A Lithuanian Bibliography
A Lithuanian Bibliography

Author: Adam Kantautas

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 782

ISBN-13: 9780888640109

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An all-inclusive list of books pertaining to Lithuania held by libraries of the United States and Canada. Subjects covered in the two-volume set include geography, geology, legislation, censuses, diplomacy and foreign relations, social structure, culture, the economy, religion and many others.

Le Songe Du Vieil Pelerin
Le Songe Du Vieil Pelerin

Author: Philippe de Mezieres

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-06-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780521113472

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This French medieval text is now published in its entirety, accompanied by an introduction and extensive synopses in English. Philippe de Mezieres (1327-1405) was a French soldier, publicist and statesman who travelled widely through much of the Christian world and served a number of rulers, particularly the King of Cyprus and Charles V and VI of France. Throughout his life Philippe de Mezieres was obsessed by the ideal that the West must reform itself in the light of the Christian view of the good life and he urged all Christian rulers to join together in a final crusade to liberate the Holy Land and the eastern Christian empires. This is the underlying theme of Le Songe du Vieil Pelerin, Philippe de Mezieres' major work. It is divided into three parts: the first is a wide-ranging survey of the Christian world, the second an examination of the state of France and the third a study of the duties and requirements of authority. The style is highly allegorical but contains much personal observation and historical fact.