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Author : Lloyd Cassel Douglas
Release : 2023-10-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis White Banners by : Lloyd Cassel Douglas
Download or read book White Banners written by Lloyd Cassel Douglas. This book was released on 2023-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the example of a housemaid changes the life of a family. For other editions, see Author Catalog.
Author : Paul M. Cobb
Release : 2001-03-22
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book White Banners written by Paul M. Cobb. This book was released on 2001-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Arabic, non-Arabic and newly available local Syrian sources, this richly detailed study examines the central events of medieval Islamic history: the fall of the Syrian Umayyad caliphate and the rise of the 'Abbasid state. As the 'Abbasids forged their new state from Iraq, Syrians raised their white banners of opposition and violently contested the changes that occurred under the 'Abbasid rule. As a result, the Syrian population quickly gained a reputation as uniquely contentious. White Banners traces the divergent fates of Syria's populace in their shift from center to periphery, rooting the many sources of Syrian contention in the nature of early Islamic provincial government. The book also provides answers to key questions concerning the history of medieval Syria: what strategies did the 'Abbasid government use to rule their new province? What was the fate of the Umayyads in Syria who survived the revolution? How did Syria's tribal-military elite cope under new masters? What pushed the common folk to violence?
Author : Warren Hasty Carroll
Release : 1981
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis 1917, Red Banners, White Mantle by : Warren Hasty Carroll
Download or read book 1917, Red Banners, White Mantle written by Warren Hasty Carroll. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating account that narrates, month by month, the events of 1917. This is popular Catholic history at its finest. The drama of the Great War and the Russian Revolution are juxtaposed with the spiritual dimension of the Age: the diabolism of Rasputin, the Apparition of the Virgin at Fatima, the malignancy of Lenin, the saintly courage of (the now blessed) Charles of Austria. Few standard histories have ever given such a high degree of consideration to the supernatural and the Christian interpretation of history as 1917 does.
Author : Robert W. Jones
Release : 2010
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis Bloodied Banners by : Robert W. Jones
Download or read book Bloodied Banners written by Robert W. Jones. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundbreaking reassessment of the role played by armour, weapons and heraldry in medieval warfare, showing their cultural as well as military significance. `A penetrating investigation of medieval martial display... The reader is struck by its originality, and by its sophisticated and critical interpretative engagement with historical and literary sources. Particularly notable is the author's subtle exploration of the function of armour: not only its practical role, but as a form of display... A refreshingly different approach to the world of the medieval combatant and his place within that "host of many colours" that was a medieval army, it adds a new dimension to our understanding of medieval warfare.' Dr ANDREW AYTON, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Hull The medieval battlefield was a place of spectacle and splendour. The fully-armed knight, bedecked in his vivid heraldic colours, mounted on his great charger, riding out beneath his brightly-painted banner, is a stock image of war and the warrior in the middle ages. Yet too often the significance of such display has been ignored or dismissed as the empty preening of a militaristic social elite. Drawing on a broad range of source material and using innovative historical approaches, this book completely re-evaluates the way that such men and their weapons were viewed, showing that martial display was a vital part of the way in which war was waged in the middle ages. It maintains that heraldry and livery served not only to advertise a warrior's family and social ties, but also announced his presence on the battlefield and right to wage war. It also considers the physiological and psychological effect of wearing armour, both on the wearer and those facing him in combat, arguing that the need for display in battle was deeper than any medieval cultural construct and was based in the fundamental biological drives of threat and warning. ROBERT W. JONES gained his PhD from Cardiff University.
Author : Frank Vreeland
Release : 1941
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Download or read book White Banners written by Frank Vreeland. This book was released on 1941. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
