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Crusading and the Ottoman Threat, 1453-1505
Norman HousleyJames Hankins paved the way for this by publishing a series of important texts accompanied by a commentary that set the humanist reaction to the Turks within a much more nuanced context than anybody had previously done.5 Nancy Bisaha ...
Harvard Ukrainian Studies
More editionsFor a collection of essays on the subject, see David Blanks and Michael Frassetto , eds., Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Perception of the Other (New York, 1999); see also Nancy Bisaha, Creating East and West: ...
Nicholas of Cusa and Islam: Polemic and Dialogue in the Late ...
PreviewIn the line of scholars such as Nancy Bisaha, Thomas E. Burman, and Cary J. Nederman, who have illuminated the changing perceptions of Islam,2 I shall explore how both Western and Byzantine thinkers sought to deepen their approach to ...
Creating East and West: Renaissance Humanists and the ...
Nancy BisahaCardini, 220–21; see also Daniela Delcorno Branca, Il romanzo cavalleresco medievale (Florence: G. C. Sansoni, 1974). 113. Gloria Allaire, Andrea Barberino and the Language of Chivalry (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1997), 1.
The Crusade in the Fifteenth Century: Converging and ...
PreviewSee now Karoline Dominika Döring, Türkenkrieg und Medienwandel im 15. Jahrhundert, Historische Studien, Bd 503 (Husum, 2013). Nancy Bisaha, 'Pope Pius II's Letter to Sultan Mehmed II: A Reexamination', Crusades 1 (2002), 183– 200; ...
Europe (c.1400-1458)
Pope Pius IIPope Pius II Nancy Bisaha. pressure from France to support its claim to the throne of Naples. In spite of all these preoccupations, Pius found time to write several works including, in 1461, Asia and his controversial letter to Mehmed II, ...
Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798
Emanuel Buttigieg135–65; Franco Cardini, 'Sacro e menzogna: Crociata e propaganda antimusulmana nell'età di Pio II', in Luisa Secchi Tarugi (ed.), Il Sacro nel Rinascimento (Florence, 2002), pp. 631–59; Nancy Bisaha, Creating East and West: Renaissance ...
The East-West Discourse: Symbolic Geography and Its Consequences
PreviewNancy Bisaha, for example, has examined East-West dichotomies during the Renaissance.24 Larry Wolff described East-West dichotomies during the eighteenth century to considerable acclaim.25 Scholars of the Balkans, perhaps inspired in ...
Render unto the Sultan: Power, Authority, and the Greek ...
Tom PapademetriouIn Creating East and West, intellectual historian Nancy Bisaha accepts the view that Renaissance humanists perpetuated the ancient and medieval formulations of West versus East and Christian versus Infidel. This rhetorical construction ...
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Soccer Mania
Jane O''ConnorAll Nancy wants is to be mediocre—or maybe even a little better than average. Will she reach her goal? Written with plenty of humor and sports action, this story is perfect for kids like Nancy who aren’t the stars of their teams.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer
Jane O'ConnorFans of Fancy Nancy will delight in joining Nancy Clancy as she takes on love in the second chapter book in the series. As always, the central theme of all the Nancy Clancy books shines through, showing the beauty of friendship and love.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'ConnorFancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth is the first in a series of delightful middle-grade mysteries. Sassy Fancy Nancy is now a detective.
Fancy Nancy at the Museum
Jane O'ConnorNancy’s class is going on a fancy trip to the museum. A bumpy bus ride leaves Nancy feeling not-so-fancy, but Miss Glass saves the day, leaving Nancy as fancy as ever!
Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris
Jane O'ConnorThere is a new boy in Nancy’s class. He’s just moved from Paris! Nancy cannot wait to share her fanciness with someone who will appreciate it. Unfortunately, this Parisian might not be quite as fancy as Nancy had expected.
Handbook for Clinical Trials of Imaging and Image-Guided ...
Nancy A. ObuchowskiNancy A. Obuchowski, G. Scott Gazelle ... Statistical issues in study design, 103 Nancy A. Obuchowski Introduction to biostatistical methods, 126 Diana L. Miglioretti, Todd A. Alonzo and Nancy A. Obuchowski Methods for studies of diagnostic ...
Fancy Nancy Sees Stars
Jane O'ConnorNancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium!
Dear Nancy: Answers to Letters from Girls Like You
Nancy N. RueDear Nancy was born from a desire to connect with readers in-depth by really answering their questions, particularly the ones she gets asked over and over, like, “How did you become a writer?” and “What’s your favorite Scripture ...
Living with Time to Think: The Goddaughter Letters
Nancy KlineThe Goddaughter Letters Nancy Kline ... was PierrepontsCafé of GoringonThames. I wrotemuch ofthe final manuscript there. It isa writer's paradise . I thank you all. Nancy Kline Nancy Kline is founder and president of Time Hattie Introduction.
Fancy Nancy 10th Anniversary Edition
Jane O''ConnorFancy Nancy celebrates a decade (that’s a fancy word for TEN years)! This book introduces Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen
Jane O''ConnorFor young readers who grew up with the bestselling picture books, Nancy Clancy stars in her own chapter books!
Praise, My Soul: Meditating on Hymns
Nancy RothOtfier Cfim'cfi 'Pufifisfiing CBooEs By 'Nancy 'Rotfi 2% We Sing of God: a Hymnal for Children Robert N. Roth and Nancy L. Roth, Editors The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1989 Praying: a Book for Children Nancy L. Roth The Church Hymnal ...
Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House--1911 to 1980
Bob ColacelloSix years in the making--with unprecedented access to Nancy Reagan and the couple's closest friends--here is the first volume in the definitive portrait of the remarkable, career-building partnership between Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. ...
Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House--1911 to 1980
Bob ColacelloSix years in the making--with unprecedented access to Nancy Reagan and the couple's closest friends--here is the first volume in the definitive portrait of the remarkable, career-building partnership between Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. ...
Cooperative Learning in Context: An Educational Innovation ...
Evelyn JacobNancy: Kim, the last one you said. Kim: Huh? C. (Nancy nods "yes.") Kim: That's the one I thought it was but I wasn't sure. Nancy: Well, you got it. Frequently, students received more than one kind of help as they tried to answer a question.
Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia, 1755-1800
PreviewPullen, father of Siner; also states she is of age. ARTHUR MOSELEY and NANCY TRIGG, November 24, 1777. Robert Alexander, surety. Consent of Mary Trigg, mother of Nancy. JEHU MEADOR and NANCY BOARD, September 1, 1796.
Jelly Beans
Joseph McNair StoverDOUG: Doug Fine. (They look at each other.) NANCY: The Doug Fine who stapled my ponytail to the bulletin board? DOUG: The Nancy Brock who retaliated by slashing my bicycle tires with a pair of scissors? NANCY: I should have done ...
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors
PreviewSee appendix (1992) Nancy Young) Stone December 15, 1925 biography: Nancy Stone, children's novelist, was born in ... Robert Beasecker's Michigan in the Novel, 1816- 1996 (1998), and Mary DeJong Obuchowski's "Nancy Y. Stone, ...
Praying: A Book for Children
Nancy L. RothOther Church Publishing Books by Nancy L. Roth: We Sing of God: a Hymnal for Children. Robert N. Roth and Nancy L. Roth, Editors. 1989. A Closer Walk: Meditating on Hymns for Year A. 1998. My thanks are due to Elizabeth Darlington , ...
Sweet Nothings: An Anthology of Rock and Roll in American Poetry
PreviewCopyright 1988 by David Rivard. Nancy Schoenberger. “Epithalamion" is reprinted from Girl on a White Porch: Poems, by Nancy Schoenberger, by permission of the University of Missouri Press. Copyright 1987 by Nancy Schoenberger. James ...
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