Download or read book CHARTRES THE THRONE OF EUROPE written by Roy Snelling and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this current Aquarian Age with its new energies Chartres Cathedral seems to have gained recognition amongst mystics, geomancers and dowsers, and alternative spirituality folk in general, as having some special meaning. It ha attracted numerous visitors from many countries who have come to walk its Labyrinth, examine the Zodiac Window, and hold dowsing, prayer or meditation sessions so as to 'tune-in' to its hidden meaning. Sometimes to the consternation of the Cathedral's own congregation, or even its 'official' guides. As the book explores the meaning of the Chartres Zodiac, it first starts by exploring the Celestial Zodiac and Precession. And also other pertinent astronomical facts. It then explores landscape zodiacs in general, including those found in Britain. In looking at Chartres we first examine its history, going back to the time when it was a Celtic Temple, and the later when the under-crypt was used as a Mithraic Temple by officers in the Roman Army. The book then explains how the author discovered twelve line radiating out from the centre of the Cathedral, and thence the realisation that we might have a giant zodiac. The identification of a number of towns and cities of equidistant radius around the Cathedral confirmed the Zodiac hypothesis. Important places such as Plymouth, Gloucester, Norwich, Leiden, Strasbourg and Montreaux. Hat was remarkable was that one line passed through Paris, and then when extended beyond the Zodiac circumference passed through Berlin. Another Line reached Vienna and Bratislava. Another reached Barcelona. Another reached Madrid. The book then explores the geography, history and culture of each zodiac segment to see if there is anything that relates to the nature of the zodiac sign of that segment. The book finally points the way to the future, leaving future researchers to continue the exploration of what this remarkable building means to us.
Download or read book Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century written by Miss Pardoe (Julia) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let s Go 2009 Western Europe written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local RELIABLE MAPS to navigate Western Europe's busy cities or idyllic towns INSIDER TIPS on the best hostels, gay and straight nightlife, and travel deals VOLUNEER AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES, from Svalbard to Malta HIKING, BIKING, and CAMPING, from the Norwegian fjords to the beaches in Greece The world's most exciting FESTIVALS, including Hungary's Sziget and Italy's Spoleto A PHRASEBOOK with essential vocab in nine different languages
Download or read book Studies of Modern Mind Character at Several European Epochs written by John Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M DCC LXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M DCCC XV written by Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Europe 2008 written by Let's Go, Inc. Staff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a comprehensive guide to economical travel in diverse regions of the world, these innovative new versions of the popular handbooks feature an all-new look, sidebars highlighting essential tips and facts, information on a wide range of itineraries, transportation options, off-the-beaten-path adventures, expanded lodging and dining options in every price range, additional nightlife options, enhanced cultural coverage, shopping tips, maps, 3-D topographical maps, regional culinary specialties, cost-cutting tips, and other essentials.
Download or read book Visions of Mary written by Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion and published by Mount Tabor Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through image and word, author and photographer Jill Geoffrion offers a unique visual and meditative journey, unfolding the story of Mary at Chartres on the pages of this book.
Download or read book Madame de Pompadour written by Nancy Mitford and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had so many enemies that she could not travel publicly without risking a pelting of mud and stones. History has loved her little better. Nancy Mitford’s delightfully candid biography re-creates the spirit of eighteenth-century Versailles with its love of pleasure and treachery. We learn that the Queen was a “bore,” the Dauphin a “prig,” and see France increasingly overcome with class conflict. With a fiction writer’s felicity, Mitford restores the royal mistress and celebrates her as a survivor, unsurpassed in “the art of living,” who reigned as the most powerful woman in France for nearly twenty years.
Download or read book Paths to Kingship in Medieval Latin Europe c 950 1200 written by Björn Weiler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Europe was a world of kings, but what did this mean to those who did not themselves wear a crown? How could they prevent corrupt and evil men from seizing the throne? How could they ensure that rulers would not turn into tyrants? Drawing on a rich array of remarkable sources, this engaging study explores how the fears and hopes of a ruler's subjects shaped both the idea and the practice of power. It traces the inherent uncertainty of royal rule from the creation of kingship and the recurring crises of royal successions, through the education of heirs and the intrigue of medieval elections, to the splendour of a king's coronation, and the pivotal early years of his reign. Monks, crusaders, knights, kings (and those who wanted to be kings) are among a rich cast of characters who sought to make sense of and benefit from an institution that was an object of both desire and fear.
Download or read book View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages VIII 459 p written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Stealing from the Saracens written by Diana Darke and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2020 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europeans are in denial. Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, they are increasingly distancing themselves from their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But while the legacy of Islam and the Middle East is in danger of being airbrushed out of Western history, its traces can still be detected in some of Europe's most recognisable monuments, from Notre-Dame to St Paul's Cathedral. In this comprehensively illustrated book, Diana Darke sets out to redress the balance, revealing the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe's architectural heritage. She tracks the transmission of key innovations from the great capitals of Islam's early empires, Damascus and Baghdad, via Muslim Spain and Sicily into Europe. Medieval crusaders, pilgrims and merchants from Europe later encountered Arab Muslim culture in journeys to the Holy Land. In more recent centuries, that same route through modern-day Turkey connected Ottoman culture with the West, leading Sir Christopher Wren himself to believe that Gothic architecture should more rightly be called 'the Saracen style', because of its Islamic origins. Recovering this overlooked story within the West's long history of borrowing from the Islamic world, Darke sheds new light on Europe's buildings and offers rich insights into the possibilities of cultural exchange.
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Download or read book Representing History 900 1300 written by Robert Allan Maxwell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together the disciplines of art, music, and history to explore the importance of the past to conceptions of the present in the central Middle Ages"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Europe s Welfare Traditions Since 1500 Volume 1 written by Thomas McStay Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over five centuries, Thomas McStay Adams explores social welfare from Portugal, France, and Italy to Britain, Belgium and Germany. He shows that the provision of assistance to those in need has faced recognizably similar challenges from the 16th century through to the present: how to allocate aid equitably (and with dignity); how to give support without undermining autonomy (and motivation); and how to balance private and public spheres of action and responsibility. Across two authoritative volumes, Adams reveals how social welfare administrators, critics, and improvers have engaged in a constant exchange of models and experience locally and across Europe. The narrative begins with the founding of the Casa da Misericordia of Lisbon in 1498, a model replicated throughout Portugal and its empire, and ends with the relaunch of a social agenda for the European Union at the meeting of the Council of Europe in Lisbon in 2000. Volume 1, which focuses on the period from 1500 to 1700, discusses the concepts of 'welfare' and 'tradition'. It looks at how 16th-century humanists joined with merchants and lawyers to renew traditional charity in distinctly modern forms, and how the discipline of religious reform affected the exercise of political authority and the promotion of economic productivity. Volume 2 examines 18th-century bienfaisance which secularized a Christian humanist notion of beneficence, producing new and sharply contested assertions of social citizenship. It goes on to consider how national struggles to establish comprehensive welfare states since the second half of the 19th century built on the power of the vote as politicians, pushed by activists and advised by experts, appealed to a growing class of industrial workers. Lastly, it looks at how 20th-century welfare states addressed aspirations for social citizenship while the institutional framework for European economic cooperation came to fruition
Download or read book Let s Go 2008 Europe written by Inés Pacheco and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local. RELIABLE MAPS to get you around cities, towns, and the countryside. CHEAP, DELICIOUS EATS from Spanish paella to Polish pierogi. VOLUNTEER and work opportunities from Reykjavík to Istanbul. INSIDER TIPS on the best gay and straight nightlife, traveling cheap, and finding vegetarian food. Advice on BIKING, CLIMBING, and HIKING from the Alps to the Tatras. A useful PHRASEBOOK to help you say "I'm lost" in fifteen different languages.
Download or read book History of Europe written by Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
