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John Dunn (1834-95) became an infamous figure ('a perfect gorilla') in Britain after his involvement in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. A British subject who had lived all his life in South Africa, he spent his early years learning to be an expert hunter of large game before becoming a confidant of the Zulu king Cetshwayo, quickly accumulating wealth and power; although already married, he took forty-nine wives and fathered one hundred and seventeen children. However, when war broke out he sided with the British against his former friend and patron, and was rewarded with a huge tract of territory in the former Zulu kingdom. This book, published in 1886 and edited by his friend D. C. F. Moodie (1838-91), presents his side of the story, and contains fascinating insights into an extraordinary life lived among the Zulus in the nineteenth century.

Generals --- Zulu War, 1879 --- Biography & Autobiography --- History

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James Raine (1830-96), canon of York, edited in three volumes these Latin works relating to the diocese, covering the period from 650 to 1522. Volume 2, published in 1886, contains a twelfth-century history of the four bishops of York from 1070 to 1127 (with additions to 1153) by Hugh the Chantor, who was precentor of York. It is an important eyewitness source on the centuries-long dispute between York and Canterbury. There is also, on the same topic, a letter from Archbishop Ralph to the Pope, some anonymous lives of the twelfth-century bishops Thurstan and William FitzHerbert, some minor lives of St Oswald, and assorted letters. The unpublished part of a chronicle of the diocese by various authors, including Thomas Stubbs, covering the fourteenth century to the time of Cardinal Wolsey, completes the volume. English side-notes to the Latin text are provided throughout.

York (England) --- Bishops --- York Minster --- History --- Biography & Autobiography --- Architecture

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Women book collectors. --- Rare books --- Private libraries --- Bookbinding --- Women --- Biography. --- France --- Court and courtiers.

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Authors, Russian --- Ecrivains russes --- Biography --- Biographies --- Aksakov, S. T. --- Aksakov, S. T. --- Family --- Russia --- Russie --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes

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With the present study the Author shows that the Legenda sanctae Clarae virginis is the work of Tommaso of Celano, the hagiographer par excellence of Francis of Assisi. At the end of the 15th century Battista Alfani da Perugia, a nun of the Order of St Clare, was the first to maintain this attribution to Tommaso which until now has only been considered an hypothesis. Alfani’s assertion is now confirmed by the Author’s critical work by means of a detailed comparison – on a lexical and stylistic basis – of the Legenda and the process and letter of canonization of St Clare with the genuine works of Tommaso of Celano. Having shown Celano’s authorship of the work, the Author rereads the Legenda sanctae Clarae virginis stressing the precious and significant original material and thus throwing light on hitherto neglected aspects of the Life of St Clare and of the companions of St Fancis and the early history of the Franciscan Order.

Clare of Assisi --- Hagiography --- Hagiographie --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Thomas, --- Clare, --- Christian saints --- History and criticism --- 235.3 --- C1 --- Sint-Clara (x) --- bronnencommentaar --- hagiografie --- Hagiografie --- Kerken en religie --- Hagiology --- Saints --- Assisi, Chiara d', --- Chiara, --- Claire, --- Clara, --- Di Offreducio di Favarone, Clara, --- Klara, --- Offreduccio di Favarone, Clara, --- Sciffi, Chiara, --- Thomas of Celano --- Christian hagiography --- Hagiography - History and criticism --- Christian saints - Italy - Assisi - Biography --- Clara v. Assisiensis --- Clare, - of Assisi, Saint, - 1194-1253 --- Thomas, - of Celano, - active 1257. - Legenda S. Clarae virginis