Best Selling Books by John Howe

Historians typically single out the hundred-year period from about 1050 to 1150 as the pivotal moment in the history of the Latin Church, for it was then that the Gregorian Reform movement established the ecclesiastical structure that would ensure Rome’s dominance throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. In Before the Gregorian Reform John Howe challenges this familiar narrative by examining earlier, "pre-Gregorian" reform efforts within the Church. He finds that they were more extensive and widespread than previously thought and that they actually established a foundation for the subsequent Gregorian Reform movement. The low point in the history of Christendom came in the late ninth and early tenth centuries—a period when much of Europe was overwhelmed by barbarian raids and widespread civil disorder, which left the Church in a state of disarray. As Howe shows, however, the destruction gave rise to creativity. Aristocrats and churchmen rebuilt churches and constructed new ones, competing against each other so that church building, like castle building, acquired its own momentum. Patrons strove to improve ecclesiastical furnishings, liturgy, and spirituality. Schools were constructed to staff the new churches. Moreover, Howe shows that these reform efforts paralleled broader economic, social, and cultural trends in Western Europe including the revival of long-distance trade, the rise of technology, and the emergence of feudal lordship. The result was that by the mid-eleventh century a wealthy, unified, better-organized, better-educated, more spiritually sensitive Latin Church was assuming a leading place in the broader Christian world. Before the Gregorian Reform challenges us to rethink the history of the Church and its place in the broader narrative of European history. Compellingly written and generously illustrated, it is a book for all medievalists as well as general readers interested in the Middle Ages and Church history.

Diary of an expedition begun on 26 October 1819, led by John Howe and with Myles as a guide, to find a new route from the Hawkesbury to the Hunter Valley; Howes then sent Myles and another local Aboriginal man to find a more passable route; Howes second party, including Myles and Mullaboy, set out on 5 February 1820 on another expedition to the Hunter.

Before Middle Earth there was Beleriand, the setting of the great War of the Jewels which took place 7000 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings. This is a full colour, fold-out poster map of Beleriand, with a booklet about the territory

The present volume has been designed to introduce the student in chemistry to German chemical literature. The main emphasis has been laid on covering practically every branch of chemistry and in bringing the scientific facts up to date. Part I offers sentence exercises in both German and English, and it is hoped that it will provide the student with a working vocabulary. Parts II-VII are seven independent lengthy sections covering the various branches of chemistry.

Brillant philologue et grand érudit, J. R. R. Tolkien puisa dans sa vaste connaissance des langues médiévales et des légendes européennes pour façonner un univers mythique qui en fit l’un des écrivains les plus populaires du XXe siècle. Il conçut dans ses moindres détails le monde de la Terre du Milieu, toile de fond de ses épopées fantastiques et allégoriques: Le Seigneur des anneaux et Bilbo le Hobbit, vendues depuis leur publication en 1954 à plus de 100 millions d’exemplaires. Tolkien en 3 minutes vous éclairera en un rien de temps sur la vie, l’œuvre et l’influence de cet auteur extraordinaire. Chaque double page, abondamment illustrée, présente un point de son histoire personnelle, de son œuvre romanesque ou de son apport littéraire en trois courts paragraphes très clairs, à lire en 3 minutes. Chacun des trois chapitres renferme ainsi une mine d’informations fascinantes sur le père de la Communauté de l’Anneau: les liens entre sa vie et son imaginaire; les grandes lignes de son œuvre merveilleuse; l’inspiration qu’elle représente encore aujourd’hui pour nombre d’auteurs, de cinéastes ou de simples admirateurs.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This beautiful colour version of Tolkien''s map of wilderland, lovingly re-created by artist John Howe, will take you to all the places Bilbo the Hobbit travelled through on his great adventure. Trace Bilbo''s epic journey through the Forest of Mirkwood to the Enchanted River and the ElvenKing''s Halls; Travel through the Desolation of Smaug to the heart of the Lonely Mountain, wherein lives the huge and evil dragon; Visit Rivendell, home of the Elves, in a hidden valley beyond the Edge of the wild. ''The Map of the Hobbit'' comes with an illustrated explanatory booklet by Brian Sibley, creator of the highly successful BBC radio dramatisation of ''Lord of the Rings.''

Essays on such topics as the purpose of authority, dispersed authority, spiritual freedom, and the emergence of synodical government. (ABC).

The fisherman''s greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.