Author: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Charm of England
Author: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The British Book of Spells & Charms
Author: Graham King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738765662
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Explore the traditional spells and charms of Britain's folk-magic tradition, including those for good fortune, love, healing, and curses and their removal. With spells drawn from the Museum of Witchcraft's extensive library, you will discover a variety of simple and complex magical workings, including a fascinating cloth consecration song and a talisman for protection in battle. Includes four-color illustrations and photos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738765662
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Explore the traditional spells and charms of Britain's folk-magic tradition, including those for good fortune, love, healing, and curses and their removal. With spells drawn from the Museum of Witchcraft's extensive library, you will discover a variety of simple and complex magical workings, including a fascinating cloth consecration song and a talisman for protection in battle. Includes four-color illustrations and photos.
`Charms', Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
Author: Ciaran Arthur
Publisher: Anglo-Saxon Studies
ISBN: 9781783273133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A re-evaluation of the mysterious "charms" found in Anglo-Saxon literature, arguing for their place in mainstream Christian rites.
Publisher: Anglo-Saxon Studies
ISBN: 9781783273133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A re-evaluation of the mysterious "charms" found in Anglo-Saxon literature, arguing for their place in mainstream Christian rites.
A Short History of England
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Our Hearts Are in England
Author: Jordan Marxer
Publisher: 83 Press
ISBN: 9781940772707
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Our Hearts Are in England offers an impassioned salute to our most cherished destinations.
Publisher: 83 Press
ISBN: 9781940772707
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Our Hearts Are in England offers an impassioned salute to our most cherished destinations.
Here's England
Author: Ruth McKenney
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Popular Religion in Late Saxon England
Author: Karen Louise Jolly
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469611147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In tenth- and eleventh-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans. To ward off the afflictions caused by these invisible beings, Christian priests modified traditional elf charms by adding liturgical chants to herbal remedies. In Popular Religion in Late Saxon England, Karen Jolly traces this cultural intermingling of Christian liturgy and indigenous Germanic customs and argues that elf charms and similar practices represent the successful Christianization of native folklore. Jolly describes a dual process of conversion in which Anglo-Saxon culture became Christianized but at the same time left its own distinct imprint on Christianity. Illuminating the creative aspects of this dynamic relationship, she identifies liturgical folk medicine as a middle ground between popular and elite, pagan and Christian, magic and miracle. Her analysis, drawing on the model of popular religion to redefine folklore and magic, reveals the richness and diversity of late Saxon Christianity.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469611147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In tenth- and eleventh-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans. To ward off the afflictions caused by these invisible beings, Christian priests modified traditional elf charms by adding liturgical chants to herbal remedies. In Popular Religion in Late Saxon England, Karen Jolly traces this cultural intermingling of Christian liturgy and indigenous Germanic customs and argues that elf charms and similar practices represent the successful Christianization of native folklore. Jolly describes a dual process of conversion in which Anglo-Saxon culture became Christianized but at the same time left its own distinct imprint on Christianity. Illuminating the creative aspects of this dynamic relationship, she identifies liturgical folk medicine as a middle ground between popular and elite, pagan and Christian, magic and miracle. Her analysis, drawing on the model of popular religion to redefine folklore and magic, reveals the richness and diversity of late Saxon Christianity.
The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages
Author: Stefan G. Holz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110645203
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manuscripts themselves into account. This volume readdresses this imbalance by focusing on the materiality and various usages of rolls in late medieval England and France. Researchers from England, France, Germany and Singapore demonstrate in 11 contributions how this approach can increase our understanding of the rolls and their contents, as well as the contexts in which they were produced and used.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110645203
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manuscripts themselves into account. This volume readdresses this imbalance by focusing on the materiality and various usages of rolls in late medieval England and France. Researchers from England, France, Germany and Singapore demonstrate in 11 contributions how this approach can increase our understanding of the rolls and their contents, as well as the contexts in which they were produced and used.
Think of England
Author: K. J. Charles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995799097
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
"Lie back and think of England ... England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless, and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis's search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign and all too obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts. As events unfold, Curtis realizes that Daniel has his own secret intentions. And there's something else they share-- a mounting sexual tension that leaves Curtis reeling. And as the house party's elegant facade cracks to reveal treachery, blackmail, and murder, Curtis finds himself needing clever, dark-eyed Daniel as he has never needed a man before."--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995799097
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
"Lie back and think of England ... England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless, and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis's search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign and all too obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts. As events unfold, Curtis realizes that Daniel has his own secret intentions. And there's something else they share-- a mounting sexual tension that leaves Curtis reeling. And as the house party's elegant facade cracks to reveal treachery, blackmail, and murder, Curtis finds himself needing clever, dark-eyed Daniel as he has never needed a man before."--Page 4 of cover.
The Fudges in England
Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description