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  • The Origins of England 410-600
    Martyn J. Whittock
    The Origins of England (1986) examines the crucial period of migration and settlement that can be seen as the beginning of English history. It takes into account recent discoveries and debates on the origins of the English, their arrival and conquest of England, and the social life and culture of the settlers. ...
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    52,78 €

  • Apocalyptic Politics
    Martyn Whittock
    Apocalyptic (end times) beliefs are found across different religious cultures and time periods, especially those influenced by the Abrahamic faiths. These apocalyptic beliefs are often associated with radicalized politics and what we would today often describe as 'populist' movements and leaders. What are the roots of such beliefs? How have they developed over time? In what way...
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    25,41 €

  • The End Times, Again?
    Martyn Whittock
    From the Middle Eastern politics of Donald Trump to the UK’s 2016 EU Referendum, large numbers of Christians are making decisions based on the alleged 'end-times' aspects of modern politics. Such apocalyptic views often operate beneath 'the radar' of much Christian thought and expression. In this book, historian Martyn Whittock argues that while the New Testament does indeed te...
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    23,70 €

  • Daughters of Eve
    Martyn Whittock
    Women play an immensely important role in the Bible: from Eve to the Virgin Mary, Sarah to Mary Magdalene, Naomi to the anonymous woman suffering severe menstrual bleeding who was healed by Jesus. They are a sisterhood of faith.As such, they challenge many of our assumptions about the role of women in the development of the biblical story; about the impact of faith on lives liv...
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    11,91 €

  • The Vikings
    Hannah Whittock / Martyn Whittock
    The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century, who gave gold crosses to Christian churches and in whose areas of rule pagan idols were destroyed and churches w...
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    15,29 €

  • When God was King
    Martyn Whittock
    Islam is not the only religion that has sought political power, or believed that it should be possible to create a theocracy. In the seventeenth century, Christians in the British Isles and North America attempted to follow the examples of sixteenth-century European radicals, while attempting to learn from their mistakes. This occured first in Scotland, and then during the uphe...
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    18,30 €