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This is the first major study in English of the reign of Philip Augustus who ruled France from 1180 - 1223. Outshone for posterity, by his flamboyant contemporaries, the Angevin family of Henry II and his feuding sons, Philip was in fact far more successful than any of them, astutely playing them off against each other and recovering for the French crown their vast estates in Northern France including Normandy itself. As well as reasserting th...

Dream literature is regarded as one of the most important genres in medieval literature and is widely studied. This text provides a succinct and clear introduction to the five central poems that comprise Chaucer's Dream Poetry, and shows his role as a leading adapter of European Literary tradition into English Literature. The poems discussed are The Book of the Duchess, The Legend of Good Women, The Legend of Dido, The Parliament of Fowls and ...

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Part of a five volume set which provides a comprehensive account of the attitudes to language prevailing in different periods and civilizations, in this case the Renaissance and Early Modern period. It examines the development of linguistic thought in the social, cultural and religious contexts.

This text analyzes the extent and impact of parliamentary enclosure regionally, examining the processes by which land was reorganized, cultivation extended into former waste lands and old practices transformed.

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The Rapid Guide offers - in alphabetical order - detailed profiles of all 189 elements and compounds determined to be hazardous air pollutants by the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act. The profile for each pollutant includes fundamental identification data (CAS number, molecular formula, formula weight, synonyms), uses (primarily in the manufacture of chemicals and as a component in the manufacturing process), physical properties (such as b...

Allerlei Überraschungen - nicht nur für (brave) Kinder - birgt dieses Verwandlungsbilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. Unter den beweglichen Bilderbüchern mit Jalousie-Mechanismus gehört der erstmals 1896 erschienene Titel "Nur für brave Kinder" zu den schönsten und ausgereiftesten des Papierkünstlers und Humoristen Meggendorfer.

This volume builds on the work of Kevin Lynch, whose key 1960 work The Image of the City transformed the way design professionals and social scientists deal with urban form and design. The author explores further the role of human evaluations of the cityscape, and describes how to assess, plan and design the appearance of cities to please the inhabitants. He presents a series of studies on evaluative images, discusses methodologies, findings ...

A very serious and terrifying aspect of contemporary society is the ever-present threat of terrorist activity. Understanding this ominous kind of threat is the best way to prepare for it, and this book provides rich insight into: the definitions and classifications of terrorism, the impact of international events on terrorism in the United States, trends in domestic terrorism, infiltration by foreign terrorist groups, media and terrorism, redu...

A very serious and terrifying aspect of contemporary society is the ever-present threat of terrorist activity. Understanding this ominous kind of threat is the best way to prepare for it, and this book provides rich insight into: the definitions and classifications of terrorism, the impact of international events on terrorism in the United States, trends in domestic terrorism, infiltration by foreign terrorist groups, media and terrorism, redu...

When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.

A work of massive scholarship abounding in right and noble thought and remarkably fresh and suggestive. --Evangelical Magazine

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Frontmatter -- 1. "Theologiestudium im Kontext" - Einleitung -- 2. Kontextualisierung: Die Ausbildungsdiskussion -- 3. Historischer Überblick über die Diskussion im Kontext der Gemischten Kommission seit 1965 -- 4. Theoretische Ansätze zur Studienreform und ihre Kontextualisierung. 4.1 Die hochschuldidaktische Konzeption Henning Luthers: 'Wissenschaft als kommunikativer Bildungsprozeß' -- 4. Theoretische Ansätze zur Studienreform und ihre Kont...

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Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Die im September 1997 vorgelegte Diplomarbeit beschäftigt sich mit einer Analyse der Konzernabschlüsse der Daimler-Benz AG von 1996. Aufgrund der erstmaligen Berichterstattung nach vollständigen US-amerikanischen Rechnungslegungsvorschriften (U.S. GAAP) war es die Zielsetzung der Arbeit, wieviel mehr Informationen ein potentieller Adressat des Konzernabschlusses nach U.S. GAAP aus diesem ziehen kann. Gang der Unters...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Zunehmender globaler Wettbewerbsdruck erfordert lokale Marktpräsenz und grenzüberschreitende Produktionsvernetzung zugleich - der unüberwindbar scheinende Widerspruch dezentraler und organisationaler Handlungsfähigkeit soll durch Wissensmanagement überbrückt, jedoch nicht aufgehoben werden. Von zentraler Bedeutung wird ein kontinuierliches Aufeinanderbeziehen von organisationalem Wissen - dokumentiert in bisher bewäh...

Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. A thousand years later, virgin martyrs were still the most popular female saints. Their legends, in countless retellings through the centuries, preserved a standard plot -- the heroine resists a pagan suitor, endures cruelties inflicted by her rejected lover or outraged family, works miracles, and di...

An increasing recognition of the role of the human-system interface is leading to new extensions and styles of specification. Techniques are being developed that facilitate the expression of user-oriented requirements and the refinement and checking of specifications of interactive systems. This book reflects the state of the art in this important area and also contains a summary of working group discussions about how the various techniques re...