What is the Song of Songs and how can its voice possibly be heard against the din of pornography and the equally deafening silence of an apparently lifeless church? Duncan Wright, a Baptist minister who has seen at first hand the pastoral implications of both these issues, has rejected the idea of a formal commentary as a way of exploring this text. Wanting to avoid doing violence to the text by turning it into a sermon but equally reluctant to leave its treasures locked up, he has taken the advice of the composer Stravinsky: "The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of...
What is the Song of Songs and how can its voice possibly be heard against the din of pornography and the equally deafening silence of an apparently li...
The turbulent reign of Stephen, King of England (1135-54), has been styled since the late 19th century as 'the Anarchy', although the extent of political breakdown during the period has since been vigorously debated. Rebellion and bitter civil war characterised Stephen's protracted struggle with rival claimant Empress Matilda and her Angevin supporters over 'nineteen long winters' when, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 'Christ and his Saints slept'. Drawing on new research and fieldwork, this innovative volume offers the first ever overview and synthesis of the archaeological and...
The turbulent reign of Stephen, King of England (1135-54), has been styled since the late 19th century as 'the Anarchy', although the extent of politi...
The first ever archaeologically based study of the turbulent period of English history often known as the `Anarchy' of King Stephen's reign in the mid-twelfth century, covering battlefields and conflict landscapes, arms, armour and material culture, fortifications and the church.
The first ever archaeologically based study of the turbulent period of English history often known as the `Anarchy' of King Stephen's reign in the mid...
