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Hace 9 horas · Other notable buildings include the 16th-century dining hall, which serves as the heart of college life, and the Old Library, which houses a collection of over 30,000 rare books and manuscripts. These architectural marvels not only provide a stunning backdrop for academic life but also serve as a tangible connection to the college‘s rich history.
Hace 9 horas · The chapter begins with an examination of the ideas of discovery and jurisdiction in sixteenth-century Catholic sources, along with associated developments in theories of just war. An overture to this story includes Christopher Columbus’s El libro de las profecías (1502), in which the book of Isaiah figures prominently in his interpretation of European discovery and conquest in the Indies.
Hace 9 horas · 1. Introduction. Matthew Barrett’s The Reformation as Renewal is a wide-ranging look at the internal logic of the Protestant Reformation.The book’s main contention is that the Reformation was a project of “retrieval and renewal of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.” 1 Matthew Barrett, The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church ...
Hace 9 horas · Briefly turning to African history, Weston Cook’s analysis of 16th-century Morocco, for example, illustrates a willingness to embrace firearms in an ultimately successful effort to fend off both Iberian and Ottoman forces. 64 David Ayalon’s classic study of the Mamluk failure to do the same and their resulting defeat at the hands of the Ottomans represents another model. 65 Ayalon lays out ...
Hace 9 horas · Kościuszko in 1761, aged 15. As a member of the Polish Lithuanian gentry, Kościuszko came into frequent contact with his country’s serfs and was well aware of their miserable plight. In his day, a nobleman could buy, sell, or loan out his serfs. They owed him the bulk of their time and could not travel freely or practice a trade without his ...
28 de may. de 2024 · 2 days Left 1620/1621 BIBLE in ENGLISH antique ILLUSTRATED by Bonham Norton & John Bill. $1,500. BEAUX AND BELLES OF ENGLAND Lady Blessington and Mary Robinson 2 volumes Size 6 by 9" Connoisseur edition Limited to 150 copies for England and America {ellipsis}
Hace 9 horas · Yemen (/ ˈ j ɛ m ən / ⓘ; Arabic: ٱلْيَمَنْ, romanized: al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia. Located in the southern Arabian Peninsula, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, and the Indian Ocean to the south, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.
