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The History Press Ltd Wanstead and Woodford
Book SynopsisThis selection of old photographs of Wanstead and Woodford portrays this pleasant area of Greater London over the last one hundred years. ''Waenstade'' and ''Wudeford'' were both established in Saxon times as settlements near the Great Forest of Essex, later called Epping Forest. In the Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the area became popular with city merchants and businessmen who built themselves large houses, some of which still survive today. The two Boroughs of Wanstead and Woodford joined together in 1937 and were incorporated into the Borough of Redbridge in 1965. The history of these, still in places, rural boroughs can be traced in the photographs of this book which are all drawn from the Redbridge Local Studies Library Collection.
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The History Press Ltd Garrison Life at Vindolanda
Book SynopsisThe ink writing-tablets, first indentified at Roman Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian''s Wall, in 1973, revealed a hitherto unknown papyrus-substitute, thin leaves of wood for day-to-day book-keeping and letters. Dating mostly from the years AD 90-125 (Hadrian''s Wall was begun in 122), these unique tablets represent the largest collection of original Roman letters ever found. The book paints a detailed picture of two Roman auxilary regiments, the 9th Cohort of Batavians and the 1st Cohort of Tungrians. Among the 400 named officers and personnel, the Batavian prefect Flavius Cerialis features prominently, together with his wife Sulpicia Lepidina, who received the now famous birthday party invitation from her friend Claudia Severa, wife of Cerialis'' colleague and fellow hunting enthusiast Aelius Brocchus. In addition to covering officers and familes, friends and colleagues, this book brings to life the ordinary soldiers and their names and duties; military routine, duty-reports, leave
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The History Press Ltd Cornwall in Prehistory
Book Synopsis'Cornwall in Prehistory' provides an introduction to this fascinating era in the county's past.
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The History Press Ltd Defending Hampshire The Military Landscape from
Book SynopsisFor 2000 years, Hampshire has been at the heart of the nation's defences against foreign invasion, as well as being heavily involved in civil conflict. Through Roman forts, medieval castles, fortified manors and moats, Victorian drill halls, military airfields, anti-invasion defences, radar sites, bunkers and nuclear attack monitoring posts, this book describes the structures put in place to defend Hampshire's inhabitants against enemies from both home and abroad.
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Ebury Publishing Last of the Few
Book SynopsisAfter the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler''s inevitable invasion attempt.For the German army to be landed across the Channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies - the RAF would have to be broken. So every day, throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day and civilians watched skies criss-crossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires and Me-109s. Britain''s very freedom depended on the outcome of that summer''s battle.Britain''s air defences were badly battered and nearly broken, but against all odds ''The Few'', as they came to be known, bought Britain''s freedom - many with their lives. These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. We wiTrade ReviewVastly outnumbered and often less experienced than their opponents, the 2,500 young men of the Royal Air Force who fought in the Battle of Britain would be lauded by Churchill as The Few. The survivors of that campaign are now in their eighties or nineties, their ranks thinning by the year. In his new book, Last of the Few, Max Arthur brings together the voices of the living and the dead to recreate the events of July-October 1940, when vapour trails against a blue sky marked the battle to save civilisation * Daily Telegraph *Entertaining and moving ... This is a brilliant introduction for anyone seeking to understand the origins and outcomes of the battle. A dramatic tale, well told * The News of the World *No one can relive the battle except the men who fought it, and here they are in a tide of telling testimony...expertly tracked down and anthologised by out foremost oral historian of war, the self0effacing Max Arthur...Read it and remember * The Daily Mail *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Napoleons German Allies 4
Book SynopsisIn 1805, Bavaria allied itself with France and Bavarian troops served with Napoleon during the 1809 campaign against Austria, and participated in the Russian campaign of 1812, before eventually abandoning the Emperor's cause in 1813 prior to the battle of Leipzig. They then engaged Napoleon's troops in combat at the battle of Hanua in an unsuccessful attempt to cut off their retreat to France. This book by Otto von Pivka provides an in depth examination of the organisation, equipment, weaponry and uniforms of Napoleon's Bavarian allies. The fascinating text is accompanied by numerous illustrations and eight full page colour plates.Table of ContentsIntroduction · Uniforms and Organisation 1792-99 · Uniforms and Organisation 1799-1815 · Bavarian Combat Involvement and Orders of Battle 1800-15 · Bavarian Colours and Standards · The Plates
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PiXZ Books Dartmoor Tin Mining
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Caique Publishing Ltd Stamboul Ghosts A Stroll Through Bohemian
Book SynopsisThe Irish-American physicist, academic and traveller John Freely wrote more than sixty lively books on travel, history and science before he died in 2017, aged 90. But It was Istanbul, where he emigrated with his family in 1960 to take up a post teaching physics at the American Robert College, that turned him into a writer. His first book, ''Strolling Through Istanbul'' written with his fellow academic Hilary Sumner-Boyd was an instant success when it was published in 1972 and has never been out of print since. With the exception of Oguz, so thin that he was known as The Ghost because he barely cast a shadow, everyone in John Freely''s rumbustious memoir, including the author himself, is larger than life. Bohemian Istanbul was a haven for myriad misfits who found their feet in the city. Clamorous, glamorous, eccentric, cosmopolitan and frequently outrageous, they included the ''berserker'' Peter Pfeiffer, a resourceful exile with three passports; Aliye Berger, the beautiful queen of Table of ContentsIntroduction by Andrew Finkel; 1 Death of a Ghost; 2 The Queen of Pera; 3 Ghosts in Exile; 4 The Life of the Party; 5Peter Pfeiffer Memorial Goose-Buying Day; 6 Strolling Through Istanbul; 7 The Legless Beggar; 8 The Imaginary Dog; 9 Burial of a Bohemian; 10 The Elephant’s Grave; A Tribute to John Freely by Andrew Finkel.; The Final Journey, by Maureen Freely.; Photographs by Ara Güler
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Books of Africa Ltd Black Star the African Presence in Early Europe
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AKEMAN PRESS On Foot in Bath
Book Synopsis''Bath is not only one of the best cities in the world to explore on foot; it is also surrounded on all sides by unspoilt countryside whose beauty is matched by its variety.'' This new edition of the best-selling walking guide to the city does full justice to that unique inheritance. As well as featuring its main attractions, it leads the reader to hidden corners and panoramic views over Bath and beyond. As well as tracing some of Jane Austen''s expeditions around the city, it also looks at the rigours of eighteenth-century social life, the architecture of John Wood and his successors, the city''s industrial heritage and the story of how window tax affected the design of its buildings. Finally, a postscript looks at the transformation of the city since the opening of Thermae Bath Spa in 2006. This new edition has not only been fully revised and updated; the opportunity has also been taken to improve some of the walks. As a result, the first walk now includes a visit to a newlTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Within the Walls: The Old City (1.25 miles) 2 Palladian Pleasures: The Georgian Expansion (3 miles) 3 A Constellation of Crescents: The Northern Slopes (3 miles) 4 Beyond the North Gate: Walcot Street, the Paragon & Broad Street (2 miles) 5 Into the East: Larkhall & the London Road (5 miles) 6 A Place in the Country: Lyncombe & Widcombe (3.5 miles) 7 The New Town of Bath: Over the River to Bathwick (3 miles) 8 A Glimpse of Tivoli: Combe Down & Prior Park (6.5 miles) 9 The Caliphate of Lansdown: A Visit to Beckford's Tower (6.5 miles) 10 River, Rail & Industry: Westwards to Twerton ((7 miles) 11 Over the Fields to Weston: In the Footsteps of Jane Austen (5.5 miles) 12 A Succession of Panoramas: Sham Castle & Smallcombe (4.5 miles) 13 Dreaming of Suburbia: Bear Flat, Oldfield Park & East Twerton (4 miles) 14 The Green Roofs: Snow Hill & the London Road (2.5 miles) 15 Where Every Prospect Pleases: With Jane Austen on Beechen Cliff (2.5 miles) Postscript: The Metamorphosis of Bath Acknowledgements Further Reading
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Orpington Publishers Delos Birthplace of Apollo All You Need to Know
Book SynopsisFor anyone interested in Greek antiquity this booklet is as it says on the back cover: All you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
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Cambridge University Press The State in Machiavelli
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Cambridge University Press Liberty Solidarity and Community
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Taylor & Francis Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
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Cambridge University Press AAS Level History for AQA Spain in the Age of Discovery 14691598 Student Book
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Ireland Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
Book SynopsisMedieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval Ireland was. Starting in the fifth century, when St Patrick arrived on the island, and ending in the fifteenth century, with the efforts of the English government to defend the lands which it ruled directly around Dublin by building great ditches, this up-to-date and accessible survey charts the internal changes in the region. Chapters dispute the idea of an archaic society in a wide-range of areas, with a particular focus on land-use, economy, society, religion, politics and culture. This concise and accessible overview offers a fresh perspective on Ireland in the Middle Ages and overthrows many enduring stereotypes.Trade Review'Clare Downham's Medieval Ireland offers a fresh and stimulating perspective on culture, politics, religion, and the arts during a crucial period in Irish history. Combining her own researches with the latest studies, Downham's lively and engaging narrative makes this book accessible to the general reader as much as the rigour of her scholarship presents new vistas to the specialist.' Benjamin Hudson, Pennsylvania State University'This thought-provoking work is the first of its kind in over a generation to survey a full millennium of Ireland's medieval history. Drawing on the latest research, the author bridges the conventional historiographical boundary marked by the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169 and presents Ireland's social and cultural experience during the Middle Ages in all its richness. This is a subject that has fascinated generations of students who have not had, until now, a reliable textbook to guide further exploration.' Peter Crooks, Trinity College Dublin'Clare Downham's Medieval Ireland is by far the most up-to-date, balanced and scholarly introduction to the whole history of Ireland in the millennium from the beginnings of literacy to the end of the Middle Ages. It is quite remarkably successful in its coverage not just of all periods but of all the main strands of history, religious and artistic as well as economic and political. For any course that seeks to cover the medieval history of these islands, it will be a foundational text.' Thomas Charles-Edwards, University of Oxford'Surprisingly few histories of medieval Ireland have ever been written, almost all of which focus on either the early or the later Middle Ages. The great benefit of Downham's book is that it straddles both, and does so on the whole skilfully, knowledgeably and accurately.' Sean Duffy, Trinity College DublinTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Early Medieval Ireland AD 400–1100: 1. Ireland in the fifth century; 2. Land use and economy AD 500–1100; 3. Society AD 500–1100; 4. Politics AD 500–1100; 5. Religion AD 500–1100; 6. The arts AD 500–1100; Epilogue to Part I; Part II. Late Medieval Ireland AD 1100–1500: 7. Landscape and economy AD 1100–1500; 8. Society AD 1100–1500; 9. Politics AD 1100–1500; 10. Religion AD 1100–1500; 11. The arts AD 1100–1500; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Theresienstadt 19411945
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H. G. Adler''s Theresienstadt, 19411945 is a foundational work in the field of Holocaust studies. As the first scholarly monograph to describe the particulars of a single camp - the Jewish ghetto in the Czech city of Terezin - it is the single most detailed and comprehensive account of any concentration camp. Adler, a survivor of the camp, divides the book into three sections: a history of the ghetto, a detailed institutional and social analysis of the camp, and an attempt to understand the psychology of the perpetrators and the victims. A collaborative effort between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Terezin Publishing Project makes this authoritative text on Holocaust history available for the first time in the English language, with a new afterword by the author''s son Jeremy Adler.Trade Review'Adler's Theresienstadt 1941–1945, completed in London and first published in German in 1955, is monograph as monument. … A meticulous chronicle that is at once a sober and self-aware sociology of the absurd, a memoir in which the writer does not appear, and a penetrating ethnographic study. … Both a masterpiece of scholarship and a literary event …' J. Hoberman, BookForum'The value of Adler's work is that it does not just deal with one ghetto, but with the exercise of particular forms of power and the possibilities of human autonomy, with the 'coerced community' and the 'administered human being'. In this way, as Adler's son Jeremy points out in his afterword, it has exercised a profound influence on later writers, from Raul Hilberg and Hannah Arendt, to W. G. Sebald.' Peter Pulzer, The Times Literary Supplement'This immensely significant and moving chronicle is an indispensable resource. Essential.' J. Hardin, Choice'More than sixty years after its original publication, H. G. Adler's Theresienstadt remains indispensable to anyone who has more than a casual interest in what was among the most perverse and strange sites of incarceration in the Nazi empire. Although sadly few people realize it, Adler's book is also essential reading for anyone engaged in trying to understand the Holocaust.' Ben Barkow, German Historical Institute London Bulletin'Adler draws capably on ideas from anthropology, economics, education, ethics, Judaism, penology, philosophy, political science, and other such fields… It belongs in every library, public and private, that would house the best in Holocaust scholarship.' Arthur Shostak, The European LegacyTable of ContentsPart I. History: 1. The Jews in the 'Protectorate', 1939–41; 2. Theresienstadt: history and establishment; 3. Deportations to and from Theresienstadt; 4. Closed camp: November 1941/July 1942; 5. 'Ghetto': July 1942/summer 1943; 6. 'Jewish settlement area': summer 1943/September 1944; 7. Decline and dissolution; Part II. Sociology: 8. Administration; 9. The transport; 10. Population; 11. Housing; 12. Nutrition; 13. Labor; 14. Economy; 15. Legal conditions; 16. Health conditions; 17. Welfare; 18. Contact with the outside world; 19. Cultural life; Part III. Psychology: 20. The psychological face of the coerced community.
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Cambridge University Press Piero di Lorenzo de Medici and the Crisis of
Book SynopsisThis life of Lorenzo the Magnificent's eldest son provides a portrait of an aspiring Renaissance ruler, and explains the crisis in Italy that caused his political downfall and exile. A musician, poet, sportsman, patron of the arts and exile, Piero illuminates the Renaissance at the moment of its transition from a civic to a princely culture.Trade Review'In this detailed, compelling biography, Piero de' Medici emerges as far more complex and subtle than historians have previously credited. Brown reveals his attempts to navigate an almost-impossible situation as emblematic of the wider transformation of political morality and culture in Italy provoked by the crisis of the 1490s.' Nicholas Scott Baker, Macquarie University, Sydney'Alison Brown, premier historian of Renaissance Florence, crafted a compelling, revisionist biography of Lorenzo the Magnificent's ill-fated son and heir Pero. The book is carefully researched in the Medici papers and engagingly written. A must read on the Florentine Republic's decline during the disastrous wars that crushed independent Italian city-states.' Melissa M. Bullard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'Brown's magisterial and elegantly-written study provides the first detailed examination of the career of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and offers, in the process, an entirely new perspective on Florentine and Italian politics at the time of the French invasion at the end of the fifteenth century.' William Caferro, Vanderbilt University, Nashville'Lorenzo the Magnificent's son Piero was blamed for the collapse of the Florentine republic, surrendering to France in 1494. Using overlooked Medici letters, Brown reveals how his attempt to emulate the acrobatic politics of his father, balancing the powers of Italy and his own roles of prince and citizen, drove him to desperation.' Dale Kent, University of California, Riverside'Brown expertly uses a wealth of unpublished letters to reconstruct the cultural tensions of Piero's life before exile and his fruitless search for repatriation in the complex world of Italian politics. A splendid work that brings new light to a critical period of Italian history.' John Najemy, Cornell University, New York'This is an impressive monograph that fills a surprising gap in the historiography … It is archival sleuthing and research at its best. The book adds new nuance to this previously shadowy figure, and in doing so provides a stronger foundation for future studies on the politics of the Italian Peninsula, especially Florence, in the late Quattrocento.' Brian J. Maxson , H-NetTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Early Years: 1. Piero's childhood; 2. Family backgrounds; 3. Education under Poliziano's tutelage; 4. Political tyro at home and abroad, 1484–86; 5. Marrying into the Roman aristocracy, 1487–88; 6. The choice of Hercules: between duty and pleasure, 1488–89; 7. Piero as Lorenzo's deputy, 1490–91; Part II. Between Republicanism and Princely Rule: 8. Cultural patronage and sportsmanship; 9. Ruling as patrons in Florence's dominium and beyond; Part III. Piero in Power: 10. Lorenzo's death and its aftermath, 1492; 11. Balancing power in Italy, 1493; 12. 'The Viper with its tail in Florence', 1493–94; 13. The crux: 1494; 14. The French Descent; 15. Revolution in Florence; Part IV. Piero in Exile: 16. Perambulating Italy, 1494–97; 17. 'Contamination in the labyrinth': networking in exile; 18. The last years, 1498–1503; 19. Piero's burial and legacy; Conclusion: 20. Power and legitimacy in Renaissance Italy.
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Cambridge University Press The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe
Book SynopsisThis provocative new history of early modern Europe argues that changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of information, chiefly on newly available and affordable paper, constituted an ''information revolution''. In commerce, finance, statecraft, scholarly life, science, and communication, early modern Europeans were compelled to place a new premium on information management. These developments had a profound and transformative impact on European life. The huge expansion in paper records and the accompanying efforts to store, share, organize and taxonomize them are intertwined with many of the essential developments in the early modern period, including the rise of the state, the Print Revolution, the Scientific Revolution, and the Republic of Letters. Engaging with historical questions across many fields of human activity, Paul M. Dover interprets the historical significance of this ''information revolution'' for the present day, and suggests thought-provoking parallelTrade Review'This engaging synthesis tracks an 'information revolution' across early modern European culture, from commerce and politics to many fields of learning and genres of personal writing. More than printing it was paper that fuelled both the explosion of information and many practices of managing it that have proved remarkably enduring.' Ann Blair, Harvard University'Words and numbers, scrawled by ink-black fingers on the milled remains of rags, became a promise never quite fulfilled: to forget nothing and to make rational decisions based on 'information.' Paul Dover's entertaining book shows how necessary it is to understand this history.' Arndt Brendecke, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München'Dover brings together a dizzying array of recent scholarship on information in early Europe - from the business of paper mills to scientists' data collection, from dusty state archives to flaming pamphlet wars. His analysis of information revolution during the age of paper offers insights for the present on every page.' Randolph C. Head, University of California, Riverside'Paul Dover's brilliant and erudite book traces the origins of our modern information society, and how it grew in a world of scholars, administrators, lawyers, merchants, and archivists. Before computers, there was a revolution in the uses of paper, and, with all its glory and pitfalls, Dover shows how it worked and created the foundations of our own very complicated modern information world. His learned and entertaining work is a must read for all those interested in information, computing, the news, and the history of communication.' Jacob Soll, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of Contents1. Introduction: worlds of paper; 2. European paper; 3. 'Ink-Stained fingers': the information of commerce and finance; 4. The paper of politics and the politics of paper; 5. Revolutionary print; 6. The book of nature and the books of man; 7. Writing others and the self; 8. Conclusion: information revolutions, past and present.
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Cambridge University Press The Geography of Strabo
Book SynopsisThe Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women''s history. Modern knowledge of seminal geographical authors such as Eratosthenes and Hipparchos relies almost totally on Strabo''s use of them. This is the first complete English translation in nearly a century, and the first to make use of recent scholarship on the Greek text itself and on the history of geography. The translation is supplemented by a detailed discussion of Strabo''s life and his purpose in writing the Geography, as well as the sources that he used.Trade Review'… students of Strabo have been given a gift indeed, and we should await the second volume of this project with great anticipation.' Lee E. Patterson, The Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; The translation; Appendix 1. Glossary of untranslated words; Appendix 2. The sources of the fragments.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A History of the EnglishSpeaking Peoples One
Book SynopsisSir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.Christopher Lee is a British writer, historian and broadcaster. A former BBC defence and foreign affairs correspondent and Quatercentenary Fellow in Contemporary History and sometime Gomes lecturer at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, he is author or editor of 26 books and is the originator and writer of the BBC Radio 4 trilogy This Sceptred Isle. His recent books include the three accompanying volumes of This Sceptred Isle and in 2011 he published the single-volume abridgment of Winston Churchill's four-volume A History of the English-SpeakinTable of ContentsIntroduction Editor's Note 1. Britannia 2. The Lost Island 3. Anglo-Saxon England 4. The Vikings 5. Alfred the Great 6. The Saxon Dusk 7. The Norman Invasion 8. Growth Amid Turmoil 9. Henry Plantagenet 10. Richard, Coeur de Lion 11. Magna Carta 12. The Mother of Parliaments 13. King Edward I 14. Bannockburn 15. Scotland and Ireland 16. The Long-Bow 17. Social Revolt 18. Henry Bolingbroke and Henry V 19. Henry VI and the Wars of the Roses 20. Edward IV 21. Richard III 22. The Round World 23. King Henry VIII 24. The Break with Rome 25. The Protestant Struggle 26. Gloriana 27. The United Crowns 28. Charles I and the Personal Rule 29. The Revolt of Parliament 30. The Axe Falls 31. The Restoration 32. The Popish Plot 33. The Bloodless Revolution 34. William of Orange 35. The War of the Spanish Succession 36. The Last of the Stuarts 37. The House of Hanover 38. Pitt the Elder 39. The Quarrel with America 40. The Indian Empire 41. Pitt the Younger 42. The Napoleonic Wars 43. The Victory Peace 44. Reform and Free Trade 45. The Crimean War 46. The Era of Emigration 47. The Rise of Germany 48. The Fin de Siecle 49. The South African War Appendix Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Welsh Braveheart
Book SynopsisLike William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. Glyndwr also laid plans for two Welsh universities, proposed a return to the far sighted and revolutionary Laws of Hywel Dda and formed a Tripartite Agreement with Henry Percy and Edmund Mortimer. It led to an invasion of England and nearly brought the reign of Henry V to an end. And yet, despite his success and popularity, Glyndwr's rebellion seriously damaged the Welsh economy with towns destroyed and much agricultural land laid to waste. Even so, he was never betrayed by his people, despite a huge reward being offered for his capture. Glyndwr refused at least two offers of pardon from the English crown and remains the supreme champion of the underdog.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Destructive and Formidable
Book SynopsisExamines the effectiveness of British infantry firepower from 1642 to 1765.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Women of the Jacobite Rebellions
Book SynopsisThe flight of King James II in November 1688 was a seminal moment in British history. The deposed Catholic King set up house and home in Paris, William and Mary succeeded to the throne of England and over fifty years of trouble, strife, war and execution began to consume England, Scotland and Ireland. The Jacobites - supporters of the dethroned Stuart dynasty - were adamant that James and his heirs should sit once more on the English throne. Invasion followed invasion, battle came after battle, culminating with the defeat of Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden in 1745. The story of those battles and invasions has often been told. However, they have invariably focussed on the male participants, from Scottish clansmen to men like Rob Roy and Bonnie Dundee, from the Old to the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie, the darling of the late Jacobite movement, they created a legend that still hovers over the period. But very little has ever been written about the women who were involved. A
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd How the Victorians Lived
Book SynopsisThe Victorian era is arguably the most exciting and invigorating reign of an English monarch ever, and one of progress on a massive scale. By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, England was almost unrecognisable. The Victorians neatly avoided revolution, built upon what the Georgians started and turned the country into a political powerhouse which ran the biggest Empire the world had ever seen. Meanwhile, Victorian writers and journalists were observing, questioning, and recording for prosperity the life and times of what would become known as the Victorian era: a steady, relentless building of the modern world. Using quotes from Victorian literature, _How the Victorians Lived_ will help you on your way to understanding how society coped with the upheaval of the industrial revolution during one of the most innovative centuries England has ever seen. This book is a detailed exploration of the daily lives of mainly working- and middle-class Victorians. It recreates the remarkable a
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shylocks Venice
Book SynopsisThe thrilling story of the Jews in Venice and the truth behind one of Shakespeare''s most famous characters.Millions of visitors flood to Venice every year. Yet many are unaware of its history one of dramatic expansion but also of rapid decline. And essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto. Astonishingly, the ghetto prison turned out to be as remarkable a place as the city of Venice itself.With sound scholarship and a narrator''s skill, Harry Freedman tells the story of Venice's Jews. From the founding of the ghetto in 1516, to the capture of Venice by Napoleon in 1797, he describes the remarkable cultural renaissance that took place in the Venice ghetto. Gates and walls notwithstanding, for the first time in European history Jews and Christians mingled intellectually, learned from each other, shared ideas and entered modernity together. When it came to culturTrade ReviewIf Shakespeare had travelled to Venice, he would have experienced the vibrant, bustling, conflicted life of the Ghetto, vividly evoked in Harry Freedman’s gallery of memorable characters. This book shows how Shylock’s real contemporaries, confined within a narrow space, made their voices heard far and wide. * Professor Shaul Bassi *Harry Freedman has written an attractive account of the history and culture of the Venetian Ghetto. The book is readable, well-researched, and incorporates the figure of Shylock in new ways. As Freedman adeptly shows, the Venetian Ghetto was an intellectual and creative hothouse – from music and poetry to medicine and Kabbalah – which included many extraordinary individuals such as Leon Modena and Sara Copia Sulam. Shylock’s Venice demonstrates that the ghetto had a reach far beyond the Venetian Empire. * Bryan Cheyette, author of The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction (2020) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Crossing the Lagoon 2 Confrontation and Segregation 3 Crossing Boundaries 4 Concord and Dispute 5 More Trouble 6 Stability and Friction 7 The Lion Who Roared 8 Music and Culture in the Ghetto 9 Politics and Diplomacy 10 Edging Towards Modernity 11 Decline Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index A Note on the Author
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Edinburgh University Press Gender in Scotland 12001800
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Edinburgh University Press The Materiality of Diplomacy in the HellenisticRoman Mediterranean
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Little, Brown Book Group Culloden
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the English Royal Army. But this wasn''t just a conflict between the Scots and the English, the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion. In Trevor Royle''s vivid and evocative narrative, we are drawn into the ranks, on both sides, alongside doomed Jacobites fighting fellow Scots dressed in the red coats of the Duke of Cumberland''s Royal Army. And we meet the Duke himself, a skilled warrior who would gain notoriety due to the reprisals on Highland clans in the battle''s aftermath. Royle also takes us beyond the battle as the men of the Royal Army, galvanized by its success at Culloden, expand dramatically and start to fight campaigns overseas in America and India in order to secure British interests; we see Trade ReviewTrevor Royle is an accomplished military historian of the 17th and 18th centuries, and of the martial Scots generally, and describes the Forty-five with shrewdness and balance . . . His prose is lyrical but hardheaded, and the people-centred narrative is always engaging -- Allan Mallinson * Spectator *[A] refreshing, incisive book . . . Royle's vivid narrative resembles a picaresque novel in which the characters are beset by unexpected strokes of good luck and misfortune -- Lawrence James * The Times *[An] excellent account . . . splendid history * Sunday Telegraph *Even someone tolerably well-acquainted with eighteenth century history is likely to find much that is new . . . Royle tells the story splendidly and makes his argument cogently. His book deserves a wide readership -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *This lovely, exciting book is the perfect introduction to Culloden and why it matters. Trevor Royle is a lucid, elegant writer who excels at explaining the tactics and techniques of warfare and the dynamics of battle * BBC History Magazine *An absorbing, fast-paced chronicle * History Revealed *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jacobites
Book SynopsisThe 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as the Young Pretender, sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, and with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled father, few people within Britain were alarmed. But after he raised the Stuart standard at Glenfinnan in the Western Highlands, destroyed a contingent of the British army at Prestonpans near Edinburgh, and then marched south into England, swiftly reaching Derby, the rising threatened to destabilise the British state, dethrone King George and the Hanoverian dynasty, while disrupting Britain's military capability in Europe and colonial activities in America and beyond. Less than four decades after the controversial Act of Union between Scotland and England, arrogance and incompetence on the part of government ministers had allowed the small danger Charles and his Jacobite army had initially posed to escalate into a full-scale civil war: paTrade ReviewA gripping, panoramic and timely account of the greatest eighteenth-century crisis to menace the Union of Great Britain -- Tom HollandSubstantial, deeply researched and fast-moving, it mingles the thrill of revolt with a careful analysis of international contexts and motives * Literary Review *A fresh and historically convincing perspective … An enthralling narrative [and] and a work of penetrating insight and dispassionate balance, which is captivating from start to finish -- Guardian * Colin Kidd *Page-turning, impeccably researched ... weaves a more complex tale than is taught in schools either side of the border * Tribune *A lively read, combining a good and succinct military account within wider and political social context ... I enjoyed and recommend -- Book of the Month * Military History Magazine *Her specialism in fine art, heritage and architecture means the book has an unusually acute sense of person and place … It is both scholarly and readable, with 60 bite-sized chapters each presenting a detailed, vivid part of a complex rebellion * BBC History Magazine *Jacqueline Riding’s Jacobites brilliantly captures the extraordinary daring of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s ’45, and takes us step-by-step to the final disaster at Culloden. This is the definitive modern account of the Jacobite Rising -- George Goodwin, author of 'Benjamin Franklin in London' and 'Fatal Rivalry: Henry VIII, James IV and the Battle for Renaissance Britain'Riding will expand even specialists’ knowledge of the ’45 because of her use of new source material, but her vivid storytelling and lively characterisation will also attract the general reader … She provides fascinating biographical details of the Jacobite leaders and skilfully uncovers their mutual suspicions and divisions. This is a well-researched and honourable attempt at an impartial history. * Tablet *For those who know nothing about the rebellion, Jacobites is an excellent place to begin. For those who know much about the subject, Jacqueline Riding provides a comprehensive, fair-minded and well-researched account. She will lead every reader, whatever their expertise, on an exciting and highly entertaining journey -- Paul Monod * Court Historian *One of the most incisive accounts of the second Jacobite uprising under Bonnie Prince Charlie succeeds by putting hard-headed analysis before hindsight … A forensic and accomplished account .. It is an immensely rigorous and meticulous book, but the narrative momentum never flags … Riding has done sterling service in providing one of the most nuanced and sophisticated histories of the ’45. Time and again, it offers fresh perspectives and interesting angles -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *Jacqueline Riding achieves a remarkable feat in producing a history which is both compulsively readable and factually packed. Having brilliantly toured the political situation of mid eighteenth-century Western Europe, she takes us along on the political (and then military) campaign trail with the Young Pretender. But the triumph of Riding’s new account of the 1745 rebellion is that, as we move from Rome, through Paris, to Scotland and England, we are taken grippingly from romance to comedy, and even high farce, before the eventual tragedy * Catholic Herald *The use of contemporary accounts, especially from women, offers a different and compelling perspective to events ... Even-handed, refreshingly free of jargon ...[it reads] like a thoroughly researched adventure story * Library Journal *A meticulously researched work of great scholarship. The author writes with flow and panache and the book is immensely readable. -- Maggie Craig, author of 'Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45' * goodreads *Witty and psychologically astute … impeccably researched yet vigorously paced … Riding has mined the archives to retrieve lost voices and her panoramic vision lets us hear the evolution of a national discourse * Country Life *
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Hodder Education Access to History Spain 14691598 Second Edition
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students.This title:- Supports the content and assessment requirements of the 2015 A-level History specifications- Contains authoritative and engaging content- Includes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians- Provides exam-style questions and guidance for each relevant specification to help students understand how to apply what they have learntThis title is suitable for a variety of courses including:- AQA: Spain in the Age of Discovery 1469-1598
£999.99
Hodder Education My Revision Notes Edexcel ASAlevel History
Book SynopsisExam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample Trade ReviewAnother quality book...It's been a great help. -- Mr Charles Spencer
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Trench
Book SynopsisThe First World War was one of the costliest conflicts in history, much of it fought over a narrow and bloody swathe of France and Flanders. At the outbreak of war, it was anticipated that conventional battle would bring a quick resolution, but four years later, strategy, tactics and the material of war had changed almost beyond recognition. For most of that time, the two sides had been locked in the stalemate of trench warfare, a battle conducted along a Western Front of over 400 miles, in which almost 3 million men were killed.In this anniversary edition, World War I trench expert Stephen Bull provides a complete picture of trench warfare on the Western Front, from the construction of the trenches and their different types.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Western Front Chronology The Armies of 1914 and the Problem of Attack The Beginning of the Trenches ‘Trenchtown’ New Weapons and Tactics Gas Raiding and Sniping Mining Concrete and Stellungsbau The Tank ‘Over the Top’ Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index
£14.24
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Castagnaro 1387
Book SynopsisA highly illustrated study of the medieval Italian battle of Castagnaro, the famous English condottiere captain Sir John Hawkwood''s greatest victory.The battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387 between the Veronese and the Paduans, was one of the few Italian medieval conflicts known in the English-speaking world thanks to the exploits of the renowned English mercenary (or condottiero) captain, Sir John Hawkwood. Commanding the Paduan army, he led them to a stunning victory.This new study challenges the conventional story of the battle, relocating it to the other side of the Adige River, and showing that Hawkwood was no mere disciple of his previous commander, the Black Prince--he was a highly talented and intelligent general in his own right. Using specially commissioned full-color artwork, this fascinating book shows how Hawkwood used his own acumen, and the training, skills and discipline of his very experienced condottieri, to defeat hisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent read and is recommended to anyone with an interest in this period. -- Chris May * Battlefield *Table of ContentsOrigins of the campaign /Chronology /Opposing commanders /Opposing armies /Orders of battle /Opposing plans /The campaign /Aftermath /The battlefields today /Further reading /Index
£999.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Chatham in the Great War
Book SynopsisA fascinating insight into how the people of Chatham coped with the problems of the First World War
£11.69
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle of the YpresComines Canal 1940
Book SynopsisA further volume in Jerry Murland's series of Battleground books on the France and Flanders Campaign 1940, leading to the Dunkirk Evacuation.
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Orion Publishing Co Arnhem
Book SynopsisThe vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR''Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background'' DAILY TELEGRAPH''Finely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian'' SUNDAY TIMESThis book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944. Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety.Made famous by the film A BRIDGE TOO FARTrade ReviewFinely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian * SUNDAY TIMES *Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have * TES *Clear-sighted, well-written and scrupulously fair ... it deserves to stand with the best of the battle chronicles * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
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Manchester University Press Debating Medieval Europe: The Early Middle Ages,
Book SynopsisDebating medieval Europe serves as an entry point for studying and teaching medieval history. Rather than simply presenting foundational knowledge or introducing sources, it provides the reader with frameworks for understanding the distinctive historiography of the period, digging beneath the historical accounts provided by other textbooks to expose the contested foundations of apparently settled narratives. It opens a space for discussion and debate, as well as providing essential context for the sometimes overwhelming abundance of specialist scholarship.Volume I addresses the early Middle Ages, covering the period c. 450–c. 1050. The chapters are organised chronologically, and cover such topics as the Carolingian Order, England and the ‘Atlantic Archipelago’, the Vikings and Ottonian Germany. It features a highly distinguished selection of medieval historians, including Paul Fouracre and Janet L. Nelson.Trade Review'The contributors to this edited volume do not engage in debate in the style of oppositional exposition, such as by questioning whether there was a Renaissance or what the causes of WW I were. Rather, they offer overviews of what has happened, looking at familiar chapters of medieval history, such as “The Transformation of the Roman World,” “The Carolingian Moment,” and “The Norman World, c. 1000-c.1100.” All the authors work from the premise that the traditional narrative, while not incorrect, has been modified by the scholarship of the last generation—newer work is well cited in the extensive chapter bibliographies—and that a more nuanced picture of medieval society is now emerging to enrich and amplify older generalizations. For instance, the more recent focus on royal women, greater ambiguity about burial practices and religious conviction, and more qualifications in the hagiographic accounts of Irish monks shaped by conversions all enrich the familiar story. These are readable essays with special concern for the student studying in a survey course. The promise of a second volume for the later medieval period sounds a welcome note.'--J. T. Rosenthal, emeritus, SUNY at Stony BrookSumming Up: Recommended. All undergraduates.Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .Table of ContentsHow to use this book: a guide for students - Stephen Mossman1 The transformation of the Roman world, c. 450-c. 550 - Craig H. Caldwell III2 The Successor States, 550-750 - Paul Fouracre3 The Carolingian moment - Janet L. Nelson4 Translatio imperii: Ottonian Germany - T. J. H. McCarthy5 Feudal revolution? Transformations around the year 1000 - Paul Fouracre6 Vikings and the 'age of iron' in the North Sea - Charles Insley7 Early medieval Spain, 800–1100: the Christian kingdoms and al-Andalus - Robert Portass8 England and the Atlantic Archipelago from Alfred to the Norman Conquest - Charles Insley9 The Norman world, c. 1000-c. 1100 - Paul OldfieldIndex
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Steerforth Press Sicily
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Reaktion Books The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisThe medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much – or too little – sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced to conform to restrictive rules about whom they could have sex with, in what way, how often, and even when, and could be harshly punished for getting it wrong. Other experiences are more familiar. Like us, medieval people faced challenges in finding a suitable partner or trying to get pregnant (or trying not to). They also struggled with many of the same social issues, such as whether prostitution should be legalized. Above all, they shared our fondness for dirty jokes and erotic images. By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life, and reveals details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past.Trade Review'The story of Simon the goat-lover is just one of hundreds of weird and wonderful anecdotes that rub together in Katherine Harvey's jaunty study of late-medieval sex . . . Her book is an enjoyable romp, smart as well as funny. It left me fully satisfied, with a big smile on my face.' - Dan Jones, Sunday Times; 'When does sex become rumpy-pumpy? . . . By the Middle Ages sex is indisputably odd. Reading Katherine Harvey's The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages, I found myself thinking: weird, weirder and, occasionally, whoa! This is an eye-watering, jaw-dropping, blush-raising book. Harvey, a medieval historian and honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, has peeped through the keyhole of the past and caught the Middle Ages in flagrante. The tone is spot-on: curious but not prurient; correct yet amused.' - Laura Freeman, The Times; 'an expansive, accessible and highly engaging account of what we do - and don't - know about western European sexual culture in the Middle Ages. The book offers multiple insights into the realities of medieval sex.' - BBC History Magazine; 'I can't think of more brilliant Christmas book to give to one's significant other if they have even a passing interest in medieval Europe or the rich and extraordinary sex life of its inhabitants.' - Erotic Review; 'This lively, engaging study combines a scholarly rigour with a sharp eye for telling detail, told in a fluid style that keeps the pages turning. A culture in which clerics commissioned sheelagh-na-gigs - graphic carvings of women displaying their genitals - to adorn their holy buildings perplex us. Harvey takes great care to explain this complicated culture.' - The Irish Times; '[an] irresistibly eccentric cultural history . . . Impeccably researched and impossibly entertaining, The Fires of Lust is a work that transcends its scholarly purpose . . .' - The Australian; 'An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people . . . By exploring their sex lives, the book brings ordinary medieval people to life, revealing details of their most personal thoughts and experiences. Ultimately, it provides us with an important and intimate connection to the past.' - New Books Network; 'A lively and readable account rooted in a deep knowledge of the scholarly literature on sexuality in medieval western Europe. Harvey's specialism in the history of medicine provides particular depth, and is integrated with legal and cultural material to create a sparkling and convincing whole.' - Ruth Mazo Karras; 'Masterful. There is no better guide to what occurs betwixt the sheets of the medieval bedroom than Katherine Harvey. The Fires of Lust - an absolute triumph.' - Kate Lister, author of A Curious History of Sex and Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts; 'With unabashed directness, a delicate touch of wit, and constant humanity, Katherine Harvey surveys the world of medieval sex and sexuality. Throughout The Fires of Lust she situates the twin themes of morality and medicine in the social and material world that medieval people inhabited. What those people thought, felt, feared and hoped for all play a part, alongside the pronouncements of theologians, lawmakers and intellectuals. Here, in its messy complexity, is medieval life - life laid bare, but always with respect and care. A triumph.' - John H. Arnold, Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge, author of Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe; 'Learned, fun, and full of surprises - a fascinating, wide-ranging guide to medieval sexual attitudes and experiences.' - Fara Dabhoiwala, author of The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution
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Four Courts Press Ltd The Ui Chellaig lords of Ui Maine and Tir Maine
Book SynopsisThe Ó Cellaig (O? Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tí r Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This book identifies and reconstructs the physical appearance of the major Ó Cellaig lordly centres from their emergence as one of the principal offshoots of the Uí Maine in c.1100, to the demise of the lordship around the year 1600. It begins with an historical background, which helps to identify the lordly centres (cenn á iteanna), and define the shifting physical boundaries of this territory through the period. The later medieval physical environment is then reconstructed, with an exploration of the resources and economic conditions which underpinned this inland Gaelic lordship. Thereafter, the focus moves to inspect these cenn á iteanna, their siting, forms and surrounding cultural landscapes. In doing so, the writer investigates a broad range of settlement forms, including the continued use of crannÓ ga and promontory forts, before turning to the tower house castle. This book tackles important themes in later medieval Gaelic society and its physical expression, through the lens of these eastern Connacht lords.
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Four Courts Press Cenel Neogain and the Donegal Kingdom Ad 800
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Archaeopress The Search for Wellbeing and Health Between the
Book SynopsisThe Search for Wellbeing and Health between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period compiles a series of works on cosmetics and health care, covering different geographical areas of Europe. The studies also focus on different cultures, with some chapters dedicated to the Hebrew sphere, others to the Muslim world, and a larger percentage dealing with Christian society.The contributions make use of some very important written sources: recipe books and treatises on medicine and cosmetics, especially those preserved from the Late Middle Ages (13th-15th centuries) onwards. These manuscripts reveal the raw materials used to make certain products, whose origin could be vegetable, animal or mineral. Many were used to combat various ailments, but also to take care of the body aesthetically. Thus, there are remedies to heal the eyes; to avoid problems with the teeth and to make them shine white; creams and soaps for the skin; hair dyes to avoid grey hair; lotions to combat baldness; and even diverse gastronomic recipes to obtain inner wellbeing. Other contributions take a more practical perspective. Studies are included in which some of the ingredients and products are explored through experimental archaeology (chemical analysis) and faunal remains obtained from archaeological campaigns are analysed in the laboratory, showing the Christian diet.Overall the book demonstrates the importance of healthcare and cosmetics in past societies that had very significant technical knowledge of a multitude of completely natural and sustainable products.
£53.71
The History Press Ltd The QE2 in the Falklands War
Book SynopsisWhen the QE2 entered service in 1969 she was the last great transatlantic liner from a vanishing era. In 1982 she was requisitioned to carry over 3,000 troops to the South Atlantic to free the Falkland Islands from Argentinian occupation. This is the first account of the significant role played by the Cunard flagship *Queen Elizabeth 2* (QE2) *to the outcome of the 1982 Falklands conflict, as told by two of the volunteers who crewed the liner to the South Atlantic, one of them a former *QE2 *captain. This detailed account includes interviews and extracts from diaries kept during the voyage by the authors and other crew members, complimented by previously unpublished images and documents. The voyage included refuelling at sea under hazardous weather conditions and navigating by night through a treacherous South Atlantic icefield. Illustrated with numerous photographs showing the conversion to a troop ship, on-board training exercises and helicopter manoeuvres, this important book is the first to reveal the enormous contribution of the ship to the British war effort, delivering the largest number of troops to the war zone.
£21.25
The History Press Ltd To Walk in the Dark
Book SynopsisIn 'To Walk in the Dark', intelligence specialist John Ellis presents the first comprehensive analysis of the First English Civil War intelligence services.
£12.34
Helion & Company Whiskey on the Rocks Volume 1
£16.96
Berghahn Books German Rule African Subjects
Book SynopsisAlthough it lasted only thirty years, German colonial rule dramatically transformed South West Africa. The colonial government not only committed the first genocide of the twentieth century against the Herero and Nama, but in their efforts to establish a model colony and racial state, they brought about even more destructive and long-lasting consequences. In this now-classic studyavailable here for the first time in Englishthe author provides an indispensable account of Germany's colonial utopia in what is present-day Namibia, showing how the highly rationalized planning of Wilhelmine authorities ultimately failed even as it added to the profound immiseration of the African population.
£32.40
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the
Book SynopsisEthnographic studies trace the background to and impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period. Using the evidence of archaeology, poetry, legal texts and annals, this volume investigates the social, economic and symbolic structures of early Scandinavia at the time of the Viking expansion. The contributors provide an outlineethnography, covering dwellings and settlements, kinship and social relations, law, political structures and external relations, rural and urban economies, and the ideology of warfare. The topics are discussed through case-studies, illustrating the changing scholarly interpretations of this formative period in Scandinavian history. By addressing these key research questions, the contributions trace the background to and the impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period in Scandinavia. JUDITH JESCH is Professor in Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham. Contributors: LENA HOLMQUIST OLAUSSON, BENTE MAGNUS, E. VESTERGAARD, BIRGIT ARRHENIUS, STEFAN BRINK, LISE BENDER JORGENSEN, SVEND NIELSEN, FRANDS HERSCHEND, NIELS LUND, DAVID N. DUMVILLE, JUDITH JESCH, DENNIS H. GREEN.Trade ReviewIlluminating and revealing.... Along with the rest of the series this is a welcome addition to the library shelf, and a book to which reference will regularly be made. * SAGA-BOOK *
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