"In Darkness and Secrecy" brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or "dark shamanism." Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans' healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark ...
Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, the first work to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller in the British Isles and Francophone Europe, with over 200 manuscripts surviving. Yet no critical edition of the main version has appeared since ...
The second of these annual volumes contains five wide-ranging pieces. In the medieval field, Neil Wright examines Geoffrey of Monmouth's use of Gildas; Beate Schmolke-Hasselmann contributes an important illustrated essay on the Round Table; and Fanny Bogdanow looks at Chretien de Troyes' use of troubadour ideals. Mary Wildman contributes to a ...
Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britannie' was one of the most influential literary works of the 12th century. It offered a new and allegedly authoritative history of the British from their first colonisation of the island under Brutus until the late 7th century AD; hence its immediate and lasting popularity. The characters which the author ...
A critical edition based on the eight known First Variant manuscripts, the prime source of Wace's Roman de Brut. Geoffrey's 'history' of the British from their first colonisation of the island under Brutus to the late 7th century AD was one of the most influential works of the 12th century, and introduced to a wider audience central figures in ...
This imaginative history of the Britons, written in the twelfth century, contains the first appearance of many mythical figures, King Lear and King Arthur among them. It rapidly became a 'bestseller' across the British Isles and Europe: over 200 manuscripts survive. Here, an authoritative version of the text is presented with a facing translation, ...
The Gesta Regum Britannie, a Latin poem comprising nearly 5,000 hexameters, is a vital but little known witness to the reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannie. Written shortly before the middle of the thirteenth century, the poem is dedicated to Cadioc, bishop of Vannes in Brittany, and so testifies to the Breton reaction to ...
This work sets out the ways in which late antiquity and early medieval authors were shaped intellectually by a wide range of sources, many now unfamiliar to modern readers. It also covers the manner in which the texts accessed by such writers were themselves taken over or recast in various ways.
Victory Over the Darkness; Spiritual Protection for Your Children; Helping Others Find Freedom in Christ; Freedom From Addiction; Breaking Through to Spiritual Maturity; The Christ Centered Marriage; Setting Your Church Free; Finding Hope Again; Ministering the Steps to Freedom in Christ; and Leading Teens to Freedom in Christ. Norman Wright: What ...
This book is firmly founded on the underlying principles of quality. It offers Early Years education, and is a child-centred, activity based resource for nursery stage. It is based on and correlated to the Foundation Stage Curriculum. It uses a spiral curriculum model, reinforcing and revisiting previous learning.
Firmly founded on the underlying principles of quality Early Years education Child-centred, this is an activity based resource for nursery stage. Based on and correlated to the Foundation Stage Curriculum, it uses a spiral curriculum model, reinforcing and revisiting previous learning.
Binding: Digital Media
Publisher: Utah Geological Survey
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781557917041ISBN:1557917043
Description: As New. CD-ROM. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Comprehensive text on CD-ROM presents a detailed mapped study of geologic hazards posed by a moment magnitude 7 earthquake on the Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone, a major active zone of normal faulting. Includes a model simulation of the scenario earthquake with a rupture plane 29 miles (46 km) long, 12 miles (19 km) wide, and dipping 55 degrees to the west. Estimates damage and disruption, approximate number of casualties, repair and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boydell
Date Published: 1991
Description: Very Good in None as Issued jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A Breton variant on Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the King's of Britain. Latin one side, modern English prose facing. Hardcover red cloth. 340pp. Gilt knight on cover. Some slight cover soiling. Tight binding and no inside markings. Excellent condition inside and out. read more
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