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Author: Martin Ceadel
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780191721762
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography of one of the 20th century's leading internationalists, Sir Norman Angell, author of 'The Great Illusion', Labour MP, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, reveals that his life has hitherto been much misrepresented and misunderstood.
Author: John D. Carlson
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2003-06-11
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781589014657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUntil September 11th, 2001, few in the West fully appreciated the significance of religion in international politics. The terrible events of that day refocused our attention on how thoroughly religion and politics intermingle, sometimes with horrific results. But must this intermingling always be so deadly? The Sacred and the Sovereign brings together leading voices to consider the roles that religion should—and should not—play in a post-Cold War age distinguished by humanitarian intervention, terrorism, globalization, and challenges to state sovereignty. But these challenges to state sovereignty have deep and abiding roots in religion that invite us to revisit just what values we hold sacred. Offsetting the commonly shared idea that religion is politics' perennial nemesis, this volume demonstrates that religious traditions, institutions, and ideas are essential elements of the political quest for human rights, peace, order, legitimacy, and justice. The Sacred and the Sovereign brings distinguished scholars of religious studies, theology, and politics together with ranking members of the military and government to reflect seriously about where—and if—safe boundaries can be drawn between religion and politics in the international arena.
Author: Eirini Panou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-11
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1317036786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cult of St Anna in Byzantium is the first undertaking in Byzantine research to study the phenomenon of St Anna’s cult from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. It was prompted by the need to enrich our knowledge of a female saint who had already been studied in the West but remained virtually unknown in Eastern Christendom. It focuses on a figure little-studied in scholarship and examines the formation, establishment and promotion of an apocryphal saint who made her way to the pantheon of Orthodox saints. Visual and material culture, relics and texts track the gradual social and ideological transformation of Byzantium from early Christianity until the fifteenth century. This book not only examines various aspects of early Christian and Byzantine civilisation, but also investigates how the cult of saints greatly influenced cultural changes in order to suit theological, social and political demands. The cult of St Anna influenced many diverse elements of Christian life in Constantinople, including the creation of sacred spaces and the location of haghiasmata (fountains of holy water) in the city; imperial patronage; the social reception of St Anna’s story; and relic narratives. This monograph breaks new ground in explaining how and why Byzantium and the Orthodox Church attributed scriptural authority to a minor figure known only from a non-canonical work.
Author: James Crawford
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-04-29
Total Pages: 537
ISBN-13: 900426809X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChance, Order, Change: The Course of International Law, General Course on Public International Law by J. Crawford The course of international law over time needs to be understood if international law is to be understood. This work aims to provide such an understanding. It is directed not at topics or subject headings — sources, treaties, states, human rights and so on — but at some of the key unresolved problems of the discipline. Unresolved, they call into question its status as a discipline. Is international law “law” properly so-called? In what respects is it systematic? Does it — can it — respect the rule of law? These problems can be resolved, or at least reduced, by an imaginative reading of our shared practices and our increasingly shared history, with an emphasis on process. In this sense the practice of the institutions of international law is to be understood as the law itself. They are in a dialectical relationship with the law, shaping it and being shaped by it. This is explained by reference to actual cases and examples, providing a course of international law in some standard sense as well.
Author: Henry Morton Stanley
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Published: 1874
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprises accounts of Wolseley's occupation of Ashanti capital, Kumasi, Ghana, and terms with King Kofi Karikari, 1873-1874; and of Napier's occupation of Magdala, Ethiopia, to secure release of British captives from Negus Theodore II, 1867-1868.
Author: Chris Humphrey
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780719056031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval festivals such as carnival and misrule, were occasions which created a temporary and dynamic upside-down world. This text shows these occasions were highly diverse, and discusses how they were able to negotiate a range of meanings and values.
Author: Leo Steinberg
Publisher: Garland Publishing
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 516
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Royal Institute of British Architects
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 356
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Giraldus (Cambrensis)
Publisher: Oxford Medieval Texts
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780198738626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGerald of Wales was an ecclesiastic, a servant and critic of the Angevin kings, and a prolific and vitriolic writer. Born in Pembrokeshire of mixed Norman and Welsh blood in the middle years of the twelfth century, he was appointed archdeacon of Brecon in 1175, but that was the highest officehe attained, despite his indefatigable efforts in the years 1198-1203 to become not merely bishop, but archbishop, of St Davids. His death was reported in 1223. His Instruction for a Ruler (De principis instructione) is of interest for three main reasons: it provides a detailed and violentlypartisan account of the last days of Henry II of England; it is full of miscellaneous but valuable stories and anecdotes (such as the account of the discovery of the tomb of Arthur and Guinevere, and the legend of the destruction of the Picts); and it is a monument to the literary culture of ahighly educated writer at the heart of the twelfth-century Renaissance.
Author: Joan Rubin
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Pub
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780838447345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the goals of foreign language study, discusses the nature of language, and recommends strategies for studying
