The Next Step in Religion: An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood, 1880-1973

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Headlines in history the 1400s

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 -- Politics in fifteenth-century Europe -- Eyewitness to the battle of agincourt -- Joan of arc -- Conquest of constantinople -- Eyewitness to Turkish invasion -- Spanish inquisition -- Life of John Hus -- Ivan the great unifies Russia -- Flowering culture of the ming dynasty -- Chapter 2 -- Citizen armies of England -- Fifteenth-century home life -- Women in the middle ages -- Keeping clean -- Medieval medical practices -- Fashions of the renaissance -- Sailing to the holy land -- Rules for clergymen -- Chapter 3 -- Travels in fifteenth-century venice -- Renaissance rulers of florence -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Leonardo's ideas on flying -- Renaissance in music -- Printing press changes the world -- Chapter 4 -- Building of the Aztec empire -- Quetzalcoatl: Great God of the Aztecs -- Aztec human sacrifice -- Inca empire -- Growing up in Inca society -- Chapter 5 -- Exploits of the Chinese dragon fleet -- Portuguese explorations in Africa -- African kingdoms in the 1400s -- Culture clash in black and white -- Da gama navigates to India -- Christopher Columbus: Admiral of the ocean sea -- Columbus describes the new world.…”

Headlines in history the 1100s

Table of Contents: “…Bernard and the rise of Cistercian monasticism -- Bernard's sermon on humility -- Frederick I Barbarossa: power over the papacy -- Becket controversy -- Henry II: conflict with the church -- Crusades: Holy Crusades -- Crusading knights: Knights Templar and Hospitaler -- Islamic reaction to the Crusades -- Crusaders through the eyes of a Muslim -- Chivalry and courtly love: Feudalism and knightly ethics -- World of knights: fact and fiction -- Chretien de Troyes and courtly love -- Lancelot and Guinevere -- Influence of the troubadours -- Songs of a troubadour -- Romantic legend: Eleanor of Aquitaine -- Twelfth-century renaissance -- Overview: twelfth-century renaissance -- Rise of universities -- Conflicting philosophies: humanism and scholasticism -- Abelard the intellectual -- Letters of Abelard and Heloise -- John of Salisbury and Christian humanism -- In defense of eloquence -- Human intellect is limited -- Vertical cathedrals: rise of gothic architecture -- Asia: Rise of China as a sea power -- Confucianism in twelfth-century China -- Chinese rituals in the twelfth century -- Samurai code of honor -- Example of Japanese storytelling -- Development of the Kamakura government -- Rise of Genghis Khan -- Temujin slays his brother -- Americas: Talking pottery: the Chimu Indians of Peru -- Demise of the Toltecs -- Rise and fall of the Anasazi Indians.…”

Security studies a reader

Table of Contents: “…Ann Tickner -- The Third World and security studies / Amitav Acharya -- Redefining security (2) / Jessica Tuchman Matthews -- Human security / Roland Paris -- The renaissance of security studies / Stephen M. …”

The mirror in medieval and early modern culture specular reflections

Into the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Razak -- The cultural experience of Malaysian Malay-Muslim women: some observations / Anuar Ab. Razak -- Human rights of north and south / Ahmad Faiz Abdul Rahman -- Globalisation puts human rights at risk / Ahmad Faiz Abdul Rahman -- Development and application of R&D in science and technology / Anuar Ab. …”

From slavery to freedom a history of African Americans by Franklin, John Hope 1915-2009

Table of Contents: “…The United Nations and Human Welfare -- 22. African Americans in the Cold War Era. …”

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