 70 full-color plates, 46 maps, and 13 genealogies, many of them new to this edition. The fourth edition begins with an essay entitled "Why the Middle Ages Matter Today," and the book now covers East Central Europe in some depth. This edition includes three "Seeing the Middle Ages" features, each discussing a work of art in depth: An Ivory Diptych of Christ and the Virgin, Saint Luke, Gospel Book of Otto III; and A Shrine Madonna. The sections for further reading have been updated, and ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

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University of Toronto Press

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1442606134

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Gender and Religion, 2nd Edition

The Dark Side of Scripture

By: Barbara Crandall

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Gender and Religion, 2nd Edition

The Dark Side of Scripture

By: Barbara Crandall

Impressive dossier on religion's impact on women's lives throughout history, this comprehensive new edition provides additional material on patriarchy and up-to-date figures on women's achievements.

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A&C Black

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144114871X

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A Short History of the Middle Ages

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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A Short History of the Middle Ages

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

Elegantly written and beautifully produced, this book is a treat for teachers and students alike. Rosenwein is a masterful storyteller; her book will inspire and delight." - Fiona Griffiths, New York University

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University of Toronto Press

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1442601043

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Long Lives and Untimely Deaths

Life-Span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India

By: Barbara Gerke

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Long Lives and Untimely Deaths

Life-Span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India

By: Barbara Gerke

How do Tibetans in India's Darjeeling Hills understand the life-span and various life-forces that influence longevity? This book analyses ethnographic and textual material demonstrating how Tibetans utilise temporal frameworks in medical, astrological, divinatory, and ritual contexts to locate and reckon life-forces influencing their life-spans.

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BRILL

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9004217037

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume II

From c.900 to c.1500, Fourth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume II

From c.900 to c.1500, Fourth Edition

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by full-color plates, maps, and genealogies. The fourth edition begins with an essay entitled "Why the Middle Ages Matter Today," and the book now covers East Central Europe in some depth. New plates and maps have been added along with a new "Seeing the Middle Ages" feature. The sections for further reading have been updated, and ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

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1442606177

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Imagining Women's Conventual Spaces in France, 1600-1800

The Cloister Disclosed

By: Barbara R. Woshinsky

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Imagining Women's Conventual Spaces in France, 1600-1800

The Cloister Disclosed

By: Barbara R. Woshinsky

Blending history, architecture and literary analysis, this ground-breaking study explores the convent's place in the early modern imagination. After the Council of Trent imposed strict claustral enclosure, the nun became an intensified object of desire in male-authored narratives. Convents also inspired feminutopian discourses by women writers. Recent criticism has identified spaces that women have made their own: the ruelle, the salon, the hearth of fairy tales. Woshinsky's book definitively adds the convent to this list.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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0754667545

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Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2

The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies

By: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,Barbara J. Hayden

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Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2

The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies

By: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,Barbara J. Hayden

CD-ROM for vol. 2 includes Appendices 1-6 and the Vrokastro archaeological survey project.

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UPenn Museum of Archaeology

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1931707596

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Fingerprints of God

The Search for the Science of Spirituality

By: Barbara Bradley Hagerty

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Fingerprints of God

The Search for the Science of Spirituality

By: Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Articles about research on spirituality and the brain are usually written from the point of view that religious experience can be understood from a purely scientific perspective. Hagerty's (religion correspondent, NPR) book does not have this naturalistic or materialistic tendency. Rather, as both a reporter and a religious person, she seeks insight on spirituality and science while being open to the possibility that spirituality may still have a transcendent component. The book is interesting to read because the author has interviewed many scientists as well as many people who attest to having mystical or near-death experiences. In a way, the reader feels like a participant in Hagerty's own encounter with the various pieces of information and evidence, struggling with her to make sense of it all. Highly recommended.John Jaeger, Dallas Baptist Univ. Lib. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Penguin

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1594488770

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The Legend of Sergius Baḥīrā

Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in Response to Islam

By: Barbara Roggema

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The Legend of Sergius Baḥīrā

Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in Response to Islam

By: Barbara Roggema

From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend of Sergius Baḥīrā, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic versions, and appears here in edition and translation. Being a counterhistory of Islam, it reshapes early Muslim traditions about a monk recognizing Muḥammad as the final Prophet by turning this monk into Muhammad’s tutor and co-author of the Qur’an. In response to Muslim triumphalist propaganda, it portrays Islam’s political power as predestined but finite and unrelated to its religious message. This feature sets the legend apart from similar Christian accounts of the origin of Islam, East and West, which are reviewed in this study as well.

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9047441958

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9789047441953

The Conversion of Britain

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800

By: Barbara Yorke

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The Conversion of Britain

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800

By: Barbara Yorke

The Britain of 600-800 AD was populated by four distinct peoples; the British, Picts, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. They spoke 3 different languages, Gaelic, Brittonic and Old English, and lived in a diverse cultural environment. In 600 the British and the Irish were already Christians. In contrast the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons and Picts occurred somewhat later, at the end of the 6th and during the 7th century. Religion was one of the ways through which cultural difference was expressed, and the rulers of different areas of Britain dictated the nature of the dominant religion in areas under their control. This book uses the Conversion and the Christianisation of the different peoples of Britainas a framework through which to explore the workings of their political systems and the structures of their society. Because Christianity adapted to and affected the existing religious beliefs and social norms wherever it was introduced, it’s the perfect medium through which to study various aspects of society that are difficult to study by any other means.

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Routledge

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1317868315

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Pilgrimage on the Path of Love

By: Barbara Ann Briggs

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Pilgrimage on the Path of Love

By: Barbara Ann Briggs

Pilgrimage on the Path of Love is the story of a woman on the spiritual path who travels alone to India. Arriving in New Delhi, expecting to be her publisher's guest, she finds herself instead in a Buddhist guest house with lamas from Ladakh. There she is introduced to Tibetan Buddhism and befriends a lama. Traveling to a Himalayan hill station to write, and living very simply, she meets people from all over the world who share their wisdom of life. While living in a Buddhist monastery, she experiences a deepening of faith in the eternal harmony of creation. Finally, she embarks on a momentous journey to Ladakh, The Last Shangri-La, to await the lama she loves. There, her faith is severely tested, but in the end, she emerges as a fuller human being with a more mature understanding of the true nature of life and love.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1785352024

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Rhinoceros Bound

Cluny in the Tenth Century

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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Rhinoceros Bound

Cluny in the Tenth Century

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

The rhinoceros, that is, any powerful man, is bound with a thong so that he may crush the clods of the valleys, that is, the oppressors of the humble."—Odo of Cluny, Vita Geraldi i.8 To the second abbot of the great monastery at Cluny, Saint Odo, tenth-century Europe was a world filled with violent men oppressing at whim the poor and the powerless. As royal authority waned, local magnates, unrestrained by any authority, divine or human, seized the opportunity to enhance their positions. Odo, along with Cluny's other founding spiritual and ideological leaders, created within the protective walls of the monastery a model of restraint, instituting in place of the instability of everyday life an interpretation of the Benedictine Rule that stressed ritual, order, and lawfulness. Such were the beginnings of the monastery that Pope Urban II in the eleventh century would call "the light of the world," the fountainhead of what would become one of the most far-reaching religious reform movements in European history. Barbara Rosenwein in Rhinoceros Bound focuses on Cluny's founding and early growth within the context of a society shaped by the needs of those set adrift in the social upheaval of the tenth century. Examining in the first chapter traditional approaches to Cluniac studies, the author reveals that historians have generally considered Cluny's eleventh-century role in church reform without analyzing the peculiar combination of forces and founders that created the Cluniac ideal and gave it its original momentum. This fundamental problem is the topic of the second chapter. She then examines how the early Cluniacs perceived the world outside the monastery and how they viewed their own world inside of it. Rosenwein concludes with a chapter on Cluny in the tenth century that combines traditional historical techniques with contemporary sociological insights. She provides in this study a significant reassessment of a period crucial to the political development of Europe, as well as a case study of institutional response to acute and political change.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512806722

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Candles in the Dark

A New Spirit for a Plural World

By: Barbara Sundberg Baudot

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Candles in the Dark

A New Spirit for a Plural World

By: Barbara Sundberg Baudot

Candles in the Dark is an international compendium of essays that share a sense of the importance of introducing ethical and spiritual concepts and values into the public discourse on progress and globalization issues. They offer a new approach to international relations and public policy that esteems the human spirit and dignity as central values in decision making, seeks links between self interest and the common good, and introduces, in a practical way, philosophical, spiritual, and cultural perspectives in the political discourse on global political and socioeconomic problems.

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The Circle of the Way

A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World

By: Barbara O'Brien

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The Circle of the Way

A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World

By: Barbara O'Brien

A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics. Zen Buddhism has a storied history--Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own arm to get the master's attention; the proliferating schools and intense Dharma combat of the Tang and Song Dynasties; Zen nuns and laypeople holding their own against patriarchal lineages; the appearance of new masters in the Zen schools of Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and later the Western world. In The Circle of the Way, Zen practitioner and popular religion writer Barbara O'Brien brings clarity to this huge swath of history by charting a middle way between Zen's traditional lore and the findings of modern historical scholarship. In a clear and often funny style, O'Brien parses fact from fiction while always attending to the greatest interest of contemporary practitioners--the development of Zen doctrine and practice as a living tradition across cultures and centuries.

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1611805783

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A Distant Mirror

The Calamitous 14th Century

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

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A Distant Mirror

The Calamitous 14th Century

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August *Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street Journal The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.” Praise for A Distant Mirror “Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how it was. . . . No one has ever done this better.”—The New York Review of Books “A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer.”—The Wall Street Journal “Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition.”—Commentary NOTE: This edition does not include color images.

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0307793699

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Anger

The Conflicted History of an Emotion

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

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Anger

The Conflicted History of an Emotion

By: Barbara H. Rosenwein

Tracing the story of anger from the Buddha to Twitter, Rosenwein provides a much-needed account of our changing and contradictory understandings of this emotion All of us think we know when we are angry, and we are sure we can recognize anger in others as well. But this is only superficially true. We see anger through lenses colored by what we know, experience, and learn. Barbara H. Rosenwein traces our many conflicting ideas about and expressions of anger, taking the story from the Buddha to our own time, from anger's complete rejection to its warm reception. Rosenwein explores how anger has been characterized by gender and race, why it has been tied to violence and how that is often a false connection, how it has figured among the seven deadly sins and yet is considered a virtue, and how its interpretation, once largely the preserve of philosophers and theologians, has been gradually handed over to scientists--with very mixed results. Rosenwein shows that the history of anger can help us grapple with it today.

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Yale University Press

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0300221428

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Prose from the Old Century to the New

Vignettes, Petite Petites, Epistles, Points of View

By: Barbara Drucker Smith

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Prose from the Old Century to the New

Vignettes, Petite Petites, Epistles, Points of View

By: Barbara Drucker Smith

BARBARA DRUCKER SMITH PROSE FROM THE OLD CENTURY TO THE NEW Vignettes, Petite Petites, Epistles, Points of View Prose From The Old Century To The New will bring laughter, tears, and points of view on past and current issues of personal, local, regional, national and international happenings In this collection of letters, vignettes, and other short pieces, Virginia poet and writer Barbara Drucker Smith has put together an insightful picture of life in her times, which readers will find engaging and rewarding. Nickell John Romjue, author of novel Merry Town, Missouri 1945 1948: Barbara Smith's eclectic collection gives us a look at her multifaceted world. We see travel adventures some unplanned humor and insight from daily living, her views on local controversies and some answers. L. Nelson Farley, poet, and author of A Search for God Paraphrased Some of us walk through life staring up at the sky or down at our feet. Barbara Smith, always alert to her surroundings, illuminates the ending of a century and the beginning of the next. Doris Gwaltney author of Homefront (available soon), Shakespeare's Sister, and Duncan Browdie,Gent. Barbara Drucker Smith is a veteran anthologized poet, fiction and non-fiction writer local, regional and national. She authored Darling Loraine, the Story of A. Louis Drucker, A Grateful Jewish Immigrant, and A Poetic Journey. She is a certified hypnotherapist, professionally certified teacher of English, Journalism, Speech, and Remedial Reading. She is a pianist, choral singer, actress, and world traveller.

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Barbara Drucker Smith

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1599267241

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Hard Work and a Good Deal

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

By: Barbara W. Sommer

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Hard Work and a Good Deal

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

By: Barbara W. Sommer

CCC veterans tell compelling stories of their experiences planting trees, fighting fires, building state parks, and reclaiming pastureland in this collective history of the CCC in Minnesota.

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Choirs of Angels

Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500

By: Barbara Drake Boehm

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Choirs of Angels

Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500

By: Barbara Drake Boehm

This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.

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Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

By: Barbara A. Weightman

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Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

By: Barbara A. Weightman

Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia, Third Edition explores and illustrates conditions, events, problems, and trends of both larger regions and individual nations. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the author discusses evolving physical and cultural landscapes. Nature-Society relations provide the foundation for social, economic, political, and environmental problems. Dragons and Tigers is the only textbook that covers all three regions – South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia – in one textbook. It is the most comprehensive book on the market about the geography of Asia.

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047087628X

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Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania

By: Barbara A. West

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Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania

By: Barbara A. West

Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the peoples of Asia and Oceania including origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, and relationships to other cultures.

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1438119135

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The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

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The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

Students of Western civilization need more than facts. They need to understand the cross-cultural, global exchanges that shaped Western history; to be able to draw connections between the social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual happenings in a given era; and to see the West not as a fixed region, but a living, evolving construct. These needs have long been central to The Making of the West. The book’s chronological narrative emphasizes the wide variety of peoples and cultures that created Western civilization and places them together in a common context, enabling students to witness the unfolding of Western history, understand change over time, and recognize fundamental relationships. Read the preface.

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