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Book Leper Knights

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Marcombe
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 0851158935
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Leper Knights written by David Marcombe and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the twelfth century. The Order of St Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishments across Western Europe to provide essential support for its hospitaller and military vocations. This book explores the important contribution of the English branch of the order, which by 1300 managed a considerable estate from its chief preceptory at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire. Time proved the English Lazarites to be both tough and tenacious, if not always preoccupied with the care of lepers. Following the fall of Acre in 1291 they endured a period of bitter internal conflict, only to emerge reformed and reinvigorated in the fifteenth century. Though these late medieval knights were very different from their twelfth-century predecessors, some ideologies lingered on, though subtly readapted to the requirements of a new age, until the order was finally suppressed by Henry VIII in 1544. The modern refoundation of the order, a charitable institution, dates from 1962. The book uses both documentary and archaeological evidence to provide the first ever account of this little-understood crusading order.DAVID MARCOMBE is Director of the Centre for Local History, University of Nottingham.

Book Invisible Countries

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joshua Keating
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2018-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300221622
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book Invisible Countries written by Joshua Keating and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoughtful analysis of how our world's borders came to be and why we may be emerging from a lengthy period of "cartographical stasis" What is a country? While certain basic criteria--borders, a government, and recognition from other countries--seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including self-proclaimed countries such as Abkhazia, Kurdistan, and Somaliland, a Mohawk reservation straddling the U.S.-Canada border, and an island nation whose very existence is threatened by climate change. Through stories about these would-be countries' efforts at self-determination, as well as their respective challenges, Keating shows that there is no universal legal authority determining what a country is. He argues that although our current world map appears fairly static, economic, cultural, and environmental forces in the places he describes may spark change. Keating ably ties history to incisive and sympathetic observations drawn from his travels and personal interviews with residents, political leaders, and scholars in each of these "invisible countries."

Book Area Labor Market Trends

Download or read book Area Labor Market Trends written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The 21st Century from the Positions of Modern Science  Intellectual  Digital and Innovative Aspects

Download or read book The 21st Century from the Positions of Modern Science Intellectual Digital and Innovative Aspects written by Elena G. Popkova and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings gather the best papers presented at the “10th International Scientific and Practical Conference – the 21st Century from the Positions of Modern Science: Intellectual, Digital and Innovative Aspects,” which was organized by the non-profit organization “Institute of Scientific Communications.” The conference took place on May 23–24 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, with support from Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University. The chief advantage of these proceedings are their multidisciplinary character – they include articles and empirical studies addressing various fields, including economics, the social sciences, and law. Accordingly, the target audience is broad, covering scholars, researchers, independent experts, entrepreneurs, and government workers, who are interested in issues concerning: measuring and accelerating socio-economic development; the formation and evolution of the digital society and digital economy; the role of economic systems and economic subjects in the 21st-century technological revolution (the fourth industrial revolution); development and implementation of AI; development and application of intellectual resources in economic activities; and innovations in the economy.

Book Internships  Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience

Download or read book Internships Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience written by Andrew Stewart and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book examines the growing phenomenon of internships and the policy issues they raise, during a time when internships or traineeships have become an important way of transitioning from education into paid work.

Book On the Short Waves  1923 1945

Download or read book On the Short Waves 1923 1945 written by Jerome S. Berg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As radio developed in the early 1920s, the focus for most people was the AM band and stations such as KDKA, the first broadcast station. There was, however, another broadcast method that was popular among many early enthusiasts--shortwave radio. As is true today, the transmission of news and entertainment programs over shortwave frequencies permitted reception over great distances. For many in America and beyond, shortwave was an exciting aspect of the new medium. Some still tune the shortwave bands to enjoy the programming. Others pursue broadcasts for the thrill of the hunt. This book fully covers shortwave broadcasting from its beginning through World War II. A technical history examining the medium's development and use tells the story of a listener community that spanned the globe. Included are overviews of the primary shortwave stations operating worldwide in the 1930s, along with clubs and competitions, publications and prizes. A rich collection of illustrations includes many QSLs, the cards that stations sent to acknowledge receipt of their transmissions and that are much prized by long-distance collectors.

Book The Missoula Valley Project

Download or read book The Missoula Valley Project written by Thomas A. Latousek and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Senate Joint Resolutions

Download or read book Senate Joint Resolutions written by Ohio. General Assembly. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Decisions of the Commission

Download or read book Decisions of the Commission written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing

Download or read book Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing written by Cynthia R. Easterling and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in mathematics for retail merchandising. Written by experienced retailers, Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing, 5/e introduces students to the essential principles and techniques of merchandising mathematics, and explains how to apply them in solving everyday retail merchandising problems. Instructor- and student-friendly, it features clear and concise explanations of key concepts, followed by problems, case studies, spreadsheets, and summary problems using realistic industry figures. Most chapters lend themselves to spreadsheet use, and skeletal spreadsheets are provided to instructors within the Instructor's Manual. This edition is extensively updated to reflect current trends, and to discuss careers from the viewpoint of working professionals. It adds 20+ new case studies that encourage students to use analytic skills, and link content to realistic retail challenges. This edition also contains a focused discussion of profitability measures, and an extended discussion of assortment planning.

Book In the Senate of the United States

Download or read book In the Senate of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Senate Reports

Download or read book Senate Reports written by United States. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reading Renaissance Music Theory

Download or read book Reading Renaissance Music Theory written by Cristle Collins Judd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enth. u.a. "The polyphony of Heinrich Glarean's 'Dodecachordon'" (S. 115-176).

Book Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act

Download or read book Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Homeland Security and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Updated Guidebook on Biogas Development

Download or read book Updated Guidebook on Biogas Development written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Arts Council of Great Britain

Download or read book The Arts Council of Great Britain written by Eric Walter White and published by London : Davis-Poynter. This book was released on 1975 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: