1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791975103321

Autore

Rudolph Conrad <1951->

Titolo

Pilgrimage to the end of the world : the road to Santiago de Compostela / / Conrad Rudolph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-283-09764-8

9786613097644

0-226-73132-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 131 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel

Disciplina

263/.0424611

Soggetti

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Spain - Santiago de Compostela

Spain, Northern Description and travel

Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

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 (p. 124-128).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages -- The Pilgrimage to Santiago and to the End of the World -- Views of the Journey -- The Route -- Getting There -- What to Take -- Suggested Reading -- Organizations

Sommario/riassunto

Traveling two and a half months and one thousand miles along the ancient route through southern France and northern Spain, Conrad Rudolph made the passage to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela, one of the most important modern-day pilgrimage destinations for Westerners. In this chronicle of his travels to this captivating place, Rudolph melds the ancient and the contemporary, the spiritual and the physical, in a book that is at once travel guide, literary work, historical study, and memoir.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827842503321

Autore

Taiz Lincoln

Titolo

Flora unveiled : the discovery and denial of sex in plants / / Lincoln Taiz and Lee Taiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018

ISBN

0-19-062773-5

0-19-086867-8

0-19-062772-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 pages)

Disciplina

581.166

Soggetti

Plants, Sex in - Research - History

Sexual dimorphism (Plants)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was exploited during animal domestication in the Neolithic period. In contrast, sex in plants wasn't discovered until the late seventeenth century. Even after its discovery, the sexual 'theory' continued to be hotly debated for another 150 years, pitting the 'sexualists' against the 'asexualists.' Why was the idea of sex in plants so contentious for so long? In answer, 'Flora Unveiled' offers a deep history of perceptions concerning plant gender and sexuality, from the Paleolithic to the nineteenth century.