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Drama and the Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland

A Repertory of Sources and Documents from the Earliest Times Until C. 1642

By: Alan John Fletcher

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Drama and the Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland

A Repertory of Sources and Documents from the Earliest Times Until C. 1642

By: Alan John Fletcher

The Irish contribution to world theatre is famous, but today awareness of Irish theatrical activity is chiefly confined to the modern period. This book corrects that imbalance with an unparalleled study of the early history of drama and performance in Ireland, from the seventh century through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and ending on the eve of the arrival of Oliver Cromwell. The work of professional entertainers is discussed, as is that of amateurs, in theatricals sponsored by churches, guilds, civic authorities, and aristocratic patrons. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, many unpublished, Alan Fletcher opens up a vibrant but forgotten Irish landscape in which drama and performance collaborated actively in the mapping and manufacture of social history. Modern Irish drama is acknowledged as having a rich and vibrant tradition. Drama, Performance and Polity in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland helps to show how that vibrant tradition of drama and theatre has a very long history. Dr. Fletcher deals not only with performance traditions outside the Pale in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but for the first time delves into such traditions as can be gleaned about Gaelic Ireland during the preceding millennium. Fletcher surveys the 'native' traditions beyond the Pale; early and sixteenth-century activities within Dublin; Kilkenny drama; provincial centres outside Dublin; and Dublin in the seventeenth century up to the arrival of Oliver Cromwell, when the Irish theatres were closed.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0859915735

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Luke 9:21-18:34, Volume 35B

By: John Nolland

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Luke 9:21-18:34, Volume 35B

By: John Nolland

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310588561

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9780310588566

Titanic

Triumph And Tragedy

By: John P Eaton,Charles Haas

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Titanic

Triumph And Tragedy

By: John P Eaton,Charles Haas

Astonishingly thorough pictorial record of her brief existence. Beginning with her conception, more than a thousand photographs and artists' impressions cover her construction and launching, her fitting-out and trials, preparations for her maiden passenger-carrying voyage, her departure from Southampton and arrival at Cherbourg, her voyage to Queenstown, and the drama of her final disaster after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and the aftermath through to the.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393036979

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9780393036978

The Ecological Transition

Cultural Anthropology and Human Adaptation

By: John W. Bennett

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The Ecological Transition

Cultural Anthropology and Human Adaptation

By: John W. Bennett

Written during the height of the ecology movement, The Ecological Transition is a stunning interdisciplinary work. It combines anthropology, ecology, and sociology to formulate an understanding of cultural-environmental relationships. While anthropologists have been studying relationships between humans and the physical environment for a very long time, only in the last thirty years have questions inherent in these relationships broadened beyond description and classification. For example, the concept of environment has been extended beyond the physical into the social. Although anthropologists have adopted many of the concepts that Bennett develops in the book, he also feels that the central issues have never been addressed, either by anthropologists or by people in related disciplines. The most important of these, in Bennett's opinion, is the failure to incorporate a respect for the environmental in contemporary culture, which would allow making exceptions in certain human practices in order to protect the environment. His point in The Ecological Transition is that a basic cultural change in modern civilization is necessary to achieve this end. Both a theoretical and a practical work, The Ecological Transition emphasizes the relationships between human culture, the physical environment, technology, and social policy. The Ecological Transition is a challenging volume that makes us face the consequences of human behavior in the modern world: its effect on pollution, natural resources, agriculture, the economy, and population, to name just a few areas. The book remains a significant contribution to the discourse on social, economic, and environmental problems. While the book was first published in 1976, it still reads as a contemporary tract.

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Routledge

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1351304704

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9781351304702

Travels of Four Years and a Half

In the United States of America; During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, And 1802

By: John Davis

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Travels of Four Years and a Half

In the United States of America; During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, And 1802

By: John Davis

An English traveler composed this account not for his fellow countrymen but for American readers; he went mostly up and down the Mid-Atlantic coast.

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Applewood Books

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1429000252

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9781429000253

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

By: Thomas Middleton,Gary Taylor,John Lavagnino

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Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

By: Thomas Middleton,Gary Taylor,John Lavagnino

Thomas Middleton is one of the few playwrights in English whose range and brilliance comes close to Shakespeare's. This handsome edition makes all Middleton's work accessible in a single volume, for the first time. It will generate excitement and controversy among all readers of Shakespeare and the English classics.

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2018

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Oxford University Press

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0198185693

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The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483-1558

By: John Hamilton Baker

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The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483-1558

By: John Hamilton Baker

This volume in 'The Oxford History of the Laws of England' covers the years 1483-1558, a period of immense social political, and intellectual changes which profoundly affected the law and its workings.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0198258178

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The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI

1483-1558

By: John Baker

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The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI

1483-1558

By: John Baker

This volume covers the years 1483-1558, a period of immense social, political, and intellectual changes, which profoundly affected the law and its workings. It first considers constitutional developments, and addresses the question of whether there was a rule of law under king Henry VIII. In a period of supposed despotism, and enhanced parliamentary power, protection of liberty was increasing and habeas corpus was emerging. The volume considers the extent to which the law was affected by the intellectual changes of the Renaissance, and how far the English experience differed from that of the Continent. It includes a study of the myriad jurisdictions in Tudor England and their workings; and examines important procedural changes in the central courts, which represent a revolution in the way that cases were presented and decided. The legal profession, its education, its functions, and its literature are examined, and the impact of printing upon legal learning and the role of case-law in comparison with law-school doctrine are addressed. The volume then considers the law itself. Criminal law was becoming more focused during this period as a result of doctrinal exposition in the inns of court and occasional reports of trials. After major conflicts with the Church, major adjustments were made to the benefit of clergy, and the privilege of sanctuary was all but abolished. The volume examines the law of persons in detail, addressing the impact of the abolition of monastic status, the virtual disappearance of villeinage, developments in the law of corporations, and some remarkable statements about the equality of women. The history of private law during this period is dominated by real property and particularly the Statutes of Uses and Wills (designed to protect the king's feudal income against the consequences of trusts) which are given a new interpretation. Leaseholders and copyholders came to be treated as full landowners with rights assimilated to those of freeholders. The land law of the time was highly sophisticated, and becoming more so, but it was only during this period that the beginnings of a law of chattels became discernible. There were also significant changes in the law of contract and tort, not least in the development of a satisfactory remedy for recovering debts.

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OUP Oxford

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0191018570

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Management by Process

A Roadmap to Sustainable Business Process Management

By: John Jeston,Johan Nelis

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Management by Process

A Roadmap to Sustainable Business Process Management

By: John Jeston,Johan Nelis

Establishing and maintaining a process-focused organization is critical as organizations are pressured to keep achieving further growth and profitability. This book provides a thorough exposition of the six key dimensions necessary for the creation of a process-focused organization.

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0750687614

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Autobiography of God

Discover the Extravagant Love of God

By: Lloyd John Ogilvie

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Autobiography of God

Discover the Extravagant Love of God

By: Lloyd John Ogilvie

What is God like? In a world confused about God's essential character, where can seekers turn to discover his identity? The parables of Jesus reveal aspects of God's nature, according to Lloyd Ogilvie, renowned former chaplain of the U.S. Senate. In taking to heart these "earthly stories with a heavenly meaning," we get to know God revealed in his son, Jesus, and discover and do his will. Ogilvie guides readers through 29 of Jesus' stories, and shows what each one reveals about who God is and who we are meant to be. Throughout, Ogilvie's warm, accessible voice invites believers and nonbelievers alike to get acquainted with God and begin to experience His extravagant love for each and every person.

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Baker Books

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1441224270

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9781441224279

A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold & Ancient Demesne

Tenure: with the Jurisdiction of Courts Baron and Courts Leet

By: John Scriven,Henry Stalman

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A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold & Ancient Demesne

Tenure: with the Jurisdiction of Courts Baron and Courts Leet

By: John Scriven,Henry Stalman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752520426

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Book's by John Steward

Drama and the Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland

Drama and the Performing Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland

Luke 9:21-18:34, Volume 35B

Luke 9:21-18:34, Volume 35B

Titanic

Titanic

The Ecological Transition

The Ecological Transition

Travels of Four Years and a Half

Travels of Four Years and a Half

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483-1558

The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483-1558

The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI

The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI

Management by Process

Management by Process

Autobiography of God

Autobiography of God

A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold & Ancient Demesne

A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold & Ancient Demesne

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