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Book Synopsis Noblemen and Kinsmen by : Preminder Singh Sandhawalia
Download or read book Noblemen and Kinsmen written by Preminder Singh Sandhawalia and published by Munshiram Manoharlal. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations: 4 illustrations Description: Noblemen and Kinsmen is a rich and illuminating family history. Preminder Singh Sandhawalia casts his eye over the personalities and life-styles of members of his family from various generations, dating back to the seventeenth century and beyond. He introduces us to noblemen in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's court, to conspirators against the British Government in their quixotic attempt to recover the throne of Punjab for their collateral Maharaja Dalip Singh and to the present generation of kinsmen who are judges, soldiers and engineers and also claimants to the 'Kohinoor', a priceless 186 carat gem of dazzling beauty. This is the history of a remarkable family recounted in a pithy, engaging and thoroughly readable style. The author's prose remains sharp and fresh from cover to cover, and his manuscript exudes a powerful and highly infectious energy. The observations, characters and situations portrayed are relayed in vivid detail, so that each moment has a kind of living authenticity. The book's fluidity and natural tone belie its intricate construction, yet there can be no doubt that Mr. Sandhawalia took a great deal of time selecting and ordering his material with the requirements of the modern reader very much in mind.
Book Synopsis An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil by : Maurice Shelton
Download or read book An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil written by Maurice Shelton and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New World written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil; from the First Ages of the World, Thro the Jewish, Grecian Roman Commonwealths, G C.down to this Present Time. To which is Annex'd, The Order of Precedency; with Other Curious Things by : Maurice Shelton
Download or read book An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil; from the First Ages of the World, Thro the Jewish, Grecian Roman Commonwealths, G C.down to this Present Time. To which is Annex'd, The Order of Precedency; with Other Curious Things written by Maurice Shelton and published by . This book was released on 1718 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Willehalm by : Wolfram von Eschenbach
Download or read book Willehalm written by Wolfram von Eschenbach and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1984-12-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfram von Eschenbach (fl. c. 1195-1225), best known as the author of Parzival, based Willehalm, his epic poem of military prowess and courtly love, on the style and subject matter of an Old French chanson de geste. In it he tells of the love of Willehalm for Giburc, a Saracen woman converted to Christianity, and its consequences. Seeking revenge for the insult to their faith, her relatives initiate a religious war but are finally routed. Wolfram's description of the two battles of Alischanz, with their massive slaughter and loss of heroes, and of the exploits of Willehalm and the quasicomic Rennewart, well displays the violence and courtliness of the medieval knightly ideal. Wolfram flavors his brutal account, however, with tender scenes between the lovers, asides to his audience, sympathetic cameos of his characters—especially the women—and, most unusually for his time, a surprising tolerance for 'pagans'.
Book Synopsis Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by : Keith M Brown
Download or read book Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution written by Keith M Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.
Book Synopsis Becoming the People of the Talmud by : Talya Fishman
Download or read book Becoming the People of the Talmud written by Talya Fishman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare by : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Download or read book Shakespeare written by Encyclopaedia Britannica and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, accessible overview of history's greatest literary figure The great dramatist Ben Jonson wrote that William Shakespeare "was not of an age, but for all time." In the nearly four centuries since his death, Shakespeare's plays still have a tremendous impact on everything from the classroom to popular culture. Now you can have at your fingertips all the vital details on the most influential writer in the history of the English language--straight from one of the most trusted sources of information in the world. In Shakespeare, Encyclopedia Britannica presents a concise and balanced overview of the Bard's life, work, and legacy. From his upbringing in Stratford to his early theater career in London, from his poetry and plays to the controversy surrounding his authorship, from his contemporaries and collaborators to his critics past and present, this comprehensive guide provides the necessary background to appreciate Shakespeare's unique place in world literature. This informative volume also looks at new interpretive approaches to Shakespeare and his work and offers insights from the foremost Shakespeare scholars in the world, including David Bevington (University of Chicago), Stephen J. Greenblatt (Harvard University), and Gail Kern Paster (Folger Shakespeare Library), among others. Every concise entry--from All's Well That Ends Well to The Winter's Tale--promotes a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's life, times, writings, and influence that only Encyclopedia Britannica can provide. Since 1768, Encyclopedia Britannica has been a leading provider of learning products and one of the world's most trusted sources of information.
Book Synopsis Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774) by : Natalia Królikowska-Jedlińska
Download or read book Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774) written by Natalia Królikowska-Jedlińska and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crimean Khanate was often treated as a semi-nomadic, watered-down version of the Golden Horde, or yet another vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. This book revises these views by exploring the Khanate’s political and legal systems, which combined well organized and well developed institutions, which were rooted in different traditions (Golden Horde, Islamic and Ottoman). Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the Crimean court registers from the reign of Murad Giray (1678-1683), the book examines the role of the khan, members of his council and other officials in the Crimean political and judicial systems as well as the practice of the Crimean sharia court during the reign of Murad Giray.
Book Synopsis Transactions of the Philological Society by : Philological Society (London)
Download or read book Transactions of the Philological Society written by Philological Society (London) and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Shakespeare by : Louise McConnell
Download or read book Dictionary of Shakespeare written by Louise McConnell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare is acknowledged to be the greatest writer in the English language. This new dictionary includes more than 1,500 entries that cover: Shakespeare's theatre and stagecraft; Elizabethan history and society; all of Shakespeare's plays and poems; his main characters; and terms used in critical reviews.Each of the encyclopedic entries provides a clear explanation of the term, its origins, relevance and use. Dictionary of Shakespeare has been carefully written in a non-technical way to insure that all levels of student and researcher will find the entries clear and uncomplicated.The entries help explain the terms used in Shakespeare's texts and in their execution and so provides the historical context required to give the reader a full background of the term. This feature sets the dictionary apart from others on the same subject that concentrate either on single plays or on the biographies of his characters. No other title explains so great a range of theatrical, historical, and"Shakespearean" terms.
Book Synopsis The Latin Church in the Crusader States by : Bernard Hamilton
Download or read book The Latin Church in the Crusader States written by Bernard Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major work on the history of the secular church in the Frankish states of Syria and the Holy Land - a subject which has not hitherto attracted the interest of ecclesiastical historians. The present book has been written to fill this important gap in crusader studies. It deals with the period stretching from the establishment of a Latin hierarchy after the First Crusade to the final conquest by the Mamluks in 1291. Dr Hamilton examines the development of the Church in the Patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch and its organisation from the parish level upwards. Two chapters are devoted to a study of its sources of income and the financial problems that arose after the Battle of Hattin through the thirteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the relations between the Latin and the Eastern Churches. The author documents the unequal treatment given to the Orthodox and to the separated Churches, and traces the course of the various attempts at church union. In his conclusion he makes an overall assessment of the spiritual achievments of the Church during this period and the extent to which it justified the first crusaders' ideals.
Book Synopsis King and Country by : Ralph A. Griffiths
Download or read book King and Country written by Ralph A. Griffiths and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King and Countryis a selection of essays and papers from Ralph A. Griffiths, published variously in Wales, England, France and North America between 1964 and 1990. It explores themes in the history of England and Wales in the Fifteenth Centuryand the dominions of the English crown beyond.
Download or read book Kinsmen's Clay written by Mary Crosbie and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Blood and Violence in Early Modern France by : Stuart Carroll
Download or read book Blood and Violence in Early Modern France written by Stuart Carroll and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of civilized conduct and behaviour has long been seen as one of the major factors in the transformation from medieval to modern society. Thinkers and historians alike argue that violence progressively declined as men learned to control their emotions. The feud is a phenomenon associated with backward societies, and in the West duelling codified behaviour and channelled aggression into ritualised combats that satisfied honour without the shedding of blood. French manners and codes of civility laid the foundations of civilized Western values. But as this original work of archival research shows we continue to romanticize violence in the era of the swashbuckling swordsman. In France, thousands of men died in duels in which the rules of the game were regularly flouted. Many duels were in fact mini-battles and must be seen not as a replacement of the blood feud, but as a continuation of vengeance-taking in a much bloodier form. This book outlines the nature of feuding in France and its intensification in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, civil war and dynastic weakness, and considers the solutions proposed by thinkers from Montaigne to Hobbes. The creation of the largest standing army in Europe since the Romans was one such solution, but the militarization of society, a model adopted throughout Europe, reveals the darker side of the civilizing process.
Book Synopsis The Ancient British Drama ... by : Walter Scott
Download or read book The Ancient British Drama ... written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
