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Author : Violet Alford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Pyrenean Festivals, Calendar Customs, Music & Magic, Drama & Dance written by Violet Alford and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Dubin
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843531968
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees written by Marc Dubin and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2004 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees is the only guidebook available to the entire region, covering both the French and Spanish sides of this spectacular region, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. A full-colour section introduces the author''s pick of the attractions, from relaxing in the picturesque spa towns to watching the Tour de France wind up the mountains. There are detailed listings of the best places to eat, drink and stay, from boutique hotels in Biarritz to the most remote mountain refuges. For the outdoor enthusiast there are exhaustive accounts of the walking and climbing routes available and information on the host of other activities available, including skiing, paragliding, rafting, cycling and horse riding. There is also expansive coverage of all the cultural highlights including the prehistoric cave art at Ariege and an accesible history of the region from prehistory to the current day.
Author : Violet Alford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (589 download)
Download or read book Pyrenean Festivals written by Violet Alford and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Max Harris
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292779305
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Carnival and Other Christian Festivals written by Max Harris and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that they also provide an indispensable vehicle for expressing hopes, fears, and desires that people can articulate in no other way. In this book, Max Harris explores and develops principles for understanding the folk theology underlying patronal saints' day festivals, feasts of Corpus Christi, and Carnivals through a series of vivid, first-hand accounts of these festivities throughout Spain and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad, Bolivia, and Belgium. Paying close attention to the signs encoded in folk performances, he finds in these festivals a folk theology of social justice that—however obscured by official rhetoric, by distracting theories of archaic origin, or by the performers' own need to mask their resistance to authority—is often in articulate and complex dialogue with the power structures that surround it. This discovery sheds important new light on the meanings of religious festivals celebrated from Belgium to Peru and on the sophisticated theatrical performances they embody.
Author : Violet Alford
Publisher : AMS Press
ISBN 13 : 9780404165772
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (657 download)
Download or read book Pyrenean Festivals written by Violet Alford and published by AMS Press. This book was released on 1977-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Dubin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858280936
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Pyrenees written by Marc Dubin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed single-volume guide to Europe's loveliest mountain range Veteran author Marc Dubin takes a fresh look at this unique mountain range, which unites the French, Spanish, and Andorran peaks and valleys. This guide has all the information you need whether you're out for serious up-country hiking (bears permitting), staying in one of the Pyrenean beach resorts, skiing on either side of the border, or touring the, tiny principality of Andorra.
Author : Ismael Vaccaro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315420074
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Social and Ecological History of the Pyrenees written by Ismael Vaccaro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major work of historical ecology advances the integration of research on environmental and social systems, contributing important lessons for contemporary natural resource policy and management. A diverse, international region, the Pyrenees has been characterized as a quintessential example of rural areas across Europe and North America. The authors use qualitative and quantitative methods from economics, history, anthropology, and ecological science to integrate human agency and ecology across a landscape that moved from agricultural and pastoral production to industrialization, then experienced acute depopulation, and now is becoming a focus of conservation and tourism. The book shows how today’s most pressing resource policy challenges are best illuminated by this broad, long-term understanding of humans and landscapes.
Author : Mary-Ann Gallagher
Publisher : Footprint Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1909268070
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Eastern Pyrenees Footprint Focus Guide written by Mary-Ann Gallagher and published by Footprint Travel Guides. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amalgamation of many cultures, the Eastern Pyrenees is a fantastic region to visit. From towering mountainscapes in Aragón, to the exotic buzz of Perpignan, to the proud Catalan capital, Barcelona; the Eastern Pyrenees truly offer something for everyone. Footprint Focus provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of this vibrant region of Europe. • Essentials section with useful advice on getting to and around the Eastern Pyrenees. • Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep and play. • Includes information on tour operators and activities, from hot-air balloon rides to astounding architecture. • Detailed maps for the key destinations in the Eastern Pyrenees. • Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Eastern Pyrenees (includes Barcelona & Perpignan) provides concise and comprehensive coverage of one of Europe’s most dynamic regions.
Author : Matthew Carr
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620974282
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Savage Frontier written by Matthew Carr and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping historical travelogue of the contentious border of France and Spain, in the great tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Jan Morris With the Catalonia crisis making international headlines, the unique cultural and geographic region bordering Spain and France has once again moved to the center of the world's attention. In The Savage Frontier, acclaimed author and journalist Matthew Carr uncovers the fascinating, multilayered story of the Pyrenees region—at once a forbidding, mountainous frontier zone of stunning beauty, home to a unique culture, and a site of sharp conflict between nations and empires. Carr follows the routes taken by monks, soldiers, poets, pilgrims, and refugees. He examines the people and events that have shaped the Pyrenees across the centuries, with a cast of characters including Napoleon, Hannibal, and Charlemagne; the eccentric British climber Henry Russell; Francisco Sabaté Llopart, the Catalan anarchist who waged a lone war against the Franco regime across the Pyrenees for years after the civil war; Camino de Santiago pilgrims; and the cellist Pablo Casals, who spent twenty-three years in exile only a few miles from the Spanish border to show his disgust and disapproval of the Spanish regime. The Savage Frontier is a book that will spark a new awareness and appreciation of one of the most haunting, magical, and dramatic landscapes on earth.
Author : Dana Facaros
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1804692174
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Gascony & the Pyrenees written by Dana Facaros and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by expert travel-writers with more than 40 titles to their name, Bradt’s Gascony & the Pyrenees is the only current English-language guide to the entirety of this fascinating, relatively under-visited and consequently affordable region of southwest France. Offering advice on where to stay and eat with what to do and see, this new guide provides everything you need for an enjoyable, fulfilling visit. In Gascony, everyone can find their own adventure. Surfers can ride Atlantic waves at Hossegor and Mimizan. Sun-seekers can loll on the Landes’ beaches, then stretch their legs by climbing Europe’s tallest sand dune, the Dune du Pilat. Hikers can trek high into the Pyrenees to gawp at majestic cirques, while those less energetic can go on a donkey-backl. Families can bike along numerous backways, while cycling buffs cheer on the professionals during the Pyrenees stage of the Tour de France. Activity enthusiasts aside, the region will delight anyone who craves a slower-paced holiday in beautiful natural landscapes. Culture buffs can linger in the coastal art havens of Collioure, Port- Vendres and Céret, or discover Palaeolithic cave art at Niaux and Le Mas-d’Azil. Pilgrims can follow the path to Lourdes. Fans of the bizarre can visit Salvador Dali’s ‘centre of the universe’ (Perpignan train station) or La Pourcailhade, the pig festival of Tri-sur-Baïse. Urbanites can enjoy the splendours of Perpignan, Bayonne, Biarritz and Auch, or take it down a notch at medieval Catalan villages. For quirky retail therapy, shopaholics can browse the espadrilles for which Mauléon is famed or the berets synonymous with Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Gourmets will delight in the quality of local cuisine, from cèpe mushrooms and poulet au pot to a flock of duck-based dishes. Cocooned within quiet, natural settings, yoga practitioners can calm mind and body with various wellness therapies. And whatever floats your boat, everyone can relax in some of the hundreds of personally recommended places to stay – from charming inns and spas to restored medieval stables, and even the astronomers’ dormitories at the Pic du Midi. All conveyed through the intimate expert insights that characterise Bradt’s Gascony & the Pyrenees.
Author : Martyn Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350024791
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Pyrenees in the Modern Era written by Martyn Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original study examines different incarnations of the Pyrenees, beginning with the assumptions of 18th-century geologists, who treated the mountains like a laboratory, and romantic 19th-century tourists and habitués of the spa resorts, who went in search of the picturesque and the sublime. The book analyses the individual visions of the heroic Pyrenees which in turn fascinated 19th-century mountaineers and the racing cyclists of the early Tour de France. Martyn Lyons also investigates the role of the Pyrenees during the Second World War as an escape route from Nazi-occupied France, when for thousands of refugees these dangerous borderlands became 'the mountains of liberty', and considers the place of the Pyrenees in recent times right up to the present day. Drawing on travel writing, press reports and scientific texts in several languages, The Pyrenees in the Modern Era explores both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees to provide a nuanced historical understanding of the cultural construction of one of Europe's most prominent border regions. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Europe's cultural history in a transnational context.
Author : Jo Farb Hernandez
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1578067510
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain written by Jo Farb Hernandez and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative study of artists balancing tradition with creativity
Author : Mr Ken Dowden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134810210
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book European Paganism written by Mr Ken Dowden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent. Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European Paganism Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice to pilgrimage lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes: * a 'timelines' chart to aid with chronology * many quotations from ancient and modern sources translated from the original language where necessary, to make them accessible * a comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading.
Author : Sidney Jackson Jowers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136746412
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-Up and Wigs written by Sidney Jackson Jowers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first bibliography in its field, based on first-hand collations of the actual articles. International in scope, it includes publications found in public theatre libraries and archives of Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Florence, London, Milan, New York and Paris amongst others. Over 3500 detailed entries on separately published sources such as books, sales and exhibition catalogues and pamphlets provide an indispensible guide for theatre students, practitioners and historians. Indices cover designers, productions, actors and performers. The iconography provides an indexed record of over 6000 printed plates of performers in role, illustrating performance costume from the 18th to 20th century.
Author : Venetia Newall
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415330749
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Witch Figure written by Venetia Newall and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this volume, the witch figure as a malevolent intermediary in folk belief, was chosen to reflect that aspect of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her study of witchcraft.
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1409363317
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The French Pyrenees Rough Guides Snapshot France (includes Pays Basque, Pau, Lourdes, Parc National des Pyrénées and Perpignan) written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Pyrenees is the ultimate travel guide to this craggy mountainous region, and also includes coverage of the beguiling Basque country. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive accounts of all the sights and attractions, from surfing big waves in Biarritz and inspecting pre-historic paintings in the Ariège valley to taking a trip on the charming Petit Train Jaune and exploring dramatic Cathar castles in the Corbières. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the most memorable possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to France, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, costs, health and festivals. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to France. Full coverage: Bayonne, Biarritz, St Jean-de-Luz, Parc National des Pyrénées, Pau, Lourdes, Tarbes, Vallée d'Aspe, Vallée d'Ossau, Gave de Pau, Cauterets, Gavarnie and its cirque, Barèges, Luchon, Vallée de l'Ariege, Montségur, Vallée de l'Aude, Cathar castles, Perpignan, The Têt valley (Equivalent printed page extent 102 pages).
Author : Rough Guides Snapshot
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 1409362906
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The French Pyrenees Rough Guides Snapshot France (includes Pays Basque, Pau, Lourdes, Parc National des Pyrénées and Perpignan) written by Rough Guides Snapshot and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Pyrenees is the ultimate travel guide to this craggy mountainous region, and also includes coverage of the beguiling Basque country. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive accounts of all the sights and attractions, from surfing big waves in Biarritz and inspecting pre-historic paintings in the Ari�ge valley to taking a trip on the charming Petit Train Jaune and exploring dramatic Cathar castles in the Corbi�res. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best caf�s, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the most memorable possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to France, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, costs, health and festivals. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to France. Full coverage: Bayonne, Biarritz, St Jean-de-Luz, Parc National des Pyr�n�es, Pau, Lourdes, Tarbes, Vall�e d'Aspe, Vall�e d'Ossau, Gave de Pau, Cauterets, Gavarnie and its cirque, Bar�ges, Luchon, Vall�e de l'Ariege, Monts�gur, Vall�e de l'Aude, Cathar castles, Perpignan, The T�t valley (Equivalent printed page extent 102 pages).
