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University of Pittsburgh Press The American People and the National Forests
Book SynopsisA history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.
£38.95
University of Pittsburgh Press Emergence Of Modern Jewish Politics The Bundism And Zionism In Eastern Europe Russian and East European Studies
Book SynopsisNew in Paper Collection of essays by prominent historians, political scientists, and professors of literature that examine the political, social, and cultural impact of Zionism and Bundism on Jewish society.
£37.95
University of Pittsburgh Press The Rise and Fall of Khoqand 17091876
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In presenting the first English-language history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1709-1876), Scott C. Levi examines the rise of that extraordinarily dynamic state in the Ferghana Valley.Trade ReviewSeldom have I read a history of modern Central Asia so beautifully written, clearly constructed, and deeply researched. Levi’s fine prose, wit and, erudition make this manuscript a readable, original, and endlessly interesting work. Levi’s book is a welcome addition to the increasingly rich historiography of Central Asia and it deserves the very highest praise."" - Paolo Sartori, Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna
£42.63
University of Pittsburgh Press Unintended Affinities
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University of Hawai'i Press Japan Examined Perspectives on Modern Japanese
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University of Hawai'i Press Twilight Over Burma My Life as a Shan Princess
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn a stirring tribute to a remarkable man and a gripping tale from beginning to end, Sargent reflects back on her loving, cross-cultural marriage to the prince of Hsipaw.... A touching memoir that would read like a fairy tale were it not for the unfortunate ending." —Booklist
£16.96
University of Hawai'i Press Japans Imperial Diplomacy Consuls Treaty Ports and War in China 18951938 Study of the East Asian Institute
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a profile of Japan's pre-war foreign ministry, especially the Chinese specialists within the ministry, who advocated that Japan must adopt policies in harmony with China's rising nationalism and national interests. It examines a range of primary sources.
£27.96
University of Hawai'i Press A Paradise Lost The Imperial Garden Yuanming Yuan
Book SynopsisYuanming Yuan, China's famous imperial garden, is noted for its magnificent architecture and extraordinary history. This is a comprehensive study of the palatial garden complex and a tour of its architecture and history. It refers throughout to maps and models of individual buildings.
£29.56
University of Hawai'i Press The New Shape of Old Island Cultures
Book SynopsisThe years since World War II have brought unprecedented social change to Micronesia. Now, drawing on over four decades of experience living and working in the region, the author assess the most striking changes to have swept over the islands since the 1950s.
£19.16
University of Hawai'i Press Hawaiis Russian Adventure A New Look at Old History
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University of Hawai'i Press The Victim as Hero Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan
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University of Hawai'i Press Lords of Things The Fashioning of the Siamese
Book SynopsisLords of Things offers an interpretation of modernity in late 19th and early 20th century Siam by focusing on the novel material possessions and social practices adopted by the royal elite to refashion itself and its public image in the early stages of globalization.
£18.66
University of Hawai'i Press Superfluous Things Material Culture and Social
Book SynopsisCraig Clunas analyses ‘superfluous things’ - the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China - and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.
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University of Hawai'i Press Burma at the Turn of the Twentyfirst Century
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University of Hawai'i Press Japan and the League of Nations Empire and World Order 19141938
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University of Hawai'i Press The Dog Shogun The Personality and Policies of
Book SynopsisTsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is viewed by many as a tyrant. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog Shogun. This work presents an analysis of Tsunayoshi's background, which sheds new light on his personality and his policies.
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University of Hawai'i Press Lee Boo of Belau A Prince in London South Seas Book
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University of Hawai'i Press The Arts of Kingship Hawaiian Art and National
Book SynopsisOffers an account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. This title provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum.
£45.00
University of Hawai'i Press Divided by a Common Language Factional Conflict in Late Northern Song China
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University of Hawai'i Press Natives and Exotics World War II and Environment in the Southern Pacific
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University of Hawai'i Press Writers of the Winter Republic
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University of Hawai'i Press Spreading Protestant Modernity
Book SynopsisExplores the influence of the YMCAâs and YWCAâs work on highly diverse societies in South, Southeast, and East Asia; North America; Africa; and Eastern Europe. The book provides new insights into the evolution of global civil society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its multifarious, seemingly secular, legacies for todayâs world.
£22.36
University of Missouri Press A Tale of Two Colonies
Book SynopsisBernhard links Virginia and Bermuda in a series of unintended consequences resulting from natural disaster, ignorance of native cultures, diplomatic intrigues, and the fateful arrival of the first Africans in both colonies. Written for general as well as academic audiences.Trade ReviewIf her title invokes Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (1859), the allusion is apt. She links the two colonies in a tale of death and resurrection and compares them, often highlighting Virginia's greater struggles."" - The Journal of Southern History""Drawing on new research and her own extensive knowledge of early Virginia and Bermuda, Virginia Bernhard elucidates the colonies' interwoven histories. Along the way, she solves many of the conundrums that have long perplexed scholars and general readers. This is a rich, lively, and reliable narrative and an important contribution to Atlantic studies."" - Alden T. Vaughan, author of Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500–1776""Virginia Bernhard, who has previously published an outstanding book about slavery on Bermuda, offers the reader a gripping story. She relates the fascinating tale of these two critical locales in England's early efforts to build a successful colonial empire. I found myself eagerly turning the pages, particularly because she skillfully guides the reader back and forth between the two colonies, revealing how so many of the people involved were instrumental to both settlements. Her portrayal of the intrigue, the rapid development of factional disputes on both Bermuda and at Jamestown, is well done. The focus is properly on the personalities and how individual decisions made a significant difference."" - Larry Gragg, author of The Quaker Community on Barbados: Challenging the Culture of the Planter Class""Many in Bermuda and Virginia, the sites of England's first and second colonies in what became the vast British Empire, and beyond will welcome the appearance of A Tale of Two Colonies. The interaction of the settlers on the edge of a vast continent and in a remote, uninhabited island is a fascinating story that Professor Bernhard, with her long experience of both places and their records, has rendered in delightful and highly readable volume."" - Edward Harris, MBE, National Museum of Bermuda
£31.30
University of Missouri Press Arkansass Gilded Age
Book SynopsisOffers an examination of working-class activism, broadly defined as that of farmers' organisations, labour unions, and political movements, in Arkansas during the Gilded Age. On one level, Hild argues for the significance of this activism in its own time. He also argues that the significance of these movements lasted beyond their own time.Trade ReviewNot only a unique contribution to Arkansas history but also, I think, a significant addition to what we know of protest movements nationally during the late nineteenth century.""- Carl H. Moneyhon, Professor of History, University of Arkansas–Little Rock; author of Arkansas and the New South, 1874–1929
£43.22
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Conflict in Colonial Sonora Indians Priests and
Book SynopsisIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries northwestern Mexico was the scene of ongoing conflict among three distinct social groups - Indians, religious orders of priests, and settlers. In this study, Yetman examines seven separate instances of conflict, each of which reveals a different perspective on this complicated world.Trade ReviewYetman has unearthed valuable archival materials that provide us with a new understanding of indigenous-Spanish relations during Sonora's overlooked early colonial period. His work offers valuable insights into the intersections of environmental degradation, resistance, and brutal competition to govern and control scarce resources on Mexico's northern periphery."—Laura Shelton, author of For Tranquility and Order: Family and Community on Mexico's Northern Frontier, 1800-1850"David Yetman has written yet another book to enlighten his readers concerning the indigenous populations of Sonora, Mexico, and the impact on the lives of these people resulting from European intrusion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He has delved deeply into rich archival sources to allow this often tragic and maddening story to unfold through the words of Jesuit, Franciscan, military, and political participants as well as those of the few literate farmers and ranchers who ultimately appropriated Indian lands and other resources for their own. No one should be able to read this book without an outpouring of sympathy for the losers in the struggles, nor admiration for those very few who strove for a modicum of justice against overwhelming odds."—Bernard L. Fontana, author of Tarahumara: Where Night Is the Day of the Moon"David Yetman's deep familiarity with the ethnobotany, culture and history of Sonora--especially the area that came to be known as the Opatería--serves him well as a storyteller. He offers imaginatively detailed and colloquial renderings of conflicts among colonizers of different stripes and indigenous groups."—Susan M. Deeds, author of Defiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians Under Spanish Rule in Nueva Vizcaya
£23.36
Jewish Publication Society Westward with Fremont The Story of Solomon
Book SynopsisIn 1853 Solomon Nunes Carvalho, proud descendant of a Sephardic Jewish family, accepted the invitation of Col. John Charles Fremont to accompany him on his fifth expedition of discovery through the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Westward with Fremont tells the exciting story of one of the great legendary figures in American Jewish history.Table of ContentsSolomon Carvalho Joins Fremont 1. Invitation to Adventure 2. A Way for the Lord 3. Farewell to Friends 4. Packing for the Journey Eastward from St. Louis 5. St. Louis, September 14, 1853 6. Preparing for the Trail 7. Solomon Carvalho, Great Medicine Man 8. Solomon Carvalho, M.D. 9. The Great Divide 10. New Year’s Day, 1854 Hardships of the Trail 11. On Guard 12. The Oath 13. Lost in the Snows 14. Licked! 15. Put Not Your Trust in Princes 16. Parowan 17. Salt Lake City 18. War or Peace? 19. The Hatred Hornadoes After the Adventure 20. All Israel is Responsible for One Another 21. The Charter 22. Mr. Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Author 23. Free Soil, Free Speech, and Fremont 24. Looking Backward
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Watkins Media Limited Duchamp Versus Einstein
Book Synopsis“Deeply engaging, and cleverly weaves history and chess into a thought provoking tale!” – New York Times bestseller Wesley Chu“A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision.” – John W. Campbell Award-winning Lavie Tidhar Inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s archived letters, Duchamp versus Einstein is a science fiction novelette spanning some of the most monumental events of the 20th century, and bringing together two of the most transformative figures of the era in art and science for a surreal chess match that could reshape history. File Under: Science Fiction [ First Encounters Dada Manhattan Project Endgame ]Trade Review"Duchamp Versus Einstein is a marvellously crafted amalgam of art, science and chess, surely no easy task. The tale weaves 20th-century history together with the thread of present-day human predicament. It's your move.""A luminous game of chess between art and science that is played across the page with lethal precision." "Deeply engaging, and cleverly weaves history and chess into a thought provoking tale!"“A thought-provoking read, and at the same time an expansion of chess endgame theory! Only Einstein could save an endgame with just a king against king and queen!”
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Liverpool University Press Ancrene Wisse Guide for Anchoresses A
Book SynopsisThis early thirteenth-century West Midlands guide for women recluses is not only one of the major works of early Middle English prose, but is also a key document for the development of medieval spirituality.Trade ReviewIt is a text that all students of English Literature should read but which few could in its original language, making a good modern translation an essential to the work’s modern dissemination. Bella Millett’s new translation is extremely valuable for this reason alone, but it is an additional boon in being the fruit of many years’ research on the original Middle English manuscripts by the current leading scholar in the field of Ancrene Wisse studies. Such helpful tools, coupled with the very readable lucid prose in which the entire translation and commentary have been rendered will no doubt be greeted with thanks from the students and non-specialists whom this translation is meant to serve, as well as from the specialists who now have an exceptionally well done translation to use in their classrooms. * English Studies Vol. 92, No. 4 *Table of ContentsPreface to this edition Introduction 1. Ancrene Wisse and its Contexts 2. Sources and Analogues 3. The Form of the Work 4. The Textual History of Ancrene Wisse 5. This Translation Guide for Anchoresses Preface Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Explanatory Notes Bibliography 1. A Note on Further Reading 2. Abbreviations and Short Titles 3. Editions and Secondary Works General Index Scriptural Quotations Index
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Liverpool University Press The Doctrine of the Hert A Critical Edition with
Book SynopsisA critical edition of The Doctrine of the Hert, the fifteenth-century English translation of De doctrina cordis, a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns.Trade ReviewThese two complementary volumes together fill a major gap in the ever-burgeoning fields of late medieval devotional literature and of medieval women’s spirituality. Students of medieval devotional literature and of medieval women’s spirituality will want to own the Companion as well as the edition of The Doctrine of the Hert. Robert Sturges, Medieval Feminist Forum, 48.1 * Medieval Feminist Forum, 48.1, *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. De doctrina cordis 2. The structure and content of De doctrina cordis 3. Authorship 4. Vernacular versions 5. The Doctrine of the Hert and fifteenth-century English religiosity 6. Themes and images 7. The Doctrine of the Hert as a translation 8. Middle English manuscript descriptions 9. Choice of base manuscript 10. Language and dialect Bibliography Editorial Procedures The Doctrine of the Hert Prologue Capitulum primum Capitulum secundum Capitulum tercium Capitulum quartum Capitulum quintum Capitulum sextum Capitulum septimum Textual Commentary Abbreviated references Additional prefatory notes Prologue Capitulum primum Capitulum secundum Capitulum tercium Capitulum quartum Capitulum quintum Capitulum sextum Capitulum septimum Textual Variants Index to Latin and English Scriptural Quotations Appendices A. Transcription of the 'HV' Prologue from De doctrina cordis B. Table of chapter contents from the 1607 edition of De doctrina cordis Glossary of Middle English Terms
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Liverpool University Press The English Manuscripts of Richard Rolle A
Book SynopsisRichard Rolle - the Yorkshire hermit, visionary and transmitter of religious counsel - was widely recognised in the later English Middle Ages as a major spiritual author.Trade ReviewThis will be an invaluable volume, obviously useful to those interested in its name author and his works, but also to all those engaged with later Middle English religious texts and their manuscript contexts. * Journal of the Early Book Society *Hanna’s descriptive catalogue is an invaluable source of information for those interested not only in Rolle’s English canon but also in the compilation of the medieval English manuscript book itself. The 123 examples meticulously catalogued here offer an author-based insight into the reading habits and textual tastes of the later Middle Ages thoroughly examined and researched by a master in his own field. * The Library, Vol 12, no.2 *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Abbreviated references List of Manuscripts described, with table of equivalents to Ogilvie-Thomson's edition Illustrations Introduction Richard Rolle in English The Catalogue Indexes o English Works of Richard Rolle o Associated English Texts o Associated Latin Texts o Associated French Texts o Incipits of Unindexed English Prose o Pre-Dissolution Owners o Book-Producers o Paper Stocks o Manuscripts Referred to but not Described
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Liverpool University Press A Companion to The Doctrine of the Hert
Book SynopsisThis book consists of ten essays from an international group of scholars of medieval religion discussing the Middle English text alongside its Latin forebear, and other European vernacular translations (French, German, Spanish and Middle Dutch).Trade ReviewThese volumes ['The Doctrine of the Hert: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary' and 'A Companion to the Doctrine of the Hert'] represent a very significant and welcome contribution to medieval scholarship and will undoubtedly influence much future work on vernacular religious writings. * Medium Ævum, Vol. LXXIX *An unusually coherent collection of essays. * Journal of the Early Book Society *This is an outstanding collection. * Analecta Cartusiana, No 293 *These insightful and rigorous essays, accompanying the new critical edition of 'The Doctrine of the Hert', will restore attention to an important family of devotional works. The Companion combines a valuable introduction to this largely neglected group of texts with a particular focus on the Middle English Doctrine. The authors are in productive conversation with each other, and the volume is clearly introduced and nicely cross-referenced. * Ecclesiastical History 63.2, *These two complementary volumes together fill a major gap in the ever-burgeoning fields of late medieval devotional literature and of medieval women’s spirituality. Students of medieval devotional literature and of medieval women’s spirituality will want to own the Companion as well as the edition of 'The Doctrine of the Hert.’ * Medieval Feminist Forum, 48.1 *This book is a careful and ambitious attempt to cover the whole gamut of Latin and vernacular traditions of the Doctrine of the Hert, and deserves considerable credit as a pioneering work in its field which also manages to be a compendium of everything one needs to know about this text.Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Editors and Contributors Introduction Denis Renevey, University of Lausanne Christiania Whitehead, University of Warwick Part One: De doctrina cordis The Authorship of the De doctrina cordis Nigel Palmer, University of Oxford De doctrina cordis: Catechesis or Contemplation? Christiania Whitehead, University of Warwick Part Two: The Doctrine of the Hert The Doctrine of the Hert: A Middle English Translation of De doctrina cordis Anne Elizabeth Mouron, University of Oxford; 'Comfortable Wordis' - The Role of the Bible in The Doctrine of the Hert Annie Sutherland, University of Oxford Meat, Metaphor and Mysticism: Cooking the Books in The Doctrine of the Hert Vincent Gillespie, University of Oxford The Middle English Doctrine of the Hert and its Manuscript Context Catherine Innes-Parker, University of Prince Edward Island, United States Part Three: European Vernacular Translations The French Translations of De doctrina cordis Anne Elizabeth Mouron, University of Oxford A Middle Dutch Translation of De doctrina cordis: de bouc van der leeringhe van der herten in Vienna, Osterreichischen National Bibliothek, MS 15231 Marleen Cre, University of Antwerp, Belguim De doctrina cordis and fifteenth-century ecclesial reform: Reflections on the context of the German vernacular versions; Karl-Heinz Steinmetz, University of Vienna, Austria The Spanish Translation: Del ensenamiento del coracon (Salamanca, 1498) Anthony John Lappin, University of Manchester Bibliography Index
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Liverpool University Press The Material Culture of Daily Living in the
Book SynopsisA collection which introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to the realities of everyday Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources.Trade Review"The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World is a detailed guide to living the “good life” in Anglo-Saxon England. It is an edited volume of refreshing works that provides a detailed schematic of Anglo-Saxon daily living and the intricacies of everyday tasks. This book highlights activities which may be simple and habitual but which define the traditions and practices of a society.The book provides a balanced examination of both textual and archaeological evidence on a variety of fundamental topics including dress, illness, trade and production. This cleverly structured text provides an extra dimension of material culture, one that discusses the practices and technologies behind creations. The potential literary gap between the disciplines of archaeology and history is bridged with eloquent and thoughtful prose.The layout is sophisticated, defined and easy-to-navigate. The structure and content choice are well selected with nicely linked topics. The well-chosen chapter topics playfully and succinctly examine key areas of Anglo-Saxon material culture and daily life, and the editors have used these to create an interesting taster text for the dedicated Anglo-Saxon student."Rosetta, issue 13'[The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World] comprises fifteen chapters on animals, plants and ‘things'... and they maintain a high standard. There is much of interest here for specialist as well as general readers.'John Blair, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations 1. Introduction: Material Culture and the Study of Anglo-Saxon England Maren Glegg Hyer 2. Prelude: Agriculture Through the Year David Hill 3. The True Staff of Life: The Multiple Roles of Plants C.P.Bigga, 4. Steep Vessel, High Horn-ship: Water Transport Katin Thier 5. 'To eat, to wear, to work': The Place of Sheep and Cattle in the Economy Christopher Grocock 6. Devil's Crafts and Dragon's Skins? Sheaths, Shoes and Other Leatherwork Esther Cameron and Quita Mould 7. Chanting upon a Dunghill: Working Skeletal Materials Ian Riddler and Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski 8. Eath's Treasures: Food and Drink Christina Lee 9. Woven Works: Making and Using Textiles Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Cocker 10. Weland's Work: Metals and Metalsmiths David A. Hinton 11. 'Seldom ... does the deadly spear rest for long': Weapons and Armour Gale R.Owen-Cocker 12. Things of This World: Portable Antiquities and Their Potential Michael Lewis, Andrew Richardson and David Williams 13. Sight, Insight and Hand: Some Reflections on the Design and Manufacture of the Fuller Brooch Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder 14. The Bright Cup: Early Medieval Vessel Glass Win Stephens 15. Body and Soul: Disease and Impairment Christina Lee Notes Suggested Reading Index List of contributors
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Liverpool University Press Regional Australia and the Great War The Boys
Book SynopsisIn this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. 'A different war': The regional experience 2. 'To make Australia's name glorious': Kio goes to war 3. 'Our motto is "dig on, dig ever"': Gallipoli 4. 'Mothers, Manliness and Moonta': The Somme 5. 'I'm fed up with England now': Blighty 6. 'Not only Germany's war; it's Rome's war too': Conscription 7. 'Doing their best for the Empire': Australia Triumphant 8. 'Returning with the scars of deadly conflict': Aftermath Epilogue: 'The Hub of the Universe?' Notes Index
£31.87
Liverpool University Press The Material Culture of Daily Living in the
Book SynopsisA collection which introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to the realities of everyday Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources.Trade Review"The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World is a detailed guide to living the “good life” in Anglo-Saxon England. It is an edited volume of refreshing works that provides a detailed schematic of Anglo-Saxon daily living and the intricacies of everyday tasks. This book highlights activities which may be simple and habitual but which define the traditions and practices of a society.The book provides a balanced examination of both textual and archaeological evidence on a variety of fundamental topics including dress, illness, trade and production. This cleverly structured text provides an extra dimension of material culture, one that discusses the practices and technologies behind creations. The potential literary gap between the disciplines of archaeology and history is bridged with eloquent and thoughtful prose.The layout is sophisticated, defined and easy-to-navigate. The structure and content choice are well selected with nicely linked topics. The well-chosen chapter topics playfully and succinctly examine key areas of Anglo-Saxon material culture and daily life, and the editors have used these to create an interesting taster text for the dedicated Anglo-Saxon student."Rosetta, issue 13'[The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World] comprises fifteen chapters on animals, plants and ‘things'... and they maintain a high standard. There is much of interest here for specialist as well as general readers.'John Blair, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations 1. Introduction: Material Culture and the Study of Anglo-Saxon England Maren Glegg Hyer 2. Prelude: Agriculture Through the Year David Hill 3. The True Staff of Life: The Multiple Roles of Plants C.P.Bigga, 4. Steep Vessel, High Horn-ship: Water Transport Katin Thier 5. 'To eat, to wear, to work': The Place of Sheep and Cattle in the Economy Christopher Grocock 6. Devil's Crafts and Dragon's Skins? Sheaths, Shoes and Other Leatherwork Esther Cameron and Quita Mould 7. Chanting upon a Dunghill: Working Skeletal Materials Ian Riddler and Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski 8. Eath's Treasures: Food and Drink Christina Lee 9. Woven Works: Making and Using Textiles Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Cocker 10. Weland's Work: Metals and Metalsmiths David A. Hinton 11. 'Seldom ... does the deadly spear rest for long': Weapons and Armour Gale R.Owen-Cocker 12. Things of This World: Portable Antiquities and Their Potential Michael Lewis, Andrew Richardson and David Williams 13. Sight, Insight and Hand: Some Reflections on the Design and Manufacture of the Fuller Brooch Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder 14. The Bright Cup: Early Medieval Vessel Glass Win Stephens 15. Body and Soul: Disease and Impairment Christina Lee Notes Suggested Reading Index List of contributors
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain
Book SynopsisA study of the performance of queenship by two Tudor monarchs, showing the strategies they used to assert their power.Catherine of Aragon (r.1509-33) and her sister-in-law Margaret Tudor (r.1503-13) presided as queens over the glittering sixteenth-century courts of England and Scotland, alongside their husbands Henry VIII of England and James IV of Scotland. Although we know a great deal about these two formidable sixteenth-century kings, we understand very little about how their two queens contributed to their reigns. How did these young, foreign women become effective and trusted consorts, and powerful political figures in their own right? This book argues that Catherine and Margaret's performance of queenship combined medieval queenly virtues with the new opportunities for influence and power offered by Renaissance court culture. Royal rituals such as childbirth and the Royal Maundy, courtly spectacles such as tournaments, banquets and diplomatic summits, or practices such as arranged marriages and gift-giving, were all moments when Catherine and Margaret could assert their honour, status and identity as queens. Their husbands' support for their activities at court helped bring them the influence and patronage necessary to pursue their own political goals and obtain favour and rewards for their servants and followers. Situating Catherine and Margaret's careers within the history of the royal courts of England and Scotland and amongst their queenly peers, this book reveals these two queens as intimately connected agents of political influence and dynastic power. MICHELLE BEER is an independent researcher working in Oakland, California.Trade ReviewThis monograph is a very strong piece of scholarship; it is well constructed and clearly written and is highly recommended for both scholars and students. Beer . . . offers innovative discussions about public piety, the queen's role as hostess, and the use not only of material culture but also of material itself, for the projection of queenly authority. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *[A]n invaluable resource for advanced students and researchers assessing the early modern court or the gendered exercise of power in Renaissance culture. * RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION/RENAISSANCE ET RÉFORME *Building on considerable research, Michelle Beer offers convincing conclusions about the queenly image and authority of two sixteenth-century consorts. -- Emily Chambers * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Elizabeth of York Material magnificence, royal identity and the queen's body The social queen Patronage in partnership Queenship and pre-Reformation piety Conclusion Bibliography Index
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MP-NEV University of Nevada Crows Range An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada
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MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press Laws of Early Iceland Volume 2 Gragas II
Book SynopsisThe laws of mediaeval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.Table of Contents Preface Introduction The Codex Regius of Gragas in Translation II Table 1 An outline of the Inheritance Sequence Inheritance Section Dependents Section Betrothals Section Table 2 Kindred and Affinity Land claims Section On Hire of Property Searches Section On Commune Obligations Miscellaneous Articles On Tithe Payment Additions Guide to Technical Vocabulary Annotated Glossary A Selection of Terms Normally Used as Equivalents Sources, Editions, Translations, Concordances Abbreviated Titles Key to Material Included or Cited from Sources Other Than Konungsbok Terms and Topics Commented on in Notes to the Translations Index of Names Corrigenda et Addenda to Laws I
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MP-WLU Wilfrid Laurier Uni Havent Any News Rubys Letters from the Fifties
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London Record Society Joshua Johnsons Letterbook 17711774
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London Record Society A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property
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London Record Society London Consistory Court Wills 1492 1547
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Oxford Historical Society Oxford Studies Presented to Daniel Callus. 195960
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Proctors for Parliament Clergy Community and
Book SynopsisEdition of a major, previously unpublished, source for the history of England's medieval parliament.In the Middle Ages clergy of all ranks, from archbishops to parochial clergy, sent proctors to parliament, whether as representatives of constituency groups - diocesan clergy and cathedral chapters - or substitutes for those expected to attend in person. The National Archives series SC 10 contains 2,520 surviving letters of appointments by these parliamentarians, both groups and, more especially, individuals, cathedral deans, archdeacons, and many bishops;especially valuable are the letters sent by bishops whose registers have not survived, as in the case of Chichester and of the Welsh dioceses. Most numerous of all are the letters of parliamentary abbots. This second of twovolumes presents the first printed edition of the documents, opening up a level of political activity and interaction which has hitherto been unexplored. It covers the years from the accession of Richard II until the end of the series under Henry VIII; it also includes an analysis of the proctors, and the indices to both volumes. PHIL BRADFORD gained his PhD in medieval history from the University of York and is currently Vicar of St Michael's,Worcester; ALISON K. MCHARDY was formerly Reader in Medieval English History at the University of Nottingham. She has published extensively on the relations between crown and church in late-medieval England, and on the politics of Richard II's reign.Trade ReviewAn important resource. [It] will undoubtedly become an essential tool for students of both ecclesiastical and parliamentary history. * THE RICARDIAN *An impressive undertaking. * PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY *The Canterbury and York Society, are to be commended for bringing an impressive scholarly contribution to the history of the medieval English parliament to publication. This edition should deservedly serve as a key resource for anyone working on medieval parliament and parliamentary representation, bringing these `forgotten men' back into the picture. * PARLIAMENTS, ESTATES & REPRESENTATION *Table of ContentsIntroduction Editorial Practice Calendar Appendix 1: SC 10 appointments by secular peers Appendix 2: Appointments in the Journals of the House of Lords, 1510-39 Appendix 3: Proxy appointments for February 1536 in the British Library Appendix 4: Appointments of proctors in episcopal registers Appendix 5: York Minster Library Ms 22 Appendix 6: Proctors of Peterborough Abbey Appendix 7: Biographical details for proctors
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