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56 produkter
Sex, Dissidence and Damnation
Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
Häftad, 1994
791 kr
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For the authorities in medieval Europe, dissent struck at the roots of an ordered, settled world. It was to be crushed - initially by reason and argument, eventually by torture. Jeffrey Richards examines the wretched lives of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals and uncovers a common …
Swordsmen of the Screen
From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York
Inbunden, 2013
2600 kr
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This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to …
Visions of Yesterday
Inbunden, 2013
3173 kr
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Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in its cinema. It considers the role of the cinema in dramatizing popular beliefs and myths, and takes …
Mass-Observation at the Movies
Av Jeffrey Richards, Dorothy Sheridan
Inbunden, 2013
2600 kr
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The Mass Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), a pioneering independent effort aimed at education, specialised in material about everyday life in Britain and recorded material through a panel of around 500 volunteer observers who maintained diaries or replied to open-ended …
Railway Station
A Social History
Av Jeffrey Richards, John M Mackenzie
Häftad, 2010
322 kr
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In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stations we were concerned to treat them not as inanimate objects, but as living, breathing places which, better than any other building type of the last 150 years, reflected the societies around them, …
Films and British national identity
From Dickens to Dad's Army
Häftad, 1997
371 kr
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Jeffrey Richards is a regular radio and television commentator on popular culture. Covers the period from Ealing Studios to Dad's Army. A great read.
Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
E-bok, 2008
1044 kr
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Jeffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economic and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decline of each successive cycle of Ancient World epics, from the silent film era, to the "golden age" of the 1950s, right up to the present day ( Gladiator , 300 , Rome ). Analysis …
Age of the Dream Palace
Cinema and Society in 1930s Britain
E-bok, 2009
418 kr
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The period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema' in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as 'a shrewd critic, a …
Best of British
Cinema and Society from 1930 to the Present
Av Jeffrey Richards, Anthony Aldgate
E-bok, 1999
409 kr
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The new, revised and expanded paperback edition of this widely-used textbook for film history brings up to date its authors' demonstration of how a close study of films in their historical and cultural settings can enrich our understanding of both cinema and historical events. It introduces three …
Night to Remember
The Definitive "Titanic" Film
E-bok, 2002
389 kr
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On the night of 14-15 April 1912 during her maiden voyage "Titanic" struck an iceberg and sank, losing most of her passengers and crew. Of the five epic films interpreting this tragic event, the docu-drama "A Night to Remember" (1958) is often regarded as the definitive version. This text examines …
Golden Age of Pantomime
Slapstick, Spectacle and Subversion in Victorian England
E-bok, 2014
546 kr
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Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century. It remains as true today as it was in the 1830s, that a visit to the pantomime constitutes the first theatrical experience of most children and now, as …
Golden Age of Pantomime
Slapstick, Spectacle and Subversion in Victorian England
E-bok, 2014
546 kr
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Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century. It remains as true today as it was in the 1830s, that a visit to the pantomime constitutes the first theatrical experience of most children and now, as …
Sex, Dissidence and Damnation
Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
E-bok, 2013
927 kr
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For the authorities in medieval Europe, dissent struck at the roots of an ordered, settled world. It was to be crushed - initially by reason and argument, eventually by torture. Jeffrey Richards examines the wretched lives of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals and uncovers a common …
Sex, Dissidence and Damnation
Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
E-bok, 2013
927 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For the authorities in medieval Europe, dissent struck at the roots of an ordered, settled world. It was to be crushed - initially by reason and argument, eventually by torture. Jeffrey Richards examines the wretched lives of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals and uncovers a common …
Sex, Dissidence and Damnation
Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2017
3173 kr
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For the authorities in medieval Europe, dissent struck at the roots of an ordered, settled world. It was to be crushed - initially by reason and argument, eventually by torture. Jeffrey Richards examines the wretched lives of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals and uncovers a common …
Consul of God (Routledge Revivals)
The Life and Times of Gregory the Great
Inbunden, 2014
3083 kr
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Gregory the Great, whose reign spanned the years between 590 and 604 A.D., was one of the most remarkable figures of the early medieval Papacy. Aristocrat, administrator, teacher and scholar, he ascended the throne of St Peter at a time of acute crisis for the Roman Church. Consul of God, first …
Consul of God (Routledge Revivals)
The Life and Times of Gregory the Great
Häftad, 2015
651 kr
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Gregory the Great, whose reign spanned the years between 590 and 604 A.D., was one of the most remarkable figures of the early medieval Papacy. Aristocrat, administrator, teacher and scholar, he ascended the throne of St Peter at a time of acute crisis for the Roman Church. Consul of God, first …
Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)
476-752
Inbunden, 2014
3083 kr
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There has been a tendency to the view the history of the early medieval papacy predominantly in ideological terms, which has resulted in the over-exaggeration of the idea of the papal monarchy. In this study, first published in 1979, Jeffrey Richards questions this view, arguing that whilst the …
Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)
476-752
Häftad, 2015
1018 kr
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There has been a tendency to the view the history of the early medieval papacy predominantly in ideological terms, which has resulted in the over-exaggeration of the idea of the papal monarchy. In this study, first published in 1979, Jeffrey Richards questions this view, arguing that whilst the …
Mass-Observation at the Movies
Av Jeffrey Richards, Dorothy Sheridan
Häftad, 2016
761 kr
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The Mass Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), a pioneering independent effort aimed at education, specialised in material about everyday life in Britain and recorded material through a panel of around 500 volunteer observers who maintained diaries or replied to open-ended …
Visions of Yesterday
Häftad, 2016
761 kr
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Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in its cinema. It considers the role of the cinema in dramatizing popular beliefs and myths, and takes …
Swordsmen of the Screen
From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York
Häftad, 2016
761 kr
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This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to …
Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)
476-752
E-bok, 2014
1195 kr
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There has been a tendency to the view the history of the early medieval papacy predominantly in ideological terms, which has resulted in the over-exaggeration of the idea of the papal monarchy. In this study, first published in 1979, Jeffrey Richards questions this view, arguing that whilst the …
Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)
476-752
E-bok, 2014
1169 kr
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There has been a tendency to the view the history of the early medieval papacy predominantly in ideological terms, which has resulted in the over-exaggeration of the idea of the papal monarchy. In this study, first published in 1979, Jeffrey Richards questions this view, arguing that whilst the …
Consul of God (Routledge Revivals)
The Life and Times of Gregory the Great
E-bok, 2014
717 kr
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Gregory the Great, whose reign spanned the years between 590 and 604 A.D., was one of the most remarkable figures of the early medieval Papacy. Aristocrat, administrator, teacher and scholar, he ascended the throne of St Peter at a time of acute crisis for the Roman Church. Consul of God, first …
Consul of God (Routledge Revivals)
The Life and Times of Gregory the Great
E-bok, 2014
717 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Gregory the Great, whose reign spanned the years between 590 and 604 A.D., was one of the most remarkable figures of the early medieval Papacy. Aristocrat, administrator, teacher and scholar, he ascended the throne of St Peter at a time of acute crisis for the Roman Church. Consul of God, first …
Visions of Yesterday
E-bok, 2014
919 kr
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Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in its cinema. It considers the role of the cinema in dramatizing popular beliefs and myths, and takes …
Visions of Yesterday
E-bok, 2014
919 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in its cinema. It considers the role of the cinema in dramatizing popular beliefs and myths, and takes …
Swordsmen of the Screen
From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York
E-bok, 2014
866 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to …
Swordsmen of the Screen
From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York
E-bok, 2014
866 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to …
