In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, entire communities, particularly in central Europe were gripped by a fear of witches and witchcraft, and pursued witches in order to bring them to justice. Professor David Nash unlocks the sometimes opaque history of the phenomenon of witchcraft in Britain, Europe and America. The book explores the development of witchcraft and belief in witches, the obsession with witches and witchcraft that spawned witch-hunting, the hey-day and decline of witch-hunting, and the fascinating 'afterlife' of witchcraft: covering not only the survival of some beliefs...
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, entire communities, particularly in central Europe were gripped by a fear of witches and witchcraft, and p...
Originally published in 1906, Horace Kephart's Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and Travelers in the Woods stands more than a century later as a classic in outdoors writing. Praised byField & Stream as -an encyclopedia of living in the open, - it provides expertly detailed answers to hundreds of practical problems that arise on every outing in the great outdoors. Within Camping and Woodcraft, you'll find tips on: -Catching and cooking game with minimal effort -Practical provisions to bring -Navigating unfamiliar trails and...
Originally published in 1906, Horace Kephart's Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and Travelers in the Woods stands more th...
Why study history? What's the point? Through compelling historical narratives, such as the assassination of President Kennedy, Dr. David Nash introduces the central elements of the subject. Readers learn how history seeks to explain, categorize and make sense of events of the past. It is a search for truth which involves searching for sources and then scrutinizing them to try and determine how reliable they are. Nash explores how new interpretations can change our understanding of what was previously an established version of history and what lasting contribution the study of history can make...
Why study history? What's the point? Through compelling historical narratives, such as the assassination of President Kennedy, Dr. David Nash introduc...
Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700 explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A selection of in-depth narrative micro-studies are featured to illustrate specific issues associated with the theme of crime and the law in historical context. The methodology used unpacks the wider historiographical and contextual issues related to each thematic area and facilitates discussion of the wider implications for the history of crime and social relations.
The case studies in the volume cover a range of incidents relating to crime, law...
Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700 explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A select...
This book offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narratives are changed significantly over time, but also to have been invested with importance and meaning by religious individuals and organisations as well as by secular ones.
This book offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narrat...
Blasphemy--the denial or denigration of God--has a long history. Jesus was tried for blasphemy. Early Christians felt that the Jews in taking such action were themselves guilty of it. But it is not a story confined to the remote past. The publication in 2005 of 12 cartoons in a Danish newspaper linking the prophet Mohammed to terrorism sparked outrage in the global Islamic community. And that was not an instance of blasphemy intruding itself upon a Western society unused to such issues within Christianity. In many societies blasphemy remained an offence in law and the prosecution of artistic...
Blasphemy--the denial or denigration of God--has a long history. Jesus was tried for blasphemy. Early Christians felt that the Jews in taking such act...
The issues of shame, blame, and culpability are scarcely studied in their historical context. Yet such study provides insights into the important contemporary dimensions associated with the perceived collapse of existing forms of punishment and the growing interest in the revival of shame punishments and restorative justice. Thus the history of shame, blame, and culpability speaks to the past history of society, culture, and law yet it also has an important role in showing contemporary societies how past societies theorized these issues. This volume brings together a range of work by...
The issues of shame, blame, and culpability are scarcely studied in their historical context. Yet such study provides insights into the important c...
This state-of-the-art volume reviews both past work and current research, with contributions from internationally recognized experts. The book is organized into fourteen chapters and designed to embrace the full range of terrestrial geochemical sediments.
An up-to-date and comprehensive survey of research in the field of geochemical sediments and landscapes
Discusses the main duricrusts, including calcrete, laterite and silcrete
Considers deposits precipitated in various springs, lakes, caves and near-coastal environments ...
This state-of-the-art volume reviews both past work and current research, with contributions from internationally recognized experts. The book is orga...
Humans have been uttering profane words and incurring the consequences for millennia. But contemporary events--from the violence in 2006 that followed Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed to the 2012 furor over the Innocence of Muslims video--indicate that controversy concerning blasphemy has reemerged in explosive transnational form. In an age when electronic media transmit offense as rapidly as profane images and texts can be produced, blasphemy is bracingly relevant again. In this volume, a distinguished cast of international scholars examines the profound...
Humans have been uttering profane words and incurring the consequences for millennia. But contemporary events--from the violence in 2006 that followed...
