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A Short History of Disease by Sean Martin
Category: World History | Series: Short History Ser.
In 2014, the world faces a global crisis as the Ebola epidemic threatens to spread from Western Africa across the planet. Even before recorded history began, disease has plagued human civilisations, claiming more lives than natural disasters and warfare combined. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Sea ...Show more
Pocket Essentials: History of the Cathars by Sean Martin
Category: European History | Series: Pocket Essential Ser.
Catharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. The Cathars taught that the world is evil and must be transcended through a simple life of prayer, work, fasting, and non-violence. They completely rejected the Catholic Church and all its trappings; Cathar services and ceremonies, by contrast ...Show more
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