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Cambridge University Press Clement V
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Cambridge University Press The Political World of Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford 1621 1641
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Cambridge University Press Churchill as Peacemaker
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Cambridge University Press The Reluctant Emperor
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Cambridge University Press Peter Des Roches
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Cambridge University Press A Protestant Vision
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Cambridge University Press Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance
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Cambridge University Press Caesarius of Arles
Book SynopsisThis book studies the problem of Christianisation in southern France during the early sixth century AD, and of the transformation of the pagan Roman empire, from the perspective of the career and writings of Bishop Caesarius of Arles (470–542).Trade Review"...a thoughtful, well-written study....the first serious study on Cesarius of Arles." Journal of Church and State"William Klingshirn's richly nuanced study of Caesarius's life. bridging as it does the still Roman world of Sidonius and the Merovingian world of Gregory, is an immensely valuable contribution to the growing body of recent scholarship on late-and sub-Roman Gaul." Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies"A splendid book that rewards the reader with plentiful insights not only into the life and work of the Bishop of Arles but also the social and religious setting of his work." --Religious Studies Review"In this fine book Klingshirn (Catholic Univ. of America) provides a much-needed, comprehensive study (the first in English) of the life and career of the redoubtable sixth-century bishop of Arles, Caesarius. This topic alone would justify such a scholarly undertaking, but the author has offered something more: a fascinating glimpse into a corner of the late antique world." C.L. Hanson, Choice"Devotion to scholarly research provides the author with the material for his literary skill. He has read and interpreted well the known ancient sources. His careful use of the obviously hagiographical Vita of Caesarius, written by friends soon after the bishop's death, and his extensive but judicious use of Caesarius's well-preserved Sermons reflect fine scholarly ability." Richard Spielman, Church History"...founded on vast erudition deployed with judiciousness and care, the book successfully joins methods of social history and cultural anthropology to more traditional historical methods....Klingshirn thus offers a rich, multilayered analysis of Caesarius and his times which rings true. As such, it will remain a definitive work for years to come." John Cavadini, Journal of Religion"In putting Caesarius and his writings into context, not only has Klingshirn done a superb job, but he also has helped to counteract the past emphasis on the works of Gregory of tours, as he has helped to show that for southern Gaul 'the power of rhetoric was more highly esteemed than the potency of relics.'" Ralph Mathisen, Medieval Prosopography"In this study, William Klingshirn paints a more complete portrait of Caesarius.... ...Klinghshirn's study remains extremely valuable for the student of church history by shredding light on an individual and an era all too often overlooked." Paul W. Robinson, Concordia Theological QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. In search of the vita perfecta; 2. Late Roman Arles; 3. The making of a reformer; 4. Visigothic Arles and its bishop; 5. The Ostrogothic peace; 6. Christian rhetoric and ritual action; 7. Christianity as a community religion; 8. The limits of Christianisation; 9. The coming of the Franks; 10. The legacy of Caesarius.
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Cambridge University Press The Chancellor as Courtier
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Cambridge University Press Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge
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Cambridge University Press Sir Matthew Hale 16091676 Law Religion and Natural Philosophy Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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Cambridge University Press Fair Ophelia
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Cambridge University Press Peter des Roches An Alien in English Politics 12051238 31 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 31
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Cambridge University Press The Reluctant Emperor
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Cambridge University Press Kingsfords Stonor Letters and Papers 12901483
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Cambridge University Press Aged Care
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Cambridge University Press The Political World of Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford 16211641
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Cambridge University Press Humphry Davy Science and Power Cambridge Science Biographies
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Cambridge University Press Raymond Poincar
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Cambridge University Press As Good as a Yarn with You Letters between Miles Franklin Katharine Susannah Prichard Jean Devanny Marjory Barnard Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Barnard Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark
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Cambridge University Press Renaissance Warrior and Patron
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Cambridge University Press Baldwin Papers A Conservative Statesman 19081947
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Cambridge University Press Churchill as Peacemaker
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Cambridge University Press Father of the Poor
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Cambridge University Press Father of the Poor
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Cambridge University Press Robespierre
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Cambridge University Press Clement V 36 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 36
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Cambridge University Press The Kongolese Saint Anthony
Book SynopsisThe story of Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, a young Kongolese woman who claimed to be possessed by St Anthony and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706, only two years after her movement started.Trade Review"Thornton's study of Beatriz Kimpa Vita is a new departure in slave studies. African history is propelled to the fore; Thornton's approach taps the potential of the Afro-centric vision." Paul Lovejoy, York University"Perhaps the greatest of the many achievements of Thornton's book is its depiction of Africans in very much the same terms that he, and most other European or American writers, would use to describe their own pasts. With that, Thornton bridges the gap between 'us' and 'them' that still lurks subtly in much scholarship on Africa. This is accordingly a book for non-specialists in many fields--and that is not to say that Africanists will not also find it fascinating." Joseph C. Miller, University of Virginia"...a most impressive study." Richard Gray, The Catholic Historical Review"John K. Thornton's study of political and religious turmoil in the Kongo kingdom at the close of the seventeenth century will appeal to several audiences..." Wyatt MacGaffey, The International History Review"...this is a very good publication, which portrays in a very lively way a society and conflicts hidden for almost three centuries. The narrative has a certain dramatic, almost Shakespearean tension, which is likely to engross the reader's attention." International Journal of African Historical Studies"Thornton presents a fascinating and comprehensive account of the Christian movement led by Donna Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of the Kongo, from her birth in 1684 until her death....This study relies upon an impressive body of sources." Journal of Women's History"Altogether this is a masterly reconstruction of events in late seventeenth-century Kongo by an experienced scholar who for over twenty years has published on many aspects of Kongo history from politics top demography, from church history to family history, and from the slave trade to the diaspora. Thornton's acquaintance with a host of difficult sources is well displayed." American Historical Review"The Kongolese Saint Anthony...reflects a superb mastery of the rich multilayered texture of the Kongolese Christian experience....immensely pleasing....the unexpected twists and subplots provide ample footholds for the most tentative reader....the book constitutes a valuable academic resource. That it makes a pleasant read is surely a welcome bonus." Church History"I know of no other book that recreates the history of precolonial African society in such a vivid and compelling way. It should become standard reading in courses on African history and diaspora history." Historian, Robert Harms, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A land in turmoil; 2. The rival kings; 3. Priests and witches in catholic Kongo; 4. The crisis in faith and force; 5. Saint Anthony arrives; 6. The saint and the kings; 7. Saint Anthony in sin and glory; 8. Facing the fire; 9. The war for peace; Appendix; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Kongolese Saint Anthony
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Cambridge University Press Edmond Malone Shakespearean Scholar
Book SynopsisEdmond Malone (1741–1812) laid the foundations for the scholarly study of literature; yet he was also gregarious, attracting many friends and enemies among his contemporaries. This first modern full-length biography illuminates the private world of the scholar and the public world of the late eighteenth-century intellectual elite.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Irish beginnings; 2. 'Shakspearomania'; 3. Dr Johnson and the club; 4. Courtship, books, forgeries, and Horace Walpole; 5. Scholarship and strife; 6. 'O Brave We!': helping Boswell with the Tour of the Hebrides; 7. Deep in Shakespeare; 8. Boswell's Life of Johnson; 9. Interruptions and disappointments; 10. The club of Hercules: exposing Shakespeare forgeries; 11. Art and politics: homage to Reynolds and Burke; 12. John Dryden and the closing of the century; 13. Signs of weariness; 14. 'The last of the Shakspearians'; Epilogue: The Malone–Boswell Third Variorum Edition (1821); Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Heinrich Bruning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic
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Cambridge University Press Gregory of Tours
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Cambridge University Press The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane Canto original series
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Cambridge University Press Gregory of Tours
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Cambridge University Press Constantine Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age
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Cambridge University Press Andrs Bello Scholarship and NationBuilding in NineteenthCentury Latin America 87 Cambridge Latin American Studies Series Number 87
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Cambridge University Press Peter the Great
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Cambridge University Press The Remembrances of Elizabeth Freke 16711714 18 Camden Fifth Series Series Number 18
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Cambridge University Press Diary of a Christian Soldier
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Cambridge University Press The Kaiser
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Cambridge University Press Ho Chi Minh A Biography
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Cambridge University Press William Sheppard Cromwells Law Reformer
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Cambridge University Press Raymond Poincar
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Cambridge University Press Henry More
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Cambridge University Press Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis 1677 1683
Book SynopsisThis is the second and final part of an intellectual biography of the English republican, Algernon Sidney, which was begun in 1988 with Algernon Sidney and the English Republic 16231677. It is also a detailed examination and reinterpretation of the major political crisis of Charles II's reign.Trade Review"...a stunning achievement. Scott delivers an almost tangible Sidney, and he creates a dramatic sense of immediacy about the personal and political crises of Sidney's turbulent life. Scott's Sidney is more of a philosopher, but no less a man of action--even violent action....Scott's work--poignant and epigrammatic--promises to become authoritative." American Historical Review"...the virtues of Scott's study must be insisted upon. He has, more than anyone else, restored a major figure to our attention, sympathetically recounting his life, closely analyzing his work, and placing him in broad context." History"This is intellectual biography of a high order; the result is a good read for both specialist and generalist." Thomas Rumsey, Religious Studies Review"...a masterful study, written with pace, verve, and immense wit. The reader's interest is sustained throughout, despite the complex nature of the argument in places, and Sidney comes alive for us from the pages of this book--warts and all--which I found literally impossible to put down." Tim Harris, Journal of Modern History"This excellent book takes us back to the foundation of historical research, the primary sources upon which Scott based his conclusions." Marcella Biro Barton, Church HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Restoration Crisis: 1. The shape of the future; 2. The shadow of the past; 3. The crisis of parliaments; 4. Retrospect; Part II. The Shadow Of The Past: 5. Family politics 1677–83; 6. European politics 1678–80; 7. Domestic politics 1678–9; 8. The mutinous city 1679–81; 9. The Vindication of parliaments 1681–3; Part III. The Old Cause: 10. Discourses (1) first principles; 11. Discourses (2) rebellion, tumult and war; 12. The self-defence of protestants; 13. The tower; 14. The reckoning; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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