Author: Jean Lemaire de BelgesPublisher:
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Languages : fr
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Les traits de l'histoire universelle sacrée et profane
Author: Jean Lemaire de BelgesLes traits de l'histoire universelle sacrée et profane
Author: Jean Lemaire de BelgesPublisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages : 308
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Select Specimens of the Great French Writers in the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries ...
Author: George Eugène-FasnachtPublisher: London Macmillan 1894.
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Perspectives on the Renaissance Medal
Author: Stephen K. ScherPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134821948
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The papers published in this book were delivered at two conferences held in conjunction with the exhibition, " The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance"
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century
Author: C. Snouck HurgronjePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047411285
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
From 1884-1885, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje stayed in Mecca. He became intimately acquainted with the daily life of the Meccans and the thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. This volume deals with social and family life, funeral customs and marriage. It is a unique insight in one the most important places in islamic culture. With a new foreword by Jan Just Witkam
Numismatic Studies
Author: American Numismatic SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne
Author: Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960. Religion, colonisation et décolonisation au Congo, 1885-1960
Author: Vincent ViaenePublisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9462701423
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Religion in today’s Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries and Marian shrines of the Catholic Church to the Islamic brotherhoods, from the healers of Kimban-guism to the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, from the Orthodox communities of Kasai to the ‘invisible’ Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to people’s lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the seemingly smooth facade of missions linked closely to imperial power, faith and worship were already marked by diversity and dynamism, tying the Congo into broader African and global movements. The contributions in this book provide insight into the multifaceted history of the interaction between religion and colonization. The authors outline the institutional political framework, and focus on the challenge that old and new forms of slavery entailed for the missions. The atrocities committed at the time of the Congo Free State became an existential question for young Christian communities. In the Belgian Congo after 1908, more structural forms of colonial violence remained a key issue marking religious experiences. And yet, religion also acted as a bridge. The authors emphasize the role intermediaries such as catechists or medical assistants played in the African “appropriation” of Christianity. They examine the complex interaction with indigenous religious beliefs and practices, and zoom in on the part religions played in the independence movement, as well as on their reaction to independence itself. Coming at a moment when Belgium confronts its colonial past, this volume provides a timely reassessment of religion as a key factor.
A Shi'ite Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1885-1886
Author: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ḥusaynī FarāhānīPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292776225
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Western accounts of the Hajj, the ritual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, are rare, since access to Mecca is forbidden to non-Muslims. In the Muslim world, however, pilgrimage literature is a well-established genre, dating back to the earliest centuries of the Islamic era. A Shiʿite Pilgrimage to Mecca is taken from the original nineteenth-century Persian manuscript of the Safarnâmeh of Mirzâ Moḥammad Ḥosayn Farâhâni, a well-educated, keenly observant, Iranian Shiʿite gentleman. This memoir holds a wealth of social and economic information about Czarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Northern Iran, and Arabia. The author is a meticulous observer, recording details of distances, currencies, accommodations, modes of travel, and so on. He records the experiences encountered by pilgrims of his day: physical hardships, disease, generosity and compassion, banditry, hospitality, comradeship, and exaltation. And, without prejudice, he discusses the tensions between the Shiʿites and the Sunnites in the holy places—tensions that still exist and have erupted in bloody clashes during recent pilgrimages. A Shiʿite Pilgrimage to Mecca will appeal to a wide audience of general readers, Middle Eastern scholars, anthropologists, and historians.