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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Reprint complete in one volume that contains "an English
translation of five sections of the fourth volume of Otto von
Gierke's magisterial treatise on the history of the German law of
associations. When this edition was published, all competent
students of the history of jurisprudence and political thought at
once recognized that Professor Barker had made a very important
contribution to the literature of these fields, none the less so
because of the elaborate and learned Introduction which he himself
had contributed." C.J. Friedrich, Harv. L. Rev. 49:677-680 cited in
Marke, Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 938.
Gierke [1841-1921], an important German jurist, is widely
considered to be a founder of modern German constitutional law.
Some of the topics: The System of Classes, General Relation of
Society and State, Parliament and its Relation to the Cabinet, the
Monarchy, English System of Law, Religion and the Churches in
Britain, Education, Press and Broadcasting, the Arts, Sports,
Various Forms of Public Social Service.
Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the
last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left,
and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a
revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this
book Plato appears as himself - a revolutionary indeed, and even an
authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good,
and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the
Right or the Left.
The CRUSADES - PREFACE - 1923 - The Signficance of the Crusades. -
THE Crusades may be regarded partly as the decumanus fEuctus in the
tide of religious revival, which had begun in western Europe during
the tenth century, and had mounted high during the eleventh partly
as a chapter, and a most important chapter, in the history of the
interaction of East and West. Contemporaries regarded them in the
former of these two aspects, as holy wars and pilgrims progresses
towards Christs Sepulchre the reflective eye of the historian must
perhaps regard them no less from the latter point of view.
Considered as holy wars the Crusades must be interpreted by the
ideas of an age which was dominated by the spirit of
otherworldliness, and accordingly ruled by the clerical power which
represented the other world. They are a novum salutis genus, a new
path to Heaven, to tread which counted for full and complete
satisfaction pro omni poenitentia and gave forgiveness of sins
peccaminum remissio l they are, again, the foreign policy of the
papacy, directing its faithful subjects to the great war of
Christianity against the infidel. As a new way of salvation, the
Crusades connect themselves with the history of the penitentiary
system as the foreign policy of the Church, they belong to that
clerical purification and direction of feudal society and its
instincts, which appears in the institution of Gods Truce and in
chivalry itself. The penitentiary system, according to which the
priest enforced a code of moral law in the confessional by the
sanction 1 Fulcher of Chartres, I, i. For what follows, with regard
to the Churchs conversion of guerra into the Holy War, cf.
especially the passage- Procedant contrainfideles ad pugnam iam
incipi dignam . . . qui abusive privatum cerramen contra fideles
consuescebant distendere quondam. 4 The Sig ificautce of the
Crusades of penancepenance which must be performed as a condition
of admission to the sacrament of the Eucharist-had been from early
times a great instrument in the civilization of the raw Germanic
races. Penance might consist in fasting it might consist in
flagellation it might consist in pilgrimage. The penitentiary
pilgrimage, which seems to have been practised as early as A. D.
700, was twice blessed not only was it an act of atonement in
itself, like fasting and flagellation it aIso gained for the
pilgrim the merit of having stood on holy ground. Under the
influence of the Cluniac revival, which began in the tenth century,
pilgrimages became increasingly frequent and the goal of pilgrimage
was often Jerusalem. Pilgrims who were travelling to Jerusalem
joined themselves in companies for security, and marched under arms
the pilgrims of 1064, who were headed by the archbishop of Mainz,
numbered some 7,000 men...
Oliver Cromwell and the English People by Ernest Barker was first
published as part of the Cambridge Miscellany series in 1937. It
contains the text of a lecture delivered by the author before the
Friedrich Sthamer-Gesellschaft in Hamburg in 1936. It is printed
together with notes and an epilogue on 'The English Puritan
Revolution and the German National Socialist Revolution'.
This 1948 collection contains eight essays by Sir Ernest Barker.
All but one of these essays appeared for the first time in this
volume. As to the title, Johnson defined 'civility' as 'the state
of being civilised', and the title itself, Traditions of Civility,
is quoted from Coventry Patmore, who uses the word in Johnson's
sense. The book may be described as a series of individual studies
in the history of culture and civilisation. The first five essays
are united by the common theme of the legacy of Greece. The last
three essays are independent; but the theme of tradition and the
keynote of continuity are common to all.
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The Politics (Paperback, Revised)
Aristotle; Translated by Ernest Barker; Revised by R.F. Stalley
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The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of
political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone
who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human
societies are organized and governed. The work of one of the
world's greatest philosophers, it draws on Aristotle's own great
knowledge of the political and constitutional affairs of the Greek
cities. By examining the way societies are run - from households to
city states - Aristotle establishes how successful constitutions
can best be initiated and upheld. For this edition Sir Ernest
Barker's fine translation, which has been widely used for nearly
half a century, has been extensively revised to meet the needs of
the modern reader. The accessible introduction and clear notes by R
F Stalley examine the historical and philosophical background of
the work and discuss its significance for modern political thought.
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With his special forces training completed, Sergeant Roland Barker
was allocated to Operation Arundel as its radio operator. Led by
Captain Martin Smith MC, he was parachuted into the Dolomites in
1944. The team’s brief was to cause havoc in the area around the
Italian border and to infiltrate into Austria. Whilst attempting to
evade German forces, Sergeant Barker and Major Bill Smallwood were
navigating mountainous terrain when the Major fell injuring himself
and thus was unable to move rapidly. Despite their best efforts,
both Smallwood and Barker were subsequently captured by pursuing
German troops who they were unable to outpace. Barker provides a
vivid account of being ‘interrogated’ by the SS and Gestapo and
despite the threats and the terrible conditions, the true nature of
their mission was never revealed to the enemy. Having survived
these experiences, he was incarcerated in Stalag Luft XVIII in
Southern Austria. Ever defiant, Barker escaped by having himself
admitted to the camp hospital and made his way into Hungary, from
where, as this account of his wartime service reveals, he was
eventually repatriated to the UK. After the war Barker opted to
remain in the Army, at which point he took a commission. Promoted
to Major, Barker became the Officer Commanding 22 SAS in Malaya. He
was killed in a helicopter crash in Malaya in 1953, before he could
see through his plan to have his memoir published.
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