Lina Eckenstein: 6 books

Woman under Monasticism By Lina Eckenstein

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work...

SINAI is the peninsula, triangular in form, which projects into the Red Sea between Egypt and Arabia. The name used to be applied to the mountainous region of the south, now it is made to comprise the land as far north as the Mediterranean. Sinai is famous for the part which it has played in the religious...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Preface CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER II. CONVENTS AMONG THE FRANKS, A.D. 550-650. CHAPTER III. CONVENTS AMONG THE ANGLO-SAXONS, A.D. 630-730. CHAPTER IV. ANGLO-SAXON NUNS IN CONNECTION WITH BONIFACE. CHAPTER...

THE study of folk-lore has given a new interest to much that seemed insignificant and trivial. Among the unheeded possessions of the past that have gained a fresh value are nursery rhymes. A nursery rhyme I take to be a rhyme that was passed on by word of mouth and taught to children before it was set...

In order to gain an insight into the causes of the rapid development of monasticism among the German races, it is necessary to enquire into the social arrangements of the period which witnessed the introduction of Christianity, and into those survivals of the previous period of social development...