Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable. Widen the focus, though, and Christianity's enduring impact upon the West can b...
Beacon Lights of History: Ancient Achievements, Volume III
by John Lord
The Florence Stories, Excursion to the Orkney Islands
by Jacob Abbott
Der Kampf Joachims I. Von Brandenburg Gegen Den Adel Seines Landes. Mit Urkunden ALS Anhang.
by Kurt Treusch Von Buttlar
Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit, Prolegomena
by Et Al, Thomas Pratsch, and Professor of Medieval History Ralph-Johannes Lilie
A Cultural History of the Emotions (The Cultural Histories)
Across six volumes, A Cultural History of the Emotions explores how emotions have changed over the course of human history, but also how emotions have themselves created and changed history. Emotions underpin our everyday lives and shape our mental, physical and social well-being. This collection shows how emotions can offer a unique insight into the historical thought and function of different societies. Each volume in the series encompasses interdisciplinary work on the emotions, covering th...
Experiments on Schistosity and Slaty Cleavage, Bulletin No. 241
by George F Becker
Nova Hibernia; Irish Poets and Dramatists of Today and Yesterday
by Michael Monahan
The views expressed here with wit, incisiveness and elegance give us a glimpse of the country as it takes a new shape, while representing the declared values against which the future acts of these amateur politicians will be measured. Tim Whipple's commentary gives the historical and biographical backgrounds necessary for people who bring to their reading little information about Czechoslovakia.
Address in Medicine, Delivered at the Meeting of the British Medical Association in Norwich, 1874
by J Russell Reynolds