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The New Minster Liber Vitae is a confraternity book produced in Winchester, in southern England, in 1031. It records the names of visitors to the New Minster, Winchester and contains other information too, as well as a contemporary image of King Cnut the Great and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton. Liber Vitae, folio 6r, showing Ælfgifu ...
The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. Set in the near future, the novel follows a subsidiary body, established under the Paris Agreement, whose mission is to act as an advocate for the world's future generations of citizens as if their rights were as valid as the present generation's.
John Bunyan (/ ˈ b ʌ n j ə n /; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model.
The minster hypothesis is a debated view that the organisation of the early Anglo-Saxon Christian church was based around minsters staffed by communities of clerics and providing spiritual services within a defined area (known as a parochia).
The New Minster Charter is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript that was likely composed by Bishop Æthelwold [2] and presented to the New Minster in Winchester by King Edgar in the year 966 AD to commemorate the Benedictine Reform. [3] [4] It is now part of the British Library's collection.
Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most notably York Minster in Yorkshire, Westminster Abbey in London and Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire. The term minster is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century, when it designated any settlement of clergy living a communal life and endowed by ...
The Birthday book provided a daily passage for each day of the year with a bible verse, a hymn verse, and a piece of missionary history. [21] The society also published the notable novel, Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan. They reproduced Pilgrim's Progress, in many formats including; penny parts, Sunday School prize additions, and cheap ...
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning: Joseph Henry Mensah [1] 1969–1972: Minister for Health: Simon Diedong Dombo: 1971–1972: Gibson Dokyi Ampaw [1] 1969–1971: Minister for Local Government: Kwabena Kwakye Anti [2] [1] 1969–1971: Minister for Education, Culture and Sport: William Ofori Atta [1] 1969–1971: R. R. Amponsah: 1971 ...