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Hardcover. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341029
ISBN
9780230341029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

paperback. Series: Folk wisdom series. Num Pages: 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQ; JFSL9; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Edition
Original ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879181373
ISBN
9781879181373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. In 'Medicine of the Prophet', Ibn Qayyim presents a concise summary of how the Prophet's guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Translator(s): Johnstone, Penelope. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossaries, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH; JFSR2; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621224
ISBN
9780946621224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Challenging the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with European disease, Lux argues that the diseases killing the Plains people were not contagious epidemics but grinding poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 6 graphs, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082954
ISBN
9780802082954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.83

Hardcover. A wide ranging volume on medical history, that examines critical areas of health concerns in Ireland through the World Wars. Editor(s): Miller, Ian; Durnin, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097850
ISBN
9780719097850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.07

Paperback. The Catholic Church has cared for the sick and dying of the world as an extension of the healing ministry of Jesus. This book is collection of contemporary essays that represent the efforts of Catholic scholarship in the field of health care and medical ethics. It addresses topics such as artificial reproduction, contraception, abortion, and more. Editor(s): Morris, John F. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813214832
ISBN
9780813214832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.81

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137467416
ISBN
9781137467416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.79

Paperback. In this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415254038
ISBN
9780415254038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.33

Hardback. An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender. Editor(s): Yoshikawa, Naoe Kukita. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844013
ISBN
9781843844013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.68

Paperback. This book is concerned with our ideological, technical and emotional investments in reclaiming medieval for contemporary popular culture. The authors illuminate both medieval and contemporary popular culture in surprising and productive ways while interrogating the many ways in which metamedievalism reinterprets and reconceptualises the medieval. Editor(s): Ashton, Gail. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349340859
ISBN
9781349340859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.17

Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX8; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844624
ISBN
9781843844624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.38

Hardcover. The essays create an interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and function of sacred and devotional objects across the globe during the medieval and Early Modern period. Topics include the veneration of relics of the Buddha, the cult of the saints in medieval and early modern Ireland, medieval surveys of pagan and Christian Rome. Editor(s): Robertson, Eliza; Jahner, Jennifer. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Translations of the Sacred. Series: New Middle Ages. 288 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Robertson, Elizabeth; Jahner, Jennifer. The essays create an interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and function of sacred and devotional objects across the globe during the medieval and Early Modern period. Topics include the veneration of relics of the Buddha, the cult of the saints in medieval and early modern Ireland, medieval surveys of pagan and Christian Rome. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 20. Weight: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230616042
ISBN
9780230616042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

Hardcover. This collection examines a wide range of films and offers a dialogical model of film that preconceives the past and present as the remediation of old media by newer media. Editor(s): Burt, Richard. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230601253
ISBN
9780230601253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 572 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Tulika Print Communication Services India
Number of pages
572
Condition
New
Publication date
2022
SKU
V9788189487812
ISBN
9788189487812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.67
€ 47.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 524 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 186 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1388. 524 pages. Arabic cooking is the most exciting influence on avant-garde British cookery. The recipes and practices of the medieval Arab world are of more than just antiquarian utility. Giving the historical foundation, this book is a translation of two medieval Arab cookery books complimented by a collection of essays. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBTB; WBN. Dimension: 251 x 186 x 38. Weight: 1406.
Publisher
Prospect Books (UK)
Number of pages
524
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907325918
ISBN
9780907325918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.84
€ 70.31

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kristiansen, Mette Svart; Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 247 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771243789
ISBN
9788771243789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.32

Paperback. A unique study of medieval architecture, which treats the subject thematically. It looks at construction methods, patronage, and function, as well as the symbolic meanings represented in the architecture. It also offers completely new information on architecture in Spain and central Europe. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous colour anfd halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AM; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842763
ISBN
9780192842763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.79

Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 116 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854025
ISBN
9780192854025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Medieval Britain in 100 Facts covers this extensive period of change - Discover the history behind the facts. Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647340
ISBN
9781445647340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.74

paperback. This introductory textbook offers a fully integrated perspective of medieval Britain, from 1000 to 1500. Series: Cambridge History of Britain. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 colour illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Edition
Annotated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521149679
ISBN
9780521149679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

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