Religion
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Community of the Transfiguration: The Journey of a New Monastic Community [Paperback]
Paul Dekar (Author)
$37.00ISBN: 9780718891824
Published by : Lutterworth Press
In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the Church after the coming Second World War through a new kind of monasticism, a way of life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of... .... Learn More -
The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage [Paperback]
Edward Hoffman (Author)
Regular Price: $15.95
Special Price: $6.98
ISBN: 9781590305171
Published by : Shambhala Publications
Here is an accessible introduction to the life and wisdom of the famous twelfth-century philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, whose prolific writings on medical and religious issues, commentaries on Jewish texts, and writings on Jewish ethics... .... Learn More -
John Buridan [Paperback]
Gyula Klima (Author)
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ISBN: 9780195176230
Published by : Oxford University Press
John Buridan (ca. 1300-1362) has worked out perhaps the most comprehensive account of nominalism in the history of Western thought, the philosophical doctrine according to which the only universals in reality are "names": the common terms of ou... .... Learn More -
The Churches dedicated to St Clement in Medieval England [Hardback]
Barbara E. Crawford (Author)
$90.00ISBN: 9785901410677
Published by : Axioma
Series: Scripta Ecclesiastica
Volume: 1
A 'hagio-geography' of the cult of martyr-pope Clement examining the founding and distribution of churches dedicated to him in England and Scotland in the late Anglo-Saxon and Viking era, and their often-assumed link with the Danish settlement.... .... Learn More -
Norton Priory: Monastery to Museum Excavations 1970-87 [Hardback]
Christine Howard-Davis (Editor);Fraser Brown (Author)
$97.00ISBN: 9780904220520
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: LANCASTER IMPRINTS
Volume: 16
The Priory of St Mary was moved from Runcorn to Norton in 1134
by William fitz William, third baron of Halton. Despite a major
fire in 1236, Norton grew in size and stature to become an abbey
in 1391, and its abbot was a senior and muc... .... Learn More -
The Estates of Winchcombe Abbey, Gloucestershire: A Prelimary Landscape Archaeological Survey [Paperback]
Anne V Ellis (Author)
$70.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407303758
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This investigation explores the possibility of locating property which belonged to a monastery founded in the Anglo-Saxon period. The study concentrates on the estates of Winchcombe Abbey, Gloucestershire, examining their composition, extent a... .... Learn More -
Maimonides: The Life and World of one of Civilization's Greatest Minds [Hardback]
Joel L. Kraemer (Author)
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ISBN: 9780385511995
Published by : Doubleday
A comprehensive biography of the great medieval Jewish thinker, physician and lawgiver, which combines a narrative of his life, with description of the wider Mediterranean context of his career and travels, and detailed analysis of his writings. .... Learn More -
Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral [Hardback]
Philip Ball (Author)
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ISBN: 9780061154294
Published by : Harper Collins Publishers
Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? And why, during this time, did... .... Learn More -
Sarum Use: The Ancient Customs of Salisbury [Paperback]
Philip Baxter (Author)
$25.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9781904965183
Published by : Spire Books
The Sarum Use was founded on customs for the organisation of music and liturgy, as well as management and finance, employed by the bishop, dean and chapter of Salisbury Cathedral until the Reformation, when its liturgical content was rationalis... .... Learn More -
Rulers of the Celestial Plain: Ecclesiastic and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet. A Study of Tshal Gung-thang [Hardback]
Per Sorensen (Author)
$332.00ISBN: 9783700138280
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR SOZIANLANTHROPOLOGIE
Volume: 10
The present study constitutes an extensive contribution to the historical study of early and medieval Tibet and can be seen as follow-up to two previous works published by the same authors in 2000 and 2005 (ÖAW, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistes... .... Learn More