The White Devil

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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780232055
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis The White Devil by : Matthew Beresford

Download or read book The White Devil written by Matthew Beresford and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ovid’s Lycaon to Professor Lupin, from Teen Wolf to An American Werewolf in Paris, the lycanthrope, or werewolf, comes to us frequently on the page and the silver screen. These interpretations often display lycanthropy as a curse, with the afflicted person becoming an uncontrollable, feral beast during every full moon. But this is just one version of the werewolf—its origins can be traced back thousands of years to early prehistory, and everything from Iron Age bog bodies and Roman gods to people such as Joan of Arc, Adolf Hitler, and Sigmund Freud feature in its story. Exploring the role of this odd assortment of ideas and people in the myth, The White Devil tracks the development of the werewolf from its birth to the present day, seeking to understand why the wolf curse continues to hold a firm grip on the modern imagination. Combining early death and burial rites, mythology, folklore, archaeological evidence, and local superstitions, Matthew Beresford explains that the werewolf has long been present in the beliefs and mythology of the many cultures of Europe. He examines prehistoric wolf cults, the use of the wolf as a symbol of ancient Rome, medieval werewolf executions, and the eradication of wolves by authorities in England during the Anglo-Saxon period. He also surveys werewolf trials, medical explanations, and alleged sightings, as well as the instances in which lycanthropes appear in literature and film. With sixty illustrations of these often terrifying—but sometimes noble—beasts, The White Deviloffers a new understanding of the survival of the werewolf in European culture.

Ecstasies

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226839443
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecstasies by : Carlo Ginzburg

Download or read book Ecstasies written by Carlo Ginzburg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving early accounts of witchcraft—trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography—into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

Celtic Modern

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810847809
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Celtic Modern by : Martin Stokes

Download or read book Celtic Modern written by Martin Stokes and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on the global circulation of Celtic music and the place of music in the construction of Celtic 'imaginaries', which provides detailed case studies of the global dimensions of Celtic music in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Brittany and the diasporas in Canada, the US and Australia.

Transported by Song

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461674069
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Book Synopsis Transported by Song by : Caroline Bithell

Download or read book Transported by Song written by Caroline Bithell and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditions of the Mediterranean island of Corsica have been well preserved and revitalized, yet little has been written about it in scholarly circles. This work represents the first treatise on Corsican music in the English language. Transported by Song: Corsican Voices from Oral Tradition to World Stage chronicles the evolution of Corsican music from the early 20th century to the present, charting its progression from the world of oral tradition to a vibrant new performance culture maintained by an expanding cohort of cosmopolitan players. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, comprehensive interviewing, and close observation of Corsican affairs, author Caroline Bithell maps out the social, cultural, economic, and political climate of Corsica in the 20th and early 21st centuries, offering insights into the way French cultural policy, decentralization legislation, and EU funding structures have impacted musical activity on the island. Key issues are explored through case studies of Corsican performing groups, allowing the reader to appreciate the musicians' inspirations and intentions, their ability to balance local and cosmopolitan frames of reference, and the relation of their new output to 'traditional' idioms and procedures. The book also offers new perspectives on debates about music and ethnicity and gender dynamics, and explores the use of modern technology in an oral idiom, and the psycho-physiological and transcendental experiences associated with polyphonic singing. Well researched and comprehensively written, Transported by Song also includes musical transcriptions, a glossary, discography, filmography, and bibliography.

French books in print, anglais

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ISBN 13 : 9782765408468
Total Pages : 1798 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis French books in print, anglais by : Electre

Download or read book French books in print, anglais written by Electre and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dream-hunters of Corsica

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ISBN 13 : 9781857994247
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (942 download)

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Book Synopsis The Dream-hunters of Corsica by : Dorothy Carrington

Download or read book The Dream-hunters of Corsica written by Dorothy Carrington and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dream-hunters,or mazzeri,are unknown outside Corsica and probably date from pre-historic times.At night they go hunting-or dream they do so-and kill an animal,in whom they recognise a human face.The next day they announcethe death,which always takes place within a year. Where the mazzeri are harbingers of death,the signadori are guardians of life-they practise folk medicine,but more importantly,they practise folk medicine,but more importantly,they secure release from the curse of the Evil Eye. With characteristic elegance and clarity,Dorothy Carrington investigates these extraordinary phenomena,relics of past times peculiar to this wild,inhospitable land.THE DREAM HUNTERS OF CORSICA is a fascinating insight into a forgotten corner of civilisation where the occult has retained its everyday place as an explanation of the mysteries of life.

Celtic Modern

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0585482829
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Book Synopsis Celtic Modern by : Martin Stokes

Download or read book Celtic Modern written by Martin Stokes and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of 'Celtic' culture has been locked within modern nationalist paradigms, shaped by contemporary media, tourism, and labor migration. Celtic Modern collects critical essays on the global circulation of Celtic music, and the place of music in the construction of Celtic 'Imaginaries'. It provides detailed case studies of the global dimensions of Celtic music in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Brittany, and amongst Diasporas in Canada, the United States and Australia, with specific reference to pipe bands, traditional music education in Edinburgh, the politics of popular/traditional crossover in Ireland, and the Australian bush band phenomenon. Contributors include performer musicians as well as academic writers. Critique necessitates reflexivity, and all of the contributors, active and in many cases professional musicians as well as writers, reflect in their essays on their own contributions to these kind of encounters. Thus, this resource offers an opportunity to reflect critically on some of the insistent 'othering' that has accompanied much cultural production in and on the Celtic World, and that have prohibited serious critical engagement with what are sometimes described as the 'traditional' and 'folk' music of Europe.

Psychic Blues

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Publisher : Feral House
ISBN 13 : 1936239280
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychic Blues by : Mark Edward

Download or read book Psychic Blues written by Mark Edward and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With dark humor Magic Castle alumnus explores the business of psychics.

Granite Island

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141918195
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Granite Island by : Dorothy Carrington

Download or read book Granite Island written by Dorothy Carrington and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.

The Liturgy, Etc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Liturgy, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creating Ethnicity

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Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Creating Ethnicity by : Eugeen Roosens

Download or read book Creating Ethnicity written by Eugeen Roosens and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1989-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Ethnicity raises the important question of `what is ethnic?' Using case studies from Canada, Zaire, Belgium and Bolivia, Roosens shows that ethnicity does not always stem from ancient tradition, but can be shaped, modified, recreated or even manufactured in modern society. The author largely focuses on the Huron Indians of Quebec, an ethnic group that had all but disappeared, but which manufactured an ethnic tradition almost from scratch in the midst of a modern, industrialized nation. They are contrasted with other ethnic groups in other countries, whose paths to ethnic identity were very different. Finally, Roosens examines a contemporary European city, Brussels, and shows how various ethnic minorities preserved, shaped an

The Birth of Popular Heresy

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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802076595
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (765 download)

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Book Synopsis The Birth of Popular Heresy by : R. I. Moore

Download or read book The Birth of Popular Heresy written by R. I. Moore and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edited collection of letters, chronicles, and sermons written, in the main, by clerics and other highly placed church officials during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. R.I. Moore uses them to analyse the beginning and development of popular heresy.

Welshness Performed

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Welshness Performed by : Carol Trosset

Download or read book Welshness Performed written by Carol Trosset and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wales is a region of Great Britain comprising about 8,000 square miles of land and two and a half million people--a nation without a state, but one consisting of persons distinctively Welsh. There are many ways of acting and thinking to be found in Wales, but only some of these are considered by Welsh people to be relevant to their ethnic identity.Carol Trosset lived for two years as a Welsh speaker, and she draws on this experience of cultural immersion in her discussion of "what it is to be Welsh." In Welshness Performed, she shows how people acquire a sense of identity--both as individuals and as members of society--and presents a notion of "Welshness" sufficiently widespread to influence thinking about the society and the individual's place in it.

Haunting Violet

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504083083
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Haunting Violet by : Alyxandra Harvey

Download or read book Haunting Violet written by Alyxandra Harvey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “clever and scary” young adult mystery set in Victorian England, a charlatan’s daughter discovers a very real ability to communicate with ghosts (Kirkus Reviews). Having been raised by a fraudulent medium, Violet Willoughby doesn’t believe in ghosts. But they believe in her. Visited by a persistent spirit, one who suffered a gruesome death, Violet can no longer ignore her unique ability. She must figure out what this ghost is trying to communicate, and quickly, because the killer is still on the loose. The only person who can help her is Colin, her best friend since childhood. He understands the true Violet, and perhaps their friendship is growing into something more. But helping her with her mission could risk their chance at being together. Can Violet find a way to help this ghost and still have a future free of lies?

Heresies of the High Middle Ages

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231096324
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (963 download)

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Book Synopsis Heresies of the High Middle Ages by : Walter Leggett Wakefield

Download or read book Heresies of the High Middle Ages written by Walter Leggett Wakefield and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than seventy documents, ranging in date from the early eleventh century to the early fourteenth century and representing both orthodox and heretical viewpoints are included.

Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812206800
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe by : Edward Peters

Download or read book Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe written by Edward Peters and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Middle Ages and early modern Europe theological uniformity was synonymous with social cohesion in societies that regarded themselves as bound together at their most fundamental levels by a religion. To maintain a belief in opposition to the orthodoxy was to set oneself in opposition not merely to church and state but to a whole culture in all of its manifestations. From the eleventh century to the fifteenth, however, dissenting movements appeared with greater frequency, attracted more followers, acquired philosophical as well as theological dimensions, and occupied more and more the time and the minds of religious and civil authorities. In the perception of dissent and in the steps taken to deal with it lies the history of medieval heresy and the force it exerted on religious, social, and political communities long after the Middle Ages. In this volume, Edward Peters makes available the most compact and wide-ranging collection of source materials in translation on medieval orthodoxy and heterodoxy in social context.

Universal Salvation

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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0198270224
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Universal Salvation by : Morwenna Ludlow

Download or read book Universal Salvation written by Morwenna Ludlow and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2000-12-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two thousand years Paul's suggestion at the end of 1 Corinthians 15 that God will be 'all in all' has appealed to those who hold a 'wider hope' that eventually no person will be lost from God's love. Clearly, such hope for universal salvation is at variance with most Christian tradition, which has emphasized the possibility, or certainty, of eternal hell. However, a minority of Christian thinkers have advocated the idea and it has provoked much debate in the course of the twentieth century. Responding to this interest, Morwenna Ludlow compares and assesses the arguments for universal salvation by Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner - two influential theologians from very different eras who are less well known for their eschatological views. In this book Dr Ludlow gives an assessment of early Christian eschatology and its effect on modern theology by examining some fundamental questions. Does universal salvation constitute a 'second tradition' of eschatology and how has that tradition developed? What can we learn from Patristic writers such as Gregory of Nyssa? How does one approach Christian eschatology in a modern context?