Warriors And Worthies

Author : Helmut Nickel
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warriors and Worthies written by Helmut Nickel and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome book of photographic reproduction, some in color, of arms and armor from the rise of civilization to the nineteenth century, accompanied by commentary.

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before the Conquest, Or, English Worthies in the Old English Period written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy R. Reagin
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1630266256
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hobbit and History written by Nancy R. Reagin and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do Gandalf and Merlin have in common, besides robes and magical staffs? Where do hobbits get their recipes, riddles, and love of rambling? What other Rings of Power were circulating in medieval Europe? How did Thorin violate the rules of medieval kingship? You’ll find the answers and more in this book, which explores the magic and creativity behind J.R.R. Tolkien’s bestselling story from a historical perspective. Tolkien was a professor of medieval languages and literature at Oxford University, and he drew on his scholarship—and the homely comforts common in his own day—to build the world of The Hobbit. The Hobbit and History uncovers the parallels between the Middle Ages and the intricate culture of Middle-earth that Tolkien created in The Hobbit, showing how historical cultures provided the models for Tolkien’s characters, foods, riddles, and battle tactics. The book explores how European myths and legends inspired Tolkien’s wizards, dragons, and the monsters he created. Seeing Middle-earth and its peoples against these historical backdrops shines new light on the richness of Tolkien’s world, which is rooted in knowledge of European cultures as deep as the archive that Gandalf explores in Minas Tirith. Filled with fascinating facts and reproductions of Tolkien’s original artwork of Smaug and other aspects of Middle-earth, The Hobbit and History is the missing piece for every book and movie fan and anyone who thought their J.R.R. Tolkien collection was complete.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Der Pleier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429515081
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pleier’s Arthurian Romances written by Der Pleier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1992: The Pleier’s Arthurian Romances tells of stories during the time of King Arthur.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Review Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Walter H. Tregellas
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373263423X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cornish Worthies written by Walter H. Tregellas and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Cornish Worthies by Walter H. Tregellas

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870996444
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1993 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the condition, subject, design, manufacture, ownership, and exhibitions for each tapestry or set of tapestries in the Museum's medieval tapestry collection. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Author : Chong Wang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lun-heng ...: Miscellaneous essays on Wang Ch'ung written by Chong Wang and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jess Nevins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 144085484X
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger written by Jess Nevins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a broad array of historical and literary sources, this book presents an unprecedented detailed history of the superhero and its development across the course of human history. How has the concept of the superhero developed over time? How has humanity's idealization of heroes with superhuman powers changed across millennia—and what superhero themes remain constant? Why does the idea of a superhero remain so powerful and relevant in the modern context, when our real-life technological capabilities arguably surpass the imagined superpowers of superheroes of the past? The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year History of the Superhero is the first complete history of superheroes that thoroughly traces the development of superheroes, from their beginning in 2100 B.C.E. with the Epic of Gilgamesh to their fully entrenched status in modern pop culture and the comic book and graphic novel worlds. The book documents how the two modern superhero archetypes—the Costumed Avengers and the superhuman Supermen—can be traced back more than two centuries; turns a critical, evaluative eye upon the post-Superman history of the superhero; and shows how modern superheroes were created and influenced by sources as various as Egyptian poems, biblical heroes, medieval epics, Elizabethan urban legends, Jacobean masques, Gothic novels, dime novels, the Molly Maguires, the Ku Klux Klan, and pulp magazines. This work serves undergraduate or graduate students writing papers, professors or independent scholars, and anyone interested in learning about superheroes.