Author: Gustave CohenPublisher:
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Languages : fr
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Recueil de Farces Françaises Inédites Du XVe Siècle
Author: Gustave CohenLa Belle Dame Sans Mercy
Author: Alain ChartierPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722856212
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The poem is written in a series of octaves (huitains in the French) each line of which contains eight syllables (octosyllabes), which is also the style of the poet François Villon in the "Ballade des dames du temps jadis" written later in the 15th century. In the debate between the Lover and the Lady, the alternating octaves delineate their arguments. The rhyme scheme is ABABBCBC of crossed rhymes (rimes croisées).
Report of the Dominion Botanist
Author: Canada. Division of BotanyPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Religion and the Political Imagination
Author: Ira KatznelsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139493175
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
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The theory of secularisation became a virtually unchallenged truth of twentieth-century social science. First sketched out by Enlightenment philosophers, then transformed into an irreversible global process by nineteenth-century thinkers, the theory was given substance by the precipitate drop in religious practice across Western Europe in the 1960s. However, the re-emergence of acute conflicts at the interface between religion and politics has confounded such assumptions. It is clear that these ideas must be rethought. Yet, as this distinguished, international team of scholars reveal, not everything contained in the idea of secularisation was false. Analyses of developments since 1500 reveal a wide spectrum of historical processes: partial secularisation in some spheres has been accompanied by sacralisation in others. Utilising new approaches derived from history, philosophy, politics and anthropology, the essays collected in Religion and the Political Imagination offer new ways of thinking about the urgency of religious issues in the contemporary world.
Nations under God
Author: Anna M. Grzymała-BussePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400866456
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 439
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Why churches in some democratic nations wield enormous political power while churches in other democracies don't In some religious countries, churches have drafted constitutions, restricted abortion, and controlled education. In others, church influence on public policy is far weaker. Why? Nations under God argues that where religious and national identities have historically fused, churches gain enormous moral authority—and covert institutional access. These powerful churches then shape policy in backrooms and secret meetings instead of through open democratic channels such as political parties or the ballot box. Through an in-depth historical analysis of six Christian democracies that share similar religious profiles yet differ in their policy outcomes—Ireland and Italy, Poland and Croatia, and the United States and Canada—Anna Grzymała-Busse examines how churches influenced education, abortion, divorce, stem cell research, and same-sex marriage. She argues that churches gain the greatest political advantage when they appear to be above politics. Because institutional access is covert, they retain their moral authority and their reputation as defenders of the national interest and the common good. Nations under God shows how powerful church officials in Ireland, Canada, and Poland have directly written legislation, vetoed policies, and vetted high-ranking officials. It demonstrates that religiosity itself is not enough for churches to influence politics—churches in Italy and Croatia, for example, are not as influential as we might think—and that churches allied to political parties, such as in the United States, have less influence than their notoriety suggests.
The Great War as I Saw It
Author: Frederick George ScottPublisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398817651
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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'May the eyes of Canada never be blind to that glorious light which shines upon our young national life from the deeds of those "who counted not their lives dear unto themselves"'. When World War I broke out in the summer of 1914, the Canadian chaplain Frederick George Scott volunteered for service despite his fears. He spent four long years in the trenches on the western front, where he developed close bonds with his fellow soldiers and sought to maintain his faith while the world around him collapsed into chaos. In evocative language befitting his background as a poet, Scott lays bare the horrors of modern warfare. Filled with heart-wrenching descriptions and tragic detail, The Great War as I Saw It is a powerful meditation on the Canadian experience during World War I and an important look into the life of the ordinary soldier.
Lettre pastorale et Mandement prescrivant un Te Deum solennel et des prières en actions de grâces pour l'élection de S.S. le pape Léon XIII.
Author: Église catholique. Diocèse (Ajaccio)Publisher:
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Languages : fr
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Two Worlds
Author: William WestfallPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773507975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Religion was at the heart of Ontario life for many years. In Two Worlds, Westfall examines the origin, character, and social significance of the powerful and distinctive Protestant culture that grew and flourished in Southern Ontario in the mid-Victorian period.
Culture Wars
Author: Christopher ClarkPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139439901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Across nineteenth-century Europe, the emergence of constitutional and democratic nation-states was accompanied by intense conflict between Catholics and anticlerical forces. At its peak, this conflict touched virtually every sphere of social life: schools, universities, the press, marriage and gender relations, burial rites, associational culture, the control of public space, folk memory and the symbols of nationhood. In short, these conflicts were 'culture wars', in which the values and collective practices of modern life were at stake. These 'culture wars' have generally been seen as a chapter in the history of specific nation-states. Yet it has recently become increasingly clear that the Europe of the mid- and later nineteenth century should also be seen as a common politico-cultural space. This book breaks with the conventional approach by setting developments in specific states within an all-European and comparative context, offering a fresh and revealing perspective on one of modernity's formative conflicts.
Native Copper Objects of the Copper Eskimo
Author: Donald A. CadzowPublisher:
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Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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