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“nicholas henshall”

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  • Dear Nicholas...

    A Father's Letter to His Newly Ordained Son

    de Michael Henshall ...
    Dear Nicholas... was originally written in 1988 as a letter by the then Bishop of Liverpool Michael Henshall to his newly-ordained son. Revised and edited for today’s audience, it continues to be a source of encouragement and challenge to reflect upon for all in ministry today, whether newly-ordained or in service for many years.Among the many books on ordained ministry, Dear Nicholas... stands ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • The Myth of Absolutism

    Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy

    de Nicholas Henshall ...
    Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Holy Ground

    Cathedrals in the twenty-first century

    de Peter Atkinson, Nicholas Henshall, David Hoyle, Christopher Irvine, Jane Kennedy, Simon Oliver, Jennie Page, Richard Shephard ...
    Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.Many—both within and outside the church—argue that cathedrals are an irrelevance. But cathedrals are ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • A Short History of European Law

    The Last Two and a Half Millennia

    de Tamar Herzog ...
    A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Huguenots

    de Geoffrey Treasure ...
    From the author of Louis XIV, an unprecedented history of the entire Huguenot experience in France, from hopeful beginnings to tragic diaspora.Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win—however briefly—freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • King John

    England's Evil King?

    de Ralph V Turner ...
    King John long ago acquired the epithet 'Bad', and he is reputed to be the worst of England's kings. Before his death in 1216, his desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. In marked contrast to his brother Richard, John appeared incompetent in battle, failing to defend Normandy (1202-04), and was unsuccessful in ... Leer más

    $10.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon

    The New Penguin History of France

    de Colin Jones ...
    There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding.Colin Jones' brilliant new book ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Nicholas Vincent ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significance of the role that it played thereafter as a totemic symbol of the subject's ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Ancien Regime and the Revolution

    de Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Traducido por Gerald Bevan ...
    The Ancien Régime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) is an objective observer of both periods – providing a merciless critique of the ancien régime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Barbarian Tides

    The Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire

    de Walter Goffart ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    The Migration Age is still envisioned as an onrush of expansionary "Germans" pouring unwanted into the Roman Empire and subjecting it to pressures so great that its western parts collapsed under the weight. Further developing the themes set forth in his classic Barbarians and Romans, Walter Goffart dismantles this grand narrative, shaking the barbarians of late antiquity out of this "Germanic" ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • The French Revolution

    A Beginner's Guide

    de Peter Davies ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Handy introduction to one of the most significant and studied events in world historyBlending narrative with analysis, Peter Davies explores a time of obscene opulence, mass starvation, and ground-breaking ideals; where the streets of Paris ran red with blood, and the numbers requiring execution precipitated the invention of the guillotine. Davies brings the subject up to date by considering the ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Norman Conquest

    A Very Short Introduction

    de George Garnett ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what actually happened? How was the invasion viewed by those who witnessed it? And how has its legacy been seen by generations since? This fascinating Very ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD