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Gathering Souls: Jesuit Missions and Missionaries in Oceania (1668–1945) : …
This essay deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today’s Micronesia from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Although the Jesuit missionaries wanted to reach Japan and other Pacific islands, such as the Palau and Caroline archipelagos, the crown encouraged them to stay in the Marianas until 1769 (when the Society of Jesus was expelled from the Philippines) to evangel…
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- 978-90-04-39487-2
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- Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
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Galen's Treatise Περὶ Ἀλυπίας (De indolentia) in Context : A Tal…
This collective volume arises from a Wellcome-funded conference held at the University of Warwick in 2014 about the “new” Galen discovered in 2005 in a Greek manuscript, De indolentia. In the wake of the latest English translation published by Vivian Nutton in 2013, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the new text, discussing in turn issues around Galen’s literary production…
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- 978-90-04-38330-2
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- vi + 296 pp
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- Studies in Ancient Medicine, Volume: 52
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Frontiers in the Roman World : Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the Inter…
This volume presents the proceedings of the ninth workshop of the international network ‘Impact of Empire’, which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire and brings together ancient historians, archaeologists, classicists and specialists on Roman law from some thirty European, North American and Australian universities. This volume focuses on different ways in which the Roman Empire…
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- 978-90-04-21503-0
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- Impact of Empire, Volume: 13
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From Trustworthiness to Secular Beliefs : Changing Concepts of xin 信 from T…
What does the Chinese term xin 信 mean? How does it relate to the concept of faith in a Western sense? How far does it still denote “being trustworthy” in its ancient Confucian sense? When did major shifts occur in its long history of semantics that allowed later Christian missionaries to use the term regularly as a translation for the concept of believing in gods or God?
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- 978-90-04-53300-4
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- Religion in Chinese Societies, Volume: 19
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Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia: User-led Research and Untold Stories
This open access book explores the expectations surrounding dementia, what it ‘looks like’ and how people have been treated by others. It aims to raise awareness of the different types of dementia, and how they impact the brain, body, and lived experience, including experience of Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783031272233, 9783031272226
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- 146
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- 611.8 CHA c
From the Battlefield of Books: Essays Celebrating 50 Years of the Taylor-Sche…
This collection of essays celebrates 50 years since the founding of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library. Three generations of scholars contributed their research and memories from their time at the GRU, stretching back to 1974. Their work comprises 18 articles on medieval Jewish History, Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts, archival history, and the story of the…
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- 978-90-04-71233-1
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- xiv, 303
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- Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 99/16
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 12 (2005-2006)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is the first publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 12
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- 978-90-47-42390-4
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 11 (2003-2004)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is a special publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 11
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- 978-90-47-41830-6
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 10 (2001-2002)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is a special publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 10
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- 978-90-47-40825-3
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Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice, c.775-900: New Approaches to Reci…
Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice explores the practicality and applicability of the medical recipes recorded in early medieval manuscripts. It takes an original, dual approach to these overlooked and understudied texts by not only analysing their practical usability, but by also re-evaluating these writings in the light of osteological evidence. Could those individuals with access to …
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- Volume: 14
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- 978-90-04-46617-3
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