The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
List the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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Oxfam bookshop preston the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed the transformation of the old rural order to the modern class societythis book is in very good condition for its age, with clean, white pages throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile historians have studied this transition as it occurred in individual countries, jerome blum offers the first view of it as a european experience that transcended political frontiers
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth this book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is based on evidence derived from the buildings themselves,documents and contemporary descriptions
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"english sacred poetry of the sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" selected by willmott george routldge, london - new edition - ill by various incl gilbert and engraved by brothers danziel - 419p, 25cmx20cm - condtion: good, gift inscription to ffep, some foxing, complete with all illustrations, housed in mylar cover1 "the poets of the nineteenth century" by rev robert aris willmott george routledge, london - first thus edition - 394p, 20cmx15cm - condition; good, original binding with some wear and rubbing, some page foxing, some scribbling and inscription endpapersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when rome's cultural predominance was assured, artists and tourists from all over europe converged on the cityhughes brilliantly analyses the defining works of caravaggio, velasquez, rubens and bernini5" x 1" (14 x 14 x 2oxfam shop budleigh salterton for almost a thousand years, rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the worldread by david timson running time 11 hours 37 minutes on 9 cds5 cm) see oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the artistic blossoming of the renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye over the great works of raphael, michelangelo and brunelleschi, shedding new light on the old mastersin equal parts loving, iconoclastic, enraged and wise, peopled with colourful figures and rich in unexpected details, rome is an exhilarating journey through the story of one of the world's most glorious cities hughes' rome is a vibrant, contradictory, spectacular and secretive place; a monument both to human glory and human errorin very good condition with minimal signs of wear dimensions: 5hughes vividly recreates the ancient rome of julius caesar, marcus aurelius, nero, caligula, cicero, martial and virgil
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Although unsigned, this ptolemaic armillary sphere is very typical of those produced in france in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by globe and instrument makers such as louis charles desnos (), charles françois delamarche “very likely” (), and jean fortin ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe names of the rings and geographical information are printed in frencha rare french ptolemaic armillary sphere, of traditional form, pasteboard with applied engraved paper calibrations, on ebonized wood standthe signs of wear are clearly visible on the photospasteboard on ebonized wood stand dimensions height: 42 cm diameter: 25 cm condition: original unrestored armillary sphere read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe photos are therefore part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period
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An important eighteenth century workour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentinternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuegeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesan essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerare first edition5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavesthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holdingplease see our images for further descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynastythe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotheroxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldthe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court societythis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern francea comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and controlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court
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Luther 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 easiersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe 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 churchafter 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 protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectariansoxfam 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 issuessome page edge and board wear, jacket is cutthe sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later development
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this fascinating new book explores what life was like during the templars' stay in somerset during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuriesit reveals the struggles over land ownership in the county, and introduces the reader to little known historical characters including william de marisco, revealing his struggle with the templars, and claim to the throne of englandthe final chapter explores the controversy surrounding a carved wooden man's head discovered in a somerset churchrichly illustrated and compiled using original research, this book is sure to appeal to everyone interested in medieval historythe author has found compelling evidence to suggest the church was not only built on templar land, but had a connection with the grand master of the order himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bcethese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegenerally good conditionthe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kthis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesapprox 500 pages each volumeganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiibinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit language4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenprinted calcutta - kolkata indiawith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornerstraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasa
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforefrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanuswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translations
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English history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries often overlooks the contribution of ireland, scotland and wales to the formation of the british stateprominent historians respond to the issues raised by the volumeoxfam bookshop wallingford though british history and identity in the early modern period are intensively researched areas, the role of literature in the construction of 'britishness' is under-examinedthis collection opened up a different kind of literary history and has pressing relevance for discussions of 'britishness' see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this volume, a team of leading renaissance literary critics read a broad range of texts from the period, including plays of shakespeare, in light of british historyhistorians describe 'britain' as a multiple kingdom, with a long history of conflict
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Oxfam bookshop skipton number of discs:Â 1 "this cd is a one hour, beautiful rendition of the original, where purcell combines styles from lyrical ballads of the 16th and 17th centuries with masque traditions in english music, absorbing italian and french influences from such as the early opera composer, monteverdi, to produce a masterpiece of early opera (even though it was an unfinished piece)based on a play by sir robert howard with a libretto written by poet/playwright john dryden, purcell's romance is not the sentimental kind, but his music seems soar into the heavens, or maybe it's coming from heaven!" (amazon review) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe intriguing and complex plot involves a peruvian (inca) princess, orazia; a mexican queen, zempoalla; and the mexican heir to the throne, montezuma
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It was later used by royal courts during the renaissance, and contributed to the increasingly brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the 16th and 17th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternal pages are clean and unmarkedgrey marbled paper covered slipcase, a little wear to open corner tipsit was written by the catholic clergyman heinrich kramer and first published in the german city of speyer inbook bound in black cloth with metallic red and silver design on the front, title and silver design on the spine which is barely fadedoxfam shop horsham an english translation of the best known treatise on witchcraft
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Students and exegetes of the old testament and its individual authors and books will be introduced here to antioch's distinctive approach and interpretation by commentators reading their local form of the greek bibleincluded in this ministry were homilies on the old testament by john chrysostom and written commentaries by his mentor diodore and his fellow student theodore, and later by theodoretoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the period between the councils of nicea and chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the word from distinguished pastorsin the course of this survey, readers will gain an insight also into antioch's worldview and its approach to the person of jesus, to soteriology, morality and spiritualitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethough the biblical text was admittedly jewish in origin, "the text and the meaning are ours," claimed chrysostom; and the great bulk of extant remains reveals the pastoral priority given to this often obscure material
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The story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, ininternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back coversit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impassein an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionnoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Beautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10he was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faiththe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismsikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in
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By now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wallpaperback - good condition - 333 pages this is the story of the making of england in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which king alfred the great, his son and grandson defeated the danish vikings who had invaded and occupied three of england’s four kingdomsthe story is seen through the eyes of uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the northmen begin their assault on wessex (alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in english hands) uhtred almost thinks of himself as a danehe certainly has no love for alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for viking savagery, yet when alfred unexpectedly defeats the danes and the danes themselves turn on uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sidesabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern seathis thrilling adventure—based on existing records of bernard cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on christian england, an assault that came very close to destroying england
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read morethe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and control
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the only book of its kind in any language, travel in the ancient world offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first egyptian voyages recorded in old kingdom inscriptions through greek and roman times to the christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morerich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author
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The oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university presstopics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards and dust wrapper in very good condition
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See pictures for detailsprinted and made by garrod & lofthouse ltdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website? includes insert with lyrics, etcformed in by former the motions guitarist robbie van leeuwenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe motions ?– terug in de tijd label: negram ?– hjn 205 format: vinyl, lp, compilation country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: beat quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) the motions profile: the motions from the hague were one of the bigger groups of the s dutch beat explosioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletheir first single hit the dutch top 40 intheir biggest international hit was "weekend", a number one single in the netherlands, switzerland, germany, denmark and portugalearth & fire were able to make some great albums in the processshortly thereafter, mariska veres came as lead vocalistin and , the group enjoyed a worldwide chart success with “venus”, followed by several other hit singlesthe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objectultra rare albums by famous dutch bands shocking blue, the motions and earth & fire            the albums:                                        shocking blue ?– at home label: penny farthing ?– pels 500, penny farthing ?– pelsmanufactured by philips records ltdthe early atlantis () and song of the marching children (), are recommendedthey were formed out of the remnants of ritchie clark and the ricochets in and went on to become hitmakers for the next several years in the '60son cover, second on labelformed in the netherlands by twin brothers chris and gerard koerts, and most popular in the s when fronted by singer jerney kaagman, earth and fire had many chart topping hits in the netherlands and elsewhere in europe, though they never gained much popularity in the united kingdom or the americasearth and fire ?– atlantis label: polydor ?– format: vinyl, lp, album, gatefold, first press country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: prog rock, symphonic rock notes all songs published by new dayglow music, hilversumquality: vinyl: vg++ cover: vg++ (small sticker damage) earth & fire profile: earth and fire were a dutch progressive and symphonic rock band who over time evolved into a pop groupour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepink labels with bicycle logo500 format: vinyl, lp, album country: uk released:v genre: rock, pop, folk, world, & country style: pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock notes comes in a front-laminated flipback covermanufactured and distributed by philips records quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) shocking blue profile: dutch rock group
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Resource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablethe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economythe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economythe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point eoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonbut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possibleexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materials
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History of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
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The best of the mamas and the papas cd good condition read more
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But without the paper cover sleeve, reason for it being is incredibly reasonably pricedlavishly produced, richly colour illustrated/photographspolynesia: the mark and carolyn blackburn collection of polynesian artstill a gorgeous bookhigh quality paper and printingif the love the pacific islands, you will love this bookcovers hawaii, the cook islands, samoa, tonga, fiji, easter island, aotearoa (new zealand) and on across polynesiathis is a stunningly beautiful coffee table bookthe book is new
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How, when told to stop boxing when diagnosed with brain damage, he carried on being hit by the strongest men in the worldjimmy reveals his struggles with east end gangs, his family links to the krays and the dodgy world of boxing officialsthis official first edition biography is signed by the author and personally dedicated sent direct post free within the ukwhen the truth finally came out he went on to become an actor in tv and filmsjimmy batten boxing champion tv and film actor
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Rrp ÂŁ collection from bognor regis only or postage to be paid read moreunread, in hard boxjrr tolkien collection - the hobbit and lord of the rings trilogythe fellowship of the ring the two towers the return of the king paperback books
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