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Rural Pennsylvania's landscapes are evocative, richly textured testimonies to the lives and skills of generations of builders&—architects as well as local builders and craft workers. Farmhouses and barns, silos and fences, even field patterns attest to how residents over the years have had a sense of place that was not only functional but also comfortable and aesthetically appropriate for the time. From Sugar Camps to Star Barns tells the story of one such place, a landscape that evolved in southwestern Pennsylvania's Somerset County. Sally McMurry traces the rural life and landscape of Somerset County as it evolved from the earliest settlement days. Eighteenth-century residents were a for...
An indispensable reference with detailed information on the Mennonite Church.In delegate sessions held July 23-27, 1999, in St. Louis, Missouri, the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, Mennonite Church General Assembly, and General Conference Mennonite Church took steps to create the new, integrated Mennonite Church, a binational entity comprised of two national bodies -- Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA.The sections of the Mennonite Directory 2000 reflect these changes.Canadian delegates established Mennonite Church Canada. Section 1 lists the organization of Mennonite Church Canada. Area conferences and congregations affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada are found in Sect...
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: The Prehistory and Production of The Bloody Theater -- CHAPTER 1. Anabaptism: Origins, Spread, and Persecution -- CHAPTER 2. Memorializing Martyrdom before The Bloody Theater -- CHAPTER 3. Thieleman van Braght and the Publication of The Bloody Theater -- CHAPTER 4. The Bloody Theater: Martyr Stories and More -- PART II: Van Braght's Martyrology through the Years -- CHAPTER 5. The Bloody Theater Illustrated: The 1685 Martyrs Mirror -- CHAPTER 6. A North American Edition: The 1748-49 Ephrata Martyrs Mirror
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