The magicians and astrologers who frequented the courts of Burgundy and France during the reign of Charles VI to render their dubious services to king and nobles, induced friar Laurens Pignon OP to write a treatise called Contre les devineurs (1411) which he dedicated to John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy. This book presents a critical edition of the treatise and tries to reconstruct its historical and intellectual context by examining the role of magic and astrology at court. By means of theological and philosophical arguments which he derives from Aquinas, Pignon demonstrates the dangers and deficiencies of divination. In three appendices editions of supplementary documents are supplied: a confession of a court-magician, two divinatory texts and a fictional prognostication on the house of Burgundy.
Within the arena of international development cooperation, favored development policies and project approaches change over time. The authors of this unique volume bring together seven in-depth case studies from Africa and Asia to investigate whether "foreign" projects influence "iron-caged" policy attitudes at national level and whether they could bring about changes in a strategic and operational sense.
Erziehung, Bildung und Bildungsinstitutionen sind für den Aufschwung, den Europa in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit nimmt, von zentraler Bedeutung. Die ungeheuren Fortschritte, die europäische Geistes- und Naturwissenschaft im Laufe der Neuzeit macht, haben hier ihre Wurzeln, und Entsprechendes gilt für die Formierung einer breiten Schicht laikaler wie geistlicher, bürgerlicher und adeliger Eliten. Dieser Tagungsband vereint für den Zeitraum vom 15. bis zum frühen 17. Jahrhundert 13 Fallstudien in englischer und deutscher Sprache zur einleitend vorgestellten Rahmenthematik in vier Themenbereichen: Schulunterricht und die Unterrichtslektüre, die religiöse Unterweisung von Nonnen, von semireligiös lebenden Laien und von Theologen, Reflexionen der Ideale humanistischer Bildung und Erziehung in Briefen und Briefberichten der Frühen Neuzeit sowie verschiedene Institutionen (den Observantenorden, die Windesheimer Kongregation, den Weseler Stadtrat) unter dem thematischen Aspekt der durch sie oder an ihnen vollzogenen Erziehung und Bildung. Education and educational institutions in late medieval and early modern Europe have been of fundamental importance for the progress of science and scholarship as well as for the development and instruction of various classes whether lay or clerical, bourgeois or noble. This volume of proceedings brings together thirteen case studies (in English and in German) divided over four thematic areas: schooling and instructional literature; the education of nuns, laymen and theologians; humanist education and letter writing; and educational institutions (such as the Observant Franciscans, the Congregation of Windesheim, and the urban council of Wesel).
This volume presents a critical edition of Laurens Pignon's treatise "Contre les devineurs" (1411) and examines its literary and historical context of courtly magic and astrology in Burgundy and France during the reign of Charles VI.
This new book offers a substantial framework for examining the competence or powers of the EC in the field of company law, and the requirements for the lawful exercise of these powers (the principle of subsidiarity and the observance of Article 43 EC in particular). In order to provide a clear understanding of the practical relevance of this framework, the author tests the provisions of specific EC company law instruments for compatibility with the EC Treaty. Although the substantial body of EC company law that has been built up over the years is covered, the focus is on EC company law instruments which have been adopted in implementation of the 2003 Action Plan. The book includes a survey of the various company law instruments (both pre-and post-Action Plan) which together make up EC company law, and discusses the objectives of EC company law policy. --
Scientific and Technical Report No. 24 Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency: Experiences and Perspectives is a compendium of articles written by members of the PBC taskforce. It focuses on new approaches without delegated management to private operator i.e. service contracts, consulting contracts, Alliance approach, public-public partnership. It also mentions new design and generation of more traditional PPPs, (MC, lease, concession), where a larger proportion of performance-based design is being applied. List of Contents: Performance Based Contracts – Setting the scene; PBC and Results Based Financing: the inverse approach; PBC and Energy Efficiency; Internal Performance Contracts: A Case of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Uganda; Performance-Based Service Contracts in Navi Mumbai; Financial Comparison of PBCs and Conventional Approach; Tegucigalpa PBC Case Study; Performance Based Contracts – Key Design Issues; NRW Reduction Optimization Framework; How to improve water services performance? Performance Based Contracts (PBC) and Regulatory issues; Peer-to-Peer Partnerships Operational for sustainable water services; Performance Based Contracts in Malawi: Teamwork Works; Performance based affermage contracts; Performance based Contracts, The Aroona Integrated Alliance Experience; Experience from Eastern Europe; NRW Performance Contract – Kingdom of Bahrain; The way forward and perspectives/trends
In this wide-ranging work on Greek religion and mythology, Jan N. Bremmer brings together his stimulating and innovative articles, which have all been updated and revised where necessary. In three thematic sections, he analyses central aspects of Greek religion, beginning with the gods and heroes and paying special attention to the unity of the divine nature and the emergence of the category 'hero'. The second section begins with a discussion of the nature of polis religion, continues with various facets, such as seers, secrecy and the soul, and concludes with the influence of the Ancient Near East. The third section studies human sacrifice and offers the most recent analysis of the ideal animal sacrifice, combining literature, epigraphy, iconography, and zooarchaeology. Regarding human sacrifice, it concentrates on the famous cases of Iphigeneia and the werewolves of Mount Lykaion. The fourth and final section investigates key elements of Greek mythology, such as the definition of myth and its relationship to ritual, and ends with a brief history of the study of Greek mythology. The multi-disciplinary approach and rich footnotes make this work a must for anybody interested in Greek religion and mythology.
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