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Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child

Funeral Monuments and their European Context

By: Jeannie Labno

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Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child

Funeral Monuments and their European Context

By: Jeannie Labno

The study of funeral monuments is a growing field, but monuments erected to commemorate children have so far received little attention. Whilst the practice of erecting monuments to the dead was widespread across Renaissance Europe, the vast majority of these commemorated adults, with children generally only appearing as part of their parents' memorials. However, as this study reveals, in Poland there developed a very different tradition of funerary monuments designed for, and dedicated to, individual children - daughters as well as sons. The book consists of five major parts, which could be read in any order, though the overall sequencing is based on the premise that an understanding of the context and background will enhance a reading of these fascinating child monuments. Consequently, there is a progression of knowledge presented from the broader context of the earlier parts, towards the final parts where the actual child monuments are discussed in detail. Thus the book begins with an overview of the wider cultural contexts of funerary monuments and where children fitted into this. It then moves on to to look at the 'forgotten Renaissance' of central Europe and specifically the situation in Poland. The middle part addresses the 'culture of memory', examining the role of funerary monuments in reinforcing social, religious and familial continuity. The last parts deal with the physical monuments: empirical data, iconography and iconology. Through this illuminating consideration of children's monuments, the book raises a host of fascinating questions relating to Polish social and cultural life, family structure, attitudes to children and gender. It also addresses the issue of why Poland witnessed this unusual development, and what this tells us about the transmission of cultural and artistic ideas across Renaissance Europe. Drawing upon social and cultural history, visual and gender studies, the work not only asks important new questions, but provides a fresh perspective on some familiar topics and themes within Renaissance history.

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474

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1317163958

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9781317163954

Fagin's Children

Criminal Children in Victorian England

By: Jeannie Duckworth

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Fagin's Children

Criminal Children in Victorian England

By: Jeannie Duckworth

Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, with Fagin, Sykes, the Artful Dodger, and children trained as pickpockets and sent out as burglar's accomplices, provides an unforgettable fictional image of the Victorian underworld. Fagin's Children is an account of the reality of child crime in 19th-century Britain and the reaction of the authorities to it. It reveals both the poverty and misery of many children's lives in the growing industrial cities of Britain and of changing attitudes toward the problem. Inevitably most is known about children who were arrested. While few children were hanged after 1800, their treatment ranged from whipping to imprisonment, sometimes in the hulks, and transportation. Increasingly, elements of training and reclamation came into a system principally aimed at punishment. Fagin's Children is an original and important contribution both to the history of Victorian crime and to the history of childhood.

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278

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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ISBN 10

0826444520

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9780826444523

Australian Bird Names

A Complete Guide

By: Jeannie Gray,Ian Fraser

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Australian Bird Names

A Complete Guide

By: Jeannie Gray,Ian Fraser

Australian Bird Names is aimed at anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird, to tease out the meanings, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! The authors examine every species: its often many-and-varied common names, its full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names this is a book about the history of ever-developing understandings of birds, about the people who contributed and, most of all, about the birds themselves. 2013 Whitley Award Commendation for Zoological Resource.

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494

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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ISBN 10

0643104712

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9780643104716

Australian Bird Names

Origins and Meanings

By: Ian Fraser,Jeannie Gray

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Australian Bird Names

Origins and Meanings

By: Ian Fraser,Jeannie Gray

This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This second edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.

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589

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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ISBN 10

1486311652

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9781486311651

Pitman Business Communication

Workbook

By: Shirley McHugh,Jeannie Pollard

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Pitman Business Communication

Workbook

By: Shirley McHugh,Jeannie Pollard

Second edition of a book first published in 1987. Comprises business stationery and proofreading exercises to accompany the TPitman Business Communication' text, which is used in TAFE secretarial courses.

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300

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0729902315

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9780729902311

Pitman Business Communication Text

By: Shirley McHugh,Jeannie Pollard

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Pitman Business Communication Text

By: Shirley McHugh,Jeannie Pollard

Revised edition of a textbook for use in the TAFE national core curriculum. Material new to this edition includes conflict resolution and communication within organisations. Includes a bibliography and an index. First published in 1988.

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0729901998

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9780729901994

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Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child

Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child

Fagin's Children

Fagin's Children

Australian Bird Names

Australian Bird Names

Australian Bird Names

Australian Bird Names

Pitman Business Communication

Pitman Business Communication

Pitman Business Communication Text

Pitman Business Communication Text

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