the barbarians beverage - a history of beer in ancient europe - nelson

the barbarians beverage - a history of beer in ancient europe - nelson

the barbarians beverage - a history of beer in ancient europe - nelson

... Jerome, commenting on a passage in the Septuagint, says of a drink made from cereal and water, in the local vernacular and barbaric speech in the provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia it is called sabaium’. ... Jerome, as a native of Dalmatia (from the city of Stridon), was certainly well acquainted with the local beer. 9 It has been suggested that the original f...
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Playing in Isolation: A History of Baseball in Taiwan ppt

Playing in Isolation: A History of Baseball in Taiwan ppt

... teammates surround the table, talking and chatting. The occasion be- comes a small social gathering. In the clubhouse players rarely use Mandarin, the island’s of cial language, but rather ... co-opting the team, pointed out that “teaching barbarians to play baseball is an astonishing thing. However, barbarians are still human and also accept Japanization and education....
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An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway doc

An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway doc

... hev' vore hjaa deg ho gamle Mabba, Nærkona aat Vettom. So lita som ein Adelstein i Ringen paa fremste Fingren paa ein verdug Raadsmann, ho kjøyrer kring med smaa Soldumbe-Flokar paa Nasanna ... have been justified in feeling that Landsmaal is equal to Shakespeare's most airy passages. The slight inaccuracy of one of the lines: Av Maanestraalanne paa Vatn er Selen, for Shak...
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 ppt

A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 ppt

... Cilician passes, crossed the Amanus and Taurus into the plateau of Asia Minor, and ended at the coasts of the Ægæan and the Euxine; others passed through Assyria into Media, and through the Caspian ... the latter we find Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, master of the whole basin of the Tigris and Euphrates in the time of Abraham. Among his vassals were Amraphel, k...
university of wales press a history of money from ancient times to present day feb 2003

university of wales press a history of money from ancient times to present day feb 2003

... awareness of rank dominated his tribal society, and the major institution for assuming, maintaining and increasing social status was the potlatch, of which there were local, regional and tribal varieties ... services. In an inflationary age where international indexing and the legal enforcement of contracts are either in their infancy or of very shaky construction, this prim...
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A History of the English Church in New Zealand pot

A History of the English Church in New Zealand pot

... years had not been altogether in vain was proved by the altered demeanour of the Maoris. When the bell rang on Sundays at Paihia, they came along the beach, dressed in European clothes and carrying ... feeling that at least here was a man who had had experience of real, not of imaginary, heathen; a man who did not despair, and who had a definite and carefully prepare...
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A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century pdf

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century pdf

... interpreters of Dante. Here is a part of what he says of the paintings in the Campo Santo at Pisa: " ;The best idea, perhaps, which I can give an Englishman of the general character of the painting ... found in many ballads and ballad burdens, in 'William and Margaret,' in 'Binnorie,' in the 'Wife of Usher's Well,' in...
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) doc

A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) doc

... the claim was never afterwards raised again. The Estates had often been obliged to contend against the King and the Roman See at the same time; now the King was allied with them against the Papacy. ... course of authentic history, the fact that the seats of the predominant power and culture have been transplanted to the Western lands and the shores of the Atla...