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Volume 17 of the Naval Chronicle (1807) reports naval actions and political events including the abolition of the slave trade.
Author : James Stanier Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1108018564
Volume 17 of the Naval Chronicle (1807) reports naval actions and political events including the abolition of the slave trade.
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File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 1807
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Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 311055772X
There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.
Author : James Stanier Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1108018580
Volume 19 of the Naval Chronicle (1808) reports the capture of Madeira and successful trials of a steamboat in America.
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File Size : 21,57 MB
Release : 1807
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Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780265505052
Excerpt from The Naval Chronicle, for 1807, Vol. 17: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; With a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects Never did party run more high, never was abuse of the most angry and calumniating nature poured forth in such abundance from both sides: tending, in our humble opinion, to irritate the public mind, and to weaken that spirit of patriotism, which all u ho are true Englishmen should sedulously Cherish. It too much reminds us of the wretchedand illiberal Bulletins of the French. - In the present Ministry are men of the highest talents, and the most respectable character. III the late Ministry there was also an aggregate of public spirit, of inde pendence, and of ability, which if it sometimes ei red, and there never was any Ministry that did not err, most certainly deserved the thanks and the gratitude of their country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Peter C. Smith
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2016-01-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473882486
For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did Rule the Waves, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral wa
Author : Suzanne J. Stark
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1682472698
The wives and female guests of commissioned officers often went to sea in the sailing ships of Britain’s Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries, but there were other women on board as well, rarely mentioned in print. Suzanne Stark thoroughly investigates the custom of allowing prostitutes to live with the crews of warships in port. She provides some judicious answers to questions about what led so many women to such an appalling fate and why the Royal Navy unofficially condoned the practice. She also offers some revealing firsthand accounts of the wives of warrant officers and seamen who spent years at sea living—and fighting—beside their men without pay or even food rations, and of the women in male disguise who served as seamen or marines. This lively history draws on primary sources and so gives an authentic view of life on board the ships of Britain’s old sailing navy and the social context of the period that served to limit roles open to lower-class women.
Author : Stephen D. Behrendt
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Page : 270 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 1988
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Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2019-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789353603946
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