Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England
The influence of the non-Biblical vernacular prophetic traditions in early modern England was considerable; they had both a mass appeal, and a specific relevance to the conduct of politics by elites. Focussing particularly on Mother Shipton, the Cheshire prophet Nixon, and Merlin, this book considers the origins of these prophetic traditions, their growth and means of transmission, and the way various groups in society responded to them and in turn tried to control them.
Moral Measures: An Introduction to Ethics West and East
What basis do we have for condemning the Aztec custom of human sacrifice, the Chinese tradition of foot-binding? What can we learn from the moral traditions of other cultures?
Soup Through the Ages: A Culinary History with Period Recipes
As cooking advanced from simply placing wild grains, seeds, or meat in or near a fire to following some vague notion of food as a pleasing experience, soup--the world's first prepared dish--became the unpretentious comfort food for all of civilization. This book provides a comprehensive and worldwide culinary history of soup from ancient times. Appendices detail vegetables and herbs used in centuries-old soup traditions and offer dozens of recipes from the medieval era through World War II.
Approaches to Legal Rationality (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, 20)Legal
Legal theory, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence: there are many approaches to legal argumentation. Each of them provides specific insights into highly complex phenomena. Different disciplines, but also different traditions in disciplines (e.g. analytical and continental traditions in philosophy) find here a rare occasion to meet. The present book contains contributions, both historical and thematic, from leading researchers in several of the most important approaches to legal rationality.
Книга посвящена ежегодным праздникам, отмечаемым в США. Она рассказывает об их происхождении , традициях и обычаях.Cправочный материал включает в себя вступительные статьи, песни, стихи, отрывки прозы. Представлены тексты различного уровня сложности. Все они озвучены носителями языка.
The book tells about American holidays , their attributes, traditions and customs. Rich background material includes introductory articles, songs, poems, the texts for different levels. They all are recorded by native speakers.
