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You're History!
How People Make the Difference
Av Michelle P. Brown, Richard J. Kelly
E-bok, 2005
462 kr
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This book arose out of a challenge. The challenge was made by Bob Geldof to the British academic and historian Michelle Brown. Pop singers raise huge sums of money for Band Aid and touch the hearts of people from all walks of life. But to give money can be an easy way out. How does the so called …
Mercia
An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe
Av Michelle P. Brown, Carol A. Farr
E-bok, 2005
580 kr
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The kingdom best remembered for Offa and his famous dyke was not only a dominant power on the island of Britain in the eighth century, but also a significant player in early medieval European politics and culture. Although the volume focuses on the eighth and ninth centuries when Mercian power was …
Understanding Illuminated Manscripts, 2nd edition (Looking at Series) - A Guide to Technical Terms
Av Michelle P. Brown, Elizabeth Teviotdale m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
190 kr
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What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? What is a drollery? This revised edition of Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms offers definitions of the key elements of illuminated manuscripts, demystifying the techniques, processes, materials, nomenclature, and …
Bede and the Theory of Everything
Inbunden, 2023
229 kr
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This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673–735), foremost scholar of the early Middle Ages and ‘the father of English history’. It examines his notable feats, including calculating the first tide-tables; playing a role in the creation of the Ceolfrith Bibles and the Lindisfarne …
Illumino
A History of Medieval Britain in Twelve Illuminated Manuscripts
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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Illumino explores the history of medieval Britain through the biographies of twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts and of their creators and owners. The manuscripts each serve as portals into these lives and as springboards into the era of their production. For illuminated manuscripts are among …
Spirit of the North
The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Northern Saints
Inbunden, 2027
288 kr
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Why does the North of England possess such a distinctive identity, and why does a manuscript created on a small island over 1,300 years ago still speak so powerfully today? Written by a leading authority and former curator of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Spirit of the North traces the origins of the …
Christian Art
Häftad, 2021
398 kr
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Explore the rich history and influence of Christian art from Antiquity to the present day.Michelle Brown traces the rich history of Christian art, crossing boundaries to explore how art has reflected and stimulated a response to the teachings of Christ, and to Christian thought and experience …
Book of Cerne
Prayer, Patronage and Power in Ninth-Century England
Inbunden, 1996
1231 kr
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The Book of Cerne (Cambridge University library, MSLLL10) reveals a complex interplay of text, script, and image. It offers a fascinating insight into Insular culture and is the only surviving illuminated manuscript that can be firmly attributed to the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. At the …
