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Book SynopsisLong before the arrival of the ‘Empire Windrush’ after the Second World War, Liverpool was widely known for its polyglot population, its boisterous ‘sailortown’ and cosmopolitan profile of transients, sojourners and settlers. Regarding Britain as the mother country, ‘coloured’ colonials arrived in Liverpool for what they thought to be internal migration into a common British world. What they encountered, however, was very different. Their legal status as British subjects notwithstanding, ‘coloured’ colonials in Liverpool were the first to discover: ‘There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack’. Despite the absence of significant new immigration, despite the high levels of mixed dating, marriages and parentage, and despite pioneer initiatives in race and community relations, black Liverpudlians encountered racial discrimination, were left marginalized and disadvantaged and, in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots of 1981, the once proud ‘cosmopolitan’ Liverpool stood condemned for its ‘uniquely horrific’ racism. ‘Before the Windrush’ is a fascinating study that enriches our understanding of how the empire ‘came home’. By drawing attention to Liverpool’s mixed population in the first half of the twentieth century and its approach to race relations, this book seeks to provide historical context and perspective to debates about Britain’s experience of empire in the twentieth century.Trade Review'With this - his best - book, Professor Belchem tells a story from the Mersey that not only speaks to the British present, it roars. [...] So roll over Nigel Farage: longer then anywhere else in Britain, Liverpool has heard it all before and knows where it leads.' Ed Vulliamy, The Observer * The Observer *'… a pioneering study of race relations in twentieth-century Liverpool, based on a wealth of primary sources and written with clarity. The general treatment is chronological, from the early 1900s to the Toxteth riots in 1981. ...This book is more than a contribution to the city’s history: it should be read by people responsible for shaping the country’s future race relations.'Northern History'The research on which [Before the Windrush] is based is characteristically deep and wide-ranging... it is informed throughout by an intimate understanding of the peculiarities of place and people. Belchem has written an important monograph which merits study by all concerned with the subject, and it is right to salute here both this particular achievement and his overall contribution to the history of Liverpool.'Philip Waller, English Historical ReviewTable of Contents List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: ‘The most disturbing case of racial disadvantage in the United Kingdom’ 1. Edwardian cosmopolitanism 2. Riot, miscegenation and inter-war depression 3. War-time hospitality and the colour bar 4. Repatriation, reconstruction and post-war race relations 5. Race relations in the 1950s 6. 1960s: race and youth 7. The failure of community relations 8. ‘It took a riot’ Sources consulted Index

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Book SynopsisSince the onset of the troubles in the late 1960s, people in Northern Ireland have been working together to bring about a peaceful, non-violent end to the conflict. In doing so, they have used their efforts as a means to support the transition to a post-conflict society in the wake of the ceasefires and the Good Friday Agreement. This collection is the first to examine the different forms of peace and reconciliation work that have taken place. It brings together an international group of scholars to examine initiatives such as integrated education, faith-based peace building, cross-border co-operation and women’s activism as well as the impact that government policy and European funding have had upon the development of peace and reconciliation organisations. This unique collection of essays demonstrates the contribution that such schemes have made to the peace process and the part that they can play in Northern Ireland’s future. Contributors include: Kevin Bean (Liverpool), Katy Hayward (Queens), Peter Shirlow(Queens), and Kieron McEvoy (Queens).Trade ReviewThe book constitutes a valuable contribution to scholarly debate on the role of civil society in conflict resolution, and a timely reminder that the hard work of building peace in Northern Ireland has only just begun. . . . Hopefully, the insights of the authors will inform policies to support and enhance the grassroots peacebuilding work that, while often taken for granted, has not been insignificant. Gladys Ganiel, Irish Literary Supplement * Irish Literary Supplement *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction: Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland - Maria Power 2. Understanding the role of non-aligned civil society in peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: towards a fresh approach - Nicholas Acheson, Carl Milofsky and Maurice Stringer 3. The role of civil society in promoting peace in Northern Ireland - Timothy J. White 4. The contribution of integrated schools to peacebuilding in Northern Ireland - Claire McGlynn 5. Providing a prophetic voice for peace? Church leaders and peacebuilding - Maria Power 6. ‘Peace Women’, gender and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: from reconciliation and political inclusion to human rights and human security - Marie Hammond-Callaghan 7. Encumbered by data: understanding politically motivated former prisoners and the transition to peace in Northern Ireland - Kieran McEvoy and Pete Shirlow 8. Loyalism and peacebuilding in the 2000s - Joana Etchart 9. Civil Society, the State and conflict Transformation in the Nationalist Community - Kevin Bean 10. Examining the peacebuilding policy framework of the Irish and British governments - Sandra Buchanan 11. Building peace and crossing borders: the north/south dimension of reconciliation - Katy Hayward, Cathal McCall and Ivo Damkat 12. Peace dividends: the role of aid in peacebuilding - Elham Atashi Index

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Book SynopsisThis book critically examines the republican career of one of Ireland’s more controversial political figures, Seán MacBride (1904-1988), focusing on his subversive activities prior to his reinvention as a constitutional politician. MacBride, a Nobel and Lenin prize-winning humanitarian, was a youthful participant in the Irish Revolution of 1916-1923. He was an active member of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence, and found himself on the losing side of the 1922-23 Civil War. Rising through the ranks of the depleted and demoralised post-revolutionary republican movement, MacBride occupied a leadership position in the Irish Republican Army for fifteen years, bridging the difficult formative years of the Irish Free State to the ascent of de Valera and Fianna Fáil. Leaving behind an active part in the republican movement in 1938, MacBride moved into legal circles, carving out a successful career at the Irish Bar through the years of the Emergency, while maintaining links with both the IRA the German legation in Dublin. As well as providing the first scholarly assessment of MacBride’s political career within the Irish republican movement, this book offers wider reflections on the transition from violent republicanism to constitutional politics. The book also analyses internal tensions and strategic shifts within the Irish republican community in the post-revolutionary period, in particular the oscillations between politics and militarism, and considers the political, ideological and moral challenges that the Second World War presented to Irish political culture.Trade ReviewReviews'An extremely interesting biographical study, written with a light and sensitive hand, which skilfully paints a credible portrait of a complex and elusive character.' Eunan O’Halpin, Trinity College Dublin'[An] ... elegantly written and penetrating study of MacBride’s early career... Nic Dháibhéid’s book charts [MacBride's] life up to the formation of Clann na Poblachta, in 1946, tracing with a fine, forensic touch his precocious involvement in the republican struggle... What emerges is distinctly new.' Roy Foster, Irish Times'A welcome addition to the literature on twentieth-century Ireland in general and MacBride in particular. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of his early years. The book is also essential reading for anyone interested in the revolutionary period and the IRA's relationship with the new state after independence.' Ciara Meehan, Irish Literary Supplement'This book focuses on his fragmented childhood when, as a teenage boy, he saw his mother imprisoned and had his first battles with authority. Nic Dhábhéid’s book not only throws fascinating light on MacBride’s formative years, but also on the bitter internal struggles of the IRA, leading to the torture of its alcoholic chief of staff, Stephen Hayes, and the brutal murder of Wexford man Michael Devereux.'Sunday Business Post'Nic Dhaibheid’s impressive and important new study now stands as the essential work on MacBride’s equally fascinating early years.'Journal of British Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. 'The Centre of Delight of the Household': 1904-1916 2. 'Fighting the Tans at Fourteen': 1916-1918 3. Seán MacBride's Irish Revolution: 1919-1921 4. Rising through the Ranks: 1921-1926 5. 'The Driving Force of the Army': 1926-1932 6. 'The Guiding Influence of the Mass of the People should be the IRA': 1932-1937 7. Becoming Legitimate? 1938-1940 8. 'Standing Counsel to the Illegal Organisation': 1943-1946 Epilogue Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of propaganda and patriotism in First World War Britain too often focuses on the clichés of Kitchener, ‘over by Christmas’ and the deaths of patriotic young volunteers at the Somme and elsewhere. A common assumption is that familiar forms of patriotism did not survive the war. However, the activities of the National War Aims Committee in 1917-18 suggest that propaganda and patriotism remained vigorous in Britain in the last years of the war. The NWAC, a semi-official Parliamentary organisation responsible for propaganda to counteract civilian war-weariness, produced masses of propaganda material aimed at re-stimulating civilian patriotism and yet remains largely unknown and rarely discussed. This book provides the first detailed study of the NWAC’s activities, propaganda and reception. It demonstrates the significant role played by the NWAC in British society after July 1917, illuminating the local network of agents and committees which conducted its operations and the party political motivations behind these. At the core of the book is a comprehensive analysis of the Committee’s propaganda. NWAC propaganda contained an underlying patriotic narrative which re-presented many familiar pre-war patriotic themes in ways that sought to encompass the experiences of civilians worn down by years of total war. By interpreting propaganda through the purposes it served, rather than the quantity of discussion of particular aspects, the book rejects common and reductive interpretations which depict propaganda as being mainly about the vilification of enemies. Through this analysis, the book makes a wider plea for deeper attention to the purposes behind patriotic language.Trade ReviewReviews'Impressively detailed, this book is a major, original and illuminating contribution to the scholarship of propaganda.' Adrian Gregory'Monger has been able to shed important light on a crucial propaganda organisation, existing during the last months of the war when the maintenance of morale had become so important, and successfully presents this in a fashion that would interest anyone concerned with the employment of propaganda in the early part of the 20th century.'William Butler, Reviews in History'…the NWAC mattered, and was seen to matter. The same can, and should, be said of this monograph. Monger has written an interesting and original book on an important subject; this work deserves to become required reading not only for students of wartime propaganda, but for anyone interested in the nature of the wartime British state, or in the very idea of “patriotism” in modern Britain.' Matthew Johnson, English Historical Review'Monger has written an interesting and original book on an important subject; this work deserves to become required reading not only for students of wartime propaganda, but for anyone interested in the nature of the wartime British state, or in the very idea of ‘patriotism’ in modern Britain.' Matthew Johnson, English Historical ReviewTable of Contents List of figures and tables List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: The National War Aims Committee 1: The development of wartime propaganda and the emergence of the NWAC 2: The NWAC at work 3: Local agency, local work: the role of constituency War Aims Committees Part 2: Patriotism for a purpose: NWAC propaganda 4: Presentational patriotisms 5: Adversaries at home and abroad: the context of negative difference 6: Civilisational principles: Britain and its allies as the guardians of civilisation 7: Patriotisms of duty: sacrifice, obligation and community – the narrative core of NWAC propaganda 8: Promises for the future: the encouragement of aspirations for a better life, nation and world Part 3: The impact of the NWAC 9: ‘A premium on corruption’? Parliamentary, pressure group and national press responses 10: Individual and local reactions to the NWAC Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the midst of the freezing winter of 1978–79, more than 2,000 strikes, infamously coined the “Winter of Discontent,” erupted across Britain as workers rejected the then Labour Government’s attempts to curtail wage increases with an incomes policy. Labour’s subsequent electoral defeat at the hands of the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher ushered in an era of unprecedented political, economic, and social change for Britain. A potent social myth also quickly developed around the Winter of Discontent, one where “bloody-minded” and “greedy” workers brought down a sympathetic government and supposedly invited the ravages of Thatcherism upon the British labour movement. 'The Winter of Discontent' provides a re-examination of this crucial series of events in British history by charting the construction of the myth of the Winter of Discontent. Highlighting key strikes and bringing forward the previously-ignored experiences of female, black, and Asian rank-and-file workers along-side local trade union leaders, the author places their experiences within a broader constellation of trade union, Labour Party, and Conservative Party changes in the 1970s, showing how striking workers’ motivations become much more textured and complex than the “bloody-minded” or “greedy” labels imply. The author further illustrates that participants’ memories represent a powerful force of “counter-memory,” which for some participants, frame the Winter of Discontent as a positive and transformative series of events, especially for the growing number of female activists. Overall, this fascinating book illuminates the nuanced contours of myth, memory, and history of the Winter of Discontent.Trade ReviewReviews 'The most comprehensive, balanced and persuasive analysis of the Winter of Discontent so far available.'Pat Thane'An important book of considerable scholarship and historical technique, offering valuable alternative perspectives and significant insights into the industrial unrest of the British ‘winter of discontent’.' John Shepherd, University of Huddersfield'Lopez’s study focuses – as the title suggests – on the creation of the myths that surrounded the Winter of Discontent, and their subsequent repackaging and reiteration in the 1980s and beyond. Utilising a number of previously unseen sources, especially some stimulating and thought-provoking interviews with a number of those who participated on various sides of the 1978/9 industrial disputes, the study provides an important addition to the ever-growing historiography of late-twentieth-century British political history.' Andrew Edwards, Labour History Review'The book makes possible a significantly more nuanced understanding, both of the ‘lived experience’ of those who participated in industrial action and of the dire economic conditions from which the strikes emerged. The result is a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on the 1970s.'Robert Saunders, Twentieth Century British History'Martin López looks beyond the common, monolithic understanding of the period to examine the complex, underlying forces that affected the strikes and their reception by Labour and Conservative politicians, the media and the British public. Her book traces the ways in which understandings and experiences of gender were embedded within workers’ lives and the increasing gendering of trade union spaces, which is often overlooked in retellings of the event. ... this is a valuable and important book for people interested in British labour, economic and political history, as well as gender and transnational feminist studies. Martin López deepens and enriches previous scholarly understandings of the period.' Laura Y. Merrell, Feminist ReviewTable of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements Foreword by Sheila Rowbotham Introduction 1. The Ghosts of the Past: Myth and the Winter of Discontent 2. Winter of Discontent:Causes and Context 3. The Floodgates Open: The Strike at Ford 4. ‘The Second Stalingrad:’ The Road Haulage Strikes 5. ‘Freezers of Corpses and Sea Burials:’ The Liverpool Gravediggers’ Strike 6. Unseemly Behaviour: Women and Local Authority Strikes 7. ‘Celia’s Gate’ and Strikes in the National Health Service 8. Crosscurrents of Memory: Myth, Memory, and Counter-Memory 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an introduction to medieval English book-history through a sequence of exemplary analyses of commonplace book-historical problems. Rather than focus on bibliographical particulars, the volume considers a variety of ways in which scholars use manuscripts to discuss book culture, and it provides a wide-ranging introductory bibliography to aid in the study. All the essays try to suggest how the study of surviving medieval books might be useful in considering medieval literary culture more generally. Subjects covered include authorship, genre, discontinuous production, scribal individuality and community, the history of libraries and the history of book provenance.Trade ReviewReviews'Scholarship in this work is superb. Quotations, translations, bibliography are spot on. Professor Hanna’s lifetime of intelligent work in the field glows at all points of discussion.' MS referee'This is a first-rate book from a scholar at the forefront of palaeographical and bibliographical study; it will have a wide readership. It will be an excellent partner for the recent Owen-Crocker volume 'Working with Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts.' Series Editors'This handsome volume teaches far more than the facts of book history, manuscript culture, and Middle English Literature. It is a model of how to sleuth, how to think critically, how to enter into a detective mindset 'in which every implicit assumption of knowledge [is] teased out, queried and productively qualified.'Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und LiteraturenTable of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Acknowledgements On the reproductions 1. Texts and their books: the case of 'Beowulf' 2. Medieval authors and texts: the Middle English 'Benjamin' Appendix: The manuscripts of 'Benjamin' 3. The history of a book: Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C.285 4. Shared exemplars: British Library, MS Cotton Galba E.ix and its relations 5. Scribal oeuvres: ‘Chaucer’s Scribe’ and his 'Canterbury Tales' 6. A book contract and its ‘set text’: John Forbor’s Psalter Appendix: The Slaithwaite indenture: a transcription, translation and notes 7. Provenances: some medieval libraries Appendix: Selections from medieval booklists John Erghome (OESA of York) Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester The lord Welles Index of manuscripts cited Index of scholars cited

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Book SynopsisThis book studies the political role of the Chilean military during the years 1808-1826. Beginning with the fall of the Spanish monarchy to Napoleon in 1808 and ending immediately after the last royalist contingents were expelled from the island of Chiloé, it does not seek to give a full picture of the participation of military men on the battlefield but rather to interpret their involvement in local politics. In so doing, this book aims to make a contribution to the understanding of Chile’s revolution of independence, as well as to discuss some of the most recent historiographical contributions on the role of the military in the creation of the Chilean republic. Although the focus is placed on the career and participation of Chilean revolutionary officers, this book also provides an overview of both the role of royalist armies and the influence of international events in Chile.Trade Review'This book takes a fresh look at Chilean independence, focused on war and the rise of military leadership. Based on extensive research in primary sources and entering into debate with recent historiography, it makes a valuable contribution to the literature on war and politics in the age of Latin American independence.' Anthony McFarlane, University of Warwick'Armies, Politics, and Revolution: Chile, 1808-1826 can be regarded as a significant contribution to the collection of books relating to Independence, especially with regard to the study of civil-military relations, to the the social impact of war and the politicization of the army at the construction stage in the framework of a welcome turn to a political and army.'Gabriel Cid, Universidad Diego Portales'In Armies, Politics, and Revolution, Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz examines the impact warfare had on political modernity in Chile between 1808 and 1826.Ossa Santa Cruz argues “that the revolutionary war was a prolonged experience that—for good or bad—had permanent effects on Chilean society” (5). The book describes in detail the different armies in wars that led to Chilean independence. It analyzes both royal forces and the Army of the Andes, which finally won the war and established—in the words of Ossa Santa Cruz—a military regime in Chile.'Ulrich Mücke, Latin American Research ReviewTable of ContentsAbbreviations Maps Introduction I. Themes and hypotheses II. Book structure III. A note on sources and terminology Chapter I: Building up a revolutionary army in Chile, 1808-1814 I. 1808-1810: internal responses to imperial crisis II. A conflict of politics, a conflict between provinces III. Revolutionary warfare in Chile IV. The political legitimization of a revolutionary movement Chapter II: Political and military counterrevolution in Chile, 1814-1817 I. Mariano Osorio’s political and military behaviour II. Francisco Marcó del Pont: alienating internal inhabitants, facing an external threat III. Was it possible to re-conquer Chile? Chapter III: Mendoza: the preparation of a South American army, 1814-1817 I. Chilean émigrés in a foreign territory II. The Army of the Andes and the militarization of civil society III. Chileans in the Army of the Andes. Spies, military intelligence and the guerra de zapa IV. Crossing the Cordillera Chapter IV: The establishment of a military regime in Chile, 1817-1823 I. Ruling over an unruly population II. Maipú: battle for territorial dominance III. Irregular warfare in the south of Chile IV. The personalization of politics Chapter V: Becoming a Chilean army. The Ejército Libertador del Perú, 1818-1823 I. The organization of the Ejército Libertador del Perú and the first Chilean navy II. Lima: royalist stronghold III. Internal conflicts, external consequences IV. Becoming a Chilean army Chapter VI: The political role of the military in the making of the Chilean republic, 1822-1826 I. The revival of Concepción and the Army of the South II. The political role of the military in the 1820s. The case of Francisco Antonio Pinto III. Politicizing the army in the Chilean Congress IV. Chiloé: capitulation of revolutionary warfare Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisFunding Philanthropy investigates Dr Barnardo’s work and philanthropic ‘empire’ as early manifestations of promotional and branding mechanisms in the mid- to late-Victorian period, processes that would seem commonplace by the mid- to late-twentieth century. Barnardo possessed a strategic sense of what would excite people’s interest and pity, as well as a seemingly unfailing capacity to package and promote evangelical philanthropy on behalf of children, the nation and the Empire. Thus, the book explores Barnardo as creative promoter and ‘showman,’ a savvy entrepreneur in an evangelical context that overtly mandated against privileging business principles generally, and the practice of direct appeal specifically. To manage the business of philanthropy, Barnardo operated as narrator, orchestrator, and showman, depending upon artfully constructed bodies, images and stories as imperatives for emotional engagement and collective participation. Funding Philanthropy offers new knowledge to anyone interested in Victorian history, conceptualising children, literary modes, and marketing practices. The book also considers how Barnardo’s conception of charity is closely aligned with principles of unconditional hospitality, precisely at a moment in time when the English were intent on centralising philanthropy and on meting out support according to measures Barnardo regarded as punitive and unchristian. Part One explicates how institutional branding evolved according to the properties associated with the metaphor of the ‘open door’; Part Two elucidates how narrative devices associated with fiction raise both affect and funds; Part Three concentrates on how Barnardo exploited strategies associated with dramatic performance in public spectacles, despite his adamant strictures against the theatre itself. Discussion burrows down to elucidate such events as highly ritualised Annual General Meetings, child picnics, as well as ubiquitous ‘bazaars’ and self-denial drives. Extensive research in Barnardo’s vast archive of periodical publication for children, youth and adults and the wider public press underpin the discursive analysis.Trade ReviewReviews 'A very engaging and insightful account of Barnardo’s work.' Kate Bradley, University of KentTable of ContentsPart One: Metaphor Chapter One The ‘Open Door’: Metaphor and Promoting the Barnardo Brand Part Two: Narrative Chapter Two Narrative: Raising Affect, Raising Funds Chapter Three Dr Barnardo’s ‘Young Helpers’: Agency, Philanthropy and Juvenile Periodicals Chapter Four The ‘Queen’s Shades’ and a ‘Gothicized’ London Part Three: Spectacle Chapter Five: Barnardo’s Bazaars, Desire and Self Denial Chapter Six ‘Panoramas’ and ‘Living Pictures’: Dr Barnardo’s Annual Meetings

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Book SynopsisHagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature accessible to ordinary people in the medieval world. St. Theodore ‘the Recruit’ was one of the best-known of the so-called ‘military saints’ or ‘soldier saints’, particularly in the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, and the eastern Christian world, where churches dedicated to him were to be found in towns, cities and in the countryside. While the cult of St. Theodore has been studied in the context of hagiographical writing and from the perspective of his representation in medieval art, this is the first translation into a modern language of any of the Greek texts connected with St Theodore. Ranging in date from the fifth to the eleventh century CE, five accounts of the martyrdom of the saint together with two sets of miracles have been selected, texts that testify to the growth and to the evolution of the martyrdoms and miracle collections associated with him. St Theodore ‘the Recruit’ had a senior partner, St Theodore ‘the General’ who first appears in the ninth century and reflects the tastes and demands of middle Byzantine élite society.With a detailed introduction that examines the structure of the texts and their historical development, this volume also situates them in the context of recent archaeological work at Roman Euchaïta, the centre of the cult in Anatolia.Table of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIllustrationsChapter 1: IntroductionSt Theodore ‘the Recruit’St Theodore ‘the General’St Theodore ‘the Recruit’ and EuchaïtaChapter 2: The textsContext: martyrdoms and miraclesThe martyrdom accounts: date and development The miracle collectionsChapter 3: TranslationsText 1: Encomium of Chrysippos, priest of Jerusalem, on the holy martyr Theodore, together with a partial account of his miracles (BHG 1765c)Text 2: The passion of St Theodore the Recruit (BHG 1761)Text 3: The life and upbringing of the holy martyr Theodore (BHG 1765)Text 4: The life before the martyrdom and the upbringing and growing-up and the wondrous miracles of the holy and most glorious megalomartyr Theodore (BHG 1764)Text 5: The martyrdom of the holy and glorious megalomartyr of Christ Theodore the general (BHG 1752)Sources, collections of sources and reference worksLiteratureIndex

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Book SynopsisKhalifa ibn Khayyat was born in the southern Iraqi city of Basra in the 770s AD and in his lifetime Iraq grew into a thriving centre of culture and trade and one of the most populous and prosperous regions of the world. He was one of a generation of scholars who gave concrete form to Islamic religion and culture and bequeathed to us the first books that can be said to be distinctively Islamic. Khalifa’s History is the earliest extant work of Muslim historiography and this alone makes it deserving of greater recognition. It carefully records the key events in the life of the Muslim community from the prophet Muhammad to Khalifa’s own day. The section on the Umayyad dynasty (660-750), which occupies about half of the work, is noteworthy because it gives a more positive assessment of the Umayyad caliphs than later narratives. Over time they were increasingly censured for having corrupted the purity of early Islamic society, and yet it was they who had overseen the conquest of cities as far afield as Seville and Samarkand and established Muslim rule over all the lands inbetween. They built the magnificent mosques of Medina and Damascus that still stand today and the palaces that litter the desert margins of modern Jordan and Syria. Khalifa’s History helps us to better evaluate the achievements of this dynasty and also to analyze the beginnings of the discipline of Arabic historical writing in the framework of Islamic civilization. This study and translation was originally submitted by Carl Wurtzel as a doctoral thesis at Yale University in 1977 under the supervision of Franz Rosenthal, one of the greatest Orientalists of modern times. It has now been prepared for publication, with a Foreword and updated bibliography, by Robert Hoyland, professor of Islamic History at Oxford University.Table of Contents Foreword by Robert Hoyland Preface by Carl Wurtzel Abbreviations Introduction 1. Khalifa’s Life 2. Khalifa’s Approach to the Writing of History 3. Khalifa’s Religio-Political Attitudes in the Taʾrῑkh 4. The Sources for the Umayyad Section of Khalifa’s Taʾrikh 5. The Use of Khalifa’s Taʾrῑkh by Later Writers A Note on the Two Printed Editions of the Taʾrῑkh Conventions Translation Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis collaborative collection considers the packaging, presentation and consumption of medieval manuscripts and early printed books in Europe 1350–1550. It showcases innovative research on the history of the book from a range of established and younger scholars from the US and Europe in the fields of English and French Studies, History, Music, and Art History. The collection falls naturally into three sections: • Packaging and Presentation: The physical context of the manuscript and printed book including its binding, visual presentation and internal organization • Consumers: Producers, Owners, and Readers • Consuming the Text: The experience of the audience(s) for books These three strands are interdependent, and highlight the materiality of the manuscript or printed book as a consumable, focusing on its ‘consumability’ in the sense of its packaging and presentation, its consumers, and on the act of consumption in the sense of reading and reception or literal decay.Trade ReviewReviews 'The individual essays are all very well contextualised within their own specific fields, and, significantly, they are aided very substantially by the construction of this volume... This book forms a very valuable contribution to current scholarship in the field of medieval and early modern book production, consumption and reception.'Elisabeth Salter, English Historical Review'This volume highlights the wealth of research output from a number of different fields, as well as the value of interdisciplinary collaboration in producing synergistic outcomes.'Erin Connelly, Nottingham Medieval StudiesTable of Contents Acknowledgements - Emma Cayley and Susan Powell Preface - Derek Pearsall List of Figures Section I: Packaging and Presentation: The Materiality of the Manuscript and Printed Book • Anne Marie Lane: ‘How can we Recognise “Contemporary” Bookbindings of the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries?’ • Matti Peikola: ‘Guidelines for Consumption: Scribal Ruling Patterns and Designing the mise-en-page in later Medieval England’ • Kate Maxwell: ‘The Order of the Lays in the “Odd” Machaut MS BnF fr. 9221(E)’ • Sonja Drimmer: ‘Picturing the King or Picturing the Saint: Two Miniature Programmes for John Lydgate’s Lives of SS Edmund and Fremund’ • Yvonne Rode: ‘Sixty-three Gallons of Books: Shipping Books to London in the Late Middle Ages’ Section II: Consumers: Producers, Owners, and Readers • Anna Lewis: ‘“But solid food is for the mature, who …have their senses trained to discern good and evil”: John Colop’s Book and the Spiritual Diet of the Discerning Lay Londoner’ • Anne Sutton: ‘The Acquisition and Disposal of Books for Worship and Pleasure by Mercers of London in the Later Middle Ages’ • Martha Driver: ‘“By Me Elysabeth Pykeryng”: Women and Printing in the Early Tudor Period’ • Shayne Husbands: ‘The Roxburghe Club: Consumption, Obsession and the Passion for Print’ Section III - Consuming the Text: Writing Consumption • Carrie Griffin: ‘Reconsidering the Recipe: Materiality, Narrative and Text in Later Medieval Instructional MSS and Collections’ • Anamaria Gellert: ‘Fools, “Folye” and Caxton’s Woodcut of the Pilgrims at Table’ • John B. Friedman: ‘Anxieties at Table: Food and Drink in Chaucer’s Fabliaux Tales and Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Der Ring’ • Mary Morse: ‘Alongside St. Margaret: The Childbirth Cult of SS Quiricus and Julitta in Late Medieval English Manuscripts’ • Emma Cayley: ‘Consuming the Text: Pulephilia in Fifteenth-Century French Debate Poetry’ Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the ranks was not confined to ‘the scum of the earth’ but included a cross section of ‘respectable’ working class men.Common soldiers represent a huge unstudied occupational group. They worked as artisans, servants and dealers, displaying pre-enlistment working class attitudes and evidencing low level class conflict in numerous ways. Soldiers continued as members of the working class after discharge, with military service forming one phase of their careers and overall life experience. After training, most common soldiers had time on their hands and were allowed to work at a wide variety of jobs, analysed here for the first time. Many serving soldiers continued to work as regimental tradesmen, or skilled artificers. Others worked as officers’ servants or were allowed to run small businesses, providing goods and services to their comrades. Some, especially the Non Commissioned Officers who actually ran the army, forged extraordinary careers which surpassed any opportunities in civilian life. All the soldiers studied retained much of their working class way of life. This was evidenced in a contract culture similar to that of the civilian trade unions. Within disciplined boundaries, army life resulted in all sorts of low level class conflict. The book explores these by covering drinking, desertion, feigned illness, self harm, strikes and go-slows. It further describes mutinies, back chat, looting, fraternisation, foreign service, suicide and even the shooting of unpopular officers.Trade ReviewReviews 'Overall, Mansfield shows himself to be the master of summary and synthesis and Soldiers as Workers achieves its goal of defining a 'labour history of soldiers' (210). Many of the subsections on military tradesmen and class conflict could be extended into article-length investigations. This work therefore provides an invaluable introduction for labour historians interested in researching the military.' Joe Cozens, Labour History Review'Mansfield has brought individuality and complexity to a topic that used to be treated fairly homogeneously. It adds to a wave of historiography that has refused to accept characterizations, initially perpetuated by commanders, of rankers as infantile drifters and wastrels in need of constant discipline..... Rather than seeing mechanical automatons in blind fear of the lash, Nick Mansfield recognizes the men beneath the uniform and their complex histories and motivations. This book paves the way for an integrated history of the British poor that stresses the connections between the manufacturing trades and soldiering. Historians have separated these groups far too often.' Jennine Hurl-Eamon, Canadian Journal of History'Soldiers as Workers addresses a lacuna in labour history, and one hopes that Mansfield will pursue these questions more fully in future work' Lynn MacKay, Labour/ Le Te Travail'Mansfield has written a very informative and engaging book from many perspectives and this will be a useful resource for labour and military historians hereon in.' Alan Southern, North West Labour HistoryTable of ContentsAbbreviationsNotesList of illustrationsPrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Class structure and the British armyChapter 3 Soldiers as workersChapter 4 Class conflict in the armyChapter 5 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature accessible to ordinary people in the medieval world. St. Theodore ‘the Recruit’ was one of the best-known of the so-called ‘military saints’ or ‘soldier saints’, particularly in the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, and the eastern Christian world, where churches dedicated to him were to be found in towns, cities and in the countryside. While the cult of St. Theodore has been studied in the context of hagiographical writing and from the perspective of his representation in medieval art, this is the first translation into a modern language of any of the Greek texts connected with St Theodore. Ranging in date from the fifth to the eleventh century CE, five accounts of the martyrdom of the saint together with two sets of miracles have been selected, texts that testify to the growth and to the evolution of the martyrdoms and miracle collections associated with him. St Theodore ‘the Recruit’ had a senior partner, St Theodore ‘the General’ who first appears in the ninth century and reflects the tastes and demands of middle Byzantine élite society.With a detailed introduction that examines the structure of the texts and their historical development, this volume also situates them in the context of recent archaeological work at Roman Euchaïta, the centre of the cult in Anatolia.Table of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIllustrationsChapter 1: IntroductionSt Theodore ‘the Recruit’St Theodore ‘the General’St Theodore ‘the Recruit’ and EuchaïtaChapter 2: The textsContext: martyrdoms and miraclesThe martyrdom accounts: date and development The miracle collectionsChapter 3: TranslationsText 1: Encomium of Chrysippos, priest of Jerusalem, on the holy martyr Theodore, together with a partial account of his miracles (BHG 1765c)Text 2: The passion of St Theodore the Recruit (BHG 1761)Text 3: The life and upbringing of the holy martyr Theodore (BHG 1765)Text 4: The life before the martyrdom and the upbringing and growing-up and the wondrous miracles of the holy and most glorious megalomartyr Theodore (BHG 1764)Text 5: The martyrdom of the holy and glorious megalomartyr of Christ Theodore the general (BHG 1752)Sources, collections of sources and reference worksLiteratureIndex

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national movement of the American working class, began in Philadelphia in 1869. Millions of Americans, white and black, men and women, became Knights between that date and 1917. But the Knights also spread beyond the borders of the United States and even beyond North America. Knights Across the Atlantic tells for the first time the full story of the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland, where they operated between 1883 and the end of the century. British and Irish Knights drew on the resources of their vast Order to establish a chain of branches through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that numbered more than 10,000 members at its peak. They drew on the fraternal ritual, industrial tactics, organisational models, and political concerns of their American Order and interpreted them in British and Irish conditions. They faced many of the same enemies, including hostile employers and rival trade unions. Unlike their American counterparts they organised only a handful of women at most. But British and Irish Knights left a profound imprint on subsequent British labour history. They helped inspire the British “New Unionists” of the 1890s. They influenced the movement for working-class politics, independent of Liberals and Conservatives alike, that soon led to the British Labour Party. Knights Across the Atlantic brings all these themes together. It provides new insights into relationships between class and gender, and places the Knights of Labor squarely at the heart of British and Irish as well as American history at the end of the nineteenth century.Trade ReviewReviews 'Well-researched and well-argued, the author extends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to an international arena, while all the time offering a judicious, original interpretation of comparative labor and political development.' Leon Fink, University of Illinois'This is a further offering in Neville Kirk's excellent 'Studies in Labour History' series. In this book comparisons of American and British trade unions are made and the issue of American exceptionalism is addressed in a refreshing and engaging way. [...] In his well-researched book Steven Parfitt has extended our knowledge of the Knights of Labor and given us valuable information about an important transnational development of which very little has been written.'Pat Kelly, Scottish Labour HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The World of the Knights of Labor1 Origins2 The Rise of a Transnational Movement3 Organisation, Culture and Gender4 The Knights in Industry5 The Knights and Politics6 The Knights and the Unions7 The Fall of a Transnational MovementConclusion: The Knights of Labor in Britain and IrelandAppendix: List of Known Assemblies of the Knights of Labor in England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly anonymous, and the majority, but by no means all of them, are, like Marie’s lays, centred on a love interest of some kind in a variety of settings. But, unlike Marie’s lays, their treatment varies from the courtly and sophisticated to the comic or the tragic, thereby illustrating the range of poems covered by the term lai in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. A significant number of these lays, based in the courtly world, contain supernatural elements or magic objects that are fundamental to the story as it is related, and sometimes the heroes leave the real world to dwell forever in an otherworldly domain. Other lays have a more mundane feel to them and seem closer to the fabliau in tone. In one instance, the lay of Haveloc, the tale owes more to legendary history than to pure fantasy. Overall, this collection stakes a claim to make an important contribution to the Medieval French lay within the wider European tradition of the short story and the literature of love.Trade ReviewReviews 'With this volume, and the projects which have preceded it, Burgess and Brook are to be congratulated for their work in ensuring greater prominence for these lays, and in widening resources for use in comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship.'Alison Williams, Modern Language Review'This volume is suitable for use in the classroom as well as for enjoyment by the general reader.'The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'Virgile Reiter, Cahiers de civilisation médiévale Translated from French, '[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'Table of ContentsGeneral IntroductionManuscriptsMagic and Mystery1. Melion2. Tyolet3. Graelent4. Guingamor5. Desiré6. Doon7. Espine8. Tydorel9. TrotFun and Games10. Mantel11. Cor12. Aristote13. Lecheor14. Ignaure15. Oiselet16. Espervier17. NabaretPassion and Tears18. Piramus and Thisbe19. Narcisus and DanéRomance and Realism20. The Chastelaine de Vergi21. The Lai de l’Ombre22. Amours23. ConseilThe Lay as History24. HavelocBibliographyIndex of Proper Names

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Book SynopsisThis prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly anonymous, and the majority, but by no means all of them, are, like Marie’s lays, centred on a love interest of some kind in a variety of settings. But, unlike Marie’s lays, their treatment varies from the courtly and sophisticated to the comic or the tragic, thereby illustrating the range of poems covered by the term lai in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. A significant number of these lays, based in the courtly world, contain supernatural elements or magic objects that are fundamental to the story as it is related, and sometimes the heroes leave the real world to dwell forever in an otherworldly domain. Other lays have a more mundane feel to them and seem closer to the fabliau in tone. In one instance, the lay of Haveloc, the tale owes more to legendary history than to pure fantasy. Overall, this collection stakes a claim to make an important contribution to the Medieval French lay within the wider European tradition of the short story and the literature of love.Trade ReviewReviews 'With this volume, and the projects which have preceded it, Burgess and Brook are to be congratulated for their work in ensuring greater prominence for these lays, and in widening resources for use in comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship.'Alison Williams, Modern Language Review'This volume is suitable for use in the classroom as well as for enjoyment by the general reader.'The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'Virgile Reiter, Cahiers de civilisation médiévale Translated from French, '[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'Table of ContentsGeneral IntroductionManuscriptsMagic and Mystery1. Melion2. Tyolet3. Graelent4. Guingamor5. Desiré6. Doon7. Espine8. Tydorel9. TrotFun and Games10. Mantel11. Cor12. Aristote13. Lecheor14. Ignaure15. Oiselet16. Espervier17. NabaretPassion and Tears18. Piramus and Thisbe19. Narcisus and DanéRomance and Realism20. The Chastelaine de Vergi21. The Lai de l’Ombre22. Amours23. ConseilThe Lay as History24. HavelocBibliographyIndex of Proper Names

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Book SynopsisDynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe: the creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. Dynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe. The creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. This book combines cultural definitions of politics with a wider exploration of institutional, military, diplomatic and economic concerns with a view to providing a more comprehensive understanding of dynastic marriage negotiations. It covers a period from the signing of the Treaty of London in 1604 until afterthe Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish peace treaties (1629-30). Stuart Marriage Diplomacy explores how the search for a bride for Princes Henry and Charles started a long process of protracted consultations between the key players of Europe: Spain, Italy, France, Rome, Brussels and the United Provinces. It shows the interconnections between these courts, thus advancing a 'continental turn' in the analysis of Stuart politics in the early seventeenth century, and considers how reason of state was often considered as more crucial than religion or economic concerns in the outcome of the Stuart-Habsburg and Stuart-Bourbon marriage negotiations. It also reveals the extent to which the interactions between Europe and non-European actors in both the Atlantic and the East contributed to a redefinition of European identity. It will engage not only scholars and students of early modern Europe but, more generally,those interested in the history of European courts and royalty. VALENTINA CALDARI is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford. SARA J. WOLFSON is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University. CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Arblaster, Valentina Caldari, David Coast, Thomas Cogswell, Robert Cross, Andrea De Meo, Kelsey Flynn, Rubén González Cuerva, Melinda J. Gough, Helmer Helmers, José Eloy Hortal Muñoz, Adam Marks, Steve Murdoch, Michael Questier, Manuel Rivero, Porfirio Sanz Camañes, Edmond Smith, R. Malcolm Smuts, Peter H. Wilson, Sara J. WolfsonTrade Review[T]here is an impressive range of expertise on display within this volume. This book will be of interest to both students and scholars of early Stuart Britain and early modern Europe more generally. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *This is a fine collection of scholarly and well-written essays. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *It combines many different approaches from international scholarship and succeeds in its ambition to fill some obvious gaps in the literature. * ROYAL STUDIES JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Valentina Caldari and Michael Questier and Sara J. Wolfson The French Match and Court Politics - R Malcolm Smuts What Can Be Fuller of Wonder? Buckingham and the Revenge of the Hispanophiles in 1626 - Thomas Cogswell Practical Proselytizing: The Impact of Counter-Reformation Catholicism at the Caroline Court, 1625-26 - Sara J. Wolfson 'The onely soveraigne medecine': Religious Politics and Political Culture in the British-Spanish Match, 1596-1625 - Robert Cross James I and the Dissolution of the 1621 Parliament through Spanish Eyes - Valentina Caldari War, Diplomacy and Stability in the North of Europe in the Early Seventeenth Century - Porfirio Sanz Camañes The Atlantic Politics of Early Stuart Diplomacy - Kelsey Flynn Mercantile Diplomacy: Corporations, States and International Negotiation - Edmond Smith The Stuart, the Palatinate, and the Thirty Years' War - Peter H. Wilson Marital Problems? Stuart Alliances, Scottish Politics and the Protestant North 1603-41 - Steve Murdoch Recognizing Friends from Foes: Stuart Politics, English Military Networks and their Alliances with Denmark and the Palatinate - Adam Marks Secrecy, Counsel and Public Opinion during the Spanish and French Matches - David Coast The Spanish Match and Anglo-Dutch Publicity - Helmer Helmers Whereof the world now stands in admiration: Reporting on the Spanish Match from the Habsburg Netherlands - Paul Arblaster A Peace in Context: Spanish Change in Italian Affairs - Manuel Rivero Rodriguez The Court of Brussels: From Hostility to 'good vicinity' (1585-1604) - José Eloy Hortal Muñoz The Austrian Match: The Dynastic Alternative of the Habsburgs and European Politics - Rubén González Cuerva Dynastic Marriage, Diplomatic Ceremonial, and the Treaties of London (1604-05) and Antwerp (1609) - Melinda J. Gough Spanish Architecture in Early Stuart London: Foreign Policy and Architectural Style in Inigo Jones's Queen's Chapel at St. James's - Andrea De Meo Arbore Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA multi-disciplinary approach to two of the most important legal institutions of the Middle Ages. The wars waged by the English in France during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries led to the need for judicial agencies which could deal with disputes that arose on land and sea, beyond the reach of indigenous laws. This led to the jurisdictional development of the Courts of Chivalry and Admiralty, presiding over respectively heraldic and maritime disputes. They were thus of considerable importance in the Middle Ages; but they have attracted comparatively little scholarly attention. The essays here examine their officers, proceedings and the wider cultural and political context in which they had jurisdiction and operated in later medieval Western Europe. They reveal similarities in personnel, institutions and outlook, as well as in the issues confronting rulers in territories across Europe. They also demonstrate how assertions of sovereignty and challenges to judicial competence were inextricably linked to complex political agendas; and that both military and maritime law were international in reach because they were underpinned by trans-national customs and the principles and procedures of Continental civil law. Combininglaw with military and maritime history, and discussing the art and material culture of chivalric disputes as well as their associated heraldry, the volume provides fresh new insights into an important area of medieval life and culture. ANTHONY MUSSON is Head of Research at Historic Royal Palaces; NIGEL RAMSAY is Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at University College London. Contributors: Andrew Ayton, Richard Barber, John Ford, Laurent Hablot, Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, Julian Luxford, Ralph Moffat, Philip Morgan, Bertrand Schnerb, Anne F. Sutton, Lorenzo Tanzini.Trade ReviewA worthwhile volume with some excellent papers. Even scholars working in the area will find something new and for others it is a good starting point. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *The strength of this collection lies in the variety of subjects discussed, and the different approaches adopted. * THE RICARDIAN *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Anthony Musson and Nigel Ramsay Heralds and the Court of Chivalry: From Collective Memory to Formal Institutions - Richard Barber French Armorial Disputes and Controls - Laurent Hablot Art, Objects and Ideas in the Records of the Medieval Court of Chivalry - Julian Luxford Sir Robert Grosvenor and the Scrope-Grosvenor Controversy - Philip Morgan From Brittany to the Black Sea: Nicholas Sabraham and English Military Experience in the Fourteenth Century - Andrew Ayton 'Armed and redy to come to the felde': Arming for the Judicial Duel in Fifteenth-Century England - Ralph Moffat The Jurisdiction of the Constable and Marshals of France in the Later Middle Ages - Bertrand Schnerb The Origins and Jurisdiction of the English Court of Admiralty in the Fourteenth Century - Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm The Consulate of the Sea and its Fortunes in Late Medieval Mediterranean Countries - Lorenzo Tanzini The Admiralty and Constableship of England in the Later Fifteenth Century. The Operation and Development of these Offices, 1462-85, Under Richard, Duke of Gloucester and King of England - Anne F. Sutton Some Dubious Beliefs about Medieval Prize Law - John D Ford

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Book SynopsisBertrand du Guesclin was one of the main architects of the recovery of France. From humble beginnings he rose to become one of the great heroic figures of French history. This is the first English translation of Cuvelier's epic poem about him. Bertrand du Guesclin is one of the great French heroes of the Hundred Years War, his story every bit as remarkable as Joan of Arc's. The son of a minor Breton noble, he rose in the 1360s and '70s to become the Constable of France- a supreme military position, outranking even the princes of the blood royal. Through campaigns ranging from Brittany to Castile he achieved not only fame as a pre-eminent leader of Charles V's armies, but a dukedom in Spain, burial among the kings of France in the royal basilica at Saint-Denis, and recognition as nothing less than the "Tenth Worthy", being ranked alongside the nine paragons of chivalry who included Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne and King Arthur. His is a truly spectacular story. And the image of Bertrand, and many of the key events in his extraordinary life, are essentially derived from The Song of Bertrand du Guesclin, this epic poem by Cuvelier. Written in the verse-form and manner of a chanson de geste, it is the very last of the Old French epics and an outstanding example of the roman chevaleresque. It is a fascinating and major primary source forhistorians of chivalry and of a critical period in the Hundred Years War. This is its first translation into English. Cuvelier is a fine storyteller: his depictions of battle and siege are vivid and thrilling, offering invaluable insights into medieval warfare. And he is a compelling propagandist, seeking through his story of Bertrand to restore the prestige of French chivalry after the disastrous defeat at Poitiers and the chaos that followed, andseeking, too, to inspire devotion to the kingdom of France and to the fleur-de-lis. NIGEL BRYANT is well known for his lively and accurate versions of medieval French authors. His translations of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and all its continuations and of the extraordinary late Arthurian romance Perceforest have been major achievements; he has also translated Jean le Bel's history of the early stages of the Hundred Years War, and the biography of William Marshal.Trade ReviewBryant is to be congratulated in making this frequently underestimated source accessible to a wide readership. * FRANCIA *Bertrand's story is legendary, and designed to inspire the French to regain their honor after suffering terrible defeats during the Hundred Years' War. Bryant captures Cuvelier's gift for storytelling in this exciting, engaging, and immersive translation. Recommended. * CHOICE *[A] sparkling tale for the modern reader to enjoy . . Bryant has created a fluid text, accompanied by several maps and numerous explanatory footnotes that help the reader understand the story. The translation must have been a huge undertaking, and it will undoubtedly be of use to students and teachers as well as to scholars and laymen as a tool to study medieval historiography, propaganda, and myth-making, or simply as a very enjoyable read. -- Yvonne Vermijn * Speculum *Nigel Bryant has translated several medieval French texts; his latest offering, Cuvelier's c. 1382 Chanson du Bertrand de Guesclin, expands the number of chivalric biographies available in English. The volume's production values are good. -- ParergonTable of ContentsIntroduction The Text Translated Editions and Further Reading The Song of Bertrand du Guesclin Prologue Bertrand's Youth War in Brittany War in Normandy The Battle of Auray The Spanish Adventure Bertrand's Ransom Revenge in Spain Constable of France The Death of Chandos The Cleansing of Poitou Bertrand's Death

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Book SynopsisThe final years of the Cromwellian Protectorate are usually written off as a brief interlude on the inevitable road to Restoration. This book galvanises this forgotten period of Interregnum studies by providing the first thoroughstudy of the Cromwellian 'Other House' - a new upper parliamentary chamber of nominated life peers created in 1657. Despite the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a kingless republic, the period of the English Civil Wars and their aftermath is rarely described as one of constitutional revolution. The notion that the 1650s were politically conservative is exemplified by the tendency of historians to fixate upon the offer of kingship to Oliver Cromwell and his increasingly monarchical appearance. This book rethinks the political history of the 1640s and 1650sby focusing instead upon the upper parliamentary chamber. Besides exploring changing attitudes towards the House of Lords during the Civil Wars, and the circumstances that led to its abolition in 1649, it provides the first thorough study of the Cromwellian "Other House" - a new upper parliamentary chamber of nominated life peers created in 1657. Jonathan Fizgibbons demonstrates how the Other House was much more integral to Cromwell's aims for a lasting post-war settlement than the offer of the Crown. More broadly, this book reconceptualises the political and constitutional history of the 1640s and 1650s by looking beyond outward forms of government and visual culture. It argues that radical shifts in political thought were concealed by apparent continuities in forms of government. Even though the new Cromwellian upper chamber had the familiar appearance of a House of Lords, the very meaning of the House of Lords was contested and transformed by the experience of the Civil Wars and their aftermath. JONATHAN FITZGIBBONS is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Lincoln.Trade ReviewThis book is a lucid work and will certainly become essential reading for historians of the era and of parliaments more generally * THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY *Adds considerably to our knowledge of a difficult and controversial period. * PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY *A substantial, fascinating and in many ways persuasive book, and one that ought to be widely read by historians of seventeenth century parliaments and of the English revolution. * PARLIAMENTS, ESTATES & REPRESENTATION *This is a detailed and thoughtful book, and Fitzgibbons is in command of his subject. . . . Fitzgibbons has produced a meticulous and scholarly study that will be of considerable benefit for future scholars. -- Lloyd Bowen * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Parliamentarian Thought and the Abolition of the House of Lords, 1642-49 Oliver Cromwell, the Other House and the Humble Petition and Advice The Membership of the Other House The Other House and the Second Session of the Second Protectorate Parliament Richard Cromwell, the Third Protectorate Parliament and the Other House Debates The Other House, the Army and the Search for a Settlement Conclusion Appendix: The Membership of the Other House Bibliography

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Book SynopsisSheds light on the skills and techniques of the medieval military engineer, over a thousand year sweep. The results of medieval engineering still surround us - cathedrals, castles, stone bridges, irrigation systems. However, the siege artillery, siege towers, temporary bridges, earthwork emplacements and underground mines used for war have left little trace behind them; and there is even less of the engineers themselves: the people behind the military engineering achievements. The evidence for this neglected group is studied here. The author begins byconsidering the evolution of military technology across centuries, and the impact of new technologies in the context of the economic and social developments which made them possible. He looks at how military engineers obtained their skills, and the possible link with scholastic scientific awareness. With the increased survival of government records from the middle ages, engineers acquire names and individuals can be identified. And the fifteenth century -the age of polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci - saw a new type of literate military engineer, part of a recognized profession, but with its roots in a thousand years of historical development. PETER PURTON, D Phil (Oxon), FSA, has written extensively on medieval fortifications and siege warfare; his publications include the comprehensive two-volume history of the medieval siege (Boydell, 2010).Trade Review[An] excellent and ambitious book which fills a gap in the literature. It should be essential reading for all scholars interested in the military and technological history of the Middle Ages. * HISTORY *Purton has written an important book which has identified further trails to blaze. . . . [A] useful introduction on the evolution and development of military engineering and engineers in the postclassical, premodern, world. * SPECULUM *Peter Purton has done an impressive job documenting the multifaceted existence of the ingenarii - those working with military technologies of many types - across Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world (and briefly even further afield) over the course of a millennium. -- Steven A. Walton * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsPreface Military engineers in the Middle Ages Late Antiquity and the early "middle ages": were the "Dark Ages" really dark? Anonymous but effective: the engineers and technicians of the ninth to eleventh centuries The engineer recognised Engineers in demand: innovation and development in the thirteenth century Old and new technology and its operators in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries Polymaths and specialists in the fifteenth century Postscript: from medieval to [early] modern in the sixteenth century Appendix: Military engineers and miners in the Pipe Rolls of the English Exchequer Bibliography of primary sources Bibliography of secondary sources

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Book SynopsisShows how it was not just the London elite and City merchants who had connections to British India. Over the long eighteenth century, thousands of men and women from the English provinces lived and worked in the East Indies. Yet the provincial commitment of human, financial and social capital to ventures in the East Indies has largely been disregarded. This book challenges the widely held view that British rule in India was driven primarily by the interests of London merchants and national political elites. Based on extensive original research, including the piecing together of biographical fragments of over 400 men and women from the Cumbrian counties, setting them in their family, social, financial and cultural networks, and outlining the details of their sojourns in the East,the book portrays a provincial world heavily implicated in the East Indies. It discusses how provincial people's encounter with the East Indies was driven by the desire of middling folk and gentry to promote, sustain, and, in some cases, revive fortunes, position and influence in their own provincial milieu, and thereby demonstrates how provincial preoccupations shaped the East Indies, and how East Indies experiences shaped provincial life. KaySaville-Smith is Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment in Wellington, New Zealand. She completed her doctorate at the University of Lancaster.Trade ReviewBy demonstrating the provincial origins, motivations, and deployment of the returns from the East, the book offers scholars of the EIC, imperialism and global trade useful micro-foundational insights into the motivations and effects of imperial encounters. It also contributes to debates on the development and relative importance of provincial interests and experiences, as opposed to those of the national and metropolitan. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *Makes a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on British interactions with the East Indies and studies of provincial life in eighteenth-century Britain. * JOURNAL FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES *By bringing the local into conversation with the global [it] enables a range of new interpretations and charts a path for future investigation. * SOCIAL HISTORY *This book powerfully demonstrates the value of what is sometimes...marginalised as just `local' history. [It] ought to promote a rethinking not just of Cumbrian history but of provincial motives for involvement in Empire by the ambitious and the needy in other counties. -- Stephen Constantine * CWAAS NEWSLETTER *Saville-Smith has written a robustly researched and stimulating study, with a spirited argument for the importance of archives in understanding a multilayered world. -- Adrian Green * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsThe Provincial World and Global Encounters Cumbrian Contexts, Patterns and Lives Why Go to the East Indies? 'Passage to India' Returning and Returns Conclusion: 'Use of Globes' Appendix A: East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Men Appendix B: East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Women Appendix C: East Indies Women, Associated Cumbrian Men and Their Children Appendix D: Hudleston, Kin Connections and the East Indies Appendix E: East Indies Connections of the Winders, Stephensons and Fawcetts Appendix F: East Indies Connections of the Braddylls, Wilsons and Gales Appendix G: Kin Connections of Catherine Holme Appendix H: Kin Connections of Thomas Cust Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThrough a study of horses, the book reveals how an important and growing aristocratic estate was managed, where the aristocrat at the centre of it - William Cavendish - travelled and how he spent his time, and how horses were oneof the means by which he asserted his social status. This book, by a leading authority on early modern social and cultural history, examines in detail how an important English aristocrat managed his horses. At the same time, it discusses how horses and the uses to which they were put were a very significant social statement and a forceful assertion of status and the right to political power. Based on detailed original research in the archives of Chatsworth House, the book explores the breeding and rearing, the buying and selling, and the care and maintenance of horses, showing how these activities fitted in to the overall management of the earl's large estates. It outlines the uses of horses as the earl and his retinue travelled to and from family, the county assizes and quarter sessions, social visits and London for "the season" and to attend Court and Parliament. It also considers the use of horses in sport: hawking, hunting, racing and the other ways in which visitors were entertained. Overall, the book provides a great deal of detail on the management of horses in the period and also on the yearly cycle of activities of a typical aristocrat engaged in service, pleasure and power. PETER EDWARDS is an Emeritus Professor of Early Modern British Social History at the University of Roehampton. He has published numerous books including The Horse Trade of Tudor and Stuart England and Horse and Man in Early Modern England.Trade ReviewCan be recommended not only to those who have a particular interest in the field but to any reader who wants to gain a detailed view of what was entailed in the administration of an aristocratic estate. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *Table of ContentsIntroduction Running the Family Business: Landed Wealth and Estate Management Funding the Aristocratic Lifestyle: Demesne Farming and the Price Revolution Breeding and Rearing Horses in and for One's Image Caveat Emptor: Buying and Selling Horses Grooming to Perfection: The Care and Maintenance of Horses Visiting One's 'Neighbours': Social Life in the Provinces The Call of Duty: The Aristocracy as Public Servants On the Road: Travel to London for the Season The Public and Private Lives of Elite Visitors to the Capital Passing the Time with the Aristocracy Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA collection that celebrates the research of Margaret Spufford, a "game-changing" historian who shifted the focus away from the political and social elite in urban communities to the "other 98%" in local and rural areas. This collection celebrates and evaluates the seminal research of Margaret Spufford, a leading historian of early modern English social and economic history. Spufford played a crucial role in the broadening of English social and cultural history, shifting the focus away from the political and social elite in urban communities to the "other 98%" in local and rural areas and challenging assumptions about the limited intellectual worlds of rural people. She was also an early historian of consumption patterns, whose work on the clothing trade remains the authoritative history of this industry and its consumers. Faith, Place and People in Early Modern England reassesses Spufford's contribution to the shape of historical study. Each chapter rethinks a key aspect of her work on local and rural communities: the value of particular historical records; the interactions between religious conformists anddissenters; social and religious change; credit and finance; clothing and consumption. Throughout, the contributors develop Spufford's model of integrating close community studies into a broader picture, while retaining an awareness of the singularity of individuals and localities. In doing so, the book indicates how far "Spuffordian" approaches can continue to shape the future direction of early modern history . TREVOR DEAN is Professor of History at the University of Roehampton; GLYN PARRY is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Roehampton; EDWARD VALLANCE is Professor of Early Modern British political culture at the University of Roehampton. Contributors: ADRIAN AILES, DAVID CRESSY, TREVOR DEAN, CATHERINE FERGUSON, HENRY FRENCH, STEVE HINDLE, CHRISTOPHER MARSH, GLYN PARRY, WILLIAM SHEILS, PETER SPUFFORD, DANAE TANKARD, EDWARD VALLANCE, PATRICIA WYLLIETrade ReviewAn excellent collection, rich in detail, wide-ranging, thoroughly grounded in socio-economic history and the sources, and a fitting tribute to the life and abiding influence of Margaret Spufford. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *For those familiar with the scholarship of Margaret Spufford, Faith, Place and People in Early Modern England is a sublime paean commemorating her contributions to the field of social and economic history. This compilation of essays, many written by former students and colleagues of Spufford, not only displays the influence she had on those around her, but also demonstrates the ongoing impact she continues to exert in the study of early modern history. * H-NET *The collection as a whole is well produced and nicely illustrated. The essays are interesting and of a consistently high academic quality. -- Jonathan Healey * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Trevor Dean and Glyn Parry and Edward Vallance Margaret - Peter Spufford Religious Divisions in the Localities: Catholics, Puritans and the Established Church before the Civil Wars - William Sheils 'Neither Godly professors, nor dumb dogges': Reconstructing Conformist Protestant Beliefs and Practice in Earls Colne, Essex, c.1570-1620 - Henry French The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend John Perkins: Scenes of Clerical Life in Late Seventeenth-Century England - Steve Hindle The Heralds and the Hearth Tax - Adrian Ailes The Hearth Tax and the Poor in Post-Restoration Woking - Catherine Ferguson Reassessing the English 'Financial Revolution': Credit Transferability in Probate Records of Sedbergh and Maidstone, 1610-1790 - Patricia Wyllie 'Flowered silk is little worn but gold and silver striped is much worn': Metropolitan Clothing Consumption in Late Seventeenth-Century Sussex - Danae Tankard A Cuckold in Space: The 'Ballading' of Stephen Seagar, 1669 - Christopher W. Marsh Marginal People in a Stressful Culture: Itinerants, Gypsies and 'Counterfeit Egyptians' in Margaret Spufford's England - David Cressy Bibliography of Margaret Spufford's works Index

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Book SynopsisThe theme of warfare as a collective enterprise investigated in the theatres of both land and sea. From warhorses to the men-at-arms who rode them; armies that were raised to the lords who recruited, led, administered, and financed them; and ships to the mariners who crewed them; few aspects of the organisation and logistics ofwar in late medieval England have escaped the scholarly attention, or failed to benefit from the insights, of Dr Andrew Ayton. The concept of the military community, with its emphasis on warfare as a collective social enterprise, has always lain at the heart of his work; he has shown in particular how this age of warfare is characterised by related but intersecting military communities, marked not only by the social and political relationships within armies and navies, but by communities of mind, experience, and enterprise. The essays in this volume, ranging from the late thirteenth to the early fifteenth century, address various aspects of this idea. They offer investigations of soldiers' and mariners' equipment; their obligations, functions, status, and recruitment; and the range and duration of their service. Gary P. Baker is a Research Associate at the University of East Angliaand a Researcher in History at the University of Groningen; Craig L. Lambert is Lecturer in Maritime History at the University of Southampton; David Simpkin teaches history at Birkenhead Sixth-Form College. Contributors: Gary P. Baker, Adrian R. Bell, Peter Coss, Anne Curry, Robert W. Jones, Andy King, Craig L. Lambert, Tony K. Moore, J.J.N. Palmer, Philip Preston, Michael Prestwich, Matthew Raven, Clifford J. Rogers, Nigel Saul, David Simpkin.Trade ReviewThose who consult this valuable collection will learn not only how prosopography can enhance our understanding of the forces available to 14th-century English kings, but also how English armies grew 'organically' out of the country's social system. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *Table of ContentsAndrew Ayton: A Recognition of his Work Foreword by Nigel Saul Adrew Ayton: A Brief Tribute 'Big and Beautiful'. Destriers in Edward I's Armies - Michael C Prestwich Cum Equis Discoopertis: The 'Irish' Hobelar in the English Armies of the Fourteenth Century - Robert W. Jones Andrew Ayton, the Military Community and the Evolution of the Gentry in Fourteenth-Century England - Peter Coss Knights Banneret, Military Recruitment and Social Status, c.1270-c.1420: A View from the Reign of Edward I - David Simpkin Sir Henry of Beaumont and his Retainers: The Dynamics of a Lord's Military Retinues and Affinity in Early Fourteenth-Century England - Andy King Financing the Dynamics of Recruitment: King, Earls and Government in Edwardian England, 1330-60 - Matt Raven The Symbolic Meaning of Edward III's Garter Badge - Clifford J. Rogers Sir Robert Knolles' Expedition to France in 1370: New Perspectives - Gary Baker The Organisation and Financing of English Expeditions to the Baltic during the Later Middle Ages - Tony K. Moore The Organisation and Financing of English Expeditions to the Baltic during the Later Middle Ages - Adrian R. Bell Naval Service and the Cinque Ports, 1322-1453 - Craig Lambert The Garrison Establishment in Lancastrian Normandy in 1436 according to Surviving Lists in Bibliotheque Nationale de France manuscrit francais 25773 - Anne Curry Bibliography of the Writings of Andrew Ayton

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Book SynopsisThe Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare. Medieval Warfare The articles here offer a wide range of approaches to medieval warfare. They include traditional studies of strategy (on Baybars) and the logistics of Edward II's wars, as well as cultural history (an examination of chivalry in Guy of Warwick) intellectual history (a broad analysis of strategic theory in the Middle Ages), and social history (on knightly training in arms). The Hundred Years War is studied using cutting-edge methodology (data-drivenanalysis of skirmishes) and by tackling relatively new areas of inquiry (environmental history). There is also a close reading of Carolingian documents, which sheds new light on armies and warfare in the time of Charles the Great. Contributors: Ronald W. Braasch III, Pierre Galle, Walter Goffart, Carl I. Hammer, John Hosler, Rabei G. Khamisy, Ilana Krug, Danny Lake-Giguère, Brian Price.Table of ContentsIn the Field with Charlemagne, 791 - Carl Hammer The Recruitment of Freemen into the Carolingian Army, or How Far May One Argue from Silence? - Walter Goffart Baybars' Strategy of War against the Franks - Rabei G. Khamisy Food, Famine and Edward II's Military Failures - Ilana Krug The Impacts of Warfare on Woodland Exploitation in Late Medieval Normandy (1364-1380): Royal Forests as Military Assets during the Hundred Years' War - Danny Lake-Giguère Exercises in Arms: the Physical and Mental Combat Training of Men-at-Arms in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Pierre Gaite The Skirmish: A Statistical Analysis of Minor Combats during the Hundred Years' War: 1337-1453 - Ronald W. Braasch Yron & Stele: Chivalric Ethos, Martial Pedagogy, Equipment, and Combat Technique in the Early Fourteenth Century Middle English Version of Guy of Warwick - Brian R. Price Reframing the Conversation on Medieval Military Strategy - John D. Hosler

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Book SynopsisThe book highlights the scale of disorder and the many difficulties faced by the authorities. This book explores the connexion between collective action, popular politics and policing in Ireland from the end of the Williamite war in 1691 to the outbreak of the Whiteboy agrarian protest in 1761. It considers the impact madeby the people who maintained order - civilian officers, the army and militias, and bands of irregular forces - outlining not only the many problems that they faced but also the effects on Irish society of their abuses. The book highlights the conflict between authorities, who were enforcing laws, and crowds, who were enforcing popular notions of justice, as well as the changes taking place in the ethics of law enforcement. It shows how increasing taxes collected by the Irish government, used mainly to pay for the British army, resulted in a proliferation of violent protests in most parts of Ireland in the early eighteenth century. In addition, the book discusses popular attitudesand belief systems, examines the conduct of rioters and members of the forces of order and reveals the moral compasses used during violent confrontations on both sides of the legal divide. Overall, the book's investigation of large-scale disorder leads us to a better understanding of the relationships between rulers and the ruled in Ireland in this period. TIMOTHY D. WATT is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the School of History at University College Dublin.Trade Review[T]his is a vibrant study that sheds new light on the nature of popular protest, provides groundbreaking work on rural violence, and offers new perspectives on the relations between dominant and subordinate groups in eighteenth-century Ireland. -- Eamon Darcy * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Civil law enforcers in a 'self-policing' society The standing army and policing Local militias, irregular forces and the 'tory wars' 'Mobs', authorities and popular politics A 'rebellious traditional culture' in Ireland 'Riot and rescue' and anti-taxation protest Journeymen, masters and 'collective bargaining by riot' in Dublin Factional gangs, authorities and corruption of the law in Dublin Conclusion Appendix: Irish Combination Acts, 1705-1780 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisInterdisciplinary study of chapels provides a more complex and fuller picture of engagement with the Church and Christianity in the Middle Ages. From the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Latin Christendom was increasingly focussed, both institutionally and culturally, on Rome and the papacy. A key element of these changes was a growing concern with the provision of pastoralcare and the standardisation of practices and beliefs. However, whilst parish churches have received considerable scholarly attention, chapels have been largely neglected, despite the fact that they were widespread in the landscape of medieval Britain and Norway, found in locations ranging from villages to castles, and central to the life of many. This book, the first major comparative study of the subject, begins by examining what a chapel was, whoused them, and their purpose. Using archaeological remains, the wider parish landscape - settlements, transport and geography - and historical records such as papal letters, it then categorises chapels according to function and their relationship with the parish church, showing that they served a far greater range of purposes than has previously been assumed. The author also considers whether the drive for uniformity had an impact on religious landscapesin Britain and Norway, arguing that there is little evidence of a Viking impact on chapel organisation in the British Isles, with the evidence pointing towards Scandinavian adoption of pre-existing organisation and local cults. Sarah Thomas gained her PhD from the University of Glasgow; she is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Stirling.Trade ReviewA mine of fascinating examples and case studies. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *A most welcome and timely addition to the literature..[A]n important contribution to our understanding of a hitherto largely neglected aspect of the medieval Church. * INNES REVIEW *Clearly written and mercifully free of academic jargon, this is a volume well-worth having on the shelf. * ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS *[A] compelling exploration of a hitherto unresearched topic [that] left this reviewer wanting to know more about the subthemes that emerge within the discussion. -- Richard Oram * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Roles of Parishes and Parish Churches in the Community Dependent Chapels Private Chapels Locational Chapels: Distinctive Places and Commemorations Cult Chapels: Pilgrimage, Local, National and International Chapels in the Ecclesiastical Landscape: Uniformity or Localism? Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn engaging account of the life of a nineteenth-century priest. The Revd Benjamin Armstrong, for many years vicar of the market town of East Dereham, Norfolk, is best-known for what have been described as "one of England's greatest clerical diaries", eleven volumes spanning his whole adult life, between 1850 and 1888. This first full biography puts his story into the context of the period in which he lived: a time of turmoil in the church, with its conflict between high and low forms of service, and theological arguments, stirred up not least by controversies over Darwin's theories of creation. It also vividly portrays rural life at a time of great change, when society became more fluid, railways allowed the economy to grow and develop, and thevote was extended. We see this through the eyes of Armstrong himself, a fine example of the then "new-style" Church of England clergy who lived in their parishes, took more services than their predecessors, supported their schools and showed a genuine concern for the well-being of their parishioners. By the time he retired, church life in Dereham had been transformed, with congregations typically of 1,000 at each of the Sunday services. Armstrong also served on various Local Boards, as well as setting up the Literary Institute, the Rifle Volunteers and supporting musical and cultural events. He also had a full social life; his friends included prominent townspeople and the local clergy, gentry and aristocracy -- and there are incisive pen portraits of many of his associates and their eccentricities. These activities are set against the background of his family life, with its moments of tragedy and worry, including the death of a young child and the elopement of another. Dr SUSANNA WADE MARTINS is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of East Anglia. Her previous publications includeThe East Anglian Countryside: Changing Landscapes 1870-1950 with Tom Williamson (2008), Coke of Norfolk, 1754-1842 (2009) and The Conservation Movement in Norfolk - A History (2015).Trade ReviewIn these pages, we encounter elopement, child and adult mortality within the family... the birth of trade unions and political wrangles...This is more than a biography: it is an interesting contribution to the social history of Victorian Norfolk, and, indeed, to the changes in rural life more widely within 19th­century England...An excellent read. * CHURCH TIMES *Provid[es] a fascinating window into the experience of a Victorian middle-class family...clearly written with many illustrations including old maps of Dereham...a thorough and enjoyable biography. * DEREHAM ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY *Susanna Wade Martins' valuable illustrated biography will [.] be of considerable interest to historians and students of the Victorian Church. It is especially recommended for libraries. * THE READER *A Vicar in Victorian Norfolk offers a valuable picture of nineteenth-century life that will interest church and social historians alike. -- Patrick Armstrong * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Early life The move to Dereham The Norfolk Clergy Church life The Building Legacy Schools Town life Family life Friends The later years Armstrong, a man of his time Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn examination of how academic colleges commemorated their patrons in a rich variety of ways. WINNER of a 2019 Cambridgeshire Association for Local History award. The people of medieval Cambridge chose to be remembered after their deaths in a variety of ways - through prayers, Masses and charitable acts, and bytomb monuments, liturgical furnishings and other gifts. The colleges of the university, alongside their educational role, arranged commemorative services for their founders, fellows and benefactors. Together with the town's parishchurches and religious houses, the colleges provided intercessory services and resting places for the dead. This collection explores how the myriad of commemorative enterprises complemented and competed as locations where the living and the dead from "town and gown" could meet. Contributors analyse the commemorative practices of the Franciscan friars, the colleges of Corpus Christi, Trinity Hall and King's, and within Lady Margaret Beaufort's Cambridge household; the depictions of academic and legal dress on memorial brasses, and the use and survival of these brasses. The volume highlights, for the first time, the role of the medieval university colleges within the family ofcommemorative institutions; in offering a new and broader view of commemoration across an urban environment, it also provides a rich case-study for scholars of the medieval Church, town, and university. JOHN S. LEE is Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York; CHRISTIAN STEER is Honorary Visiting Fellow in the Department of History, University of York. Contributors: Sir John Baker, Richard Barber, Claire GobbiDaunton, Peter Murray Jones, Elizabeth A. New, Susan Powell, Michael Robson, Nicholas Rogers.Trade ReviewWill be useful to those interested in late medieval urban commemorative practice, and it offers some genuinely new insight into the peculiar commemorative environment created by the colleges and their unique educational/spiritual/social role. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *This is an extremely interesting collection of essays that add up to rather more than the sum of their parts. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *[An] excellent and thought-provoking volume. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *A fine production. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *Splendidly informative. * PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY *The authors of this book have created a piece that attempts to push our understanding of the dynamics within town and countryside and their effects on networks of commemoration. * THE RICARDIAN *A well-executed volume that serves as the first foray in contextualizing a university town against the multiplicity of commemorative strategies that were available in pre-Reformation England. In a book that draws heavily on material culture, the accompanying images and map are both necessary and excellent. * URBAN HISTORY *This volume is a significant contribution to the study of commemoration in all its various guises and your reviewer has no hesitation in recommending this to all who study commemoration in the Middle Ages. * MEDIEVAL MEMORIA RESEARCH *Table of ContentsIntroduction: In Fellowship with the Dead - Christian Steer Monuments and Memory: A University Town in Late Medieval England - John S. Lee The Commemoration of the Living and the Dead at the Friars Minor of Cambridge - Michael Robson The Foundation of Corpus Christi College Cambridge and the City of London - Richard Barber Patrons and Benefactors: The Masters of Trinity Hall in the Later Middle Ages - Elizabeth A. New and Claire Gobbi Daunton A Comparison of Academical and Legal Costume on Memorial Brasses - John Baker Commemoration at a Royal College - Peter Murray Jones Cambridge Commemorations of the Household of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509) - Susan Powell 'The Stones are all disrobed': Reasons for the Presence and Absence of Monumental Brasses in Cambridge - Nicholas Rogers Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe idea of what an "eyewitness" account is here scrutinised through examination of key Crusading texts. Eyewitness is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it has received surprisingly little critical attention. This book seeks to open up discussion of what we mean when we label a historical source in this way. Through a close analysis of accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades, aswell as an in-depth discussion of recent research by cognitive and social psychologists into perception and memory, this book challenges historians of the Middle Ages to revisit their often unexamined assumptions about the place of eyewitness narratives within the taxonomies of historical evidence. It is for the most part impossible to situate the authors of the texts studied here, viewed as historical actors, in precise spatial and temporal relation to the action that they purport to describe. Nor can we ever be truly certain what they actually saw. In what, therefore, does the authors' eyewitness status reside, and is this, indeed, a valid category of analysis? This book argues that the most productive way in which to approach the figure of the autoptic author is not as some floating presence close to historical events, validating our knowledge of them, but as an artefact of the text's meaning-makingoperations, in particular as these are opened up to scrutiny by narratological concepts such as the narrator, focalization and storyworld. The conclusion that emerges is that there is no single understanding of eyewitness runningthrough the texts, for all their substantive and thematic similarities; each fashions its narratorial voice in different ways as a function of its particular story-telling strategies. MARCUS BULL is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel HillTrade ReviewA stimulating book. * WAR IN HISTORY *This book is an undoubted academic tour de force, furthering modern understanding of several canonical 'crusade' narratives and challenging the prominence of the eyewitness in historical analysis. -- Andrew Buck University College Dublin * SPECULUM *This richly interdisciplinary book should benefit anyone teaching or researching historiography, memory, literature, or the crusades. * SEHEPUNKTE *This well-researched study examines the problems of human memory and perception, and includes a lengthy chapter on recent psychological research into the accuracy of eyewitness accounts. Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Medieval and Modern Approaches to Eyewitnessing and Narratology as an Analytical Tool Memory and Psychological Research into Eyewitnessing The Second Crusade: The De Expugnatione Lyxbonensi and Odo of Deuil's De Profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem The Third Crusade: Ambroise's Estoire de la Guerre Sainte and Points of Comparison and Contrast Geoffrey of Villehardouin's and Robert of Clari's Narratives of the Fourth Crusade Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA photographic reprint of the rare edition,first published in 1912, of the `Fulda Sacramentary' (Gottingen, UB, Cod. theol. 231), a 10th-century manuscript written at Fulda which represents a distinct recension of the Gregorian Sacramentary, possibly connected with the scholarly activities of Hrabanus Maurus (d.856). The Fulda Sacramentary was richly illuminated; it is also a rich repository of prayers and mass formulas, and its ample contents include aprayer in Old High German.

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Book SynopsisThis series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The vitality and diversity of research into the late medieval period are exemplified by the contents of this volume. A central theme is the medieval Church: examinations of the process of ordination, the parishioners of Dartford in Kent and the influence of their learned vicar, how monastic chroniclers changed their focus as the century progressed, the perhaps unjustified reputation of Bishop Ayscough of Salisbury, and the significance of Edward IV's charter of ecclesiastical liberties. Another strand concentrates on Ireland, to explore both the complex relations between the Gaelic-speaking peoples of the west and the Stewart monarchy in Scotland, and the status and participation in government of the English settled near Dublin. Unusual perspectives on London are derived from a study of those engaged in identity theft there at the start of the century, and two heralds' accounts of the public processions andelaborate funeral rites accorded to a French ambassador at its end. Contributors: Des Atkinson, Brian Coleman, Zosia Edwards, Simon Egan, Charles Giry-Deloison, Daniel Gosling, Samuel Lane, David Lepine, Claire MachtTable of ContentsChanges in Monastic Historical Writing Throughout the Long Fifteenth Century - Claire Macht 'Such Great Merits': The Pastoral Influence of a Learned Resident Vicar, John Hornley of Dartford - David N Lepine Getting Connected: the Medieval Ordinand and his Search for Titulus - Desmond Atkinson The Political Career of William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, 1438-50 - Samuel Lane Edward IV's Charta de Libertatibus Clericorum - Daniel Gosling A Playground of the Scots? Gaelic Ireland and the Stewart Monarchy in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Simon Egan An English Gentry Abroad: the Gentry of English Ireland - Brian Coleman Identity Theft in Later Medieval London - Zosia Edwards Dying on Duty: A French Ambassador's Funeral in London in 1512 - Charles Giry-Deloison

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Book SynopsisFresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church. Priests were ubiquitous figures in the Anglo-Saxon world: they acted as educators, agents of royal authority, scribes, and dealers in real estate. But what set priests apart from the society in which they lived was the authority to provide pastoral care and their ability to use the written word. Early medieval bishops saw books as indispensable to a priest's duties and episcopal legislation frequently provided lists of books that priests were to have: tools of the trade for the secular clergy. These books are not only an exceedingly valuable window into pastoral care, but also a barometer for the changes taking place in the English church of the tenth and eleventh centuries. This first full-length study of Anglo-Saxon priests' books examines a wide array of evidence, including booklists, music, liturgy, narrative, and, crucially, the surviving manuscripts. The volume opens with a consideration of the context of a priest's life and work, moving on to investigate the issues of clerical literacy and the availability of books to priests, uncovering avenues for priestly education and elucidating the role that the secular clergy played in channels of manuscript production and distribution. The second part analyses the documentary and manuscript evidence for certain classes of priests' books, challenging existing thought and arguing that two poorly understood manuscripts are in fact books for priests. GERALD P. DYSON is Assistant Professor of History at Kentucky Christian University.Trade ReviewA compelling and original book....This outstanding first book...has launched a medieval historian of tremendous promise. * ANGLIA *A book not just for historians but for all medievalists who work on the texts, both Latin and vernacular, of Anglo-Saxon England. * LIBRARY & INFORMATION HISTORY *Dyson's study of Anglo-Saxon priests' books, the first full-length study of its kind, advances our understanding of the secular priests who formed the largest literate group in tenth- and eleventh-century England and whose ministries touched the lives of most Christians. Deeply researched, judiciously argued, and clearly written, it offers an accessible overview of priestly expectations and duties, and will prove a reliable guide to further exploration and discovery of the texts and contexts of late Anglo-Saxon pastoral care. -- Robert K. Upchurch * Journal of English and Germanic Philology *[A] carefully argued and learned account of how the clergy in pre-Conquest England were able to obtain liturgical books and put them to use in pastoral care. -- Julia Barrow * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Priests, Books, and Pastoral Care "Ne cunnon þæt leden understandan": Issues of Clerical Literacy Demand and Supply: Production and Provision of Books for Priests Preaching and Homiletic Books for Priests Performing the Liturgy: Priests' Books for the Mass and Office Locating Penitentials, Manuals, and Computi Conclusions Appendix Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe life of "that notorious woman", Lucy de Thweng, is used as a prism through which to consider the agency of aristocratic women in the Middle Ages. The Yorkshire heiress, Lucy de Thweng, was married as a child to her first husband but later divorced him, entered into an adulterous relationship with another man, was forced into marriage to a second husband, and then, after a period of widowhood, married for the third time to a congenial partner of her own choice. This sounds a remarkable and unusual story - but was it? This book uses the episodes of Lucy's life to explore how far she was exceptional in her time and rank and highlights aspects of personality and personal relationships which are not often recognized. It undertakes extensive investigations into divorce in contemporary aristocratic families and extra-marital sexual relationships by women, as well as discussing the marriage of heiresses and the pressures to remarry which widows endured. These show that the theoretical religious and secular restraints on marriage and sex were often ignored, by both men and women, and how women, particularly if they were heiresses, were able to make their own decisions in these matters. As the legitimate procreation of children within the licensed environment of marriage was the forum for the succession to landed estates, the book also considers how this behaviour affected those estates. BRIDGET WELLS-FURBY is an independent scholar whose interests lie chiefly in late medieval landed estates and their context.Trade ReviewA very welcome addition to the existing historiography on the women of the late medieval aristocracy....This highly enjoyable book will be valuable for postgraduate students and researchers of English legal and social history. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Wells-Furby has given us more information about Lucy de Thweng than we have about most of her contemporaries of comparable status. Certainly, the full story pretty much vindicates Lucy from nineteenth-century censure. This book.sets her in a broader context - women wanting some share in shaping their personal as well as their public (heiress) lives. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *We gain throughWells-Furby's book a more nuanced appreciation for the possibilities of women's agency within the constricted patriarchal structures of the English landholding elite in the first half of the fourteenth century. -- Shannon McSheffrey * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction Birth and Family; inheritance and disinheritance Wardship and first marriage Separation and divorce Adultery and fornication Second marriage Widowhood Third Marriage Death Reflections Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary tastes, art and manners, as well as socialhierarchies, political events and religious practices; its impact is everywhere. This work aims to provide an accessible and holistic survey of the subject. Its chapters, by leading experts in the field, cover a wide range of areas: the tournament, arms and armour, the chivalric society's organisation in peace and war, its literature and its landscape. They also consider the gendered nature of chivalry, its propensity for violence, and its post-medieval decline and reinvention in the early modern and modern periods. It will be invaluable to the student and the scholar of chivalry alike. ROBERT W. JONES is a Visiting Scholar in History, Franklin and Marshall College; PETER COSS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University Contributors: Richard Barber, Joanna Bellis, Matthew Bennett, Sam Claussen, Peter Coss, Oliver Creighton, David Green, Robert W. Jones, Megan G. Leitch, Ralph Moffat, Helen J. Nicholson, Clare Simmons, David Simpkin, Peter Sposato, Louise J. Wilkinson, Matthew WoodcockTrade ReviewA Companion to Chivalry is an elegant, well-considered volume that is of interest to both students and specialists, [...] it is a must-have for university libraries. * NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES *A Companion to Chivalry provides a masterful summary of half a century of scholarship on medieval chivalry, and will undoubtedly prove a useful reference point for graduate students, whilst clarifying for specialists the current state of the existing scholarship, as well as new avenues worth exploring in the future. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Overall this is a superb collection, a suitable companion to Keen's 1984 masterpiece, Chivalry. It usefully updates and expands Keen's work, highlighting subsequent scholarship and serving as a roadmap for students and scholars interested in chivalric ideas. * H-NET *En conclusion, A Companion to Chivalry - qui aurait pu s'intituler A Companion to Chivalries, compte tenu de la multiplicité des démarches - remplit sa mission. Cet ouvrage trouvera sa place entre les mains des étudiants comme des spécialistes, d'autant plus que l'objet-livre lui-même, en couleurs sur papier glacé, est d'une facture admirable. * SOCIAL HISTORY / HISTOIRE SOCIALE *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Robert W. Jones The Origins and Diffusion of Chivalry - Peter Coss The Organisation of Chivalric Society - David Simpkin The Secular Orders: Chivalry in the Service of the State - David Green The Military Orders - Helen J. Nicholson Marshalling the Chivalric Elite for War - Robert W. Jones Chivalric Violence - Samuel A. Claussen and Peter Sposato Chivalry in the Tournament and Pas d'Armes - Richard Barber Heraldry and Heralds - Robert W. Jones Arms and Armour - Ralph Moffat Constructing Chivalric Landscapes: Aristocratic Spaces Between Image and Reality - Oliver H. Creighton Gendered Chivalry - Louise J. Wilkinson Chivalric Literature - Joanna Bellis and Megan G. Leitch Manuals of Warfare and Chivalry - Matthew Bennett The End of Chivalry? Survivals and Revivals of the Tudor Age - Matthew Woodcock Chivalric Medievalism - Clare A Simmons Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst full-length study of the notion and concept of old age in early medieval England. How did Anglo-Saxons reflect on the experience of growing old? Was it really a golden age for the elderly, as has been suggested? This first full survey of the Anglo-Saxon cultural conceptualisation of old age, as manifested and reflected in the texts and artwork of the inhabitants of early medieval England, presents a more nuanced and complicated picture. The author argues that although senescence was associated with the potential for wisdom and pious living, the Anglo-Saxons also anticipated various social, psychological and physical repercussions of growing old. Their attitude towards elderly men and women - whether they were saints, warriors or kings - was equally ambivalent. Multidisciplinary in approach, this book makes use of a wide variety of sources, ranging from the visual arts to hagiography, homiletic literature and heroic poetry. Individual chapters deal with early medieval definitions ofthe life cycle; the merits and drawbacks of old age as represented in Anglo-Saxon homilies and wisdom poetry; the hagiographic topos of elderly saints; the portrayal of grey-haired warriors in heroic literature; Beowulf asa mirror for elderly kings; and the cultural roles attributed to old women. THIJS PORCK is Assistant Professor of Medieval English, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Leiden University.Trade ReviewAt once entertaining and erudite, this scholarly book makes an important case for an Anglo-Saxon attitude to old age as a time of trial, which only makes the most impressive in society - be they warriors, kings, saints, and perhaps even women - could overcome. -- FOLKLOREAn important and interesting monograph. It is clearly and elegantly written and considers an impressive array of evidence drawn from philology, literature, history, archaeology, prosopography, and art history. * ANGLIA *This rich and highly informative book concludes with an extensive bibliography and a rather detailed index. It is a joy to learn so much about old age in early medieval England through Porck's meticulous research. He has consulted a vast range of relevant sources and offered convincing analyses. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *A detailed and interesting cultural study.which provides a useful model for studies of later periods. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *Combining good judgment with ample learning in both Germanic philology and intellectual history, Porck has produced a valuable contribution to knowledge that is as stimulating as it is rigorous. * MODERN PHILOLOGY *A pleasure to read. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Thijs Porck's book on old age in England up to the eleventh century, the first full-length study of this topic, provides a vigorous and readable survey. * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction Definitions of old age Merits of old age Drawbacks of old age frode fyrnwitan: Old saints in Anglo-Saxon hagiography hare hilderincas: Old warriors in Anglo-Saxon England ealde eðelweardas: Beowulf as a mirror of elderly kings gamole geomeowlan: Old women in Anglo-Saxon England Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the growth of civic power in the turbulent arena of late medieval London. In the late fourteenth century, London's government, through mismanagement and negligence, experienced a series of crises. Relationships with the crown were tested; competing factions sought to wrest power from the hands of the once all-powerful victualling guilds; revolt in the streets in 1381 targeted the institutions of royal as well as civic power; and, between 1392 and 1397, King Richard removed the liberties of the city and appointed his own wardensto govern in place of the mayor of London. This book examines the strategies employed by the generation of London aldermen who governed after 1397 to regain control of their city. By examining a range of interdisciplinary sources, including manuscript and printed books, administrative records, accounts of civic ritual and epitaphs, the author shows how, by carefully constructing the idea of a civic community united by shared political concerns and spiritual ambitions, a small number of men virtually monopolised power in the capital. More generally, this is an exploration of the mentalities of those who sought civic power in the late Middle Ages and provokes the question: whygovern, and for whom? DAVID HARRY is Lecturer in History at the University of Chester.Trade Review[Well] written and accessible to non-specialists. -- SPECULUMHarry's thoughtful analysis gives us a new blueprint for understanding the complex forces at work in fashioning new political relationships in post-plague London. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *This book will be invaluable for those who want to understand how the governors of late medieval cities established and justified their positions in society. * THE RICARDIAN *[A] very timely, welcome, and important book. -- Paul Griffiths * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Common profit and charity in late medieval London Radical London, 1376-1386 Reconfiguring political authority Civic ceremony and staging the limits of authority The exemplary dead Spiritual authority and the common profit Print and the pursuit of the common profit Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst multi-disciplinary study of the cultural and social milieu of the post-medieval castle. The castle was an imposing architectural landmark in late medieval and early modern England and Wales. Castles were much more than lordly residences: they were accommodation to guests and servants, spaces of interaction between the powerful and the powerless, and part of larger networks of tenants, parks, and other properties. These structures were political, symbolic, residential, and military, and shaped the ways in which people consumed the landscape and interacted with the local communities around them. This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the socio-cultural understanding of the castle in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, a period duringwhich the castle has largely been seen as in decline. Bringing together a wide range of source material - from architectural remains and archaeological finds to household records and political papers - it investigates the personnel of the castle; the use of space for politics and hospitality; the landscape; ideas of privacy; and the creation of a visual legacy. By focusing on such an iconic structure, the book allows us to see some of the ways in which men and women were negotiating the space around them on a daily basis; and just as importantly, it reveals the impact that the local communities had on the spaces of the castle. AUDREY M. THORSTAD teaches in the Department of History, University of North Texas.Trade ReviewA very readable and solid introduction to the non-royal great houses in England...is essential reading for anyone coming to this subject for the first time. * ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS *Commendably detailed, thorough and fluent. * INNES REVIEW *In bringing a methodologically diverse approach to a subject that crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, particularly history and archaeology, Thorstad's work will be of interest to those working in these fields, and she is surely right to argue that "Castles . . . cannot be interpreted in isolation from the people who occupied them" (210). This fresh approach is very welcome. -- James Ross * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *[F]ollows a valuable trend in castle studies by turning away from study of the thickest walls with the most scars to focus instead on interesting cultural spaces within and without. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Architecture as a Story Politics and Governance The Landscape The Household Hospitality Private Spaces Memory and Commemoration In Closing: Architecture as Legacy Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamines the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. This book deals with the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Little has been written on this early formative period for the British security state, which began in earnest as a response to the Fenian dynamite campaign of the 1880s. Based on newly declassified documents, Solomon weaves together separate narrative threads which converge to paint a complex picture of the institutional innovations and personal rivalries that produced Britain's first national political police. The interactions between high-ranking bureaucrats, policemen and politicians reveal how often conflicting ideas on controlling organized radicalism coalesced into a unified counter-subversive strategy. Stressing the distinctness of the early British model of political policing, the narrative goes past the confines of a scholarly account by using source material to flesh out multidimensional characters, ranging from choleric Home Secretaries to remorseful anarchist double agents embroiled in a high-stakes and often unscrupulous combination of espionage, collusion and betrayal.Table of ContentsIntroduction Prologue 'A spider's web of Police Communication' 'Panic and indifference' Mr Jenkinson goes to London 'The new detective army' 'Waiting games' 'A long and complicated inquiry' The Battle of Trafalgar Square Scandal Averted 'A bomb has burst' 'Men of bad character' 'Surtout pas trop de zèle' 'We do not prosecute opinions' Dangerous Aliens 'A doctrine of lawlessness' 'Suffrage forces in the field' The Waning of Militancy and the Rise of Counter-espionage Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed examination of the March system - the special administrative arrangements which applied on both sides of the border - how it was applied and how it evolved as national political circumstances changed. The Anglo-Scottish borderlands of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries provide an excellent window into early modern state formation, diplomacy, and cross-border interactions during a key moment in history. In the early modernperiod, the Anglo-Scottish border was transformed from an established line of demarcation between two independent kingdoms into a political obstacle. The people and administrators of the borderlands faced intense pressure after the Union of the Crowns in 1603, as King James VI/I sought to eliminate the borderline and turn the region into the "Middle Shires" of a united Great Britain. This book shows that, though the official borderline disappeared after union, the unique administrative arrangements, social and economic bonds of kinship, and built landscape served to uphold the notion of continued separation between the kingdoms. It highlights the movement of peoples across the borderline, collaboration attempts between local officials, and the formation of temporary cross-border alliances but also the assertion of national differences through periodic lawlessness, conflict, and outright war. The book thus demonstrates the complexities of the common border zone and the significance of the border in shaping distinct national identities. JENNA M. SCHULTZ teaches in the Department of History at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota.Trade ReviewExcellent Study * THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY *Schultz provides us with a well-researched and engaging and detailed account of the events surrounding the Union of the Crowns and how that merger affected the people and policies on the border between England and Scotland. This book is an important contribution to this part of the scholarly conversation about politics and identity along this long disputed region of Great Britain. -- Emily Herff * Scotia *Table of ContentsIntroduction Administration Borderers Border Towns and Fortifications Moments of Crisis Conclusion Appendix 1: List of Wardens Appendix 2: List of Lords Lieutenants Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a variety of angles and approaches. The essays in this volume continue the Journal's tradition of groundbreaking interdisciplinary work. The volume opens with a survey of the discipline of medieval clothing and textiles, written by founding editor Gale R. Owen-Crocker. The range of the other essays extends chronologically from the early Middle Ages through the fifteenth century and covers a variety of disciplines. Topics include the conception of the author as a "wordweaver" in the literatures of Anglo-Saxon England; intertextual literary identities established through clothing in the Nibelungenlied and the Völsunga Saga; the historical record of clothing and textiles at the court of King John of England; medallion silks, their use in Western Europe, and their representation in art; the vestments of Beguines and other penitential movements in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; and a depiction of heraldic textile weaving inlate-medieval art. Contributors: Tina Anderlini, Joanne W. Anderson, Maren Clegg Hyer, Alejandra Concha Sahli, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Elizabeth M. Swedo, Hugh ThomasTrade ReviewThe seven articles in this issue exhibit the excellent scholarship for which the series is known. * PARERGON *The seven chapters provide eloquent and compelling testimony to the existence of a deeply embedded and vibrant fashion system throughout the Middle Ages. The breadth and precision of scholarship contained in this volume underscores the importance of the Medieval Clothing and Textiles project to all people working and interested in dress, irrespective of chronology. * JOURNAL OF DRESS HISTORY *Table of ContentsPreface Old Rags, New Responses: Medieval Dress and Textiles - Gale R. Owen-Crocker Text/Textile: "Wordweaving" in the Literatures of Anglo-Saxon England - Maren Clegg Hyer Unfolding Identities: The Intertextual Roles of Clothing in the Nibelungenlied and Völsunga Saga - Elizabeth M. Swedo Clothing and Textiles at the Court of King John of England, 1199-1216 - Hugh M Thomas Dressing the Sacred: Medallion Silks and their Use in Western Medieval Europe - Tina Anderlini Habit Envy: Extra-Religious Groups, Attire, and the Search for Legitimation Outside the Institutionalized Religious Orders - Alejandra Concha Sahli The Loom, the Lady and her Family Chapels: Weaving Identity in Late Medieval Art - Joanne W. Anderson Recent Books of Interest

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Book SynopsisDetailed examination of the letters of Edward I reveals them to be powerful and sophisticated political tools. Highly commended for the Royal Studies Journal Book Prize, 2022 As formulaic in appearance as they are abundant in the archives, it is easy to underestimate the power of the letters generated by medieval governments, but these acts of communication were more than mere containers of information. Operating at the intersection of the spoken and the written, the performed and the observed, they produced a discourse that maximized royal authority and promoted solidarity between sender and recipient. This book situates letters within medieval theories of composition and habits of reception, to argue that even mundane letters of governance were rhetorical texts. It focuses on the example of Edward I of England, whose rhetorical prowess was noted, often critically, by contemporaries. It shows how the king's correspondence varied in tone, vocabulary and structure across his reign and between recipients, revealing an unexpected dynamism of political discourse. Moving between historical context and close readings of individual letters, this volume identifies letter-writing as an art through which the king and his government attempted to negotiate and mould relationships with political communities and diplomatic interlocutors alike.Trade Review[An] interesting, dynamic and hugely important contribution to our understanding of the period. -- HISTORY AUSTRALIAKathleen Neal's first monograph is an outstanding contribution, not only to the study of Edward I's letters, but also to the understanding of letter-writing, rhetoric, and epistolarity in general, and constitutes a model for future work in royal correspondence. -- ROYAL STUDIES JOURNALAn impressive work... offers an important and much-needed study of medieval letters and the language of power, using Edward I's letters to illustrate how language was manipulated to sustain models of power and authority. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Letters and the Language of Power Royal Letters: The Authority of a Form Rhetorical Refinement: Epistolary Editing and its Implications Announcing the Message: Communities of Reception and Royal Ideology 'Dear Cousin': Affect and Epistolarity Beyond Borders Keeping Friends Close: Strategies of Epistolary Alignment Rhetoric Under Strain: Re-writing Royal Epistolarity Conclusion. Royal Epistolarity: The Voice of the King Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRevisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf. Awarded the Francis Jones Prize in Welsh History 2019 by Jesus College Oxford The early-twelfth-century Book of Llandaf is rightly notorious for its bogus documents - but it also provides valuable information on the earlymedieval history of south-east Wales and the adjacent parts of England. This study focuses on its 159 charters, which purport to date from the fifth century to the eleventh, arguing that most of them are genuine seventh-century and later documents that were adapted and "improved" to impress Rome and Canterbury in the context of Bishop Urban of Llandaf's struggles in 1119-34 against the bishops of St Davids and Hereford and the "invasion" of monks from English houses such as Gloucester and Tewkesbury. After assembling other evidence for the existence of pre-twelfth-century Welsh charters, the author defends the authenticity of most of the Llandaf charters' witness lists, elucidatestheir chronology, and analyses the processes of manipulation and expansion that led to the extant Book of Llandaf. This leads him to reassess the extent to which historians can exploit the rehabilitated charters as an indicator of social and economic change between the seventh and eleventh centuries and as a source for the secular and ecclesiastical history of south-east Wales and western England. PATRICK SIMS-WILLIAMS is a Fellow of the British Academy; he was formerly Reader in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge and Professor of Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University.Trade ReviewSims-Williams's magisterial survey of this difficult and intricate source lays a firm foundation on which future workers can build. * MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY *A work of the greatest importance...It will be the foundation of all future work on the Book of Llandaf, and on many topics it will remain the last word for a very long time to come. Clearly and economically written, and produced to the high standard which we have come to expect from the publishers, it is a monument of modern scholarship. * ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Book of Llandaf and the early Welsh charter The origin of the Llandaf claims The charters in the Book of Llandaf: forgeries or recensions? The authenticity of the witness lists The integrity of the charters The chronology of the charters The status of the donors and recipients of the charters The fake diplomatic of the Book of Llandaf The Book of Llandaf: first edition or seventh enlarged revision? A new approach to the compilation of the Book of Llandaf The evidence of the doublets The Book of Llandaf as an indicator of social and economic change The royal genealogical framework The episcopal framework Afterword Appendix I: Concordance and chart showing the paginal and chronological order of the charters Appendix II: Maps of grants to bishops Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEssays exploring how England was governed during a tumultuous period. The twin themes of power and authority in fourteenth-century England, a century of transition between the high and late medieval polities, run throughout this volume, reflecting Professor Given-Wilson's seminal work in the area. Covering the period between Edward I's final years and the tyranny of Richard II, the volume encompasses political, social, economic and administrative history through four major lens: central governance, aristocratic politics, warfare, and English power abroad. Topics covered include royal administrative efficiency; the machinations of government clerks; the relationship between the crown and market forces; the changing nature of noble titles and lordship;and ideas of court politics, favouritism and loyalty. Military policy is also examined, looking at army composition and definitions of "war" and "rebellion". The book concludes with a detailed study of treasonous English captainsaround Calais and a broader examination of Plantagenet ambitions on the European stage. REMY AMBUHL is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Southampton; JAMES BOTHWELL is Lecturer in Later Medieval Historyat the University of Leicester; LAURA TOMPKINS is Research Manager at Historic Royal Palaces. Contributors: Andrew Ayton, Michael Bennett, Wendy R. Childs, Gwilym Dodd, David Green, J.S. Hamilton, Andy King, Alison McHardy, Mark Ormrod, Michael Prestwich, Bridget Wells-FurbyTrade ReviewThis wide-ranging collection is a fitting tribute to the breadth of historical research that has characterized Chris Given-Wilson's career. [...] Ruling Fourteenth-Century England is a fine piece of scholarship that raises as many questions as it answers about the nature of power and the relationship between instructional authority and personal influence. -- SPECULUMThis excellent essay collection is a fitting tribute to the career of Professor Chris Given-Wilson [and] is elegantly presented, as one would expect from The Boydell Press. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Ruling Fourteenth-Century England, written in honor of Professor Christopher Given-Wilson, focuses on two themes, power and authority, that broadly define his interest in the fourteenth century. A variety of thought-provoking chapters covers one or more of four sub-themes: central governance, aristocratic politics, warfare, and English power abroad. -- Matthew Ward * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *Table of ContentsPreface - Remy Ambuhl and James Bothwell and W. Mark Ormrod and Laura Tompkins Introduction - Remy Ambuhl and James Bothwell and W. Mark Ormrod and Laura Tompkins The Efficiency of English Royal Administration in the Last Years of Edward I - Michael C Prestwich Government and Market in the Early Fourteenth Century - Wendy Childs Kings' Clerks: The Essential Tools of Government - Alison McHardy Edward II: Favourites, Loyalty, and Kingship - Jeffrey S Hamilton The Perils of Lordship: The Life and Death of William Tuchet (c. 1275-1322) - Bridget Wells-Furby 'War', 'Rebellion' or 'Perilous Times'? Political Taxonomy and the Conflict in England, 1321-2 - Andy King The Carlisle Roll of Arms and the Political Fabric of Military Service under Edward III - Andrew Ayton What's in a Title? Comital Development, Political Pressures and Questions of Purpose in Fourteenth Century England - James Bothwell Edward the Black Prince: Lordship and Administration in the Plantagenet Empire - David Green 'Said the Mistress to the Bishop': Alice Perrers, William Wykeham and Court Networks in Fourteenth-Century England - Laura Tompkins The Politics of Surrender: Treason, Trials and Recrimination in the 1370s - Remy Ambuhl and Gwilym Dodd Richard II in the Mirror of Christendom - Michael J Bennett List of Christopher Given-Wilson Publications - James Bothwell

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Book SynopsisFar from being a static or eroding cultural inheritance from the past, the supernatural has continually been appropriated and updated to accommodate and express social, cultural, economic and environmental anxieties. SHORTLISTED for the 2020 Katharine Briggs Award. Since the Enlightenment, supernatural beliefs and practices have largely been derided as ignorant and un-modern - even anti-modern - and cities, being the ultimate symbol of progress and rationality, have not been thought to harbour magic. Scholars have long assumed that the world of the supernatural withered under the impact of urbanisation; yet, as numerous books, films and T.V. series from Hellboy to Being Human to the Harry Potterfranchise show, contemporary culture remains fascinated by urban-based legends and fantasy. This collection seeks to spur interest in the urban supernatural and argues for its prevalence, importance and vitality by presenting a rich cultural history of the complex relationship between supernatural beliefs and practices, imagination and storytelling, and urbanisation. Grouped around themes of enchantment, anxiety and spectrality, it explores urban supernatural cultures on five continents between the late eighteenth century and the present day. The book advances a ground-breaking exploration of the communal and cultural function of urban supernatural ideas, demonstrating howthey have continually been appropriated and updated to express and accommodate socio-cultural, economic and environmental anxieties and needs. Drawing together a diverse range of academic approaches, with contributions from historians, geographers, anthropologists, folklorists and literary scholars, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of how urban environments, both past and present, inform our imaginations, cultural insecurities and spatial fears. KARL BELL is Reader in Cultural and Social History at the University of Portsmouth. CONTRIBUTORS: Karl Bell, Oliver Betts, Alex Bevan, Tracy Fahey, Deirdre Flynn, Maria del Pilar Blanco, William Pooley, Elena Pryamikova, David J. Puglia, William Redwood, Morag Rose, Alevtina Solovyova, Tom Sykes, Natalya Veselkova, Mikhail Vandyshev, David Waldron, Sharn Waldron, Felicity WoodTrade ReviewRevels in the power of storytelling... This collection vividly presents the ways in which the supernatural continues to shape the urban in multiple and complex webs of storytelling. * GRAMARYE *A provoking and far-reaching interdisciplinary collection exploring cities as haunted and haunting places. The judges particularly noted the exciting register of different voices presented here, with folklorists, historians, literary critics and psychogeographers contributing to an often essential collection. * THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY *Supernatural Cities is a noteworthy publication that will be of interest to both academics and urban enthusiasts. It adds to the current interest in the field of humanities to explore the cultural dimensions of urban planning.[3] The volume employs several theories associated with horror and the Gothic, drawing on the concepts of uncanniness, heterotopia, nostalgia, and subalternity, to examine the culture in the localized communities of global cities. Its various essays can serve as a good point of reference for scholars interested in the study of the urban representations, their various modalities, and multiglossia, expressed through the supernatural * H-Net *The book's intellectual, chronological and geographical sweep is wide. * FORTEAN TIMES *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Mapping the Urban Mindscape: The City and the Supernatural - Karl Bell Magical Capital: Witchcraft and the Press in Paris, c.1789-1939 - William Pooley Fatal Seductions, False Promises and Urban Enchantments: The Mamlambo, the Blesser, and the Consumer in South African Cities - Felicity Wood 'The Banshee Lives in the Handball Alley': Limerick City as a Folk Gothic Site - Tracy Fahey Urban Energy: Cartographies of the Esoteric City - William Redwood The Occultism of the New York Slums: Perceptions and Apparitions c.1850-1930 - Oliver Betts Manila-as-Hell: Horror, Geopolitics and Religious Orientalism in Anglo-American Literary Constructions of an Asian City, 1946-2013 - Tom Sykes The Goatman and Washington, D.C.: Strange Sightings and the Fear of the Encroaching City - David J. Puglia Horror Stories of Young Ural Cities - Elena Pryamikova and Mikhail Vandyshev and Natalia Veselkova The London Underground: A Supernatural Subterranean Heterotopia - Alex Bevan The Uncanny City: Delving into the Sewers and Subconscious of Tokyo in Haruki Murakami's Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Deirdre Flynn Ghosts on the Goldfields: Ballarat as a Haunted City - Sharn Waldron and David Waldron Spectral Mexico City - Maria del Pilar Blanco Ghostlore of Contemporary Beijing - Alevtina Solovyova 'There's Something in the Water!' A Psychogeographical Exploration of What Lurks Beneath the Surface of Manchester - Morag Rose

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Book SynopsisThis volume traces the evolution of Whig and Tory, Puritan and Anglican ideas across a tumultuous period of British history, from the mid-seventeenth century through to the Age of Enlightenment. This volume, a tribute to Mark Goldie, traces the evolution of Whig and Tory, Puritan and Anglican ideas across a tumultuous period of British history, from the mid-seventeenth century through to the Age of Enlightenment. Mark Goldie, Fellow of Churchill College and Professor of Intellectual History at Cambridge University, is one of the most distinguished historians of later Stuart Britain of his generation and has written extensively about politics, religion and ideas in Britain from the Restoration through to the Hanoverian succession. Based on original research, the chapters collected here reflect the range of his scholarly interests: in Locke, Tory and Whig political thought,and Puritan, Anglican and Catholic political engagement, as well as the transformative impact of the Glorious Revolution. They examine events as well as ideas and deal not only with England but also with Scotland, France and the Atlantic world. Politics, Religion and Ideas in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Britain will be of interest to later Stuart political and religious historians, Locke scholars and intellectual historians more generally. JUSTIN CHAMPION is Professor of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. JOHN COFFEY is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester. TIM HARRIS is Professor of History at Brown University. JOHN MARSHALL is Professor of History at John Hopkins University. CONTRIBUTORS: Justin Champion, John Coffey, Conal Condren, Gabriel Glickman, Tim Harris, Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, Clare Jackson, Warren Johnston, Geoff Kemp, Dmitri Levitin, John Marshall, Jacqueline Rose, S.-J. Savonius-Wroth, Hannah Smith, Delphine SoulardTrade ReviewThis rich and fertile collection of essays, written by Mark Goldie's friends and former students to mark his retirement, is a fitting tribute to his intellectual contribution, range and influence over the last forty years. * THE JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *This volume offers a series of unique perspectives on the different intellectual forces informing early modern England, in no way bound by the traditional lines of the history of ideas, and therefore stands as a fitting tribute to the methodologies championed by Mark Goldie. * JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY *An important collection of essays and will become essential reading for all scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. * SCOTTISH CHURCH HISTORY *An excellent collection...These are well-written and well-researched essays, which together provide an excellent overview of recent scholarship on British political and religious ideas in the age which Goldie made his own. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *Does justice to Goldie as a historian of ideas, politics and religion, and as a scholar of Locke and his setting, of England as well as Scotland...Since most of the contributors write and think in the spirit of Goldie-or at least in interlocution with his work-this is an unusually even and coherent Festschrift. * SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *The pieces are all of high quality, casting vivid light on details of Restoration and 18th-century culture...These essays are all excellent. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *[P]rovides a feast of chapters related to British religion and politics. The career of Goldie, now retired from Cambridge, has inspired a host of scholars who address topics that should be of interest to readers of this journal, especially those interested in religion and politics. And as one might expect from those in Goldie's milieu, the scholarship is impressive and the prose lucid. * ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY *The high quality essays should leave the reader in no doubt that the interconnected history of 'politics, religion and ideas', done in the Goldie fashion of in-depth contextualisation, is a worthy enterprise and...in the best of hands. * Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Justin Champion and John Coffey and Tim Harris and John Marshall Constitutional Royalism Re-considered: Myth or Reality? - Tim Harris Teaching Political Thought in the Restoration Divinity Faculty: Avant-Garde Episcopacy, the Two Kingdoms, and Christian Liberty - Dmitri Levitin Violence, Protest and Resistance: Marvell and the Experience of Dissent after 1670 - Justin Champion Bulstrode Whitelocke and the Limits of Puritan Politics in Restoration England - Jacqueline Rose The Assassination of Archbishop Sharp: Religious Violence and Martyrdom in Restoration Scotland - John Coffey Compassing Allegiance: Sir George Mackenzie and Restoration Scottish Royalism - Clare Jackson Corruption and Regeneration in the Political Imagination of John Locke - S.-J. Savonius-Wroth Locke the Censor, Locke the Anti-Censor - Geoff Kemp London, Locke, and 1690s Provisions for the Poor in Context: Beggars, Spinners, and Slaves - John Marshall The Reception of Locke's Politics: Locke in the République des Lettres - Delphine Soulard Court Culture and Godly Monarchy: Henry Purcell and Sir Charles Sedley's 1692 Birthday Ode for Mary II - Hannah Smith Thanksgivings and the Signs of the Times: The Apocalypse in the Long Eighteenth Century - Warren Johnston The 'Secret Reformation' and the Origins of the Scottish Catholic Enlightenment - Gabriel Glickman The Surprising Lineage of Useful Knowledge - Sarah Irving-Stonebraker The Vicissitudes of Innovation: Confessional Politics, the State and Philosophy in Early Modern England - Conal Condren Mark Goldie Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPhilanthropy was an essential feature of the relationship between Dissent and the society from which it sometimes felt itself to be separate. This collection examines the contribution made by Dissenters from the Church of England to the history and development of charity and philanthropy in Britain from 1660 to the beginning of the twentieth century. It looks at the importance of charity and philanthropy in supporting Protestant Dissent and the causes with which it was associated; the part charity and philanthropy played in helping to fashion a self-identity for Dissent and for individual denominations; and the distinctive contributions made both by Dissenters generally and by particular denominations. Dissent and philanthropy intersect at many different points and levels: between the public and the private, the state and the individual, the voluntary and the organized. Philanthropy was an essential feature of the relationship between Dissent and the society from which it sometimes felt itself to be separate. Each chapter not only covers the contribution of a particular denomination but forms a case study of a wider aspect of charitable or philanthropic activity within Dissent as a whole. This volume is the first study which examines the contribution of Dissenters to charity and philanthropy, one of the most important developments in British society between the Restoration of Charles II and the outbreak of the First World War. CLYDE BINFIELD is Emeritus Professor in History at the University of Sheffield. His publications have concentrated on nonconformist history, in particular its social, cultural, and political contexts, from the late eighteenth century to the mid twentieth century. G. M. DITCHFIELD is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Kent. His publications include The Evangelical Revival, George III. An Essay in Monarchy, and The Letters of Theophilus Lindsey (1723-1808). DAVID L. WYKES is Director of Dr Williams's Trust and Library. He edited Parliament and Dissent with Stephen Taylor and, with Isabel Rivers, Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian and Dissenting Praise. CONTRIBUTORS: Clyde Binfield, John Briggs, Hugh Cunningham, G. M. Ditchfield, Jennifer Farooq, Mark Freeman, Elizabeth Gow, David Jeremy, Stephen Orchard, Alan Ruston, David L. WykesTrade Review[This book] presents a range of valuable perspectives on the development of Protestant Dissent over a significant period, and the place that philanthropy had to play within that development. * THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY *[An] important study of a surprisingly neglected subject. * JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE *[This] book is a clearly written and a fully researched account of Dissenting life and practise, in an area that has hitherto not been systematically considered in depth by historians. -- TRANSACTIONS OF THE UNITARIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETYScholarly and illuminating * WESLEY AND METHODIST STUDIES *This is an extremely well-edited volume, more than the sum of its parts; each essay has a clear problematic, with always lucid, frequently lively, and occasionally very moving, narratives - and with valuable, well-labelled, conclusions. -- JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORYThis is a ground-breaking collection on a curiously overlooked subject, setting out extraordinary acts of munificence and some exceptional Dissenters. * CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY MAGAZINE *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Clyde Binfield and G.M. Ditchfield and David L. Wykes Dissent and Charity, 1660-1720 - David L. Wykes Dissenters and Charity Sermons, c.1700-1750 - Jennifer Farooq John Howard, Dissent and the Early Years of Philanthropy in Britain - Hugh Cunningham Rational Philanthropy: theory and practice in the emergence of British Unitarianism, c.1750-c.1820 - G.M. Ditchfield David Nasmith (1799-1839), philanthropy expressed as campaigning - Stephen Orchard Building Philanthropy: the example of Joshua Wilson (1795-1874) - Clyde Binfield Funding Faith: Early Victorian Wesleyan Philanthropy - David Jeremy Unitarians and philanthropy after 1844: the formation of a denominational identity - Alan Ruston - David L. Wykes Children and Orphans: Some Nonconformist Responses to the Vulnerable in Victorian Britain - John Briggs The Rowntree family and the evolution of Quaker philanthropy, c.1880-c.1920 - Mark Freeman 'Not slothful in business': Enriqueta Rylands and the John Rylands Library - Elizabeth Gow

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