Faith in Mount Fuji. The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan, Hardback - Janine Anderson Sawada

A pioneering work that contains a wealth of in-depth analysis and original interpretation. The book will open up new avenues of discussion among st...

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A lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo periodPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Frank FeltensNum...

This collection of essays opens a new perspective on the interplay of religious conflict and literary culture in early modern England. Focusing on ...

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Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan ClementsIllustration(s): over 75 color and b&w photographs and mapsNumber of pages: 320Publication ...

Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of...

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, M...

Reducere. Reveals the interaction of politics and religion in France during the crucial years of the long seventeenth century. The author begins with the War...

Give and Take offers a new history of government in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868), one that focuses on ordinary subjects: merchants, artisans, village...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Christine M. E. GuthIllustration(s): 40 color illustrations, 11 b-w illustrationsNumber of page...

DescriptionBetween the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline...

While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combini...

In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages...

This volume examines a category of Japanese divinities that centered on the concept of "world renewal" (yonaoshi). In the latter half of the Tokuga...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter BiskindIn this "dishy...superbly reported" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles...

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In Close Association is the first English-language study of the local networks of women and men who built modern Japan in the Meiji period (1868-19...

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique...

The pastor in print is the first book-length analysis of the phenomenon of early modern pastors who intentionally pursued print authorship. With ca...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Janine di GiovanniNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 29Cover type: Ha...

Examines two anonymous manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Explores how scribes ...

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England - Ethan H. Shagan

This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that e...

This innovative, interdisciplinary collection addresses religion and the life course in England c. 1550-1800. Considering Catholic, Protestant and ...

Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressAuthor(s): Robert E. StillmanIllustration(s): 1 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 480Collection: ...

Covers the dramatic 15 years of Japanese Empire expansion.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): N S NashIllustration(s): 120 B&W illustrations...

Reducere. The Vanishing reveals the plight and possible extinction of Christian communities across Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine after 2, 000 years in th...

The Mishnaic Moment describes a remarkable encounter between Jews and Christians in seventeenth-century northern Europe, where scholars from both c...