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The red hand: protestant paramilitaries in northern irelandtitle: the red hand: protestant paramilitaries in northern irelandauthors: bruce, stevecondition: used; good
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The protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectarianshe speaks with conviction and vigour about issues including religious tolerance and intolerance and the conflict between church and state; he closes with a plea for unity the churchsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreluther was the revolutionary genius; because of his acute sense of paradox his teaching is difficult to understand, but dr whale's summing-up makes it a good deal easieroxfam bookshop carlisle first published in , this book was intended to offer a new interpretation of early protestantism and, against this background, a searching treatment of modern religious issuesafter him calvin, with his remorseless logic, may seem an unsympathetic figure; but here he is shown in his proper light as the great statesman and doctrinarian of the young churchthe sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentsome page edge and board wear, jacket is cut
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The dissemination of her works written in england, printed in the netherlands, secretly distributed in france, shows how protestant networks worked in this troubled perioda protestant, she emigrated to englanddernières oeuvres de mademoiselle la roche guilhen: contenant plusieurs histories galantes stories in this book: queen of england adeleide regina d'ungheria agrippina roman history tamerlano imperatore dei tartari hieron re di siracusa anne de la roche-guilhem or la roche-guilhen (july , rouen - or , england) was a french writer and translator and became known for several gallant workscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebeautiful illustrated frontispiece and publisher’s brand with the motto "eadem ubique"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeprinted on thick paper, heavy with glue of brown colourmarbled cardboard binding, titles handwritten on the spine
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During these spates of iconoclasm, catholic art and many forms of church fittings and decoration were destroyed in unofficial or mob actions by calvinist protestant crowds as part of the protestant reformationfive decorated raised bands to spinelight rubbing and wear to boards and hingesfloral decorations to spinelouis maimbourgh, de la compagnie de jesusfrom different editions but bindings are identicalred title squares to spineti: pp; , third edition tii: pp; , second edition content: beeldenstorm in dutch (roughly "image storm" or "statue storm"), and bildersturm in german ("image/statue storm") are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in europe in the 16th century, known in english as the great iconoclasm or iconoclastic furyminor damages to spine extremitieshistoire de l'heresie des iconoclastes et de la translation de l'empire aux francoisa lovely set in very good conditionred speckled block edges, gilted stripes to board edgesmost of the destruction was of art in churches and public placesmarbled endpapers, some papers have browning, occasional foxing markcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedescription: two calf-leather bound books (complete) with acid treated motifs
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It was from england too that many protestant missionaries left in the 19th century to distant landstherefore it was to try to understand this reality and to grasp the profound originality of the english protestant reformation that the university of artois organized two study days, in february and februaryengland and protestantism are therefore closely linkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevoltaire's words, according to which the english went to heaven each taking their own path, lets us moreover glimpse a reality no less complexthe choice to include this research in a chronological progression was suggested by the difficulty of locating in time the appearance of the term (and therefore of the concept?) "anglicanism" (18th-19th century), revealing difficulty, can -being, an "identity" in permanent redefinitionthis originality, the organizers of these days wanted it to be sought after in the most varied fields of politics, sociology and culture without forgetting, of course, the field of religionand yet english protestantism occupies a special place in the reform movementfor many, the commonly accepted idea was, and still is, that "anglicanism" was a kind of compromise between catholicism and protestantismin effect, the history of protestantism and the history of england have always been closely linkedfor the flemish refugees of the 16th century fleeing spanish persecution, for the french huguenots after the revocation of the edict of nantes (), england was a safe havenit was in england, finally, that a renewed protestantism was developed (like methodism, for example) which corresponded better to the new living conditions of contemporary timesoxfam bookshop guildford it would never occur to anyone to deny england an essential place in the history of protestantism
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Oxfam shop colne road marguerite, catholic sister of king charles ix, is forced to marry the protestant henri de naverre in order to reconcile her native francebartholomew's day celebrations throws the fragile peace into chaos, and when a wounded protestant seeks refuge with marguerite, she finds herself falling in love with a pronounced enemysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, the brutal murder of thousands of protestants during the st
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Would look great in any home, whether they're orthodox christian, catholic, protestant or even just as a little mascot for turn-to prayercopper crucifix statue of jesus christwould also make a lovely gift! ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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However, the organic articles allowed only a local organization and not a national organization, without respecting their traditional organization (meeting synods and participation of lay people in the spiritual government of the church in particular) on june , the protestant temple of the holy spirit of paris hosted the general synod of the reformed churches of france, presided over by françois guizotreligion course transcribed by emanuscript in one-handed brown ink with beautiful regular writing (1st page printed)recognized and limited by the edict of nantes in , their last official synod was convened in , and they were officially abolished by the edict of fontainebleau revoking that of nantes init is the first officially authorized national synod sinceappearing as early as the reformation of the 16th century, the reformed churches were organized in a semi-clandestinity: the first national synod in , a confession of faith known as la rochelle intrial, pastor of the reformed church of nimessee photos for conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecontinuing a difficult existence under persecution (desert period, emigration to the countries of refuge and forced conversions), the reformed churches, authorized again thanks to the edict of tolerance of versailles () promulgated by the king louis xvi, then forbidden under the terror, were organized in by the organic articles that organised the concordant regime wanted by napoleon bonaparteperiod quarto binding n half-percalinecazalet (whose name appears at the bottom of the back of the binding) under the direction of messieux a
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Cornand de la croze author; jean le clerc, also known as jean leclerc or johannes clericus born on 19 march in geneva and died on 8 january in amsterdam, is a theologian, a swiss protestant pastor, historian, critic and journalistvolume 18 (an alphabetical table of authors, books and subjects discussed throughout the book) was published inpublishers: amsterdam, henry (henri) schelte and the wetstein brothers - clean hard covers, corners slightly dog eared but no loss (cf photos), leather edge - 4 volumes have the cover peeled off on one side only (easily repairable, surrounded in red in the photos, tome and 23) - very very clean interior, with no tears or missing pages - special interest: period annotations on volume 2 (written and old anchor confirmed) - decent edges, gilding gaps on several volumeshe also published the la bibliothèque universelle et historique (amsterdam, 25 vols, ), la bibliothèque choisie (amsterdam, 28 vols, ) et la bibliothèque ancienne et moderne (29 vols, volumes out of and 22 are missingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal edition of this literary and scientific journal composed by the professor of philosophy and belles-lettres jean le clerc (), which follows on from la bibliothèque universelle which he had published in the same vein from to with jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein he published the new testament
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Fine copy of a protestant bible with the old and new testament, plus psalm book and liturgiesvander putte en jall edges gilt (looks very fresh) with chisellinga amsterdam chez jin compani le nouveau testament, c'estadire la nouvelle alliance de noitre seigneur iesus christwith mention of gthree title engravingsvan heekeren, a't amsterdam by wedfront endpapers have a small moisture spotnouvelle édition, reveu sur les textes hébreux et grecs par les pasteurs et professeurs de genèvespanceerder, read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinouvelle edition reveú par les pasteurs et professeurs de geneve a amsterdam chez jles pseaumes de david, mis en vers francois, revus et approuvez par le synode walon des provinces unies nouvelle éditionhasebroek, la veuve gthe following information is mentioned on the title pages: la sainte bible qui contient l'ancien et le nouveau testamentbeaumond & compplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteparts of the psalm book and the liturgies are cut rather shortour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeleather binding, decorated with gilt print
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As the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth century""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experienceoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morebetween and as many as 15 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertthe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet unionthe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horror"" the west gradually began to take noticepart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled history
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The man's clothing and headgear surely reference to protestant thoughtsalso a beautiful gold plated 19th century frame with name plate after "aportrait of a prominent man "notary or legal person of the time" oil on copper from the early 18th centurytwo small restorations from the 19th century in the backgroundthis work is very detailed and professional as was common at the timethe portrait has a peaceful assuredly philosophic appearance and is surely 1st half of the 18th centurycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteostade" referring to the artist, this name plate is clearly older than the frameare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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He developed into a celebrated pulpit speaker, and became the darling of the enlightened protestant smart set of amsterdam; however, it was broken in the bud like a fragrant flowerthe excellent block shows light browning and water stains at the beginning and end( cm) ¶ convolute in modern artificial leather binding; spine with raised bands a bit corrugated sub 1: up to d quire water stained at the bottom, otherwise the solid block is in excellent conditioncontains 18 sermons, delivered in the church of the lam & tooren congregation in amsterdamschriftuur; door joannes houbakker, in zyn leeven leeraar der doopsgezinden, t’amsterdam (amsterdam, jacob ter beek, a-3e4 3[f]4 3[g]) pplaudatory poems by claas bruin and pieter van de wallewith engraved portrait in oval cartouche by jidem, twintig weldoorwrochte predikatien, over verscheide texten der hle blon, with 6-line captionat the end a publisher’s catalogue of ter beekcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisub 2: with title engraving of the good shepherdjoannes houbakker () was educated by galenus abrahamsz and was provisionally appointed preacher in , at the age of 20also here laudatory poems by claas bruin and pieter van de wallehoubraken after jjoannes houbakker, predikatien over verscheide texten der hschriftuur; door joannes houbakker, in zyn leeven leeraar der doopsgezinden t’ amsterdam (amsterdam, jacob ter beek, °: p1 *-2*4 p1 a-2x4 p1 2y blanco + 16) ppin front a beautiful pietas frontispiece in memory of houbakker who died at the age of 30please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Despite their personal regard for him, the russians remained unconvinced by his arguments, not least because of the actions of the anglican hierarchy in forming alliances with other protestant bodiesincreasingly disillusioned with the church of england, and finding himself without support from the scottish episcopal church, palmer was urged by his russian friends such as mouravieff and khomiakoff to convert to orthodoxyhowever, he baulked at making the cultural leap from west to east, and could not accept the orthodox inconsistency over rebaptism and chrismationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road this book charts the eccentric career of william palmer of magdalen, the only member of the oxford movement to take a serious interest in the orthodox churchpalmer for his part exposed the logical inconsistencies in the claim of the orthodox to be the one true churchafter some years in ecclesiastical limbo, he followed the example of his oxford friends such as newman, and was received into the roman catholic church in rome inordained an anglican deacon, palmer was destined for a conventional life as a classics don at oxford, but in and he travelled to russia to seek communion from the russian orthodox church, on the basis that the anglican church was part of the catholic and apostolic church world-widehe lived in rome as a catholic layman until his death in
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Bochart was a french protestant specialist in biblical exegesispars prior de animalibus in genere, et de quadrupedibus viviparis et oviparisbound in vellum (with tie holes) and cold pressed on both boardsexcerpts from damiri (hayát ul hayawan; cfnumbered in 888 columns (part two), [56 ffhierozoicon sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturaebochart () not only drew on biblical texts to write his zoological treatise on bible animals since he also integrated the writings of arab naturalists, such as al-damîrî and al-qazwini, none of whom work had not yet appeared in europe before this publication"the hierozoicon is still an inexhaustible treasure trove not only in zoological and historical terms, but also in literary terms" (carus, 'history of zoology', pbochart, pupil of erpenius, "collected all the news about the animals of the bible in the mighty tomesome repair work on the vellum would be useful but the binding is solid, exceptionally so for such an old and heavy workcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenumbered in columns (part one), [64 ffde avibus, serpentibus, insectis, aquaticis, et fabulosis animalibusare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki315) bochart considers each animal mentioned in scripture and explores its treatment by ancient greek, roman, arabic, and hebrew naturalistsfor index and errata] [4 ffan exceptionally scarce first edition of a spectacular bookde animalibus in genere et de quadrupedibus viviparis et oviparis partthe two superb indexes each cover seven topics: i - index of sacred texts cited ii - authors cited iii- index of words in hebrew, chaldic, syriac, samaritan, ethiopian iv - index of arabic words v - index of greek words vi - index of other languages including those deemed barbarous vii - index of animals citedborn in rouen he was a pastor in caen, and also studied at oxford, where he was tutor to wentworth dillon, future earl of roscommoncomplete in large and very heavy folio, in two parts, opening with an elaborate dedication to charles ii: [48 ffpars posterior de avibus, serpentibus, insectis, aquaticis et fabulosis animalibusbocart clearly understood not only german and english (and one presumes french and italian) but greek, latin, hebrew, arabic, persian, aramaic and ethiopian! the work represents an important step in western research into arabic scientific literature, albeit in the service of bible exegesisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeindex and errata]harting 204), qazwini, the qamus and various other arab works occupy a broad space" (fueck)text in latin, greek, arabic, hebrew, and other semitic languages
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As a parting shot, a retiring liverpool nightclub manager plays a cruel prank on his successor by booking two groups of pensioners - one catholic and one protestant - into the same bar room on the same nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the new manager, mike (michael angelis), walks into this explosive situation, he must pull out all the stops to keep the peaceoxfam bookshop swanage alan bleasdale pens this dark comedy set in liverpooljoanne whalley and bernard hill co-star, while pop star elvis costello makes a cameo appearance as an inept magician
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Fuller shows that these groups are no more anti-scientific than protestant sects were atheisticscience, argues fuller, is now undergoing its own version of secularizationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield in this challenging and provocative book, steve fuller ranges widely over the history of science and religion - from aristotle and the atomists to dawkins and the neo-darwinists - and takes a close look at what science is, how its purpose has changed over the years, and what role religion and in more recent years atheism have played in its progressionwe are ceasing to trust science in its institutional forms, formulated by an anointed class of science priests, and instead we are witnessing the emergence of what fuller calls 'protscience' - all sorts of people, from the new age movement to anti-evolutionists, claiming scientific authority as their own
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Prompted by the protestant reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the counter-reformationscarce antwerpian edition of the canons and decrees of the council of trentincludes also papal bulls and some other related texts) pp - rebound in 19th century half leatherthe printers device "concordia res parvae crescunt" means "unity is strength" the national motto of the later kingdom of belgiumthe council of trent held between and in trent was the 19th ecumenical council of the catholic churchcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehardly any signs of agingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeclean and no tears
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A german princess by birth, anne is to be henry's pawn in the protestant alliance against rome, but the marriage falters from the startsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of the other boleyn girl, philippa gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of henry viii and his final queensand jane boleyn, summoned to the inner circle once more by her uncle the duke of norfolk, finds a fractious court haunted by the boleyn legacy of death and deceitthe king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of god nownothing is certain in a kingdom ruled by an increasingly tyrannical kinghenry viii must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by anne of clevesthe new queen begins to sense a trap closing around herhenry finds nothing to admire in his new queen, setting himself against his advisors and nobles to pay court to young katherine howard
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The established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centurya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchyat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historychapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this period
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the reformation of the subject is a study of the cultural contradictions that gave birth to the english protestant epictracing the transformation of the epic poem into an instrument for the reformation of the political subject, gregerson thus provides an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the ways in which subjectivities are historically producedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a series of detailed readings, gregerson examines the different strategies adopted by spenser and milton as they sought to distinguish their poems from idols yet preserve the shaping power that iconoclasts have long attributed to iconsshe reminds us that reformation iconoclasts viewed verbal images with the same aversion as visual images, because they too were capable of waylaying the human imaginationin lucid and theoretically sophisticated language, linda gregerson examines the fraught ideological, political and gender conflicts that are woven into the texture of the faerie queene and paradise lost
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Calvin's conclusions, together with those of a group of contemporary reformed and lutheran thinkers, famously became the basis of much later protestant theologybut understood in its sixteenth-century context, muller argues, calvin's theology proves both intriguing and intractable to twentieth-century concernssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe shows that calvin's theology evidences the impact of humanist philology and rhetoric, of patristics, and also - both positively and negatively - of the categories of medieval scholastic thoughtoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to cover, very good overall condition this book attempts to understand calvin in his sixteenth-century context, with attention to continuities and discontinuities between his thought and that of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successorsrichard muller is particularly interested in the interplay between theological and philosophical themes common to calvin and the medieval doctors, and in developments in rhetoric and method associated with humanismthis intractable and unaccomodated calvin, he says, is important to our historical understanding in direct proportion to the level of distortion found in several generations of modern dogmatic analysis of calvin's thought
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in s rural ireland, rathcormick is the utterly engaging story of one protestant family, the stern, imperious papa and the placating, wily mamma, their two daughters and six sonsbut no boyhood lasts forever, and an abrupt turn of events signals an end to the idyllsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerathcormick is an unforgettable memoir- funny, compelling and originalfor homan, the youngest, life is a free-spirited awakening in a world of old-fashioned virtue and frugality
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Oxfam bookshop skipton in , during the english civil wars, a radical peasant movement appeared under the leadership of gerrard winstanley, a protestant religious reformersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinspired by biblical sources, winstanley argued in favor of a radical egalitarian society in which all men would live freely in communal villages, where property ownership, rent and wages were all abolishedhis followers were originally called the true levellers, but quickly became known as the diggersclean crisp pages
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Christian the younger of brunswick-wolfenbüttel (), a member of the house of welf, titular duke of brunswick-lüneburg and administrator of the prince-bishopric of halberstadt, was a german protestant military leader during the early years of the thirty years' war, fighting against the forces of the imperial house of habsburg, habsburg spain, and the catholic leaguemauquoy-hendrickx 186 identical to british museum copy: read morecondition -- trimmed to the platemarkfrom the famous icones series, after van dycksome vague toning, otherwise in excellent conditionportrait of christian, duke of brunswick, half-length, wearing a ruff, sash and armour; tree in the backgroundwith text marginreinforced edges on versoonly state! reference: hollstein 5catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableon laid paper with watermark (strassbourg lilly)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerobert van voerst was a famous flemish engraver, trained in the workshop of crispijn de passeappointed royal engraver to charles i in
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Maximilian of bethune, duke of sully (), a peer of france, marshal of france, was a protestant soldier and a comrade-in-arms of king henry iv, of whom he became one of the main advisorsperiod binding in full veal havanafirst print of the edition established by the abbot of the lock of the lodgesspine with raised bands adorned with gold fleuronsred edges, nice marginsone of the best editions of the works of les mémoires de sullymarbled interior covers6 x 20 cm weight: 4 kg read morevolume i: 607 pages, includes 10 books from to volume ii: 612 pages, includes 12 books from to volume iii: 620 pages, includes 6 books from to with the supplement to the life of the duke of sully since his retirementcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerare - memoires de maximilien de béthune, duc de sully- first edition, exceptional volumes in a very beautiful condition (almost without foxing, see photos)
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Starting with edith cavell, who nursed the wounded of world war i in belgium and helped allied soldiers escape back to england, he goes on to consider the protestant pastor dietrich bonhoeffer, who in returned to nazi germany from new york to lead the christian opposition against the nazi regime, and the wealthy businessman raoul wallenberg, who left neutral sweden in to go to budapest to try save the lives of hungarian jewssee oxfam website for delivery information read more telling the stories of america's civil rights leader martin luther king, robert kennedy - who, after his brother's assassination, remade himself as a politician of compassion - and nelson mandela, he considers great courage over a long period against daunting oddsand then there is the legacy of dame cicely saunders, who changed the way we care for the dying by founding and leading the hospice movementoxfam shop dumfries what is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? why is it that some people - like the undercover heroes working for soe in occupied france or the passengers of the united 93 flight on 9/11 - have the courage to dare? to answer these questions, gordon brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figuresthese eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an inspirational courage that gordon brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraits finally, he explores the life of aung san suu kyi, who for twenty years, much of that time under house arrest in rangoon, has led her country's democratic opposition to military dictatorship, and continues to do so todayall three paid the ultimate price
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When jane refused to betray her protestant faith, mary sent her to the executioner's block praise for philippa gregory:  'meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is gregory on top form' good housekeeping  'gregory has popularised tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' sunday times  'engrossing' sunday express  'popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' the times  see oxfam website for delivery information read morea beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding elizabeth's suspicious glareoxfam shop colne road 'how long do i have?' i force a laugh so when katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the tower you are to be beheaded tomorrow'not long,' he says very quietly 'learn you to die' is the advice that jane gives in a letter to her younger sister katherine, who has no intention of dying'they have confirmed your sentence of death we don't have long at allshe intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find lovethere jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdombut her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile queen mary and, when mary dies, to her sister queen elizabeth, who will never allow katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she doesafter watching her sisters defy the queen, mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throneusing her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked jane in the tower 'farewell, my sister,' writes katherine to the youngest grey sister, marybut she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin elizabeth' jane grey was queen of england for nine days
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Prefaced by a message 'to the king' from mr' philips as the glorious defender of the protestant faith that the missionaries were 'recommending to the heathens'internally some tanning and foxing but overall clean and unmarked throughoutowners name in ink on front free endpapertranslated from high dutch by mrphilips, original german missionary authors were batholomaeus ziegenbalg and ernst grundleroxfam bookshop thame full leather binding, five raised bands and gilt decoration to spinean amazing 200 year old survivorleather worn, cracked to spine but binding still solid and tightfront board detached but presentfront free endpaper also detached but rest of text block including flyleaf and half title are bound in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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