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Emotions, Communities, and Difference in Medieval Europe
This book of eleven essays by an international group of scholars in medieval studies honors the work of Barbara H. Rosenwein, Professor emerita of History at Loyola University Chicago. Part I, “Emotions and Communities,” comprises six essays that make use of Rosenwein’s well-known and widely influential work on the history of emotions and what Rosenwein has called “emotional communities.” These essays employ a wide variety of source material such as chronicles, monastic records, painting, music theory, and religious practice to elucidate emotional commonalities among the medieval people who experienced them. The five essays in Part II, “Communities and Difference,” explore different kinds of communities and have difference as their primary theme: difference between the poor and the unfree, between power as wielded by rulers or the clergy, between the western Mediterranean region and the rest of Europe, and between a supposedly great king and lesser ones.
Simple But Not Easy
Described by the author as "a slightly autobiographical and heavily biased book about investing", Simple But Not Easy has plenty of interest to the experienced professional, and is aimed also at the interested amateur investor. The theme of the book is that investment is simpler than non-professionals think it is in that the rudiments can be expressed in ordinary English, and picked up by anybody. It is not a science. But investment is also difficult. People on the outside tend to think that anyone on the inside should be able to do better than the market indices. This is not so. Picking the managers who are likely to do better is a challenge. Richard Oldfield begins with a candid confession of some of his worst mistakes and what they have taught him. He discusses the different types of investment, why fees matter, and the importance of measuring performance properly. He also outlines what to look for, and what not to look for in an investment manager, when to fire a manager, and how to be a successful client.
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Die Entstehung des Unionsgedankens
Una fide, diverso ritu - "Im einen Glauben, in der Verschiedenheit der Riten": Mit dieser im 12. Jahrhundert geprägten Formel wurde seit dem Mittelalter bis in die Frühe Neuzeit immer wieder versucht, in Form von "Kirchenunionen" das Schisma zwischen dem lateinischen und dem byzantinischen Christentum zu heilen. Man bemühte sich, die gegenseitige Intoleranz dadurch zu überwinden, daß man sich bereit erklärte, unterschiedliche rituelle und disziplinäre Kulturformen im Rahmen der einen, vom römischen Papst geleiteten und in der Einheit des Glaubens stehenden Kirche zuzulassen und anzuerkennen. Der Unionsgedanke stellt somit einen der frühesten Versuche des westlichen Denkens dar, sich...
Simple But Not Easy, 2nd Edition
Described by the author as “a slightly autobiographical and heavily biased book about investing”, Simple But Not Easy won fans among both professional and private investors alike when first released in 2007. The theme of the book is that investment is simpler than non-professionals think it is, in that the rudiments can be expressed in ordinary English and picked up by anybody. It is not a science. But investment is also difficult. People on the outside tend to think that anyone on the inside should be able to do better than the market indices. This is not so. Picking the managers who are likely to do better is a challenge. Richard Oldfield begins with a detailed confession of some of hi...
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Nixon's Nixon
THE STORY: It is the night before President Nixon is to announce his resignation, and he has summoned Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the Lincoln Sitting Room. Kissinger arrives, expecting to find his President preparing to resign. But Nixon is in t
