Elusive Origins
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Origins Of The Slavs
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Author : Amelia Khatri
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-02-12
Origins Of The Slavs written by Amelia Khatri and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-12 with History categories.
""Origins of the Slavs"" delves into the complex history of Slavic peoples, tracing their journey from obscure origins to distinct cultural and political entities. It investigates the contested Proto-Slavic homeland theories, analyzing archaeological and linguistic evidence to locate the area where Slavic languages and cultures emerged. Furthermore, the book meticulously reconstructs Slavic migrations across Europe, examining the driving forces behind these population shifts. Understanding this formative period offers crucial insights into modern Eastern Europe's geopolitical landscape and cultural heritage. The book challenges traditional narratives by arguing that Slavic identity wasn't static but evolved dynamically through interactions and cultural adaptations. It highlights the impact of Germanic, Iranian, and Byzantine civilizations on shaping early Slavic societies. For example, the adoption of Christianity significantly altered Slavic religious beliefs and social structures. ""Origins of the Slavs"" draws upon diverse evidence like archaeological finds, linguistic analysis, and historical accounts to provide a comprehensive view. Beginning with the primary sources and methodologies, the book then explores Proto-Slavic homeland theories and details migration waves. Subsequent chapters examine cultural exchanges and their transformative impact. This approach provides a nuanced perspective on the multifaceted processes that led to the formation of distinct Slavic nations, making it valuable for anyone interested in History, World History, and History World.
Rum
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Author : Richard Foss
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2012-05-15
Rum written by Richard Foss and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Cooking categories.
“Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!” A favorite of pirates, the molasses-colored liquid brings to mind clear blue seas, weather-beaten sailors, and port cities filled with bar wenches. But enjoyment of rum spread far beyond the scallywags of the Caribbean—Charles Dickens savored it in punch, Thomas Jefferson mixed it into omelets, Queen Victoria sipped it in navy grog, and the Kamehameha Kings of Hawaii drank it straight up. In Rum,Richard Foss tells the colorful, secret history of a spirit that not only helped spark the American Revolution but was even used as currency in Australia. This book chronicles the five-hundred-year evolution of rum from a raw spirit concocted for slaves to a beverage savored by connoisseurs. Charting the drink’s history, Foss shows how rum left its mark on religious rituals—it remains a sacramental offering among voodoo worshippers—and became part of popular songs and other cultural landmarks. He also includes recipes for sweet and savory rum dishes and obscure drinks, as well as illustrations of rum memorabilia from its earliest days to the tiki craze of the 1950s. Fast-paced and well written, Rum will delight any fan of mojitos and mai tais.
The Household And The Making Of History
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Author : Mary S. Hartman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-12
The Household And The Making Of History written by Mary S. Hartman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-12 with Family & Relationships categories.
This book argues that a unique late marriage pattern, discovered in the 1960s but originating in the Middle Ages, explains the continuing puzzle of why western Europe was the site of changes that, from about 1500, gave rise to the modern world. Contrary to views that credit upheavals from the late eighteenth century were reponsible for ushering in the contemporary global era, it contends that the roots of modern developments themselves are located in an event more than a millennium earlier, when the peasants in northwestern Europe began to marry their daughters almost as late as their sons. The appearance of this late marriage system, with its unstable nuclear household form, will also be shown to have exposed for the first time the common ingredients whose presence has perpetuated beliefs in the importance of gender difference and of a sexual hierarchy favoring males.
Islams And Modernities
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Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2020-05-05
Islams And Modernities written by Aziz Al-Azmeh and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with Religion categories.
Islam has become the new spectre haunting Europe. All too often, even well-meaning liberals portray the modern resurgence of Islam as the new "Green Menace"-intolerant, medieval and barbaric-which has replaced Communism as the main threat to Western civilization and values. For Aziz Al-Azmeh, this Orientalist and racist view of Islam is nothing but the mirror-image of the myths propagated by Islamic fundamentalists and radicals. Both views share an erroneous and ahistorical conception of Islam as an unchanging and monolithic entity. Surveying both its social origins and its intellectual genealogy, Al-Azmeh rethinks the relationship between Islam and the West, uncovering a rich actual history of interaction. In this expanded new edition, the author examines the discourse surrounding Islamism and irrationalism after 9/11.
The Making Of Liturgy In The Ottonian Church
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Author : Henry Parkes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-15
The Making Of Liturgy In The Ottonian Church written by Henry Parkes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with History categories.
A bold re-examination of the religious and political history of Ottonian Germany through its musical and liturgical books.
Anthropology Of Precious Minerals
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Author : Elizabeth Ferry
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2020
Anthropology Of Precious Minerals written by Elizabeth Ferry and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Social Science categories.
Based on a Wenner-Gren international workshop, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, this book addresses the complexity of human-mineral engagements through ethnographic case studies and anthropological reflections on different people and the minerals they deem 'precious.'
Spectacular Miracles
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Author : Jane Garnett
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-06-15
Spectacular Miracles written by Jane Garnett and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with Art categories.
Winner of the ACE / Mercers' Book Award 2014 Spectacular Miracles confronts an enduring Western belief in the supernatural power of images: that a statue or painting of the Madonna can fly through the air, speak, weep, or produce miraculous cures. Although contrary to widely held assumptions, the cults of particular paintings and statues held to be miraculous have persisted beyond the middle ages into the present, even in a modern European city such as Genoa, the primary focus of this book. Drawing upon rich documentation from northwest Italy and elsewhere, Spectacular Miracles shows how these images “work” in a range of historical contexts. Jane Garnett and Gervase Rosser vividly evoke ritual animation of the image and the phenomenology of the beholder’s experience. These images, they demonstrate, have the subversive potential of the miraculous image to bypass clerical and secular authority, a power enhanced by reproducibility—devotion is hard to control when a copy of a venerated image is held to carry the same supernatural potential as the original, even when in a digital form mediated by the Internet. Engaging with the history, anthropology, and visual culture of images and religion, Spectacular Miracles is a convincing study of the continuing power of faith and art.
Early Modern Trauma
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Author : Erin Peters
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2021-08
Early Modern Trauma written by Erin Peters and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08 with History categories.
The term trauma refers to a wound or rupture that disorients, causing suffering and fear. Trauma theory has been heavily shaped by responses to modern catastrophes, and as such trauma is often seen as inherently linked to modernity. Yet psychological and cultural trauma as a result of distressing or disturbing experiences is a human phenomenon that has been recorded across time and cultures. The long seventeenth century (1598–1715) has been described as a period of almost continuous warfare, and the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries saw the development of modern slavery, colonialism, and nationalism, and witnessed plagues, floods, and significant sociopolitical, economic, and religious transformation. In Early Modern Trauma editors Erin Peters and Cynthia Richards present a variety of ways early modern contemporaries understood and narrated their experiences. Studying accounts left by those who experienced extreme events increases our understanding of the contexts in which traumatic experiences have been constructed and interpreted over time and broadens our understanding of trauma theory beyond the contemporary Euro-American context while giving invaluable insights into some of the most pressing issues of today.
The Enigma Of The Origin Of Portolan Charts
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Author : Roel Nicolai
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-05-30
The Enigma Of The Origin Of Portolan Charts written by Roel Nicolai and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-30 with History categories.
The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, at the end of the thirteenth century is one of the most significant occurrences in the history of cartography. Using geodetic and statistical analysis techniques these charts are shown to be mosaics of partial charts that are considerably more accurate than has been assumed. Their accuracy exceeds medieval mapping capabilities. These sub-charts show a remarkably good agreement with the Mercator map projection. It is demonstrated that this map projection can only have been an intentional feature of the charts’ construction. Through geodetic analysis the author eliminates the possibility that the charts are original products of a medieval Mediterranean nautical culture, which until now they have been widely believed to be.
Elusive Origins
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Author : Paul B. Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2010-05-31
Elusive Origins written by Paul B. Miller and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although the questions of modernity and postmodernity are debated as frequently in the Caribbean as in other cultural zones, the Enlightenment—generally considered the origin of European modernity—is rarely discussed as such in the Caribbean context. Paul B. Miller constellates modern Caribbean writers of varying national and linguistic traditions whose common thread is their representation of the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution in the Caribbean. In a comparative reading of such writers as Alejo Carpentier (Cuba), C. L. R. James (Trinidad), Marie Chauvet (Haiti), Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe), Reinaldo Arenas (Cuba), and Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá (Puerto Rico), Miller shows how these authors deploy their historical imagination in order to assess and reevaluate the elusive and often conflicted origins of their own modernity. Miller documents the conceptual and ideological shift from an earlier generation of writers to a more recent one whose narrative strategies bear a strong resemblance to postmodern cultural practices, including the use of parody in targeting their discursive predecessors, the questioning of Enlightenment assumptions, and a suspicion regarding the dialectical unfolding of history as their precursors understood it. By positing the Cuban Revolution as a dividing line between the earlier generation and their postmodern successors, Miller confers a Caribbean specificity upon the commonplace notion of postmodernity. The dual advantage of Elusive Origins's thematic specificity coupled with its inclusiveness allows a reflection on canonical writers in conjunction with lesser-known figures. Furthermore, the inclusion of Francophone and Anglophone writers in addition to those from the Hispanic Caribbean opens up the volume geographically, linguistically, and nationally, expanding its contribution to a nonessentialist understanding of the Caribbean in a Latin American, Atlantic, and global context.