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Dynasties of the World

By: John Morby

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This title has tables giving years of rule and family relationships (in the male line unless otherwise indicated) for the reigning families of the world, from Horus Aha, first pharoah of Egypt, to Abdallah, present king of Saudi Arabia. Included in the tables are data regarding regencies and co-regencies, abdications and depositions, interregna and dynastic unions, mandates and protectorates, canonizations and beatifications, and the end of monarchic rule through conquest or overthrow. Notes provide information on chronological problems and uncertainties, non-Western dating systems, and names and titles; bibliographies document the research and guide the reader to additional information.

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Oxford University Press

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0192518488

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9780192518484

Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire

By: John Slater,Maríaluz López-Terrada,José Pardo-Tomás

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Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire

By: John Slater,Maríaluz López-Terrada,José Pardo-Tomás

Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety of medical cultures came into contact, and occasionally conflict, with one another. Spanish soldiers, ambassadors, missionaries, sailors, and emigrants of all sorts carried with them to the farthest reaches of the monarchy their own ideas about sickness and health. These ideas were, in turn, influenced by local cultures. This volume tells the story of encounters among medical cultures in the early modern Spanish empire. The twelve chapters draw upon a wide variety of sources, ranging from drama, poetry, and sermons to broadsheets, travel accounts, chronicles, and Inquisitorial documents; and it surveys a tremendous regional scope, from Mexico, to the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Germany. Together, these essays propose a new interpretation of the circulation, reception, appropriation, and elaboration of ideas and practices related to sickness and health, sex, monstrosity, and death, in a historical moment marked by continuous cross-pollination among institutions and populations with a decided stake in the functioning and control of the human body. Ultimately, the volume discloses how medical cultures provided demographic, analytical, and even geographic tools that constituted a particular kind of map of knowledge and practice, upon which were plotted: the local utilities of pharmacological discoveries; cures for social unrest or decline; spaces for political and institutional struggle; and evolving understandings of monstrousness and normativity. Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire puts the history of early modern Spanish medicine on a new footing in the English-speaking world.

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Routledge

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1317098374

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9781317098379

The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

Louis XIV and the Aix School

By: John Hajdu Heyer

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The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

Louis XIV and the Aix School

By: John Hajdu Heyer

Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition, eventually rivaling Paris for the quality of the composers it produced. John Hajdu Heyer documents the young king's visit and examines how he and his court deployed sacred music to enhance the royal image and secure the loyalty of the populace. Exploring the circle of composers at Aix, Heyer provides the most up-to-date and complete biographies in English of nine key figures, including Guillaume Poitevin, André Campra, Jean Gilles, François Estienne, and Antoine Blanchard. The book goes on to reveal how the history of political power in the region was reflected through church music, and how musicians were affected by contemporary events.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316123170

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The Castle Community

The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422

By: John Rickard

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The Castle Community

The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422

By: John Rickard

Lists of owners, constables, and other known officials of English and Welsh castles, with sources. Arranged alphabetically by name of castle within each county.

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Boydell Press

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0851159133

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9780851159133

The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

By: John Everett-Heath

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The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

By: John Everett-Heath

Every populated place, however small, has a name, and every name is chosen for a reason. This fascinating dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from across the world, as well as the name in the local language. It also includes key historical facts associated with many place names. Place-names are continually changing. New names are adopted for many different reasons such as invasion, revolution, and decolonization. This dictionary includes selected former names, and, where appropriate, some historical detail to explain the transition. The names of places often offer a real insight into the places themselves, revealing religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments and topography. Superstition and legend can also play a part. All this fascinating detail is included in the Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes two appendices: a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meanings, and a list of personalities and leaders from all over the world who have influenced the naming of places. Containing over 10,000 names, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this is a unique and fascinating guide for geographers, travellers, and all with an interest in current world affairs.

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Oxford University Press

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0192556460

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9780192556462

Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History

Private Law to 1750

By: John Hamilton Baker

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Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History

Private Law to 1750

By: John Hamilton Baker

Previous edition published as : Sources of English legal history. London : Butterworth, 1986.

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816

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OUP UK

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0199546800

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The Development of the Art Market in England

Money as Muse, 1730–1900

By: Thomas M Bayer,John R. Page

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The Development of the Art Market in England

Money as Muse, 1730–1900

By: Thomas M Bayer,John R. Page

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

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Routledge

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1317323831

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9781317323839

Imagination-Building

The Memoirs of John Douglas Forbes (1910 - 2018), First Professor of the Darden School of the University of Virginia

By: John Douglas Forbes

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Imagination-Building

The Memoirs of John Douglas Forbes (1910 - 2018), First Professor of the Darden School of the University of Virginia

By: John Douglas Forbes

The Memoirs of John Douglas Forbes encompass watching the streetlamp lighters of San Francisco in 1912, to visiting the Royal Crescent in Bath in 2001, among many other memories. Art curator, educator, First Professor of the Darden School of the University of Virginia; hiker, kite flyer and traveler, who made a second family with the new wife he found through placing a Personal Ad in a magazine after becoming a widower --- John Douglas Forbes followed an unusual path. M.E. Forbes, in An Afterword to the Memoirs, speaks of the 38-year “May-December” journey she shared with Dr. Forbes.

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1728377633

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9781728377636

Whereabouts Unknown

By: Rawley, John

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Whereabouts Unknown

By: Rawley, John

Chronicles the lives of a handful of promising young people. It opens in their history classroom in the last days of the 1989 school year and ends at the students' high school reunion ten years later. This play taps into the growing interest in the 1980's subculture and music that is ever more steadily developing as the passage of time helps to create a sense of nostalgia for days gone by.

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I. E. Clark Publications

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0886804736

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Singers of Italian Opera

The History of a Profession

By: John Rosselli

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Singers of Italian Opera

The History of a Profession

By: John Rosselli

Adelina Patti was the most highly regarded singer in history. She earned nearly $5,000 a night and had her own railway carriage. Yet a minor comic singer would perform for the cost of his food and a pair of shoes to wear on stage. John Rosselli's wide-ranging study introduces all those singers, members of the chorus as well as stars, who have sung Italian opera from 1600 to the twentieth century. Singers are shown slowly emancipating themselves from dependence on great patrons and entering the dangerous freedom of the market. Rosselli also examines the sexist prejudices against the castrati of the eighteenth century and against women singers. Securely rooted in painstaking scholarship and sprinkled with amusing anecdote, this is a book to fascinate and inform opera fans at all levels.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521426979

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World Monarchies and Dynasties

By: John Middleton

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World Monarchies and Dynasties

By: John Middleton

Throughout history, royal dynasties have dominated countries and empires around the world. Kings, queens, emperors, chiefs, pharaohs, czars - whatever title they ruled by, monarchs have shaped institutions, rituals, and cultures in every time period and every corner of the globe. The concept of monarchy originated in prehistoric times and evolved over centuries right up to the present. Efforts to overthrow monarchies or evade their rule - such as the American, French, Chinese, and Russian revolutions - are considered turning points in world history. Even today, many countries retain their monarchies, although in vastly reduced form with little political power. One cannot understand human history and government without understanding monarchs and monarchies. This fully-illustrated encyclopedia provides the first complete survey of all the major rulers and ruling families of the world, past and present. No other reference work approaches the topic with the same sense of magnitude or connection to historical context. Arranged in A-Z format for ease of access, World Monarchies and Dynasties includes information on major monarchs and dynasties from ancient time to the present. This set: includes overviews of reigns and successions, genealogical charts, and dynastic timelines; addresses concepts, problems, and theories of monarchy; provides background and information for further research; highlights important places, structures, symbols, events, and legends related to particular monarchs and dynasties; includes a master bibliography and multiple indexes.

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1317451570

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Dynasties of the World

Dynasties of the World

Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire

Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire

The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

The Castle Community

The Castle Community

The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History

Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History

The Development of the Art Market in England

The Development of the Art Market in England

Imagination-Building

Imagination-Building

Whereabouts Unknown

Whereabouts Unknown

Singers of Italian Opera

Singers of Italian Opera

World Monarchies and Dynasties

World Monarchies and Dynasties

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