Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince 9781803996363, 1803996366

Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England 9780226781723

In Jennifer Summit’s account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces t

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Ideals Face Reality: Jewish Law and Life in Poland, 1550-1655 0878204202, 9780878204205

Jewish life in early modern Poland was characterized by an adherence to Jewish law (halakhah) that Polish Jewry had inhe

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Cosmopolitanism : Between Ideals and Reality [1 ed.] 9781443886246, 9781443883702

Cosmopolitanism is the idea of humanity as a single community or polis. Beyond particularities, all human beings (and in

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A Library of Misremembered Books 9781452171623, 9781452171593

How do you find a book when you can't recall the title...or the author? This homage to a common reader's dilem

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Indian childhood : cultural ideals and social reality 9780195611991, 0195611993

"R. V. Parulekar Lectures, 1979, at the Indian Institute of Education, Poona."

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The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 95-12 9780812200300

An engaging narrative history of the origins of formal education in the West. Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cult

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Life of Edward the Black Prince 9781465552228

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Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books. 9780300265590, 2021946778, 030026559X

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A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library - the Original Classic Edition

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Classification and Subject Index for Catalog

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Medieval Story. and the Beginnings of the Social Ideals of English-Speaking People 9780231886383

Reveals the charm and significance of Medieval literature with a focus on the theme of the development of social ideals

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