habitus mentis enim in corporis status cernitur (St. Ambrose)....Detailed, thoroughly bibliographed (slightly dry) academic studies of gesture. The Chapters are (I will add details as I go along):Introduction. Keith Thomas (Very interesting). pp. 1-14Ch. 1: Walking, Standing, and Sitting in Ancient...
Well, I'm glad I bought this year when I was in Montreal. I almost didn't, but then I did. I'm really glad, I did. In fact, Penguin publishing ROCKS! Never doubt them!Thomas chronicles in easy to read prose the conflict and change among beliefs in magic and religion during the Tudor and Stuart p...
This is more a collection of topical papers than a continuous book. Some essays are stronger/more interesting/more convincing than others. A couple even contradict one another, leading me to suppose that the author wrote them some years apart. But it is well written and certainly worth picking up if...
Thomas sets the stage by describing economic and social conditions. During these two centuries, massive poverty and appalling health were the norm. Most children died before age six and the average life-span was only twentyseven so health was a concern. Every religion uses miracles or magic — perhap...
The Clarity - Keith Thomas
Old Ebbw Vale In Photographs - Keith Tho...
Galileo - Stiliman Drake, Keith Thomas
Old Abertillery In Photographs - Keith T...
The King of Fools - Keith Thomas
Flak Houses Then and Now - Keith Thomas
The Perception of the Past in Early Mode...
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