The Butterfly Book
Author: William Jacob Holland
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 596
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Author: William Jacob Holland
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 596
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Holland
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2019-10-29
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 0465093523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus-was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. As Tom Holland demonstrates, our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, Dominion tells the story of how Christianity transformed the modern world.
Author: Thomas Colley Grattan
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 412
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Published: 1894
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul F. State
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 143810832X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a comprehensive history of the Netherlands from prehistoric settlement through the twenty-first century.
Author: Edmondo De Amicis
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 620
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark T. Hooker
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1999-08-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0313306583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHolland was once a superpower upon whose empire the sun never set. Today it is on the leading edge of social change. This history of Holland, from its earliest beginnings to the present day, provides the most up-to-date survey of modern Dutch history, including the current Dutch approach to a number of social issues, such as the welfare state, the environment, socialized medicine, and the role of the military in the post-Cold War world. Containing a wealth of current information and statistics, this work will help the reader to understand the Dutch both within the historical context in which Holland exists and as world leaders in social change as we approach the twenty-first century. This engagingly written history provides a contemporary overview of Holland's geography, economy, political system, and society. Chapters arranged chronologically trace the history and culture of the nation from the Ice Age to the new post-Cold War world. Chapters on recent Dutch history show how Holland has claimed a leading role in social change: the Dutch have authorized euthanasia, socialized medicine, and legalized soft drugs. A selection of brief biographical sketches will introduce the reader to many of the important Dutch personalities throughout Holland's history, and a bibliographical essay will help the researcher to locate recommended books and other materials for further reading.
Author: George Edmundson
Publisher: Jovian Press
Published: 2017-11-22
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1531299822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people. In every language the country, comprising the provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Gelderland, Overyssel and Groningen, has, from the close of the sixteenth century to our own day, been currently spoken of as Holland, and the people (with the solitary exception of ourselves) as 'Hollanders.' It is only rarely that the terms the Republic of the United Provinces, or of the United Netherlands, and in later times the Kingdom of the Netherlands, are found outside official documents. Just as the title "History of England" gradually includes the histories of Wales, of Scotland, of Ireland, and finally of the widespread British Empire, so is it in a smaller way with the history that is told in the following pages. That history, to be really complete, should begin with an account of mediaeval Holland in the feudal times which preceded the Burgundian period; and such an account was indeed actually written, but the plan of this work, which forms one of the volumes of a series, precluded its publication...
Author: George Wharton Edwards
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2012-08
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781290719193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Tanya Hines
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9789061134336
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