The Lure Of Normandy
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The Lure Of Normandy
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Author : Frances Marion Gostling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
The Lure Of Normandy written by Frances Marion Gostling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with Normandy (France) categories.
The Lure Of Normandy With Eight Illustrations
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Author : Frances M. GOSTLING
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
The Lure Of Normandy With Eight Illustrations written by Frances M. GOSTLING and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with categories.
Quarterly Review Of Military Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Quarterly Review Of Military Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Military art and science categories.
Review Of Current Military Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Review Of Current Military Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Military art and science categories.
Normandy Before 1066
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Author : David Bates
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2006-09
Normandy Before 1066 written by David Bates and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09 with categories.
This is a major work - the most substantial modern treatment (in English or French) of the early history of Normandy, before Duke William's conquest of England in 1066. The Normans were accepted across Europe as an extraordinary and significant phenomenon in their own day - chroniclers registered their land-hungry aggression, their duplicity and their spectacular success in a variety of geographical arenas, and the Normans themselves revelled in their notoriety. They still, necessarily, loom large in medieval history courses today. They are central to the history of Britain: they became the rulers of Sicily and Southern Italy: they provided much of the leadership of the First Crusade: as the most powerful of the feudatories of the French crown, the relations of the Norman dukes with the French king were a defining factor in the development of Capetian France: and, because of the wealth of records which survive, Normandy and the Normans have a central place in the study of medieval systems and institutions, e.g. the ongoing historiogaphical deconstructions and reinterpretations of 'Feudalism'.Above all, both in their day and ours, there is the constant lure of 'the Norman Myth' - whether one accepts them as something unique (as their contemporaries did), or, as Professor Bates argues here, that they were not in fact 'special' placing their early development squarely within a general northern French context, and seeing their features and achievements as deriving from the common stock of Carolingian tradition. This study was first published in 1982, when David Bates was a young man, then a Lecturer at Cardiff. It went out of print in 1989, after the first printing had been exhausted (sales c. 2500 at that point), since it was to be revised and updated in the light of his work on William the Conqueror's charters etc. The promised Second Edition did not in fact materialise because Bates did not have the time to do it justice. He is now ready, and anxious, to return to it.In the interim, he has become a major 'name' among medieval historians, and will shortly become a familiar one amongst committed general readers of medieval history, since he is now at work on a major new biography of William the Conqueror for the high-profile English Monarchs series with Yale University Press (to replace David C. Douglas' classic volume in the same series, which has held sway since 1966). The new edition will not have to establish itself, as the first edition did, but will be eagerly awaited as a major desideratum: and it will have the commercial clout of a new book, since - unavailable for 12 years already - libraries etc will need to replace their copies, quite apart from the scholarly need for the update. There should be pretty good initial potential for a supporting trade sale, if Blackwell cares to follow that up: and, while we have not included any figures for this here, there should be a good opportunity for a solid bookclub deal to help things along with the first printing. What may be the problem for Blackwells is the ongoing sale - running at c.250/200 a year with the First Edition, although the Second Edition should have a greater clout - which may be tiresomely just under the threshold of what is appealing to you. However, there will be a regular outflow to serious students - this is emphatically not just a library book in the longer term. The subject will not lose its drawing power, nor (for a long while anyway) Bates' book its status within it. It should be good for another 25 years at least. So an important book, already established as such: initially very saleable, and in the long term as steady and reliable a seller as one could reasonably expect at this level in a subject as (necessarily) fragmented as History. A trouble-free opportunity for the right publisher. But is that Blackwells?
The Lure Of The Edge
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Author : Brenda Denzler
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-11-07
The Lure Of The Edge written by Brenda Denzler and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-07 with Social Science categories.
UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from astonished witnesses of encounters with unknown aerial objects captured the attention of the United States military and the imagination of the press and the public. But when UFOs appeared not to be hostile, and when some scientists pronounced the sightings to be of natural meteorological phenomena misidentified due to "Cold War jitters," military interest declined sharply and, with it, further overt scientific interest. Yet sighting reports didn't stop and UFOs entered the public imagination as a cultural myth of the twentieth century. Brenda Denzler's comprehensive, clearly written, and compelling narrative provides the first sustained overview and valuation of the UFO/alien abduction movement as a social phenomenon positioned between scientific and religious perspectives. Demonstrating the unique place ufology occupies in the twentieth-century nexus between science and religion, Denzler surveys the sociological contours of its community, assesses its persistent attempt to achieve scientific legitimacy, and concludes with an examination of the movement's metaphysical or spiritual outlook. Her book is a substantial contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the boundaries of American religion and to the debate about the nature of science and religion. Denzler presents a thorough and fascinating history of the UFO/abduction movement and traces the tensions between those who are deeply ambivalent about abduction narratives that seemingly erode their quest for scientific credibility, and the growing cultural power of those who claim to have been abducted. She locates the phenomenon within the context of American religious history and, using data gathered in surveys, sheds new light on the social profile of these UFO communities. The Lure of the Edge succeeds brilliantly in repositioning a cultural phenomenon considered by many to be bizarre and marginal into a central debate about the nature of science, technology, and the production of a modern myth.
Military Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Military Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Military art and science categories.
The Lure Of Versailles
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Author : Roy Bream
language : en
Publisher: Bright Pen
Release Date : 2010-11
The Lure Of Versailles written by Roy Bream and has been published by Bright Pen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Fiction categories.
When Louis XV permits Patrice Augereau to leave Versailles and become master of Ambergnac, an estate in rural Normandy, it suits all the members of Patrice's family except his youngest daughter, Violette. As she matures into an intelligent young woman there is no shortage of suitors, but marriage is not her ambition, for she still harbours the dream of returning to court. This dream is encouraged when Madame de Pompadour brings a lady-in-waiting to live on the estate, and Violette is so intrigued by anecdotes about life at court she becomes determined to persuade a man to take her there. Violette has spent a great deal of time preparing herself to appeal to courtiers; men who are able to offer the life style she craves; it is even possible she might catch the eye of a king renown for enjoying the company of ladies. After all, Madame de Pompadour is not getting any younger......
The Lure Of The Mask
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Author : Harold MacGrath
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Release Date : 2021-01-01
The Lure Of The Mask written by Harold MacGrath and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The present book title 'The Lure of the Mask' was written by the famous American novelist, screen writer and short story writer Harold MacGrath. It was first published in the year 1908.
Normandy
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Author : Olivier Wieviorka
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2008
Normandy written by Olivier Wieviorka and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The Allied landings on the coast of "Normandy" have assumed legendary status. But overly romanticizing D-day, Wieviorka argues, losses sight of the full picture. "Normandy" offers a balanced, complete account that reveals the successes and weaknesses of the titanic enterprise.