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A collection of new essays on the multi-talented Canadian writerMargaret Atwood.

It will be essential reading for all interested in one of the most significant periods of English history. The contributors include: Nick Barratt, J.L. Bolton, Jim Bradbury, Sean Duffy, A.A.M. Duncan, Natalie Fryde, John Gillingham, Christopher Harper-Bill, Paul Latimer, Jane Martindale, V.D. Moss, Daniel Power, Ifor W. Rowlands, Ralph V. Turner, and Nicholas Vincent. Dr S.D. Church teaches in the Department of History at the University of Eas...

A comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution.

If you want to share the artistic genious of the past with your Nintendo generation, here is a wonderful book whose color, words, and textures will grabb the attention of the most devoted cybernaut".--The Toronto Star. Full color.

PETER PEARS's reputation as an outstanding and distinctive tenor is grounded in his interpretations of Benjamin Britten's works, their partnership of thirty years significantly shaped and defined musical developments not only in England but on a broader plane. Throughout their busy professional lives they travelled extensively, on concert tours and on holiday, finding fresh stimulus in change. Pear's twelve travel diaries, brought together in ...

A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film, Metropolis

An updated history of England's first Protestant Archbishop.

Treats John Donne as an original religious thinker. This book examines such topics as Donne's understanding of common prayer, the pre-eminence of sight and spectacle, in terms of religious self-fashioning and the iconoclastic controversy, the doctrine of repentance, in conjunction with Donne's sense of clerical calling, and the doctrine of grace.

Interdisciplinary articles bridge the gulf between classical and popular music.

A fascinating look at Nazi Germany as revealed in its films.

There are surveys of the two constituent parts, of Normandy under the Angevin kings, of the place of kingdom and duchy in the politics and culture of the North Sea, and of the parallel Norman achievement in the Mediterranean. There are overviews both of secular administration and of the church, and a study of 'feudalism' and lordship. Within the broad field of cultural history, there are discussions of language, literature, the writing of hist...

A humorous look at the accomplishments of America's Seventh Army Symphony during its 10-year, European tour-of-duty from 1952-1962.

Offers an analysis of castle-building in 11th-12th centuries and places castles within their broader social and political context.

Este proyecto explora el papel del teatro lopesco en la construccion del 'yo' colectivo nacional. Se analizan la imagen de Espana y de los espanoles creada por Lope mediante una constante manipulacion de la historia patria, asi como los posibles efectos de la propagacion de esta imagen durante el siglo XVII.

This important study seeks to assemble the evidence, drawn from a variety of sources in Old English and Latin, to convey a picture of slaves and slavery in England, viewed against the background of English society as a whole.

The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation.

Essays reflecting the most recent research on the thirteenth century, with a timely focus on the Treaty of Paris.

The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the world outside.

Provides a detailed picture of the lives of the commanders and those around them, both at home and at sea.

The story of the war at sea in the reign of Edward III, including the important sea battles, and an analysis of the development of the English navy in the period.