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Counter Reformation, Catholic Reformation, the Baroque Age, the Tridentine Age, the Confessional Age: why does Catholicism in the early modern era go by so many names? And what political situations, what religious and cultural prejudices in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries gave rise to this confusion? Taking up these questions, John O'Malley works out a remarkable guide to the intellectual and historical developments behind the concepts of Catholic reform, the Counter Reformation, and, in his felicitous term, Early Modern Catholicism. The result is the single best overview of scholarship on Catholicism in early modern Europe, delivered in a pithy, lucid, and entertaining style. Althoug...
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The murder of a sadistic philanthropist sparks off an elaborate investigation led by Philip Trent, who had been painting the portrait of the victim. Two subsequent murders and the disappearance of an actress provide subsidiary mysteries in this inventive tale, which sees Trent in an elaborate maze created by ingenious criminal schemes.
Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? When the scheming, indomitable brain of Sigsbee Manderson was scattered by a shot from an unknown hand, that world lost nothing worth a single tear; it gained something memorable in a harsh reminder of the vanity of such wealth as this dead man had piled up—without making one loyal friend to mourn him, without doing an act that could help his memory to the least honour. But when the news of his end came, it seemed to those living in the great vortices of business as if the earth too shuddered under a blow. In all the lurid commercial history of his country there had been no figure that had so imposed ...
Trent’s Last Case THE WOMAN IN BLACK (Detective Novel) by E.C. Bentley is a classic detective story filled with twists, turns, and intelligent investigation. Join Philip Trent as he unravels the mystery of a perplexing crime. Indulge in a masterful whodunit. Order Trent's Last Case THE WOMAN IN BLACK today and embark on a thrilling journey of deduction!
Perhaps you're an aspiring psychologist or you know someone who is? One thing's for sure - Clinical Psychology can be a tricky training path to access! That's where The Clinical Psychologist Collective: Advice and Guidance for Aspiring Clinical Psychologists, comes to the rescue! It will help you navigate the way to your destination by offering you the cumulative experience of 600 YEARS' worth of advice - written by over 30 Qualified and Trainee Clinical Psychologists. Within these pages you will find career changes, mental health wobbles and ways people have battled against issues of equality and diversity to get to where they wanted to be. There are also top tips and guidance from them to ...
Discover the eighth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN Now a major TV Series on Disney+ ----------- When the body of an ex-cop is found in an abandoned Atlanta warehouse, Special Agent Will Trent is catapulted into one of the most devastating cases of his career. Whilst examining the crime scene, Trent finds evidence of a second victim who has vanished...and who will die if she isn't found soon. But, for Trent, the worst is yet to come. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a lin...
"A home is what you make it. It should be a place of leisure and comfort. It should compel husband, wife and children to like it, to wish to be in it. It should be a place which trains children to the proper use of comfort and leisure, proper consideration for others, and the proper way of life and living."--Quoted in foreword
Trent, the Catholic Church’s attempt to put its house in order after the Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for things it never did. This one-volume history, the first in modern times, explores the volatile issues that pushed several Holy Roman emperors, kings and queens of France, five popes, and all of Europe to the brink of disaster.
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY _________________________________________ Watch Will Trent on Disney+ The first novel in the gripping Will Trent series from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author. When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal killings of his career. A young woman, Aleesha Monroe, found dead in a pool of her own blood... her body horribly mutilated. As a one-off killing it's shocking, but it soon becomes clear Aleesha is just the latest victim in a series...