European history Books
Wordwell The Building of Adare Manor
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£31.50
Wordwell Shifting Sentiment: Press Opinion in Ireland's
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£18.00
Wordwell A Bitter Winter: The Irish Civil War, 1922-23:
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£8.99
Wordwell Revolution at the Waldorf: America and the Irish
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£27.80
Wordwell Swords Castle: Digging History
Book SynopsisSwords Castle is not a castle in the accepted sense of the term but rather the best remaining upstanding example of a medieval episcopal palace in Ireland. Attributed to the first Anglo-Norman archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, it was founded in the later twelfth century as the administrative center of an extremely wealthy manor.Swords, which is c. 15km north of Dublin, is the county town of Fingal. This publication describes the results of the three seasons of archaeological excavation carried out at the castle as part of the Swords Castle: Digging History?Fingal Community Excavation Project 2015?2017, which was designed to address recently identified research and knowledge gaps.The book provides a comprehensive account of the fascinating history of the castle and the detailed archaeological excavations at the site.
£23.75
Wordwell The Sea, the Sky and Dublin Port: 2022
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£21.80
Helion & Company Cavalier Capital: Oxford in the English Civil War
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£21.25
Helion & Company Rebellion, Invasion and Occupation: The British
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£21.25
Helion & Company The Bloody Road to Catania: A History of XIII
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£16.96
Graffeg Limited Lost Tramways of England: London North East
Book SynopsisOne of four volumes covering the history of electric tramcar operation in London; concentrating on the routes to the north-east. The system in this area was largely the result of development by a number of local authorities such as Ilford and West Ham corporations and was converted largely to trolley bus operation in the years leading to 1940.
£8.99
Graffeg Limited Lost Tramways of England: London North West
Book SynopsisOne of four volumes to cover the history of electric tramcar operation in London. It concentrates on those routes to the North and North-west of the River Thames an area largely dominated by by the Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The bulk of this area saw its tramways largely converted to trolley bus operation during the 1930s.
£8.99
Graffeg Limited Lost Tramways of England: London South East
Book SynopsisOne of four volumes to cover the history of electric tramcar operation in London. Stretching once as far east as Dartford, much of the network south-east of the river inherited from the London County Council survived World War II and remained operational until the process of conversion Operation Tramaway'' commenced in 1950.
£8.99
Graffeg Limited Lost Tramways of England: London South West
Book SynopsisThis was the area that witnessed the London United Tramway''s early trolleybus routes as well as operations of Croydon Corporation. Although many of the routes were to be converted before the outbreak of war in September 1939, a number were to survive right through until the final conversion of the system between 1950 and 1952.
£8.99
Helion & Company Charles X's Wars: Volume 3 - The Danish Wars,
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£31.96
Helion & Company Hungary 1849: The Summer Campaign
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£999.99
Helion & Company Campaigns of the Eastern Association: The Rise of
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£999.99
Ozaru Books Watch and Ward: A History of Margate Borough
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£47.49
Dynasty Press Ltd And Then The King Died
Book SynopsisA humorous account of the demise of British royalty, the dynasty of massive repute. 'There was nothing very funny to write about his death except to say it was much appreciated.' From the tragic to the humorous, the unexpected to the almost unbelievable, And Then the King Died recalls the fascinating history of royal demises in Great Britain, from Alfred the Great to George VI. Murder, madness, unfortunate accidents and toilet problems all feature in this absorbing and at times hilarious account of the deaths of our nation's monarchs. The book takes each royal character in turn and deals with their end. A chapter by chapter, summary of the causes of death in the royal lineage, and full of human interest. The characters in this book are all well known to the potential readers. They have entered our mythology and the fabric of our society and moulded the British identity. They are known for their exploits and for the achievements of the citizens who contributed during their lifetimes. This book describes another side to their existence, their frailty and vulnerability, their final conflict. The book is a light-hearted and sometimes irreverent study of the human side of well-known leaders. Some may see the content as an allegory for the present state of the monarchy. Others may worry that the topic could be given more consideration in the forthcoming months.
£12.34
INSTAP Academic Press The Sacred Landscape at Leska and Minoan Kythera
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of the survey and excavation of a second peak sanctuary on Minoan Kythera at Leska. An introduction to the archaeological background of the island is provided, as well as a discussion on peak sanctuaries there and in Minoan Crete. The discovery of Leska and the research conducted there are described, and a discussion of the diachronic use of the summit is presented, following analyses of the material remains (including pottery, figurines, stone vessels, stone tools, and jewelry). Detailed discussions of the active role and significance of the landscape and the cultic practices allow an in-depth analysis of the links between society and cult, and also of the ways in which the landscape and immediate surroundings at Leska were sacralised in the Middle Minoan IB to Late Minoan IB phase. The broader analysis of the sacred landscape on Kythera provides a unique opportunity to asess Aegean religion during the Minoan period outside Crete. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations in the Text List of Tables in the Text List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Fieldwork 3. Pottery 4. Small Finds 5. The Palimpsest of Human Activities at Leska 6. Landscape Analysis 7. Rituals, Cult, and Beliefs 8. Comparisons and Synthesis References Index Figures Plates
£73.62
FreeLance Academy Press The Twelve of England
Book SynopsisIn the waning years of the fourteenth century, the household of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster was scandalized when twelve petulant English knights publicly mocked the twelve ladies-in-waiting to the Duke's wife, calling them ugly to their faces. Outraged, the ladies sought immediate redress, but so fearsome were the knights' reputations that none would step forward. Desperate for help, the Duke appealed to his son-in-law King Joao I of Portugal to find champions ready to fight for the ladies' honor. Enter the 'Twelve of England,' a band of battle-hardened Portuguese knights. Led by the redoubtable Alvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, known as 'Magriço,' or 'The Lean One,' these twelve fearless men set out for England to fight the English knights in judicial combat, prepared to shed their blood to save the honour of ladies they had never met. Such tales of valour and derring-do, which often hinge on the notion of a team of warriors venturing into hostile territory on a quest for vengeance or redress set against a sweeping historical backdrop, have captured the imagination of audiences through the ages, from Jason and the Argonauts to Lieutenant Aldo Raine and the 'Inglorious Basterds.' Although undoubtedly a fictional tale inserted into historical reality, the action does not end at the household of the Duke of Lancaster, and other adventures ensue in France, Germany and Burgundy, as the twelve heroes spread the fame of Portuguese chivalry throughout the great courts of Europe. The third volume of the Deeds of Arms series presents a complete translation of the earliest known version of the Twelve of England, which has survived in only one manuscript. Professor Fallows presents the text in both the medieval Portuguese and an accompanying English translation. A facsimile of the original manuscript and an extensive introduction covering the historical context of both the text and the deeds it discusses are also included. An overview of the arms and armour used by the combatants, colour illustrations, genealogical tables, maps and a comprehensive bibliography further complement the text. Trade Review Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1.Introduction Text and Context The Cast of Characters Deeds of Arms Conclusion 2. A Note on Armor 3. A Note on the Edition and Translation 4. The Deeds of the Twelve of England: Portuguese Text 5. The Deeds of the Twelve of England: English Translation Appendix 1: Facsimile of Ms. 87, fols. 260r-265v Appendix 2: Genealogical Tables Appendix 3: Maps Bibliography
£22.50
FreeLance Academy Press 'Can These Bones Come to Life?', Vol 1:
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the past takes more forms than historiography. Since 2005, professional and amateur scholars have come together at the annual International Medieval Congress in Western Michigan University to discuss the role re-construction, re-enactment and re-creation can play in 'breathing life into these dry bones' to deepen our knowledge of the past. Under the sponsorship of the Higgins Armory Museum and the Oakeshott Institute, presenters have looked at subjects ranging from ore smelting to equitation to the use of recreation and reenactment in the classroom. A special focus of these sessions has always been the critical examination of European fencing books, or Fechtbucher - not only for the sake of reconstructing the arts found therein, but also for what these sources can tell us about intellectual, cultural and social history. Thanks in part to editors' Mondschein and Cramer's work, the study of fencing books has rapidly become a recognized field of academic study. This volume brings together eight papers examining the study and reconstruction of medieval and early modern fight-books and related subjects. The subjects covered range from manuscript studies to philology, from Aristotelian physics to martial musicality, from medieval textuality to women and warfare. It will be of interest not only to professional historians, musicologists, literary scholars and art historians, but also to the vast army of impassioned and enthusiastic practitioners who endeavor, as a labour of love, to make the past come to life. Table of ContentsIntroduction Ken Mondschein Amazon, Allegory, Swordswoman, Saint? The Walpurgis Images in Royal Armouries MS I.33 Valerie Eads and Rebecca L. R. Garber Arts and Crafts of War: die Kunst des Schwertes in its Manuscript Context Keith Alderson The Medieval Experience of Time: Aristotle, Universals, and Technologies Ken Mondschein Patterns of Remedy in il Fior di Battaglia Robert Charrette Memory and Performance: Visual and Rhetorical Strategies of Medieval Martial Arts Texts Sean Hayes The Terminology of Medieval English Fight Texts: A Brief Overview James Hester Pure Air and Fire: Re-creating Medieval Horsemanship, or How to Ride like a Knight Michael A. Cramer Performance of the "Palästinalied" of Walther von der Vogelweide Mary Loomer Oliver
£22.50
Museyon Guides Eating Eternity: Food, Art and Literature in
Book Synopsis"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour," wrote Talleyrand. That Napoleon's most gifted advisor should speak so highly of eating says much about the importance of food in French culture. From the crumbs of a madeleine dipped in tisane that inspired Marcel Proust to the vast produce market where Emile Zola set one of his finest novels, the French have celebrated the relationship between art and food. Eating Eternity offers a seductive menu of those places in the French capital where art and food have intersected. Appendices guide you to the restaurant where Napoleon proposed to Josephine, the cafés patronized by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, Isadora Duncan and Man Ray, as well as those out-of-the-way sites that bring to life the culinary experience of Paris. Eating Eternity is an invaluable and unique guide to the art and food of Paris. Bon appetit! AUTHOR: John Baxter is a writer, journalist and filmmaker; he has called Paris home since 1989. He is the author of numerous books including the autobiographical Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas, The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris, Chronicles of Old Paris: Exploring the Historic City of Light, The Golden Moments of Paris: A Guide to the Paris of the 1920s and French Riviera and Its Artists.
£16.14
Museyon Of Love and Paris: Historic, Romantic and
Book SynopsisThe French may not have invented love but they perfected it, and the laboratory in which they did so was Paris. James Joyce called the city ?a lamp for lovers, hung in the wood of the world.? From the Middle Ages, Paris has drawn those who wish to experience the limits of love ? intellectual, spiritual, carnal. In Of Love and Paris, John Baxter turns the spotlight on some of them, from the medieval troubadours who seduced court ladies with flowery verse to Man Ray, whose camera conferred immortality on his lover and model Kiki, and Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, who turned their moans of sexual pleasure into music. The grandes horizontales of the belle epoque, accomplished technicians of eroticism who drew the rich and powerful of both sexes to Paris, had their modern incarnation in Gala, who left the bed she shared with poet Paul Éluard and painter Max Ernst to seduce the young Salvador Dalí. Love in Paris, however, can take unexpected forms. Was the devotion to Marcel Proust of his housekeeper Céleste Albaret any less passionate than that of Anne Desclos to Jean Paulhan, for whom she composed ?the strangest love letter any man ever received??the notorious novel Story of O, the predecessor of Fifty Shades of Grey? Love has a multitude of faces, and some of the most mysterious and surprising are unveiled in Of Love and Paris.
£16.14
Arc Medieval Press People and Places of the Roman Past: The Educated
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£29.95
PC Books Haikoons and the Dragon Girl: Mewsings on my
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£14.99
Hachette Livre - BNF Combat En Champ Clos, À Bourg En Bresse
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£10.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Le Second Empire
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£11.40
Hachette Livre - BNF Étude Sur Francisco Goya, Sa Vie Et Ses Travaux:
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£11.00
Hachette Livre - BNF de la Légitimité En Portugal, Question
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£11.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Le Département Des Affaires Étrangères Pendant La
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£23.75
Hachette Livre - BNF Les Enseignements d'Anne de France, À Sa Fille
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£18.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Considérations Sur La France [Par Joseph de
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£15.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Études Sur l'Histoire d'Haïti Suivies de la Vie
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£20.90
Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire Philosophique Et Politique Dans Les Deux
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£18.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Le Parlement de Franche-Comté, de Son
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£19.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire Du Canal Du MIDI, Connu Précédemment
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£9.50
Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire de Pascal Paoli, Ou Un Épisode de
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£18.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Celle Qui Pleure (Notre-Dame de la Salette)
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£18.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Recueil Des Actes Du Comité de Salut Public.
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£21.85
Hachette Livre - BNF Carthage Retrouvée. c'Est À Bougie de l'Algérie
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£10.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Les Beaux Jours de l'Impératrice Marie-Louise:
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£19.95
Hachette Livre - BNF Le Secret de la Bergère de la Salette: Complément
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£9.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Les Français Au Canada. Historique de Cette
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£11.40
Hachette Livre - BNF Procès-Verbaux Du Comité d'Instruction Publique
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£36.10
Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire Politique Des États-Unis: Depuis Les
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£19.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Histoire de la Ville de Malaucène Et de Son
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£19.95
Hachette Livre - BNF Souvenirs Du Général Jarras: Chef d'État-Major
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£18.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Napoléon Et Alexandre Ier, l'Alliance Russe Sous
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£26.60
