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Cows, Communities, and Religious Responses to the 1865–66 British Rinderpest Outbreak*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 153-171, June 2024.The devastating outbreak of rinderpest in the British Isles in 1865–66 — the so‐called “cattle plague” — was a significant event in Victorian Britain, one that did much to shape British agriculture, animal disease control, and veterinary medicine. This article argues that the cattle plague also had long‐term significance for the relationship between ...
Joseph Hardwick
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Rural is different: rural is special [PDF]
, 2008 Those of us who live, work, worship and minister in the countryside know all too well that rural is different, that rural is special. Yet for us country folk there remain so many frustrations that secular policies may be driven by an urban agenda and ...
Francis, Leslie J.
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Weather, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 4-9, January 2024.Industrieschnee or anthropogenic snowfall is a local winter hazard in many European cities and towns under suitable anticyclonic conditions and in the vicinity of persistent local water vapour sources and air pollution. Here, we overview the formation of Industrieschnee and describe a case study event from Bern, Switzerland, comparing the estimated ...
Edward Graham
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Careful investigation and a bit of luck yield map’s secrets [PDF]
, 2007 While scholars consider Herford’s Mappa Mundi to be among the most important medieval English maps, for centuries there were no firmly grounded theories about its original placement or purpose.
Hatch, Rachel
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, 2003 Colin Lewis was Professor of Geography at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa from 1989 until his retirement at the end of 2007. In 1990, with the strong support of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Dr Derek Henderson, he instigated the Certificate
Lewis, Colin A
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Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 2008 Pittsburgh Conference
, 2008 Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, Volume 2008, Issue 1, 2008.
Peter B. Stockwell
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Introduction: Lincoln Cathedral and its Bishop [PDF]
, 2014 The papers presented in this book originate from an international symposium, “Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste (1235–53),” hosted by Lincoln Cathedral on the 21st and 22nd January 2012, and funded by the Paul ...
Temple, Nicholas
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Establishing and analysing the sphere of influence of Saints Oswald and Wulfstan of Worcester, c. 950 to c. 1400 [PDF]
, 2014 Pilgrimage to shrine centres in medieval England was a significant event for the community to undertake, as well as an important source of income for the shrine itself.
Styler, Ian David
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Worcester College of Technology: report from the Inspectorate (FEFC inspection report; 70/97 and 47/01) [PDF]
, 2001 The Further Education Funding Council has a legal duty to make sure further education in England is properly assessed. The FEFC’s inspectorate inspects and reports on each college of further education according to a four-year cycle. This record comprises
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, 2012 The best preserved and most widely studied big mediaeval map of religious origin is this kind of altarpiece in Hereford cathedral, placed there at the end of the 13th century and found near the grave of Saint Tomas de Cantilupe, a distinguished point of ...
Paul D. A. Harvey
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