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This is an account of the intellectual and social history of this key institution, its host city, its staff and its students. It deals with the struggle between the town, which sought to push the academy towards a broader approach to education, including law and medicine, and the Reformed Church, which wanted the academy to become a seminary for Protestant clergy, Isolated from the European mainstream the academy developed new scholars, and new and influential scholarship. The author has traced the origins, studies and future careers of many students and teachers, linked these individual histories to the great movements of history during the period and combined all the work into an account of the central institution of Reformed Europe. ... Read more

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The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict, Liturgy Wars offers a strategy for understanding the links between theology, ritual, and socio-politics. Theodore M. Vial offers a new perspective on contemporary ritual studies - and critiques the cognivist approaches of Lawson and McCauley, as well as Catherine Bell's analysis of power and the body - by reintergrating the imporatance of speech acts into considerations of ritual. ... Read more

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With a half-title.Printer's name from colophon.

Edinburgh : printed [by John Brown] for Peter Hill; and G. Cawthorne, London, 1799. xv,[1],415,[1]p. ; 8° ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ships of Switzerland, Ss El Oriente, Paddle Steamer Stadt Zürich, Paddle Steamer Stadt Rapperswil, Paddle Steamer Genève, Ss Henri Dunant. Excerpt: SS El Oriente was a cargo ship built in 1910 for the Morgan Line, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, she was known as USS El Oriente (ID-4504) in service with the United States Navy. At the end of war, she reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente. During World War II she was chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as SS Henri Dunant (sometimes also spelled Henry Dunant), but reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente at the end of the charter. SS El Oriente was one of four sister ships that carried cargo and a limited number of passengers for the Morgan Line. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in July 1918, and converted to carry horses and mules to France, and after the Armistice, was converted again to carry American troops home from Europe. El Oriente returned to the Morgan Line in 1919 and sailed with them until June 1941, when the entire Morgan Line fleet was purchased by the United States Maritime Commission. El Oriente served as a civilian-crewed cargo ship during World War II, sailing primarily between the United States and the United Kingdom. In September 1944, she was chartered by the ICRC and sailed under the Swiss flag carrying food parcels to American prisoners of war held in German camps. Henri Dunant continued to sail under Swiss charter until October 1945, when she was returned to the United States and reverted to her former name. El Oriente was placed in the James River Reserve Fleet in November 1945, and was sold for scrapping in July 1946. SS El Oriente was a cargo and passenger steamship launched on 11 May 1910... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18766787 ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Rail Transport in Switzerland. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened under the Gotthard Pass in 1882. A second alpine line was opened under the Simplon Pass in 1906. In 1901, the major railways were nationalised to form Swiss Federal Railways. During the first half of the twentieth century they were electrified and slowly upgraded. After the Second World War, rail rapidly lost its share of the rail market to road transport as car ownership rose and more roads were built. From 1970, the Federal Government has become more involved in upgrading the railways, especially in urban areas and on trunk routes under the Rail 2000 project. In addition, two major trans-alpine routes the Gotthard Railway and the Lötschberg approach to the Simplon Tunnel are being rebuilt under the AlpTransit project. The first line was the extension of the French StrasbourgBasel Railway (French: Chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle) from Mulhouse to Basel, which was opened to a temporary station outside Basel's walls on 15 June 1844 and to the permanent station on 11 December 1845. This company was taken over by the Chemins de fer de l'Est in 1854. The Rhine Valley Line was opened to the original Basel Baden railway station in 1855. Despite constant discussion it was some time before these line were extended into Switzerland. The first internal line was the 16 km long Swiss Northern Railway (German: Schweizerische Nordbahn, SNB) opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. The sub...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23812586 ... Read more

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Chapters: Defunct Companies of Switzerland, Swiss Inventions, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Bathyscaphe Trieste, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Velcro, Swiss Army Knife, Quartz Crisis, Bank Secrecy, Saurer, Monteverdi, Bank Leu, Qualiflyer, Martini, Argand Lamp, Turicum, Smaky, Tipografia Elvetica, Waffenfabrik Bern, Integra Signum, Berna, Ajax, Postal Telegraph and Telephone, Swiss Cheese Union, Alusuisse. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 132. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family. LSD is non-addictive and well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, a sense of time distortion, ego death and spiritual experiences, as well as for its key role in 1960s counterculture. It is used mainly as an entheogen, recreational drug and as an agent in psychedelic therapy. LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938 from ergot, a grain fungus that typically grows on rye. The short form LSD comes from its early code name LSD-25, which is an abbreviation for the German "Lysergsäure-diethylamid" followed by a sequential number. LSD is sensitive to oxygen, ultraviolet light, and chlorine, especially in solution, though its potency may last for years if it is stored away from light and moisture at low temperature. In pure form it is a colorless, odorless, and mildly bitter solid. LSD is typically delivered orally, usually on a substrate such as absorbent blotter paper, a sugar cube, or gelatin. In its liquid form, it can also be administered by intramuscular or intravenous injection. LSD is very potent, with 2030 µg (micrograms) being the threshold dose. In...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17537 ... Read more

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1906. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766163660. Volume 2 of 2. Reformation in Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Scotland and England, the Anabaptist and Socinian movements, the Counter-Reformation. This history of the Reformation was written with the intention of describing a great religious movement amid its social environment. The times were heroic, and produced great men, with striking individualities not easily weighed in modern balances. A history of the Reformation must describe five distinct but related things - the social and religious conditions of the age out of which the great movement came; the Lutheran Reformation down to 1555, when it received legal recognition; the Reformation in countries beyond Germany which did not submit to the guidance of Luther; the issue of certain portions of the religious life of the Middle Ages in Anabaptism, Socinianism and Anti-Trinitarianism; and the Counter-Reformation. ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Basel, History of Geneva, History of Zürich, Huldrych Zwingli, Reformation in Switzerland, 2006 European Curling Championships, House of Candia, Geneva Seal, Lindenhof Hill, First Battle of Zürich, L'escalade, History of Bern, Grossmünster, Zünfte of Zürich, Basel Historical Museum, Old Zürich War, 1356 Basel Earthquake, Felix and Regula, Geneva Open, Landenberg, Zunfthaus Zur Meisen, Zunfthaus Zur Haue, Zunfthaus Zum Rüden, Fortifications of Zürich, List of Mayors of Geneva, Fraumünster, Second Battle of Zürich, Zürich Bible, Burckhardt, Rudolf Brun, Battle of St. Jakob an Der Sihl, Maria Popesco, Murerplan, St. Peter, Zürich, Rudolf Stüssi, Hans Waldmann, Théâtre de Neuve, Post Tenebras Lux, Christoph Froschauer, List of Mayors of Zurich, Züriputsch, Rhino, Basel City Walls, Basel Massacre, Les Délices, Gate of Spalen, Wickiana, Gate of Saint John, Gate of Saint Alban. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 209. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (1 January 1484 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus. In 1519, Zwingli became the pastor of the Grossmünster in Zürich where he began to preach ideas on reforming the Catholic Church. In his first public controversy in 1522, he attacked the custom of fasting during Lent. In his publications, he noted corruption in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, promoted clerical marriage, and attacked the use of images in places of worship. In 1525, Zwin...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13602 ... Read more