Most people in the middle ages shared communal living space and lived most of their lives publicly in the midst of other people. Slowly, however, the wealthy began to build parts of their houses that were private and where private activities, such as reading, could be enjoyed. This was a new development and differed from the solitude of the hermit and the silence of the monk. Diana Webb traces what this meant for men and women growing sense of individuality in this highly original book.
This book looks at the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification.
Medieval pilgrimage was, above all, an expression of religious faith, but this was not its only aspect. Men and women of all classes went on pilgrimage for a variety of reasons, sometimes by choice, sometimes involuntarily. They made both long and short journeys: to Rome, Jerusalem and Santiago on the one hand; to innumerable local shrines on the other. The routes that they followed by land and water made up a complex web which covered the face of Europe, and their travels required a range of support services, including the protection of rulers (who were themselves often pilgrims). Pilgrimage left its mark not only on the landscape but also on the art and literature of Europe. Diana Webb's engaging book offers the reader a fresh introduction to the history of European Christian pilgrimage in the twelve hundred years between the conversion of Emperor Constantine and the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. As well as exploring this multi-faceted activity, it considers both the geography of pilgrimage and its significant cultural legacy.
Pilgrimage was an integral part not only of medieval religion but medieval life, and from its origins in the 4th-century Meditteranean world rapidly spread to northern Europe as a pan-European devotional phenomenon. Drawing upon original source materials, this text seeks to uncover the motives of pilgrims and the details of their preparation, maintenance, hazards on the route, and their ideas about pilgrimage sites - especially Jerusalem, Compostela and Rome - and gives an account of the multiplicity of interest which grew up around the many shrines along the way. The period covered is from about 1000 AD to 1500 AD - before the first crusade and the beginning of the great growth in pilgrimage in the Orthodox church, Byzantine of Russia. The bibliography includes printed sources and a listing of secondary works.
Christel s Wisdom We live in a world of many wars. Not only pitting brother against brother in a blood battle, we also are living amidst a war on drugs, a war on global warming, a war on Internet crimes, a war on inflating costs and a war within ourselves. But truth tells us that a bullet never trumps a principle, be it a nuclear warhead or pulling a Judas. Socrates said, Know thyself. The only life worth living is a principled one. He was right then and his philosophy holds steadfast today. The only way to discover the authentic being Socrates referred to is to die to self. Until the soul stands naked and free, we can only see the world in shades of gray. When we rid ourselves of the garbage that has accumulated around our hearts, crushing our life force, glory shines in Technicolor. This book is a spiritual voyage through the intricate workings of the heart and mind. You will be immersed in a transformation. Delight in the international excursion with Christel the Butterfly. Let Christel guide you on a 171-day journey of strengthening character, enhancing friendships, experiencing wisdom, facing reality and embracing the love of God. Carry on!
The colossal Sistine Chapel features Michelangelo's stunning masterpieces. His fresco of The Last Judgment serves as a reminder that mankind's obligation to life is not for personal advantage. No man should ever be used as a means to an end. It is no secret that every living being has a dark secret in the closet-be it living a lie, addiction, betrayal, commission of an undetected crime, uncontrolled anger, fear, hate, regret, abuse...and the list continues in perpetuity. The dilemma we confront is how we process our secret in relation to pulling back the mantilla of life to jibe with our agenda at hand-and the eternal agenda of our soul. Elf Dust to Excellence takes you through a 40-day journey of your life-from the perspective of how to assess, attain, and maintain the richness of living in simple abundance. It dissects the inner self from the outside-in. But this isn't just any ordinary trek. The book doesn't have you as the reader sitting on the sidelines watching through rose-colored glasses for the ship to come in. It works as a shared effort. The captivating daily entries provide an interactive approach to greatness via God's grace. Practical hard-hitting modules accompany the passages, weaving in a slice of humor. E. E. Cummings once said, "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." Are you ready? Grab your lapel and let's go!
This guide looks at personal development from the perspective of the individual as well as the organization they work for. The purpose of the book is to define personal development in the context of the information and library profession. It discusses what personal development can contribute to the respective performances of the individual, the information service and the employing organization, and ways in which this can be carried out. The growing range of qualities and skills required by information workers in today's constantly changing working environment are discussed, along with the role of the formal and informal continuing of education and training.
In the movie Ghost, the passionate moment when Patrick Swayze is able to reach out to Demi Moore from the other side touched people in a way that few movies do. Can a departed loved one really change the course of our lives? Diana von Welanetz Wentworth knows with all her heart that love does transcend death. It happened to her. From the beginning, Diana Webb and Paul von Welanetz were a storybook couple. Their courtship was a transcontinental whirlwind. The enchantment of their first days together seemed to grow richer with time, and endured through twenty-five years of marriage. Diana and Paul shared everything, personally and professionally. Their passion for cooking, entertaining, and bringing people together led them to successful careers as award-winning cookbook authors, as hosts of a television show, and later as founders of the Inside Edge, an influential human-potential organization. Regarded by friends as a perfect match, they were even named "One of L.A.'s Most Romantic Couples" by Los Angeles magazine. But one day, everything changed. They discovered that their adventure together was to be cut short, for Paul was diagnosed with cancer. Diana was devastated. Soon afterward, in rapidly declining health, Paul told her, "I don't want you to be alone." She replied impulsively, "Then send me someone!" He responded, "I will." That promise is at the heart of the extraordinary story told in Send Me Someone. Not long after Paul's death, things began to happen to Diana that made it very apparent that Paul was still "present" in her life and actively concerned with her well-being. Within months, fate introduced her to a new man-- Ted Wentworth. But he wasn't at all like the dreamy, romantic Paul. And hardly the sort of man that Diana thought Paul might send to her. Ted was a prominent attorney-- realistic, funny, mischievous, even a little confrontational. Despite the obvious differences, Diana found herself falling in love with Ted and began to discover another side of him-- his extraordinary sense of intuition. Ted revealed something that astonished Diana-- he felt a startling inner connection to Paul von Welanetz! In fact, a series of remarkable occurrences soon convinced them both that Ted was indeed the "someone" Paul promised to send. Send Me Someone is both a romantic love story and a credible account of communication with someone from "the other side." It is an engaging, real-life tale, proving that love, once known, never really dies. Send Me Someone is, without a doubt, the most compelling love story of the year.
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In social work, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of social work. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.