Between the Worlds: Contexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys 9783110624663, 9783110618815

Between the Worlds: Contexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys 9783110624663, 9783110618815

The rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic -

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Between the worlds contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys [[1. Auflage]] 9783110618815, 3110618818

The rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic -

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Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State 9780520918054

Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by oth

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Seeing God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries: Crossings between This World and the Otherworld 9781474435079

Discusses the concept of the vision of God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries First in-depth study of the concept of the vision

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Journeys Through Fascism: Italian Travel-Writing between the Wars 9780857453686

During the twenty years of Mussolini’s rule a huge number of travel texts were written of journeys made during the inter

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The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an: Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervor 9780231540650

This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of the bloody

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The Worlds of Junipero Serra: Historical Contexts and Cultural Representations 9780520968165

As one of America’s most important missionaries, Junípero Serra is widely recognized as the founding father of Californi

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The Go-Between: A Memoir of Growing Up Between Different Worlds 9781786893529, 9781786893536, 1786893525

The son of Afghan parents, Osman Yousefzada was raised in post-industrial Birmingham. Osman's father was a carpente

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William of Ockham’s Early Theory of Property Rights: Sources, Texts, and Contexts [First ed.]

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The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars 9780801468582

Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy—that collection of mil

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