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September 15, 2024

Damanhur An Esoteric Community Open to the World

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Free Download Nicola Pannofino, "Damanhur: An Esoteric Community Open to the World"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031101367, 3031101391 | PDF | pages: 310 | 6.9 mb
The Damanhur Federation, situated in Valchiusella, North-West Italy, is one of Europe’s longest-lasting spiritual-esoteric communities. Nevertheless, there has hitherto been nearly no scientific study of this group, with the exception of a handful of specialised-journal articles. This collection fills that gap by collating the various scholarly contributions which over the years have dealt with Damanhur, aiming to present the phenomenon to a public of specialists, students and people who are just curious in a volume focusing on the multidisciplinary nature of the community as a whole. We consider the various spheres making up the social, cultural, spiritual and organisational life of Damanhur through analysis and interpretation of its historical evolution and more recent changes which have affected the community since its founder’s death. The contributions combine field research with theoretical reflection, making use of both qualitative (discursive interviews and participant observation) and quantitative (questionnaires) methods.

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September 15, 2024

Crowns in a Changing World 1901-1936

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Free Download Van der Kiste, "Crowns in a Changing World 1901-1936"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 075093431X, 0750902663 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 3.5 mb
At the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, almost every European nation was a monarchy, most linked by close family ties to her and Edward VII, the "uncle of Europe". Prior to the outbreak of World War I, the personal relationships of Edward, and of his successor and son, George V, flourished with the other royal families of Europe. The closeness of the European families was violently interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1914, and the armistice of 1918 brought three empires, namely Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia, crashing down. Some monarchies were strengthened, and others weakened beyond repair. In this well-researched study, John Van der Kiste has drawn upon previously unpublished material for the Royal Archives, Windsor, to show the realtionships between the crowned heads of Europe in the first part of the 20th century. His account sheds new light on foreign policy leading up to World War I.

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September 15, 2024

Coming Out Christian in the Roman World How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire

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Free Download Douglas Boin, "Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire"
English | ISBN: 162040317X | 2015 | 224 pages | AZW3 | 1206 KB
The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later-and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The "intolerant zeal" of Christians, wrote Edward Gibbon, swept Rome’s old gods away, and with them the structures that sustained Roman society.

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September 15, 2024

Coinage and History in the North Sea World, C. AD 500-1250 Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald

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Free Download Barrie Cook, Gareth Williams, "Coinage and History in the North Sea World, C. AD 500-1250: Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 9004147772 | PDF | pages: 816 | 350.7 mb
This is a themed volume of 28 papers, written in honour of Marion Archibald. It considers the role of coinage in northern Europe from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the early thirteenth century. Although the focus of the volume is the coinage itself, the majority of the papers consider coinage in its historical and/or archaeological context.

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