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Law as Culture and Culture as Law presents a spectrum of historical inquiries developing and engaging John Phillip Reid's insights and methodological approaches to legal and constitutional history. The essays gathered in this volume span nearly three centuries and two continents, ranging from the agonizing struggles over law, religion, and governance in late seventeenth-century Ireland to the legal and constitutional regimes of governmental regulation in twentieth-century New York.
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Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century. This, the fourth volume in the series, provides a biographical companion to all persons in the British Isles mentioned in his correspondence, and constitutes a major research tool in its own right.
Traces the tragedy-marked 1856 journey of three thousand Mormons from Iowa to Utah, explaining how leader Brigham Young disregarded warnings and then convinced his followers that hardships and deaths were part of a higher plan.
Genealogy on the Jaques family. Includes a brief mention of early immigrants and lines and then focuses on Henry Jaques (ca. 1619-1686) who emigrated from England to Massachusetts ca. 1640. He married Ann Knight in 1648. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and elsewhere. In addition, other immigrants are mentioned bearing similar surnames but originating from other countries.