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Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans examines the life work and influence of this controversial figure who remains the most highly visible of the Roman client kings under Augustus. Herod’s rule shaped the world in which Christianity arose and his influence can still be seen today. In this expanded second edition additions to the original text include discussion of the archaeological evidence of Herod’s activity his building program numismatic evidence and consideration of the roles and activities of other client kings in relation to Herod. This volume includes new maps and numerous photographs and these coupled with the new additions to the text make this a valuable tool for those interested in the wider Roman world of the late first century BCE at both under- and postgraduate levels. Herod remains the definitive study of the life and activities of the king known traditionally as Herod the Great. | Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

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A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

King James is well known as the most prolific writer of all the Stuart monarchs publishing works on numerous topics and issues. These works were widely read not only in Scotland and England but also on the Continent where they appeared in several translations. In this book Dr Stilma looks both at the domestic and international context to James's writings using as a case study a set of Dutch translations which includes his religious meditations his epic poem The Battle of Lepanto his treatise on witchcraft Daemonologie and his manual on kingship Basilikon Doron. The book provides an examination of James's writings within their original Scottish context particularly their political implications and their role in his management of his religio-political reputation both at home and abroad. The second half of each chapter is concerned with contemporary interpretations of these works by James's readers. The Dutch translations are presented as a case study of an ultra-protestant and anti-Spanish reading from which James emerges as a potential leader of protestant Europe; a reputation he initially courted then distanced himself from after his accession to the English throne in 1603. In so doing this book greatly adds to our appreciation of James as an author providing an exploration of his works as politically expedient statements which were sometimes ambiguous enough to allow diverging - and occasionally unwelcome - interpretations. It is one of the few studies of James to offer a sustained critical reading of these texts together with an exploration of the national and international context in which they were published and read. As such this book contributes to the understanding not only of James's works as political tools but also of the preoccupations of publishers and translators and the interpretative spaces in the works they were making available to an international audience. | A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

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Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians as it encompassed such defining events as the Dutch year of Disaster (1672) the Glorious Revolution (1688) and the ensuing wars against France. Although William has played a pivotal role in the political and religious history of his countries the significance and international impact of his reign is still not very well understood. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field which have evolved from papers delivered to an international conference held at the University of Utrecht in December 2002. By focusing on the entire period 1650-1702 from an international perspective the volume moves historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single events to encompass William's entire reign from a variety of political religious intellectual and cultural positions. In so doing it offers a new perspective on the British and Dutch reigns of William III as well as the wider European milieu. | Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

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Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

Renée Moreau Cunningham’s unique study utilizes the psychology of C. G. Jung and the spiritual teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore how nonviolence works psychologically as a form of spiritual warfare confronting and transmuting aggression. Archetypal Nonviolence uses King’s iconic march from Selma to Montgomery a demonstration which helped introduce America to nonviolent philosophy on a mass scale as a metaphor for psychological and spiritual activism on an individual and collective level. Cunningham’s work explores the core wound of racism in America on both a collective and a personal level investigating how we hide from our own potential for evil and how the divide within ourselves can be bridged. The book demonstrates that the alchemical transmutation of aggression through a nonviolent ethos as shown in the Selma marches is important to understand as a beginning to something greater within the paradox of human violence and its bedfellow nonviolence. Archetypal Nonviolence explores how we can truly transform hatred by understanding how it operates within. It will be of great interest to Jungian analysts and analytical psychologists in practice and in training and to academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies American history race and racism and nonviolent movements. | Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

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Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: The King is Listening offers through the contribution of thirteen original chapters a sustained analysis of judicial practices and litigation during the first era of French overseas expansion. The overall goal of this volume is to elaborate a more sophisticated social history of colonialism by focusing largely on the eighteenth century extending roughly from 1700 until the conclusion of the Age of Revolutions in the 1830s. By critically examining legal practices and litigation in the French colonial world in both its Atlantic and Oceanic extensions this volume of essays has sought to interrogate the naturalized equation between law and empire an idea premised on the idea of law as a set of doctrines and codified procedures originating in the metropolis and then transmitted to the colonies. This book advances new approaches and methods in writing a history of the French empire one which views state authority as more unstable and contested. Voices in the Legal Archives proposes to remedy the under-theorized state of France’s first colonial empire as opposed to its post-1830 imperial expressions empire which have garnered far more scholarly attention. This book will appeal to scholars of French history and the comparative history of European empires and colonialism. | Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

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Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

This volume presents a valuable collection of annotated primary documents published during King Philip’s War (1675–76) a conflict that pitted English colonists against many native peoples of southern New England to reveal the real-life experiences of early Americans. Louise Breen’s detailed introduction to Daniel Gookin and the War combined with interpretations of the accompanying ancillary documents offers a set of inaccessible or unpublished archival documents that illustrate the distrust and mistreatment heaped upon praying (Christian) Indians. The book begins with an informative annotation of Historical Account of the Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians in New England in the Years 1675 1675 and 1677 written by Gookin a magistrate and military leader who defended Massachusetts’ praying Indians to expose atrocities committed against natives and the experiences of specific individuals and towns during the war. Developments in societal and particularly religious inclusivity in Puritan New England during this period of colonial conflict are thoroughly explored through Breen’s analysis. The book offers students primary sources that are pertinent to survey history courses on Early Americans and Colonial History as well as providing instructors with documents that serve as concrete examples to illustrate broad societal changes that occurred during the seventeenth century. | Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

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The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law one of the classic subjects of medieval history. This much expanded second edition spans the centuries from King Alfred to Magna Carta abandoning the traditional but restrictive break at the Norman Conquest. Within a strong interpretative framework it also integrates legal developments with wider changes in the thought society and politics of the time. Rather than simply tracing elements of the common law back to their Anglo-Saxon Norman or other origins John Hudson examines and analyses the emergence of the common law from the interaction of various elements that developed over time such as the powerful royal government inherited from Anglo-Saxon England and land holding customs arising from the Norman Conquest. Containing a new chapter charting the Anglo-Saxon period as well as a fully revised Further Reading section this new edition is an authoritative yet highly accessible introduction to the formation of the English common law and is ideal for students of history and law. | The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

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Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

According to Forbes the object of these Journals is to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and savages the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade with the aim of encouraging the British public in its efforts to end slavery. | Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

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Mohammed VI's Strategies for Moroccan Economic Development

Mohammed VI's Strategies for Moroccan Economic Development

This book analyzes the economic development choices initiated by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI since he ascended the throne in 1999 and situates those choices in the political economy development literature. Examining the policies enacted by the King the authors argue that over the past twenty years Mohammed VI has achieved some outstanding successes in modernizing the foundational economic sectors of Morocco but the benefits of this development have not reached all Moroccans. With its focus on economic development this book explores the way in which Mohammed VI’s development strategies have in part resembled the neoliberal model advocated by Western powers and institutions as well as how the King also adopted some of the European practices of state intervention found in the varieties of capitalism models across Europe. Additionally Mohammed VI’s Strategies for Moroccan Economic Development looks at the way in which the King has sought to utilize leap frog technologies so that Morocco has become a leader in certain productive sectors and is not just catching up to rival producers. The book also examines the extent to which Moroccan citizens have benefited from the economic transformations arguing that not all Moroccans have benefited; many Moroccan citizens in 2019 echo the same economic concerns that were voiced in 1999 when King Mohammed VI first assumed the throne. With its focus on economic development this book will be of interest not only to scholars and students of Middle East and North African Studies but also Economics International Development and Politics. | Mohammed VI's Strategies for Moroccan Economic Development

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The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

Leake (1656-1720) was one of the most prominent flag officers of King William and Queen Anne’ s wars. He played a leading part in the relief of Londonderry in 1689 fought at Bantry Bay Beachy Head La Hogue and Malaga twice relieved Gibraltar captured Cartagena Alicante Ibiza Majorca Minorca and Sardinia was five times Admiral of the Fleet and in the end declined to be First Lord of the Admiralty. This life was written by the admiral’s nephew Stephen Martin-Leake Garter King of Arms whose life of his father (Vol 5) was originally appended to it. This continues his Mediterranean command in Barcelona Cartagena Mallorca Ibiza and proceedings at Alicante. There are then his activities in command of the fleet in the Channel in 1707 and the trial of Sir Thomas Hardy. In 1713 he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet for the 4th time and was subsequently to be appointed for the 5th time. With death of Queen Anne and the accession of King George ‘Sir John was removed from all his places’. He retired and lived privately until his death in 1720. | The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

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Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

This study considers the figure of the bastard in the context of analogies of the family and the state in early modern England. The trope of illegitimacy more than being simply a narrative or character-driven issue is a vital component in the evolving construction and representation of British national identity in prose and drama of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Through close reading of a range of plays and prose texts the book offers readers new insight into the semiotics of bastardy and concepts of national identity in early modern England and reflects on contemporary issues of citizenship and identity. The author examines play texts of the period including Bale's King Johan Peele's The Troublesome Reign of John and Shakespeare's King John Richard II and King Lear in the context of a selection of legal religious and polemical texts. In so doing she illuminates the extent to which the figure of the bastard and more generally the trope of illegitimacy existed as a distinct discourse within the wider discursive framework of family and nation. | Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

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In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

Examining the evolution of kingship in the Ancient Near East from the time of the Sumerians to the rise of the Seleucids in Babylon this book argues that the Sumerian emphasis on the divine favour that the fertility goddess and the Sun god bestowed upon the king should be understood metaphorically from the start and that these metaphors survived in later historical periods through popular literature including the Epic of Gilgameš and the Enuma Eliš. The author’s research shows that from the earliest times Near Eastern kings and their scribes adapted these metaphors to promote royal legitimacy in accordance with legendary exempla that highlighted the role of the king as the establisher of order and civilization. As another Gilgameš and later as a pious servant of Marduk the king renewed divine favour for his subjects enabling them to share the 'Garden of the Gods'. Seleucus and Antiochus found these cultural ideas as they had evolved in the first millennium BCE extremely useful in their efforts to establish their dynasty at Babylon. Far from playing down cultural differences the book considers the ideological agendas of ancient Near Eastern empires as having been shaped mainly by class — rather than race-minded elites. | In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

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Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Please DO feed the bears! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods takes a good-natured approach to good eating presenting home-style recipes with a light-hearted touch. Aimed at husky hairy gay men—and their admirers—the book presents convenient and satisfying recipes for anyone who loves to cook—and eat! Bear Cookin' includes helpful hints “tributes” to favorite foods and meal suggestions for breakfast lunch dinner—and everything in between—that are guaranteed to please burly bears with big appetites. From lip-smacking snacks to belt-loosening main courses Bear Cookin’ is stuffed with easy-to-follow recipes for the hearty and delicious comfort foods bears crave: burgers meatloaf biscuits with sausage gravy pasta potatoes beans muffins and bread cheesecake puddings and pies and homemade ice cream. Collected from family and friends and perfect for summer picnic baskets or winter “hibernation” dinners these filling and flavorful recipes are presented with the love for good food that makes life worth living. Bear Cookin' includes recipes for: (Touch My) Monkey Bread What-A-Crock Pot Stew What’s It All About … Alfredo Polar Bear Chili Fur-ocious Pot Roast and odes to the wonders of Cool Whip® Bisquick® and Velveeta®! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods also includes serving ideas and suggestions for making the best use of your cooking utensils. This book is a wonderful addition to any kitchen—bear or otherwise! | Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

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Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

This book not only examines friendgrief from a theoretical and clinical framework but also Smith offers fascinating vignettes from the lives of well-known friendgrievers such as Elton John Diane Sawyer Ralph Abernathy C. S. Lewis Harry Truman Tommy Lasorda Jimmy Carter Fritz Mondale Bill Clinton Calvin Trillin and Alan King. The author includes moving narratives of numerous individuals who have never gained notoriety but have become seasoned friendgrievers. | Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

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God Behind the Screen Literary Portraits of Personality Disorders and Religion

God Behind the Screen Literary Portraits of Personality Disorders and Religion

This interdisciplinary study of literary characters sheds light on the relatively under-studied phenomenon of religious psychopathy. God Behind the Screen: Literary Portrais of Religious Psychopathy identifies and rigorously examines protagonists in works from a variety of genres written by authors such as Aldous Huxley Jane Austin Sinclair Lewis and Steven King who are both fervently religous and suffer from a range of disorders underneath the umbrella of psychopathy. | God Behind the Screen Literary Portraits of Personality Disorders and Religion

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Grim Phantasms Fear in Poe's Short Fiction

Grim Phantasms Fear in Poe's Short Fiction

This title originally published in 1992 presents an assessment of Poe’s short stories that treat horror and more specifically how he manipulated the conventions of that horror to register subtly on the fears and phobias of his reading audiences. Short-stories examined include The Black Cat Hop-Frog and Morella. This title also explores the theories of Stephen King and Benjamin Rush on the horror genre. This title will be of great interest to students of American Literature. | Grim Phantasms Fear in Poe's Short Fiction

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Iraq From Manadate Independence

Iraq From Manadate Independence

Originally published in 1935 and reprinted now because of its current political relevance this work concentrates on the events which led to the 1932 installation of Faisal as King of Iraq at the termination of the British Mandate. Though it deals chiefly with politics at the time the book also offers important insights into current developments in Iraq and their historical significance. Anyone interested in the future of Iraq and the Middle East at large will find this a compelling read. | Iraq From Manadate Independence

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Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

In Colonial America democracy was centered in provincial assemblies and based on the collection of neighbors whose freehold ownership made them permanent stakeholders in the community. The removal of the property qualification for voting in the United States occurred over three-quarters of a century and was among the more important events in the history of democratization functioning to shift voting from a corporate privilege toward a human right. Moving beyond the standard histories of property standard histories of property qualification removal Justin Moeller and Ronald F. King adopt the theories and methods of social science to discover underlying patterns and regularities attempting a more systematic understanding of subject. While no historical event has a single cause party consolidation and party competition provided a necessary mechanism making background factors politically relevant. No change in franchise rules could occur without the explicit consent of incumbent politicians always sensitive to the anticipated impact. Moeller and King argue that political parties acted strategically accepting or rejecting removal of the property qualification as a means of advancing their electoral position. The authors identify four different variants of the strategic calculation variable significantly helping to explain both the temporal differences across states and the pattern of contestation with each state individually. | Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

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The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation

The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991. Setting out the nature and extent of the crisis King and Willmott show how the Woolf agenda was overridden in a process of political churn through explorations of the Conservative government until 1997 New Labour from 1997 to 2010 and the Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. Uniquely interviews with all surviving Home Secretaries and Justice Secretaries of the period include insightful and candid reflections upon their time in office and how they saw the future. Views from both inside and outside the prisons and probation services are also explored based on interviews with the Director Generals of the Prison Service and of the new National Probation Service Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation and the four most recent Lord Chief Justices including Lord Woolf himself. Concluding by drawing on this collective wisdom King and Willmott set out what is needed for an effective and sustainable future. It is essential reading not just for those in Westminster but also for practitioners in criminal justice advocacy organisations thinktanks and scholars and students in Criminology Criminal Justice British Politics and Public Policy.

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The Parlement of Paris

The Parlement of Paris

Originally published in 1968 this authoritative study analyses the Parlement as a law court and examines its political role and significance. From its beginning in the mid-13th Century until its fall during the 1789 Revolution the Paris Parlement stood at the heart of government in France. Its primary function as the crown’s judicial authority grew out of the need for a royal court to dispense justice when the king could no longer do so personally. The book describes how the Parlement evolved sophisticated procedures and a complex organization of chambers officers and personnel and examines the Parlement’s judicial and political growth against the social backdrop of the Court and the Palais de Justice. | The Parlement of Paris

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