1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465691503321

Autore

DiValerio David M.

Titolo

The life of the Madman of Ü / / David M. DiValerio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-061504-4

0-19-024404-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/923092

Soggetti

Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa (Sect)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Life of the Madman of ? is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic K?nga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797627703321

Titolo

In the Iberian Peninsula and beyond . Volume 1 : a history of the jews and muslims (15th - 17th centuries) / / edited by José Alberto R. Silva Tavim, Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros and Lúcia Liba Mucznik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8308-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Disciplina

946.9004924

Soggetti

Jews - Portugal - History

Jews - Iberian Peninsula - History

Muslims - Portugal - History

Muslims - Iberian Peninsula - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the result of two scientific encounters hosted by the University of Évora in 2012, with the theme "Muslims and Jews in Portugal and the Diaspora. Identities and Memories (16th-17th centuries)", and co-financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, and by FEDER, through "Eixo I" of the "Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade" (POFC) of QREN (COMPETE). Beginning with an analysis of the forced conversion of Iberian Jews and Muslims, this volume examines the effects of this on their respective diasporas, focusing on a variety of approaches, from language and culture t