The Oxford Companion to the Bible.

( 2205 ) The Oxford Companion to World War II.

Oxford Companion to the Bible.

* The Oxford Reader's Companion to the Brontës, Christine Alexander & Margaret Smith

Mehrgarh in Oxford Companion to Archaeology, edited by Brian Fagan.

According to David Leeming, writing in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, the harrowing of hell is an example of the motif of the hero's descent to the underworld, which is common in many mythologies.

In the article " Dying god " in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming notes that Christ can be seen as bringing fertility, though of a spiritual as opposed to physical kind.

In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming notes that, in the Bible story, as in other flood myths, the flood marks a new beginning and a second chance for creation and humanity.

In the Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming lists Moses, Jesus, and King Arthur as examples of the " heroic monomyth ", calling the Christ story " a particularly complete example of the heroic monomyth ".

In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming lists the story of Abraham and Isaac and the story of Christ's death as examples of this theme.

In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming claims that Judeo-Christian messianic ideas have influenced twentieth-century totalitarian systems, citing Soviet Communism as an example.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

** " Dying god " The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology.

The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought.

* The Oxford Reader's Companion to the Brontës, Christine Alexander & Margaret Smith

The Oxford Companion to Food.

In The Oxford Companion to Music, Percy Scholes devotes about four pages to this subject, pointing out the similarities to an early plainsong melody, although the rhythm is very distinctly that of a galliard, and he gives examples of several such dance tunes that bear a striking resemblance to " God Save the King / Queen ".

* Rignall, John, ed., ' Oxford Reader's Companion to George Eliot ', Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-860099-2

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word " barroco ", Spanish " barroco ", or French " baroque ", all of which refer to a " rough or imperfect pearl ", though whether it entered those languages via Latin, Arabic, or some other source is uncertain.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the translation of the French term into " human creature " implies that the label " Christian " is a reminder of the humanity of the afflicted, in contrast to brute beasts.

A contretemps occurred during the progress in mid-August when the Queen twice requested Oxford to dance before the French ambassadors, who were in England to negotiate a marriage between the 46 year old Elizabeth and the younger brother of Henri III of France, the 24 year old Duke of Anjou.

Although details are unclear, there is evidence that in 1577 Oxford attempted to leave England to see service in the French Wars of Religion on the side of King Henry III.

The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture ( Oxford, 1987 – 94 ) vol 1: The Political Culture of the Old Regime, ed.

The Oxford History of the French Revolution ( 1989 ).

The Oxford English Dictionary ( first edition ) associates it with such onomatopoeic words as flit and flick, emphasizing a lack of seriousness ; on the other hand, it has been attributed to the old French conter fleurette, which means " to ( try to ) seduce " by the dropping of flower petals, that is, " to speak sweet nothings ".

The Oxford History of the French Revolution ( 1989 ).

The entry on cabullus in the Oxford Latin Dictionary ( Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982, 1985 reprinting ), p. 246, does not give a probable origin, and merely compare Old Bulgarian kobyla and Old Russian komoń < sub > b </ sub >.</ ref > From caballus arose terms in the various Romance languages cognate to the ( French-derived ) English cavalier: Old Italian cavaliere, Italian cavallo, Spanish caballero, French chevalier, Portuguese cavaleiro, Romanian cavaler.

Strange Defeat ; a Statement of Evidence Written in 1940 ( London: Oxford University Press, 1949 ) Original French text ; excerpt and text search

However, the play's principal source, the Spanish Diana Enamorada, would not be translated into French or English until 1578, meaning that someone basing a play on it that early could only have read it in the original Spanish, and there is no evidence that Oxford spoke this language.

Although born in Oxford, Richard could speak no English ; he was an educated man who composed poetry and wrote in Limousin ( lenga d ' òc ) and also in French.

During the Reign of Terror, the Jacobin government and other factions of the French Revolution used the apparatus of the state to execute and intimidate political opponents, and the Oxford English Dictionary includes as one definition of terrorism " Government by intimidation carried out by the party in power in France between 1789-1794 ".

The word " bull " itself may have derived from the Old French boul meaning " fraud, deceit " ( Oxford English Dictionary ).

* Oxford History of the French Revolution by William Doyle

He was interested in promoting aviation and study ; he funded chairs of aviation at the universities of the Sorbonne, Petrograd and Imperial College, and a chair of French literature at Oxford University.

* French, David, Raising Churchill ’ s Army – The British Army And The War Against Germany 1919 – 1945, Oxford University Press, 2000

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), the word comes ultimately from Greek (, " accent of ' turning away ', or elision "), through Latin and French.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word pilcrow " apparently " originated in English as an unattested version of the French pelagraphe, a corruption of paragraph ; the earliest reference is c. 1440.

Melvyn Bragg ; Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University ; Ruth Harris, Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University ; Robert Tombs, Professor of French History at Cambridge University.

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology of teil as Latin tilia and Old French ( 13-15th c .) til.

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, proud comes from late Old English prut, probably from Old French prud " brave, valiant " ( 11th century ) ( which became preux in French ), from Late Latin term prodis " useful ", which is compared with the Latin prodesse " be of use ".