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Reports Of Some Recent Decisions By The Consistorial Court Of Scotland In Actions Of Divorce, Concluding For Dissolution Of Marriages Celebrated Under The English Law has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
The face of Britain is changing. The Muslim population has more than doubled over the last twenty years, and is projected to do so again over the next twenty. In this book, the author travels the length of Britain to explore our often misunderstood Muslim communities, and to experience life on both sides of our increasingly segregated society.
James Fergusson (1808-86) became one of the most respected architectural historians of India. His 1876 account was revised in two volumes in 1910 by archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916) and architect Richard Spiers (1838-1916). Lavishly illustrated, it remains of relevance to students of Indian and Asian architecture.
This insightful book offers an explanation for Canada's uncertain response to US ballistic missile defence initiatives from the 1950s to the present.
One of the most interesting of antiquarian studies is that which relates to the origin and purpose of the many ancient mounds and monuments found in almost every country. Antiquaries have never agreed whether the circles are temples or tombs or observatories, whether the dolmens are monuments of the dead or altars for sacrificing living men, and whether the mounds are tombs or law courts. This book compiles a Historical and Statistical account of the Rude Stone Monuments in all parts of the world.
Les monuments mégalithiques de tous pays, leur âge et leur destination, ... / par James Fergusson; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par l'abbé Hamard, ... avec une préface et des notes du traducteurDate de l'édition originale: 1878Sujet de l'ouvrage: MégalithesLe présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande.Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables.Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique.Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Contents: Western World; Eastern Asia; The Tope at Sanchi; The Tope at Amravati. Illustrated.
This book is a contribution to the cause of truth regarding the much disputed age and use of rude stone monuments. It states distinctly and without reserve one view of the mooted question. In the course of this investigation, it clearly illustrates that the style of architecture to which these monuments belong is a style, like Gothic, Grecian, Egyptian, Buddhist, or any other.
James Fergusson (1808-86) became one of the most respected architectural historians of his generation. This 1880 collaboration with the young archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916) is the culmination of his pioneering studies of India's cave temples. It remains of relevance to students of Indian architecture and history.
The author is among the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the failed and desperate state of Somalia. In this book, he takes us to the heart of the struggle, meeting everyone from politicians, pirates, extremists and mercenaries to aid workers, civilians and refugees.
The Taliban, as they now called themselves - taliban is the plural of talib, literally ''one who seeks knowledge'' - had a simple mission statement: the disarmament of the population, and the establishment of a theocracy based on Sharia law.
Born in Scotland, James Fergusson (1808-86) spent ten years as an indigo planter in India before embarking upon a second career as an architectural historian. This illustrated 1865 work, containing two lectures, presents his controversial views on the location of important religious buildings in Jerusalem.
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