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The Mecca Uprising An Insider's Account of Salafism and Insurrection in Saudi Arabia

The Mecca Uprising An Insider's Account of Salafism and Insurrection in Saudi Arabia
Nasir al-Huzaimi, "The Mecca Uprising: An Insider's Account of Salafism and Insurrection in Saudi Arabia"
English | ISBN: 075560010X | 2020 | 208 pages | EPUB | 941 KB
On 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi, seized control of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in the Muslim World. The Salafi Group was not trying to establish an Islamic state. Instead, its members believed they were players in a prophetic script about the End of Time. After a two-week siege, the Saudi government recaptured the mosque, threw the survivors into prison, and had them publicly executed.

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The Meaning of Media Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia

The Meaning of Media Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia
Anna Catharina Horn, "The Meaning of Media: Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia "
English | ISBN: 3110694972 | 2021 | 240 pages | PDF | 6 MB
The book highlights aspects of mediality and materiality in the dissemination and distribution of texts in the Scandinavian Middle Ages important for achieving a general understanding of the emerging literate culture. In nine chapters various types of texts represented in different media and in a range of materials are treated. The topics include two chapters on epigraphy, on lead amulets and stone monuments inscribed with runes and Roman letters. In four chapters aspects of the manuscript culture is discussed, the role of authorship and of the dissemination of Christian topics in translations. The appropriation of a Latin book culture in the vernaculars is treated as well as the adminstrative use of writing in charters. In the two final chapters topics related to the emerging print culture in early post-medieval manuscripts and prints are discussed with a focus on reception. The range of topics will make the book relevant for scholars from all fields of medieval research as well as those interested in mediality and materiality in general.

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The Matter With Things Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World

The Matter With Things Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World
The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist
English | November 9, 2021 | ISBN: 1914568060 | True EPUB | 2221 pages | 9.8 MB
In this landmark book, Iain McGilchrist addresses some of the oldest and hardest questions humanity faces - ones that, however, have a practical urgency for all of us today. Who are we? What is the world? How can we understand consciousness, matter, space and time? Is the cosmos without purpose or value? Can we really neglect the sacred and divine?

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The Marlborough Mound Prehistoric Mound, Medieval Castle, Georgian Garden

The Marlborough Mound Prehistoric Mound, Medieval Castle, Georgian Garden
The Marlborough Mound: Prehistoric Mound, Medieval Castle, Georgian Garden edited by Richard Barber
English | August 23, 2022 | ISBN: 1783271868 | True PDF | 224 pages | 62 MB
Marlborough Mound, standing among the buildings of Marlborough College, has attracted little attention until recently. Records showed it to be the motte of a Norman castle, of which there were no visible remains.

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