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Although the evolution of human rights diplomacy during the second
half of the 20th century has been the subject of a wealth of
scholarship in recent years, British foreign policy perspectives
remain largely underappreciated. Focusing on former Foreign
Secretary David Owen's sustained engagement with the related
concepts of human rights and humanitarianism, David Owen, Human
Rights and the Remaking of British Foreign Policy addresses this
striking omission by exploring the relationship between
international human rights promotion and British foreign policy
between c.1956-1997. In doing so, this book uncovers how human
rights concerns have shaped national responses to foreign policy
dilemmas at the intersections of civil society, media, and
policymaking; how economic and geopolitical interests have defined
the parameters within which human rights concerns influence policy;
how human rights considerations have influenced British
interventions in overseas conflicts; and how activism on normative
issues such as human rights has been shaped by concepts of national
identity. Furthermore, by bringing these issues and debates into
focus through the lens of Owen's human rights advocacy, analysis
provides a reappraisal of one of the most recognisable, albeit
enigmatic, parliamentarians in recent British history. Both within
the confines of Whitehall and without, Owen's human rights advocacy
served to alter the course of British foreign policy at key
junctures during the late Cold War and post-Cold War periods, and
provides a unique prism through which to interrogate the
intersections between Britain's enduring search for a distinctive
'role' in the world and the development of the international human
rights regime during the period in question.
Suffolk has been home to monastic communities since St Felix and St
Fursey founded the first monasteries in the seventh century, and
today the county is home to both awe-inspiring monastic ruins and
living communities of men and women devoted to prayer. This first
complete survey of the monastic history of Suffolk traces the
development of monasticism in the kingdom of East Anglia, its
recovery after Viking destruction, and the flourishing of an
extraordinary variety of communities in medieval Suffolk, ranging
from the immensely powerful Abbey of Bury St Edmunds to tiny
friaries and nunneries. The book examines the impact of the
dissolution of the monasteries and the survival of the monastic
dream, against all odds, in post-Reformation Suffolk. Finally, the
book surveys the revival of religious communities in modern Suffolk
to the present day, and provides a comprehensive gazeteer of all
past and present monasteries in the county.
Thanks to his diary - Samuel Pepys is one of the most interesting
characters in history. His life encompassed happenings of huge
historical and human impact - including the execution of Charles I
and the Great Fire of London."Voices from the World of Samuel
Pepys" captures the spirit of Restoration London, as it grew to
become a major centre of international commerce and culture. It
provides accounts on all aspects of contemporary life, from the
arts and entertainment to politics and religion.Pepys' diary, which
he kept almost daily from 1659-1669, is the central resource, but
it also includes 'voices' from all levels of society, taken from a
wide variety of contemporaneous sources.
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Ireland
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Sarah Elliott
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R307
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Discovery Miles 2 300
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Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Ireland takes you on an absorbing
journey around Ireland to unearth the adventures, inventions,
legends, firsts and birthplaces that have shaped the unique history
of Ireland. From Baltimore to Barbary, Titanic to Shergar, and even
the myth of the Aran jumper, this intriguing compendium of facts
and stories will give you a captivating insight into The Emerald
Isle, and the ideas and events that have shaped the individual
identity of this remarkable country. Brief, accessible and
entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the
perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts
series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and
stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to
inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.
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