Invisible Worlds: Death, Religion And The Supernatural In England, 1500-1700 (Marshall Peter)(Paperback)

Invisible Worlds: Death, Religion And The Supernatural In England, 1500-1700 (Marshall Peter)(Paperback)

How did traditional beliefs about the supernatural change as a result of the Reformation, and what were the intellectual and cultural consequences? Following a masterly interpretative introduction, Peter Marshall traces the effects of the Reformers' assaults on established beliefs about the

Death in England: An Illustrated History (Jupp Peter)(Paperback)

Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages people died; plagues and violence; wills and

Victoria's Children of the Dark: Life and Death Underground in Victorian England (Gallop Alan)(Paperback)

'Victoria's Children of the Dark' tells the story of Queen Victoria's invisible subjectswomen and children who labored beneath her 'green and pleasant land' harvesting the coal to fuel the furnaces of the industrial revolution. Following the real fortunes of seven-year-old Joey Burkinshaw and his

Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback)

Witchcraft, astrology, divination, and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant

Homo Religiosus?: Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience (Shah Timothy Samuel)(Paperback)

Are humans naturally predisposed to religion and supernatural beliefs? If so, does this naturalness provide a moral foundation for religious freedom? This volume offers a cross-disciplinary approach to these questions, engaging in a range of contemporary debates at the intersection of religion,

The Queen and the Heretic: How Two Women Changed the Religion of England (Wilson Derek)(Paperback)

Catherine Parr and Anne Askew: united in faith and danger, divided in

Religion in Minutes: The World's Great Faiths Explained in an Instant (Weeks Marcus)(Paperback)

The world's great faiths explained in an

Death of Kings (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

The sixth novel in Bernard Cornwell's epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the

Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (Dear Peter)(Paperback)

This heavily revised third edition of an award-winning text offers a keen insight into the development of scientific thought in early modern Europe. Including coverage of the central scientific figures of the time, including Copernicus, Kelper, Galileo, Newton and Bacon, this book provides a

Age of Nothing - How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death of God (Watson Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling investigation into psychology, art and religion; the demise of capitalism; and the beginning of a new era from the author of

Dominion (Ackroyd Peter)(Paperback)

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyds acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England

Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England (Hailwood Mark)(Paperback)

This book provides a history of the alehouse between the years 1550 and 1700, the period during which it first assumed its long celebrated role as the key site for public recreation in the villages and market towns of England. In the face of considerable animosity from Church and State, the patrons

The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There (Jacobsen Douglas)(Paperback)

This accessible textbook describes Christianity, the world's largest religion, in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. No other publication includes so much information or presents it so clearly and winsomely. This volume employs a 'religious studies' approach that is neutral in tone

Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion - Peter Heather

'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review'A page-turner' The SpectatorIn the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and

The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland (Goodare Julian)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a collection of chapters on supernatural belief and practice in Scotland between 1500 and 1800. It deals with elite culture - from political prophecy to astrology, theology and poetic visions. And it deals with popular culture - from trances and visionary encounters with ghosts and

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now (Mayle Peter)(Paperback)

From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France--the charming and indelible

Women and the Land, 1500-1900 (Capern Amanda)(Paperback)

Women and the Land examines the pre-history of gendered property relations in England, focusing on the four-hundred-year period between roughly 1500 and 1900. More specifically, the book is about how gender shaped opportunities for and experiences of owning property, particularly for women. The

Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, C.1100-C.1500 (Wogan-Browne Et Al Jocelyn)(Paperback)

England was more widely and enduringly francophone in the middle ages than many standard accounts of its history, culture and language allow. The development of French in England, whether known as 'Anglo-Norman' or 'Anglo-French', is deeply interwoven both with medieval English and with the

Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia (Bottro Jean)(Paperback)

A well written guide to Mesopotamian religion by one of the world's foremost Assyriologists. Bottero studies the public and private relationships between the people and the divine, their cosmology, hymns and prayers, rituals, myths and magic. He discusses important sites, monuments, objects, images

Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action (Paperback) (Navarro Peter)(Paperback)

The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest economy is rapidly turning into the planet's most efficient assassin. Unscrupulous Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding world markets with lethal products. China's perverse form of capitalism combines illegal mercantilist and protectionist

Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity (Hall Alaric)(Paperback)

Helps illuminate Anglo-Saxon social attitudes towards the supernatural, health and gender, and shows how texts can be as important in the shaping of social realities as they are in recording them. HISTORICAL JOURNAL Anglo-Saxon elves [Old English ' lfe'] are one of the best attested non-Christian

A History of Death in 17th Century England (Norman Ben)(Paperback)

Delve into the world of the unorthodox burial in seventeenth-century England, including mass interments in times of disease, the burial of suicides, and the unconventional laying to rest of English Catholics.Death was a constant presence in the lives of the rich and poor alike in

Man and the Natural World - Changing Attitudes in England 1500-1800 (Thomas Sir Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an account of the changing attitudes in people towards nature and the environment between

Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt: A Fascinating Exploration of the Myths and Mythology of the World's Great Civilization, in 370 Stu (Gahlin Lucia)(Paperback)