Описание: For over 150 years Britain`s railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. This book provides a pictorial record of the last operational signalling and infrastructure on Britain`s railway network, as it applied to the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
A central tenet of Catholic religious practice, confession relies upon the use of language between the penitent and his or her confessor. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as Spain colonized the Quechua-speaking Andean world, the communication of religious beliefs and practices—especially the practice of confession—to the native population became a primary concern, and as a result, expansive bodies of Spanish ecclesiastic literature were translated into Quechua. In this fascinating study of the semantic changes evident in translations of Catholic catechisms, sermons, and manuals, Regina Harrison demonstrates how the translated texts often retained traces of ancient Andean modes of thought, despite the didactic lessons they contained.
In Sin and Confession in Colonial Peru, Harrison draws directly from confession manuals to demonstrate how sin was newly defined in Quechua lexemes, how the role of women was circumscribed to fit Old World patterns, and how new monetized perspectives on labor and trade were taught to the subjugated indigenous peoples of the Andes by means of the Ten Commandments. Although outwardly confession appears to be an instrument of oppression, the reformer Bartolomé de Las Casas influenced priests working in the Andes; through their agency, confessional practice ultimately became a political weapon to compel Spanish restitution of Incan lands and wealth. Bringing together an unprecedented study (and translation) of Quechua religious texts with an expansive history of Andean and Spanish transculturation, Harrison uses the lens of confession to understand the vast and telling ways in which language changed at the intersection of culture and religion.
Описание: A revised edition of the First Edition Edited by Charles T. Beke, Phil.D., F.S.A. (First Series 13, 1853), with a new introduction. With a `Postscript` of five unnumbered pages at the beginning of the text. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1876.
Описание: This groundbreaking study examines the careers and political thinking of Elizabethan martial men, whose ambitions were thwarted by a quietist foreign policy. The book also considers its consequences for military rule in Ireland, and presents a lively and sophisticated reinterpretation of this complex, controversial subject.
Описание: Hezekiah Haynes fought in the British Civil Wars, before rising to become Cromwell`s ruler of the east of England. This biography will appeal to all those interested in early modern English and American history.
Описание: Hezekiah Haynes fought in the British Civil Wars, before rising to become Cromwell`s ruler of the east of England. This biography will appeal to all those interested in early modern English and American history.
Автор: Hewlett Rose Название: The Gloucestershire Court of Sewers 1583-1642 ISBN: 1913735028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781913735029 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4598.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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These remarkable Court of Sewers records open a window on communities of the Gloucestershire Levels between 1583 and 1642, and their struggles against encroachments from the sea in a changing political climate. They touch all walks of life from the peasantry to the county's elite. The extraordinary detail they contain about people and places make them a valuable resource for family and local historians. They are almost unique in their survival, and of national significance.
From mud walls to grass embankments fortified with stone, sea walls have defended coastal Gloucestershire since Roman times, and management of flood risk and drainage on the low-lying land they protected is documented from the medieval period. Maintenance was a constant draw on labour, materials and finances, especially following the great Severn Estuary flood of 1607 and another significant inundation in 1636. This edited transcription, fully indexed, reveals the condition of the sea walls and drainage systems before and after these events.
'Sewers' here are watercourses, natural or manmade. Courts of Sewers were the forerunners of today's Internal Drainage Boards, and their form of local government deserves wider attention not only from historians, but from scientists and policymakers who seek a better understanding of historic floods. A comprehensive glossary assists the reader with unusual terminology.
Описание: Llбmenme el mexicano Los almanaques y otras obras de Carlos de Sigьenza y Gуngora presenta una visiуn fresca, iluminadora y provocativa de partes de la vida y escritos de Carlos de Sigьenza y Gуngora poco conocidos o analizados hasta ahora. Seis de los almanaques escritos a mano por йl y que aъn existen en el Archivo General de la Naciуn de Mйxico forman el hilo conductor de este libro. Gracias a de ellos es posible, asimismo, un innovador anбlisis de dos de sus obras mejor conocidas: Parayso occidental e Infortunios de Alonzo Ramнrez.
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