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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits

    Modifié par Thomas Worcester ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) obtained papal approval in 1540 for a new international religious order called the Society of Jesus. Until the mid-1700s the 'Jesuits' were active in many parts of Europe and far beyond. Gaining both friends and enemies in response to their work as teachers, scholars, writers, preachers, missionaries and spiritual directors, the Jesuits were formally suppressed by ... En savoir plus

    $40.99 CAD

  • Piety and Plague

    From Byzantium to the Baroque

    Modifié par Franco Mormando, Thomas Worcester ...
    Collections series Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies
    Plague was one of the enduring facts of everyday life on the European continent, from earliest antiquity through the first decades of the eighteenth century. It represents one of the most important influences on the development of Europe’s society and culture. In order to understand the changing circumstances of the political, economic, ecclesiastical, artistic, and social history of that ... En savoir plus

    $58.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits

    Modifié par Thomas Worcester, SJ ...
    Founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has been praised as a saintly god-send and condemned as the work of Satan. With some 600 entries written by 110 authors - those inside and outside the order - this encyclopedia opens up the complexities of Jesuit history and explores the current life and work of this Catholic religious order and its global vocation. ... En savoir plus

    $263.99 CAD

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    par Lacey Baldwin Smith ...
    At seven oclock on the morning of 13 February 1542, Catherine Howard stepped out into the cold of the great courtyard of the Tower of London. Slowly she was escorted across the yard and carefully helped up the steps of the wooden scaffold. Only a small group of sightseers had gathered to watch the death of a queen; there was no weeping, no remorse, only chilly curiosity. The axe rose and fell, a ... En savoir plus

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  • Gracefully Insane

    The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital

    par Alex Beam ...
    Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital is a mental institution-one of the most famous, most elite, and once most luxurious in America. McLean "alumni" include Olmsted himself, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, James Taylor and Ray Charles, as ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $13.99 CAD Maintenant $2.99 CAD

  • Viruses, Plagues, and History

    Past, Present and Future

    par Michael B. A. Oldstone, M.D. ...
    The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by ... En savoir plus

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  • Foxe's Book of Martyrs

    par John Foxe, Digital Fire ...
    “When the Church does not feel pain with those that are part of them, the Church's nerves ... become dead.” —Sabrina Wurmbrand, Co-founder of The Voice of the MartyrsJohn Foxe’s 'Foxe’s Book of Martyrs', first published in 1563, is a seminal work of Protestant history and religious literature. It chronicles the persecution and suffering of Christian martyrs, particularly those who were executed ... En savoir plus

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  • Galileo

    par John L. Heilbron ...
    Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope - of the craters of the moon, and the satellites of Jupiter, observations that forced changes to perceptions of the perfection of the heavens and the ... En savoir plus

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  • Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

    par Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca ...
    Traduit par Fanny Bandelier ...
    The New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own wordsThis riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In ... En savoir plus

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  • Ecclesiastical History of the English People

    With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's Letter on the Death of Bede

    par Bede, R. E. Latham, D. H. Farmer ...
    Traduit par Leo Sherley-Price, R. E. Latham, D. H. Farmer ...
    Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price's translation brings us an accurate and readable version, in modern English, of a unique historical ... En savoir plus

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  • The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance

    How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

    par Paul Robert Walker ...
    "Walker here pairs off proto-architect Filippo Brunelleschi and doormaker Lorenzo Ghiberti in an often engaging version of Quattrocento Smackdown." — Library JournalJoining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, this is a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world's most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance.The dome ... En savoir plus

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  • Augustine: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Henry Chadwick ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought, discussing his reaction to the thinkers before him, and themes such as freedom, creation, and the trinity. ... En savoir plus

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