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  • Strange Defeat

    by Marc Bloch ...
    A renowned historian and Resistance fighter - later executed by the Nazis - analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless "brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • FEUDAL SOCIETY Vol. II

    Social Classes and Political Organisation

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Feudalism — which was essentially a political and military system — was above all a personal set of mutual obligations between lord and vassal. At its heart was the oath of loyalty. Before witnesses, a vassal placed his clasped hands between those of the lord and pledged to become "his man," a relationship usually sealed by a kiss between the two men. The vassal then took an oath of faithfulness. ... Read more

    $9.22 CAD

  • Strange Defeat

    by Marc Bloch ...
    A renowned historian and Resistance fighter - later executed by the Nazis - analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless "brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Royal Touch (Routledge Revivals)

    Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Translated by J. Anderson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of Marc Bloch
    First published in English in 1973, The Royal Touch explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power. Throughout history, both France and England claimed to hold kings with healing powers who, by their touch, could cure people from all strands of society from illness and disease. Indeed, the idea of royalty as something miraculous and sacred was common to the whole of ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • FEUDAL SOCIETY Vol. I

    The Growth of Ties of Dependence

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Feudal Society is a great work of historical synthesis in the finest French tradition. The author treats feudalism as a living and vitalising force in the society of Western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century. After surveying the social and intellectual conditions in which feudalism developed, Bloch examines the nature of the bond of kinship both as a predecessor and as a concomitant ... Read more

    $9.22 CAD

  • Feudal Society

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Marc Bloch said that his goal in writing Feudal Society was to go beyond the technical study a medievalist would typically write and ‘dismantle a social structure.’ In this outstanding and monumental work, which has introduced generations of students and historians to the feudal period, Bloch treats feudalism as living, breathing force in Western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century. At ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe (Routledge Revivals)

    Selected Papers

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Translated by J. Anderson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of Marc Bloch
    Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe was first published in English in 1967. Throughout the work, the idea that Marc Bloch was not only a historian but a great teacher is exemplified, as is his ability to ask interesting and original questions through his writing. Topics covered include medieval Germany, technical problems in the medieval economy and society, and the medieval class structure. ... Read more

    $193.99 CAD

  • The Ile-de-France (Routledge Revivals)

    The Country around Paris

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Translated by J. Anderson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of Marc Bloch
    First published in English in 1971, The Ile-de-France presents the reader with a study of the countryside around Paris through the eyes of Marc Bloch, a man with his own view of history. It looks at the area’s origins, extent, geographical features, archaeology, and past local histories.The book extends beyond the region of Paris itself and offers the reader a masterful demonstration of the ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Early Childhood Education in Germany

    Exploring Historical Developments and Theoretical Issues

    Edited by Bianca Bloch, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Wilfried Smidt, Ursula Stenger ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education
    This book draws on the perspectives of leading German scholars to provide a systematic overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany, furthering international understanding of the complexities involved in ECEC topics in Germany.The book provides a unique insight into parts of German ECEC rarely seen outside of the country. Offering in-depth insights into historical developments, ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Early Child Development in the French Tradition

    Contributions From Current Research

    Edited by Andre Vyt, Henriette Bloch, Marc H. Bornstein ...
    This volume shares significant contemporary "Francophone" contributions to developmental psychology outside geographic and intellectual borders of French-speaking countries. Except for the spread of Piagetian theory after World War II into Anglophone psychology, these new publications have not become so well known worldwide as progress in Francophone developmental psychology warrants. However, the ... Read more

    $85.19 CAD

  • And the Shark, He Has Teeth

    A Theater Producer's Notes

    by Ernst Josef Aufricht ...
    Translated by Benjamin Bloch ...
    This is the first English translation of the memoirs of the great German-Jewish theater producer Ernst Josef Aufricht (in German 1966, rpt. 1998). The title alludes to Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera, the premiere of which was produced by Aufricht at his Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin in 1928, launching Brecht and Weill to worldwide fame.Aufricht's book is most notable for its insider's ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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