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 The Bernward Gospels: Art, Memory, and the Episcopate in Medieval Germany by Jennifer P. Kingsley English | January 10, 2014 | ISBN: 0271060794 | EPUB | 228 pages | 133 MB Few works of art better illustrate the splendor of eleventh-century painting than the manuscript often referred to as the "precious gospels" of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim, with its peculiar combination of sophistication and naïveté, its dramatically gesturing figures, and the saturated colors of its densely ornamented surfaces.  The Becoming of Badass Women: From Freedom Fighters to Female Firsts, Explore The Stories of 20 Women Who Changed History by Kimberly Miller English | June 27, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B097WZXY7L | 180 pages | EPUB | 2.26 Mb Have you heard of Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks?  Nerina Rustomji, "The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins and Feminine Ideals" English | ISBN: 019024934X | 2021 | 256 pages | PDF | 8 MB A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri  The Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia by History Compacted English | June 1, 2019 | ISBN: 1071138588 | 125 pages | EPUB | 0.46 Mb Explore the Intense History of the Assyrians.  The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough By David G. Chandler 1995 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1885119143 | PDF | 51 MB [center]  The Aristocracy in England and Tuscany, 1000 - 1250 by Peter Coss English | December 17, 2019 | ISBN: 0198846967 | EPUB | 528 pages | 2.5 MB This volume examines the aristocracy in Tuscany and in England across a period of two and a half centuries (1000-1250). It deals first with Tuscany, tracing the history of the aristocracy and illustrating its nature and evolution, and observing aristocratic behaviour and attitudes, and how aristocrats related to other members of society. Peter Coss then examines the history of England in the same periods. It is not, however, a comparative history, but employs Italian insights to look at the aristocracy in England and to move away from the traditional interpretation which revolves around Magna Carta and the idea of English exceptionalism. By offering a study of the aristocracy across a wide time-frame and with themes drawn from Italian historiography, Coss offers a new approach to studying aristocracy within its own contexts.  The Age of Spectacular Death edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen English | September 9, 2020 | ISBN: 0367368269, 0367368277 | PDF | 228 pages | 2 MB This book explores death in contemporary society - or more precisely, in the 'spectacular age' - by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death taboo and death denial to examine how we now 'do' death. Unfolding the notion of 'spectacular death' as characteristic of our modern approach to death and dying, it considers the new mediation or mediatisation of death and dying; the commercialisation of death as a 'marketable commodity' used to sell products, advance artistic expression or provoke curiosity; the re-ritualisation of death and the growth of new ways of finding meaning through commemorating the dead; the revolution of palliative care; and the specialisation surrounding death, particularly in relation to scholarship.  The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books by Elina Gertsman English | June 21, 2021 | ISBN: 0271087846 | EPUB | 256 pages | 118 MB Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui―the fear of empty space―is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image, Elina Gertsman argues that Gothic art, in its attempts to grapple with the unrepresentability of the invisible, actively engages emptiness, voids, gaps, holes, and erasures.  Test Pilots of the Jet Age: Men Who Heralded a New Era in Aviation by Colin Higgs, Bruce Vigar 2021 | ISBN: 1526747758 | English | 256 pages | EPUB | 7 MB Today, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there. But, this is only possible because just over 70 years ago a select band of British test pilots was prepared to risk all in the quest to fly further, faster and higher than ever before. Their quest was fraught with danger; disaster and death were never far away.  Ewa Lechman, "Technology and Women's Empowerment " English | ISBN: 0367493713 | 2021 | 278 pages | PDF | 10 MB The near-ubiquitous spread of ICT offers unprecedented opportunities for social and economic agents, reshapes social and economic structures and drives the emergence of socioeconomic networks. This book contributes to the growing body of literature and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies impact women's economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on overall welfare creation. More specifically, it concentrates on demonstrating how ICT may become "empowering technologies" through their implementation. The book is designed to provide deep insight into the theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as a significant driver of women`s social and economic development. |
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