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What Is Property? an Inquiry Into the Principle of Right and of Government

By: Pierre Joseph Proudhon

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What Is Property? an Inquiry Into the Principle of Right and of Government

By: Pierre Joseph Proudhon

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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3385137640

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9783385137646

The World Turned Upside Down

Medieval Japanese Society

By: Pierre Souyri

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The World Turned Upside Down

Medieval Japanese Society

By: Pierre Souyri

This unique synthetic history of Japan's "middle ages" is a remarkable portrait of a complex period in the evolution of Japan. Using a wide variety of sources--ranging from legal and historical texts to artistic and literary examples--to form a detailed overview of medieval Japanese society, Souyri demonstrates the interconnected nature of medieval Japanese culture while providing an animated account of the era's religious, intellectual, and literary practices.

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314

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Columbia University Press

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0231118422

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9780231118422

Archaeology of the Bible

The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

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Archaeology of the Bible

The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

From ancient holy sites, to buried relics and treasures, National Geographic uncovers the history and the archaeological discoveries from Scripture and the biblical world. Richly illustrated and written from an objective and nondenominational perspective, author Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses the latest scientific and archaeological discoveries to place biblical stories in the framework of human history. Chapters, beginning with the dawn of human civilization and ending with present day and the future of archaeology, chronicle hundreds of sites and artifacts found in Sumer, Babylon, the Second Temple, along the route of the Exodus, and in many other regions across the Middle East. Timelines bridge hundreds of years and several empires, maps give readers a visual sense of location, while hundreds of photos and illustrations of rare artifacts and ancient places add to the visual splendor. lt concludes with details of what remains to be found and the evolving dynamic of biblical faith in an increasingly scientific world in which archaeologists make daily breakthroughs.

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National Geographic Books

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1426217048

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9781426217043

The Carolingians

A Family Who Forged Europe

By: Pierre Riché

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The Carolingians

A Family Who Forged Europe

By: Pierre Riché

Translated from the 1983 French edition, traces the rise, fall, and revival of the Carolingian dynasty, and shows how it molded the shape of a post-Roman Europe that is still with us today. An introduction to the subject for undergraduate or general readers. The largely French and German bibliography has been replaced with a short list of recommended English works. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812213424

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A History of Islamic Spain

By: Professor W Montgomery Watt,Pierre Cachia

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A History of Islamic Spain

By: Professor W Montgomery Watt,Pierre Cachia

The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization--from the collapse of the Visigoths in the eighth century to the fall of Granada in the fifteenth, and considers Spain's importance as a part of the Islamic empire. Particular attention is given to the golden period of economic and political stability achieved under the Umayyads. Without losing themselves in detail and without sacrificing complexity, the authors discuss the political, social, and economic continuity in Islamic Spain, or al-Andalus, in light of its cultural and intellectual effects upon the rest of Europe. Medieval Christianity, Watt points out, found models of scholarship in the Islamic philosophers and adapted the idea of holy war to its own purposes while the final reunification of Spain under the aegis of the Reconquista played a significant role in bringing Europe out of the Middle Ages. A survey essential to anyone seeking a more complete knowledge of European or Islamic history, the volume also includes sections on literature and philology by Pierre Cachia. This series of "Islamic surveys" is designed to give the educated reader something more than can be found in the usual popular books. Each work undertakes to survey a special part of the field, and to show the present stage of scholarship here. Where there is a clear picture this will be given; but where there are gaps, obscurities and differences of opinion, these will also be indicated. Full and annotated bibliographies will afford guidance to those who want to pursue their studies further. There will also be some account of the nature and extent of the source material. The series is addressed in the first place to the educated reader, with little or no previous knowledge of the subject; its character is such that it should be of value also to university students and others whose interest is of a more professional kind.

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220

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Transaction Publishers

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0202309363

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9780202309361

A Tour of French History: From a Province of Rome to the Kingdom of France

By: Pierre D Bognon

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A Tour of French History: From a Province of Rome to the Kingdom of France

By: Pierre D Bognon

The first thirteen centuries in France saw a new religion, a new language, new learning institutions and the beginnings of a great nation. The region evolved from an amalgamation of warring Gallic tribes to the most powerful kingdom in Europe and the secular arm of the Church of Rome. Much of these first centuries are unfairly regarded as The Dark Ages. There were, propitiously, redeeming periods of light during these times, strongly influenced by an ever-present Church and the will of extraordinary leaders. Many things we experience or hear about today and many places we visit are symbolic markers of the history of France during that period--they have been called ""lieux de memoire."" If you are not familiar with this history and these lieux, that should not prevent you from enjoying la belle France, but if you anchor your discovery in a historical context, your experience will be more profound and memorable. Hence this book.

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Lulu.com

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1483496740

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9781483496740

In the Footsteps of Jesus

A Chronicle of His Life and the Origins of Christianity

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

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In the Footsteps of Jesus

A Chronicle of His Life and the Origins of Christianity

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Featuring the latest archaeological and historical discoveries, this guide illustrates the people and events that shaped the life of Jesus, from his birth in Bethlehem to his death in Jerusalem.

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National Geographic Books

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142621913X

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9781426219139

The Moral Philosophy of Management

From Quesnay to Keynes

By: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

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The Moral Philosophy of Management

From Quesnay to Keynes

By: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

Explores the foundation of European management philosophy at a time when the Cold War has ended and Western capitalism has triumphed. The book reflects on the role of business and management that has emerged in Western capitalism and searches for the roots of moral philosophy.

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563243776

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9781563243776

The Rise of the Papal States

By: Pierre Daunou

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The Rise of the Papal States

By: Pierre Daunou

WHOEVER has read the Gospel, knows that Jesus Christ founded no temporal power, no political sovereignty. He declares that his kingdom is not of this world; he charges his apostles not to confound the mission he gives them, with the power exercised by the princes of the earth. St. Peter and his colleagues are sent not to govern but to instruct and the authority with which they are clothed, consists only in the knowledge and the benefits they are to bestow.

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Ozymandias Press

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1531286364

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Continental Drama

By: Pedro Caldern De La Barca,Pierre Corneille

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Continental Drama

By: Pedro Caldern De La Barca,Pierre Corneille

Author names not noted above: Jean Racine, Molire, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXVI features the six 17th- and 18th-century plays that have most influenced Western European literature and culture: [ Life Is a Dream, by Spanish dramatist PEDRO CALDERN DE LA BARCA (1600-1681), his 1635 allegory debating free will and fate [ Polyeucte, by French playwright and father of French tragedy PIERRE CORNEILLE (1606-1684), his 1642 drama based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus [ Phdre, by French dramatist JEAN RACINE (1639-1699), his 1677 tragedy from Greek mythology [ Tartuffe, by the French comic master Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), aka MOLIRE, his 1664 masterpiece about hypocrisy [ Minna von Barnhelm, by German playwright GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781), a groundbreaking comedy [ Wilhelm Tell, by German author FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805), a tragedy of the Swiss fight for independence in the 14th century.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1616401168

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9781616401160

The Biblical World

An Illustrated Atlas

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

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The Biblical World

An Illustrated Atlas

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Traces the early history of the Holy Land; the rise of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; and the geographical landscape of the region, in chronologically arranged chapters that place biblical texts in their historical context.

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National Geographic Books

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1426201389

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9781426201387

The Power of the Popes

Volume 1,2

By: Pierre Claude François Daunou

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The Power of the Popes

Volume 1,2

By: Pierre Claude François Daunou

Reproduction of the original: The Power of the Popes by Pierre Claude François Daunou

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3752331658

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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

By: Pierre Goubert

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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

By: Pierre Goubert

Louis XIV is one of history’s most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous “Sun King." but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had on the them. Praise for Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchman “ . . . It is safe to recommend the work as the best book available on the subject for the educated layman.”—Kirkus Reviews “This masterful work . . . should serve a generation of student and general readers as the essential introduction to the France of Louis XIV.”—The American Historical Review “In this field M. Goubert is a past master, and his subtle portrayal of the great social trends of the age deserves to be widely read.”—Times Literary Supplement

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Vintage

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0394717511

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9780394717517

Vimy

By: Pierre Berton

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Vimy

By: Pierre Berton

One chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scarp knows as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in their grasp what had eluded both British and French armies in over two years of fighting: they had seized the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front. How could an army of civilians from a nation with no military tradition secure the first enduring victory in thirty-two months of warfare with only 10,000 casualties, when the French had lost 150,000 men in their unsuccessful attempt? Pierre Berton's haunting and lucid narrative shows how, unfettered by military rules, civilians used daring and common sense to overcome obstacles that had eluded the professionals. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts and interviews, Berton brings home what it was like for the young men, some no more than sixteen years old, who clawed their way up the sodden, shell-torn slopes in a struggle they innocently believed would make war obsolete. He tells of the soldiers who endured horrific conditions to secure this great victory, painting a vivid picture of trench warfare. In his account of this great battle, Pierre Berton brilliantly illuminated the moment of tragedy and greatness that marked Canada's emergence as a nation.

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Anchor Canada

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0385673612

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9780385673617

Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)

An Existential and Spiritual Biography

By: Pierre-André Burton, OCSO

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Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)

An Existential and Spiritual Biography

By: Pierre-André Burton, OCSO

This book places the life of Aelred of Rievaulx, third abbot of the English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx, within the hundred-year period from the Norman Conquest of England in October 1066 through Aelred's death in January 1167. While exploring what is known of Aelred's life from his own works and especially from the principal work of Walter Daniel, author of The Life of Aelred of Rievaulx, Burton considers the influence of both English and church history on Aelred's personality and purpose as Christian, abbot, and writer. He emphasizes the place of the crucified Christ at the center of Aelred's life while calling spiritual friendship-not only personal but cosmological-the "hermeneutic key" to his teaching.

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Liturgical Press

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0879072768

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9780879072766

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What Is Property? an Inquiry Into the Principle of Right and of Government

What Is Property? an Inquiry Into the Principle of Right and of Government

The World Turned Upside Down

The World Turned Upside Down

Archaeology of the Bible

Archaeology of the Bible

The Carolingians

The Carolingians

A History of Islamic Spain

A History of Islamic Spain

A Tour of French History: From a Province of Rome to the Kingdom of France

A Tour of French History: From a Province of Rome to the Kingdom of France

In the Footsteps of Jesus

In the Footsteps of Jesus

The Moral Philosophy of Management

The Moral Philosophy of Management

The Rise of the Papal States

The Rise of the Papal States

Continental Drama

Continental Drama

The Biblical World

The Biblical World

The Power of the Popes

The Power of the Popes

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

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