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Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063297
- ISBN
- 9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081276
- ISBN
- 9780231081276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HRCV; HRLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220193
- ISBN
- 9780812220193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Late Medieval Christianity's encounter with miraculous materials viewed in the context of changing conceptions of matter itself. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408116
- ISBN
- 9781935408116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Series: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368. Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages. Series: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. 280 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 17. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520052222
- ISBN
- 9780520052222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker; Freedman, Paul H. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217025
- ISBN
- 9780812217025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122786
- ISBN
- 9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRH; JPFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784535889
- ISBN
- 9781784535889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 49.51
€ 53.40
€ 49.51
Hardback. An in-depth examination of the asceticism practiced at the White Monastery in Upper Egypt in the fifth century, using diverse sources, including monastic rules, theological treatises, sermons, letters, and material culture. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HRLP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239904
- ISBN
- 9780812239904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.04
€ 100.04
Hardback. Holocaust Archaeologies Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 130 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319106403
- ISBN
- 9783319106403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737622
- ISBN
- 9781444737622
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707196
- ISBN
- 9780198707196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.75
€ 57.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 465 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 465
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974272
- ISBN
- 9780865974272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875168098
- ISBN
- 9780875168098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.62
€ 15.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
Paperback. On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. This title presents the story of these women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523895
- ISBN
- 9780099523895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554646
- ISBN
- 9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of the first farming communities in Britain and Ireland. It provides an account of the archaeology of Britain and Ireland over the period c 4000-2000 BC. It presents the Neolothic as a transformation of economic and technical customs and skills that led to different levels of social complexity. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3B; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 249 x 17. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752414423
- ISBN
- 9780752414423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.29
€ 30.99
€ 26.29
Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226448565
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 78.69
€ 94.93
€ 78.69
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Edition
- Box Har/Co
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401324254
- ISBN
- 9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 49.54
€ 59.33
€ 49.54