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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Solution mining, the extraction of metals, minerals and materials
from the earth through leaching and fluid recovery, is still a
relatively new but rapidly growing field. The annual economic value
of solution mined metals in the United States now exceeds that of
metals extracted by underground mining.
Originally published in 1992, this second edition of an
introductory text for students and professional engineers expands
information on the science of fluid flow in heaps, nonsteady state
"in situ" fluid flow and nonsteady state well hydraulics.
Information on bioheap pretreatment of refractory gold ores and the
environmental stabilization of contaminated earth materials has
been added.
The Medieval World Complete re-creates one of the great ages of
European civilization through a sequence of spectacular images
accompanied by a lively, informed commentary. Organized by topic
and thoroughly cross-referenced, this comprehensive volume enables
the reader to explore and understand every facet of the Middle
Ages, an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and religious
faith in a world where life was often coarse and cruel, cut short
by war, famine, and disease. Framed by chapters that bracket the
beginning and the end of this misunderstood period, The Medieval
World Complete covers religion and the Church, nations and laws,
daily life, art and architecture, scholarship and philosophy, and
the world beyond Christendom. The book is completed by biographies
of key personalities, from Charlemagne to Wycliffe, as well as
timelines, maps, a glossary, a gazetteer, and a bibliography.
This book tells the story of how a team of colleagues at Boston
College took an unusual approach (working with a design
consultancy) to renewing their core and in the process energized
administrators, faculty, and students to view liberal arts
education as an ongoing process of innovation. It aims to provide
insight into what they did and why they did it and to provide a
candid account of what has worked and what has not worked. Although
all institutions are different, they believe their experiences can
provide guidance to others who want to change their general
education curriculum or who are being asked to teach core or
general education courses in new ways. The book also includes short
essays by a number of faculty colleagues who have been teaching in
BCâs new innovative core courses, providing practical advice
about the challenges of trying interdisciplinary teaching, team
teaching, project-or problem-based learning, intentional
reflection, and other new structures and pedagogies for the first
time. It will also address some of the nuts and bolts issues they
have encountered when trying to create structures to make
curriculum change sustainable over time and to foster ongoing
innovation.
How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena,
such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the
globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels,
devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores
the ways in which medieval people categorized the world,
concentrating on the division between the natural and the
supernatural and showing how the idea of the supernatural came to
be invented in the Middle Ages. Robert Bartlett examines how
theologians and others sought to draw lines between the natural,
the miraculous, the marvelous and the monstrous, and the many
conceptual problems they encountered as they did so. The final
chapter explores the extraordinary thought-world of Roger Bacon as
a case study exemplifying these issues. By recovering the
mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers the book raises the
critical question of how we deal with beliefs we no longer share.
A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth took place in Europe during the High Middle Ages, which transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms with distinctive cultures. In this compelling and provocative tour Robert Bartlett vividly shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what this did to shape the continent and the world today.
This provocative book shows that Europe in the Middle Ages was as
much a product of a process of conquest and colonization as it was
later a colonizer. "Will be of great interest to. . . . (those)
interested in cultural transformation, colonialism, racism, the
Crusades, or holy wars in general. . . ".--William C. Jordan,
Princeton University. 12 halftones, 12 maps, 6 diagrams.
Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named
William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose
around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced
him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses
attested to his demise, Cragh later proved to be very much alive,
his resurrection attributed to the saintly entreaties of the
defunct Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe.
"The Hanged Man" tells the story of this putative miracle--why
it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. The nine
eyewitness accounts live on in the transcripts of de Cantilupe's
canonization hearings, and these previously unexamined documents
contribute not only to an enthralling mystery, but to an
unprecedented glimpse into the day-to-day workings of medieval
society.
While unraveling the haunting tale of the hanged man, Robert
Bartlett leads us deeply into the world of lords, rebels,
churchmen, papal inquisitors, and other individuals living at the
time of conflict and conquest in Wales. In the process, he
reconstructs voices that others have failed to find. We hear from
the lady of the castle where the hanged man was imprisoned, the
laborer who watched the execution, the French bishop charged with
investigating the case, and scores of other members of the medieval
citizenry. Brimming with the intrigue of a detective novel, "The
Hanged Man" will appeal to both scholars of medieval history and
general readers alike.
In The Middle Ages and the Movies eminent historian Robert Bartlett
takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has
been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century.
The book ranges from the concoction of sex and nationalism in Mel
Gibson's Braveheart, to Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece Siegfried,
the art-house classic The Seventh Seal and the epic historical
drama El Cid. The historical accuracy of these films is examined,
as well as other salient aspects - how was Umberto Eco's Name of
the Rose translated from page to screen? Why is Monty Python and
the Holy Grail funny? And how was Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
shaped by the Stalinist tyranny under which it was filmed?
This book tells the story of how a team of colleagues at Boston
College took an unusual approach (working with a design
consultancy) to renewing their core and in the process energized
administrators, faculty, and students to view liberal arts
education as an ongoing process of innovation. It aims to provide
insight into what they did and why they did it and to provide a
candid account of what has worked and what has not worked. Although
all institutions are different, they believe their experiences can
provide guidance to others who want to change their general
education curriculum or who are being asked to teach core or
general education courses in new ways. The book also includes short
essays by a number of faculty colleagues who have been teaching in
BCâs new innovative core courses, providing practical advice
about the challenges of trying interdisciplinary teaching, team
teaching, project-or problem-based learning, intentional
reflection, and other new structures and pedagogies for the first
time. It will also address some of the nuts and bolts issues they
have encountered when trying to create structures to make
curriculum change sustainable over time and to foster ongoing
innovation.
How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena,
such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the
globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels,
devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores
the ways in which medieval people categorized the world,
concentrating on the division between the natural and the
supernatural and showing how the idea of the supernatural came to
be invented in the Middle Ages. Robert Bartlett examines how
theologians and others sought to draw lines between the natural,
the miraculous, the marvelous and the monstrous, and the many
conceptual problems they encountered as they did so. The final
chapter explores the extraordinary thought-world of Roger Bacon as
a case study exemplifying these issues. By recovering the
mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers the book raises the
critical question of how we deal with beliefs we no longer share.
From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of
Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead.
This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of
the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the
Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Robert Bartlett
examines all of the most important aspects of the saints--including
miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the
calendar, literature, and art. The book explores the central role
played by the bodies and body parts of saints, and the special
treatment these relics received. From the routes, dangers, and
rewards of pilgrimage, to the saints' impact on everyday life,
Bartlett's account is an unmatched examination of an important and
intriguing part of the religious life of the past--as well as the
present.
In this study of Gerald's attitudes and intellectual outlook,
Robert Bartlett discusses the delicate political path Gerald had to
tread between Norman conquerors, native Celtic society and the
English Crown. He analyses Gerald's clear voice in the time in
which he lived, and portrays him as a vivid example of the medieval
world.
Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the
way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in
the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family
politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages
and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope
with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties
use names, the numbering of rulers and the visual display of
heraldry to express their identity? And why did some royal families
survive and thrive, while others did not? Drawing on a rich and
memorable body of sources, this engaging and original history of
dynastic power in Latin Christendom and Byzantium explores the role
played by family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics
of the royal and imperial dynasties of Europe. From royal marriages
and the birth of sons, to female sovereigns, mistresses and wicked
uncles, Robert Bartlett makes enthralling sense of the complex web
of internal rivalries and loyalties of the ruling dynasties and
casts fresh light on an essential feature of the medieval world.
Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the
way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in
the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family
politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages
and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope
with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties
use names, the numbering of rulers and the visual display of
heraldry to express their identity? And why did some royal families
survive and thrive, while others did not? Drawing on a rich and
memorable body of sources, this engaging and original history of
dynastic power in Latin Christendom and Byzantium explores the role
played by family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics
of the royal and imperial dynasties of Europe. From royal marriages
and the birth of sons, to female sovereigns, mistresses and wicked
uncles, Robert Bartlett makes enthralling sense of the complex web
of internal rivalries and loyalties of the ruling dynasties and
casts fresh light on an essential feature of the medieval world.
The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland is a
wonderfully rich and comprehensive guide to the eventful history of
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland--from the arrival of the first
humans half a million years ago right up to the present day.
It traces the unfolding of key events through the Roman and
Norman conquests, the Civil War, the World Wars, and the rise and
fall of the British Empire. At the same time, it looks at the life
of society, focusing on such subjects as the growth of towns, the
changing languages of the British Isles, women's suffrage, and the
ascent of Victorian seaside resorts and the spread of the
suburbs.
Readers can explore the streets and landscapes of historical
cities in artwork reconstructions--from Roman London via medieval
Norwich to eighteenth-century Dublin and Enlightenment Edinburgh.
And superbly detailed maps depict such intriguing aspects of
history as Neolithic monuments, Viking raids, the Napoleonic wars,
the home front during the Second World War--and even Beatles
concert venues in the 1960s--as well as painstakingly showing the
influence that humans have had on the landscape over the
centuries.
Meticulously researched by a team of experts to offer a wide
variety of perspectives, The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain
and Ireland provides a kaleidoscopic account of centuries of change
and achievement, bringing the diverse and fascinating history of
the British Isles vividly to life.
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