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Hugh the Chanter's History is a vivid, partly first-hand account of the struggles of Archbishop Thurstan of York for the rights of his church in the court of King Henry of England and before the pope. Hugh's account illuminates the history not only of the church and court of England but also of France and the papal curia in those years. This revised edition is based on a complete re-collation of the manuscript, and includes a full introduction...

A genre-changing work of biographyEminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography, it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale, and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarrie...

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One noticeable feature of modern legal systems is the extent to which power is conferred upon government officials and agencies to be exercized at their discretion according to policy considerations, rather than according to precise legal standards. This book is a legal and jurisprudential analysis of discretionary power in modern legal systems.

While affirming the profound importance of political analysis, Hogan is critical of prevalent doctrines. Specifically, Hogan examines and criticizes several influential post-structuralist positions, advocating logical analysis and empirical enquiry, guided by Kantian ethics, in their stead.

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Choice Atlantic presents to the reader a carefully chosen Varity of experiences: The introspective of poetry, the action and adventure of prose, the humor and the precision of the essay, and the sensual wonder of song. In these sometimes disturbing, sometimes whimsical stories, songs and characters there ring the notes and voices of a rich Atlantic Tradition.

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(Brass Ensemble). Contents: Ah, Holy Jesus * Christ the Lord Is Risen Today * Eternal Father, Strong to Save * Beautiful Savior * A Mighty Fortress * We Gather Together.

(Brass Ensemble). Contents: Ah, Holy Jesus * Christ the Lord Is Risen Today * Eternal Father, Strong to Save * Beautiful Savior * A Mighty Fortress * We Gather Together.

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These autobiographies illustrate the emergence of American women from their traditional position of dependence and legal and social inequality. Here are five women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Anna Cora Mowatt, a well-known playwright and popular actress, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a prominent leader of the first women's rights movement, Harriet Jacobs, an escaped slave, Mary Antin, a Russian Jew who emigrated with her family ...