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A Maid with a Dragon
The Cult of St Margaret of Antioch in Medieval England
Inbunden, 2016
1385 kr
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This is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the cult of St Margaret of Antioch in medieval England. Margaret was one of the most famous female saints of both the Catholic world and of Eastern Christianity (where she was known as St Marina). Her legend is remembered for her …
French Novels and the Victorians
Inbunden, 2017
1692 kr
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In 1836, John Wilson Croker, having immersed himself in dozens of contemporary French novels, warned his readers that 'she who dares to read a single page of the hundred thousand licentious pages with which the last five years have indundated society, is lost for ever.' It has become common to …
Heroic Shāktism
The Cult of Durgā in Ancient Indian Kingship
Inbunden, 2017
1338 kr
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Heroic Śāktism is the belief that a good king and a true warrior must worship the goddess Durgā, the form and substance of kingship. This belief formed the bedrock of ancient Indian practices of cultivating political power. Wildly dangerous and serenely benevolent at one and the same time, the …
Challenging the Modern
Conservative Revolution in German Music, 1918-1933
Inbunden, 2017
1338 kr
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This book challenges commonplace conceptions of musical conservatism during Germany's Weimar Republic (1918-1933). Its primary goal is to offer scrutiny of uncritical links often made by musicologists and historians between musical conservatism and political conservatism of the era. It does so …
Miracles and Murders
An Introductory Anthology of Breton Ballads
Av Mary-Ann Constantine, Éva Guillorel
Inbunden, 2017
1097 kr
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This is a vivid introduction, by two of the foremost scholars in the field, to one of the most fascinating and little-known song traditions in Europe, the Breton gwerz, or ballad. These narrative songs, collected in Western Brittany from the 19th century to the present day, recount a wealth of …
Fighting for France
Violence in Interwar French Politics
Inbunden, 2018
894 kr
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Fighting for France is a ground-breaking examination of violence in French politics in the interwar period. During these years, a range of groups at the political extremes employed physical aggression against their enemies and threatened to bring about the violent demise of the democratic regime. …
