The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
List the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
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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 englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 himselfthe 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 history
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They can be traced back to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, before the invention of printing, when text was handwritten and pictures paintedlittle books served very practical purposes: holding information in easily portable and compact spaces
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The title is the sarah jane adventures - the thirteenth stonewhen playing surface noise may be evident, especially in the quiet soft passages and during intro and fadethe label on the disk is likely to have minor wear and possibly writing on the label
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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 centuriespresents 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 periodrepresents 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 alchemy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentoxfam 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 issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome page edge and board wear, jacket is cutluther 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 easierthe 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 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 church
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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 bcehis 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 kplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprinted calcutta - kolkata indiabinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivcondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiiganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasagenerally good conditionapprox 500 pages each volumewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped corners4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?athis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesthe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 peoplesin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter caided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforemancall 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 africanusin 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 morefrom 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 oceansunlike 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 translationswritten 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 lands
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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 stateoxfam 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-examinedin 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 historythis collection opened up a different kind of literary history and has pressing relevance for discussions of 'britishness' see oxfam website for delivery information read morehistorians describe 'britain' as a multiple kingdom, with a long history of conflictprominent historians respond to the issues raised by the volume
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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)the intriguing and complex plot involves a peruvian (inca) princess, orazia; a mexican queen, zempoalla; and the mexican heir to the throne, montezumabased 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 more
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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 centuriesit was written by the catholic clergyman heinrich kramer and first published in the german city of speyer ininternal pages are clean and unmarkedgrey marbled paper covered slipcase, a little wear to open corner tipsoxfam shop horsham an english translation of the best known treatise on witchcraftsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook bound in black cloth with metallic red and silver design on the front, title and silver design on the spine which is barely faded
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Included 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 theodoretstudents 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 biblesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 pastorsthough 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 materialin 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 spirituality
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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 bookoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexternally 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 coversinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit 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 impassenoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosahis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, inin 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 societyin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivers
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He 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 faithsikh 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 inthe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10
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The 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 daneabove 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 englandby now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wallhe 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 sidespaperback - 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 kingdoms
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurushe 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 sikhismbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read morethe 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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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 centuriesoxfam 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 controlsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed the transformation of the old rural order to the modern class societysee 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 frontiersthis book is in very good condition for its age, with clean, white pages throughout
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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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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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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 centuriestopics 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 conditionoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university press
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock twenty-four italian songs and arias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arranged for the medium high voice and pianoslight damage from label at top right corner of cover and very slight marking on back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more very good conditioncover and pages clean and tightly boundschirmer's library of musical classics volume
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See pictures for detailsthe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objectshortly thereafter, mariska veres came as lead vocalistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetheir first single hit the dutch top 40 inprinted and made by garrod & lofthouse ltdtheir biggest international hit was "weekend", a number one single in the netherlands, switzerland, germany, denmark and portugalquality: 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 groupearth 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, hilversumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store? includes insert with lyrics, etcthe 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 '60sthe 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 explosionformed 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 americasultra 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 ?– pelsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimanufactured by philips records ltdon cover, second on labelformed in by former the motions guitarist robbie van leeuwenearth & fire were able to make some great albums in the processcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available500 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 coverpink labels with bicycle logomanufactured and distributed by philips records quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) shocking blue profile: dutch rock groupin and , the group enjoyed a worldwide chart success with “venus”, followed by several other hit singles
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Wrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthe 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 revolutionthe 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 economybut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economybased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point eendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possibleoxfam 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 napoleonthis 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 war
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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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Lavishly produced, richly colour illustrated/photographsif the love the pacific islands, you will love this bookstill a gorgeous bookcovers hawaii, the cook islands, samoa, tonga, fiji, easter island, aotearoa (new zealand) and on across polynesiahigh quality paper and printingbut without the paper cover sleeve, reason for it being is incredibly reasonably pricedthis is a stunningly beautiful coffee table bookpolynesia: the mark and carolyn blackburn collection of polynesian artthe book is new
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Jimmy reveals his struggles with east end gangs, his family links to the krays and the dodgy world of boxing officialswhen the truth finally came out he went on to become an actor in tv and filmsthis official first edition biography is signed by the author and personally dedicated sent direct post free within the ukhow, when told to stop boxing when diagnosed with brain damage, he carried on being hit by the strongest men in the worldjimmy batten boxing champion tv and film actor
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Unread, in hard boxjrr tolkien collection - the hobbit and lord of the rings trilogyrrp ÂŁ collection from bognor regis only or postage to be paid read morethe fellowship of the ring the two towers the return of the king paperback books
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Unread, 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 booksrrp ÂŁ collection from bognor regis only or postage to be paid
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Folio society the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire i have the full 8book collection here for sale all in very good condition presented in two 4 book hard protective covers the price is ÂŁ115 if you require delivery this is at an additional cost to you collection is also welcome
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