History Books
Atlantic Books A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in
Book SynopsisBritain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its control the market.In this rich and fascinating book, James Hamilton investigates the vibrant exchange between culture and business in nineteenth-century Britain, which became a centre for world commerce following the industrial revolution. He explores how art was made and paid for, the turns of fashion, and the new demands of a growing middle-class, prominent among whom were the artists themselves. While leading figures such as Turner, Constable, Landseer, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Dickens are players here, so too are the patrons, financiers, collectors and industrialists; lawyers, publishers, entrepreneurs and journalists; artists' suppliers, engravers, dealers and curators; hostesses, shopkeepers and brothel keepers; quacks, charlatans and auctioneers. Hamilton brings them all vividly to life in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the business of culture in nineteenth-century Britain, and provides thrilling and original insights into the working lives of some of our most celebrated artists.Trade ReviewMoney and art are so tightly intertwined that we forget there was a time when the embrace was not quite so fierce... This is a persuasive and discursive account of how we got this way. * Sunday Times, Art Book of the Year *A beautifully written cultural history and a compendium of scurrilously funny stories -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * Observer, Books of the Year *One of the best works of art history for years - a riveting account of how Constable, Turner and contemporaries made (or failed to make) their money. -- Philip Hensher * Spectator, Books of the Year *Groundbreaking... a scholarly but humane, and richly enjoyable, survey of the symbiotic relationship between art and money in 19th-century Britain -- David Kynaston * Observer, Books of the Year *A scholarly but also enjoyably anecdote-studded guide to the 19th-century London art world. The accounts of the eccentricity and rapacity of artists and collectors alike make one mutter "plus ça change". -- Martin Gayford * Spectator, Books of the Year *A brilliantly engaging account of the most interesting of all subjects: how artists make their money, in this case in 19th-century England. -- Philip Hensher * Guardian, Books of the Year *Wonderful... If you were setting out as an artist in 19th-century London, this is the book you would want as your vade mecum... Full of interesting ideas and odd aperçus... Entirely joyous -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *To read this book is as pleasurable as a long lunch with a first-rate raconteur... Hamilton writes beautifully... Seldom have I learnt so much from a single book while simultaneously being so excellently entertained. -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * The Times *Hamilton's fascinating and richly researched book surveys the art world from a number of different angles... It is lucid, insightful and simply gripping... This is a brilliant account of learning, or failing, to survive in a market of extraordinary brutality. -- Philip Hensher * Spectator *A great sweep of a book, gathering numerous colourful studies of painters, engravers and sculptors, as well as patrons, dealers and members of the spectating public. -- Seamus Perry * Literary Review *Entertaining and original ... As a whole, like a plum pudding, this book is both nourishing and full of succulent bits and pieces. -- Martin Gayford * Daily Telegraph *A gripping story not of artistic movements but of practicalities: who bought the art, who copied it, and how much difference new paint colours made... Hamilton is terrific on the story of how pigment production moved into the new scientific age -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *Hamilton is a lucid and frequently droll guide to this symbiotic world. His book is not about paintings but about the trades such as curating, pigment-making and publishing that grew up around them. There was plenty of colour off the canvas, too. * Mail on Sunday *Any number of novelists and historians could find inspiration in this vivid account of how the audience for art in Britain broadened during the nineteenth century... This is grand entertainment as well as serious history. -- Evelyn Toynton * Prospect *Fascinating, compelling and timely. * Art Quarterly *
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Archaeopress Los yacimientos olvidados: registro y
Book SynopsisLos yacimientos olvidados: registro y musealización de campos de batalla is a project that aims to encompass all aspects of battlefield archaeology, in order to be a reference work in this study area. Therefore, a detailed historiographical study about this branch of archaeology has been made, from early origins until the present day, allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of battlefield archaeology. Two methodologies, archaeological and museographical, are proposed for the treatment of this particular type of archaeological site. In order to prove the viability of both methodologies, a theoretical application has been carried out in two research examples from different periods, demonstrating both the project’s methodological validity and reinforcing our theories. Two registers were made regarding battlefields ¬- one historical and another archaeological. The purpose of this was to catalogue all possible existing sites in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula from Roman times through to the Spanish Civil War, which will hopefully serve as a point of reference for future researchers. Through this book, people will be able to understand the great potential of Spanish battlefields and their heritage. Furthermore, Spain could be regarded as a very important country regarding battlefield archaeology. Spanish Description: Los yacimientos olvidados: registro y musealización de campos de batalla es un trabajo que recoge todos los aspectos referentes a la arqueología de campos de batalla, con el objetivo de ser una obra de referencia en esta área de estudio. En ella se ha llevado a cabo un estudio historiográfico pormenorizado de esta rama de la arqueología, remontándose hasta los orígenes de la misma, permitiendo comprender su evolución hasta nuestros días. Se han planteado dos propuestas metodológicas, arqueológica y museográfica, para el tratamiento de esta tipología de yacimiento. Para comprobar la viabilidad de ambas metodologías se realizó una aplicación teórica en dos casos de estudio de distinta época, lo que nos permitió ver su validez y reforzar nuestras teorías. Para esta obra elaboramos dos registros de campos de batalla, uno de tipo histórico y otro de tipo arqueológico, con el objetivo de catalogar todos los posibles yacimientos existentes en interior peninsular desde la época romana hasta la Guerra Civil, sirviendo así de punto de partida para futuros investigadores. A través de este libro se puede comprobar el gran potencial que posee España en campos de batalla y que podría situarse entre los países más destacados.Table of ContentsPrólogo; Introducción; Capítulo I. La arqueología de campos de batalla. Desde sus orígenes a la actualidad; Capítulo II. La protección de los campos de batalla fuera de nuestras fronteras; Capítulo III. Registro histórico de campos de batalla en España; Capítulo IV. Metodología arqueológica aplicada al tratamiento de los campos de batalla; Capítulo V. Registro de campos de batalla en España; Capítulo VI. La musealización de los campos de batalla: una vía de futuro; Capítulo VII. Aplicación metodológica a nuestros casos de studio; Capítulo VIII. Conclusiones; Capítulo IX. Anexo I: Campo de batalla de Alarcos; Capítulo X. Anexo II: Campo de batalla de Somosierra; Capítulo XI. Anexo III: Batalla del Jarama; Capítulo XII. Anexo IV: Sistema de siglas del registro histórico; Capítulo XIII. Índice de figuras, gráficos y tablas; Capítulo XIV. Bibliografía y recursos electrónicos
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Atlantic Books The Bible: The Biography
Book SynopsisThe Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alone. In this seminal account, Karen Armstrong traces the gestation of the Bible to reveal a complex and contradictory document created by scores of people over hundreds of years. Karen Armstrong begins her analysis with the origins of the very earliest books of the Hebrew Bible, in which God was called both 'Yahweh' and 'Elohim'. She then traces the development of both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament to reveal the disparate influences that helped to form these sacred texts. From the Jewish practice of Midrash and the Christian cult of Jesus; to the influence of Paul's letters on the Reformation and the manipulation of Revelations by Christian fundamentalism, Armstrong explores the contexts in which these sixty-six books were understood and explains the social needs they answered. In the process she reveals an unfamiliar and paradoxical work that will permanently alter our understanding of the Bible.Trade ReviewThere could not be a better guide [to the Bible] than Karen Armstrong... Her great achievement is that, as well as leaving you with a clearer, more historically accurate picture as to what precisely the Bible is (and isn't), she also makes you want to go back and read it again with fresh eyes. * Independent *Characteristically wise and searching... Armstrong leads us through the story [of the Bible] at unflagging speed... fascinating. * Sunday Times *A fascinating exploration of the origins of the most widely circulated and influential book in history. -- Clemency Burton Hill * Spectator *
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Atlantic Books The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story
Book SynopsisDuring the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to live in 'Invitation Only Zones', high-security detention-centres masked as exclusive areas, on the outskirts of Pyongyang.The objective? To brainwash the abductees with the regime's ideology, and train them to spy on the state's behalf. But the project faltered; when indoctrination failed, the captives were forced to teach North Korean operatives how to pass as Japanese, to help them infiltrate hostile neighbouring nations.For years, the Japanese and North Korean authorities brushed off these disappearances, but in 2002 Kim Jong Il admitted to kidnapping thirteen citizens, returning five of them - the remaining eight were declared dead. In The Invitation Only Zone, Boynton, an investigative journalist, speaks with the abductees, nationalists and diplomats, and crab fishermen, to try and untangle both the kidnappings and the intensely complicated relations between North Korea and Japan. The result is a fierce and fascinating exploration of North Korea's mysterious machinations, and the vexed politics of Northeast Asia.Trade ReviewThe book reads like a modern day episode of 'The Twilight Zone, except it's completely true. * Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down *Like Alice in Wonderland, the stories of the abductees reveal a society where logic has been turned upside down. Boynton's skillful reporting brings vividly to life a world that is enshrouded in mystery and paranoia. -- Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming TowerThe Invitation-Only Zone is a rare feat of investigative reporting. Robert Boynton's relentless pursuit of the chilling story of Japanese citizens abducted to the outskirts of Pyongyang, brings us well inside the heavily-policed realm of Kim Il-Song and his son, Kim Jong-Il. * Gay Talese *Engaging reading, surreal in some of the Orwellian detail. * Kirkus Review *The Invitation-Only Zone is a compelling examination of one of the most shocking chapters in North Korea's contemporary history. Impressively researched and documented, it is a book which must be read by anyone seeking insight into the behavior of the Pyongyang regime and why it is regarded with such fear and loathing by its neighbors, especially Japan. * Stephen Bosworth, ambassador to South Korea and Special Representative for North Korean Policy *A fascinating and compelling account of the bizarre events that changed the course of recent Japanese history. Robert Boynton has probed beneath the media sensationalism that has so far surrounded the abductions, and revealed an extraordinary story with roots lying deep in the troubled history of Korea and Japan. * Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Exodus to North Korea: Shadows from Japan's Cold War *With poignant and lucid prose, Robert Boynton dignifies the lives of the victims of North Korea's state-sponsored abductions of Japanese citizens during the 1970s and 80s. Confronting complications and contradictions on all sides, it reveals a web of powerful forces and gives much needed dimensionality to a story fit for Hollywood. * Prof. Alexis Dudden, Japan's Colonization of Korea *In assessing the fallout, both political and personal, Boynton is at his most acute. * The Independent *
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Archaeopress Hillforts and the Durotriges: A geophysical
Book SynopsisHillforts are among the most dramatic and visually striking of prehistoric monuments in the British Isles. Dorset, in southern England, is particularly rich in these Iron Age earthwork enclosures, with over 30 examples being so far recorded, including the internationally famous sites of Maiden Castle, Hod Hill, Badbury Rings and Hambledon Hill. Many have been the subject of archaeological investigation, such as the excavations conducted at Maiden Castle in the 1930s by Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler, but few have, to date, been intensively examined. This volume sets out the results of a detailed programme of non-intrusive geophysical survey conducted across the Dorset hillforts, generating detailed subsurface maps of archaeological features, in the hope of better resolving the phasing, form and internal structure of these iconic sites. The dataset presented here not only helps to change our perception of what hillforts were, how they functioned and what went on within them, but also provides a way of assessing their longevity, reconsidering how they were perceived and reused in subsequent periods. Given the oft-cited association between the Dorset enclosures and the Durotriges tribe, who are thought to have occupied the area in the Later Iron Age, serious consideration is also for the first time given to the belief that hillforts formed the focus of conflict between the native tribes and the armies of imperial Rome in the first century AD.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Durotriges Project (Miles Russell and Paul Cheetham) 2. Defining Hillforts in Dorset (Dave Stewart and Miles Russell) 3. A History of Dorset Hillfort Investigation (John Gale) 4. The Survey (Dave Stewart): Abbotsbury; BadburyRings; Banbury; Bulbury; Buzbury; Chalbury; Chilcombe; Coney’s Castle; Dungeon Hill; Eggardon; Flowers Barrow; Hambledon Hill; Hod Hill; Lambert’s Castle; Maiden Castle; Nettlecombe Tout; North Poorton; Pilsdon Pen; Poundbury; Rawlsbury; Spettisbury 5. Understanding Hillforts: What Geophysical Survey is Teaching Us (Dave Stewart) 6. Once Upon a Hill: Uncoupling the Durotriges (Miles Russell) References Acknowledgements
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Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Divorced, Beheaded, Died...: The History of
Book SynopsisFeaturing tales of murder, adultery, beheadings, civil war, usurpation and madness, Divorced, Beheaded, Died… takes you on a gallop through the history of all of England’s kings and queens, plus some of the less well-known Scots and Welsh rulers.From Henry VIII dispatching his numerous wives to Edward VIII’s unprecedented abdication, Britain’s monarchs have been responsible for shaping some of the most dramatic moments in British history. Discover the sticky end that befell Edward II, the story of the princes in the Tower, the tale of the queen who reigned for less than a fortnight, and find out whether Macbeth really was a king of Scotland.Presented in an accessible, chronological format, this essential guide will fill in all those gaps in your history knowledge, remind you of those details you’d forgotten, and provide some fascinating and amusing facts about one of the longest-running monarchies in the world.Trade ReviewAn essential guide to the British monarchy for those who should already know everything but don't. Written with a lively wit but crammed with factual information, this is the perfect way to mug up on your British history * The Oldie *One way we remember history is by means of a good yarn... Flude's gem of a book works on this premise – that it is the human stories of our monarchs we remember – and he breaks them down into delightful bite-sized chunks * Family History Monthly *
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Amber Books Ltd Kings & Queens of England: A Dark History: 1066
Book SynopsisDespite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound. Dark History of the Kings & Queens of England provides an exciting and dramatic account of English royal history from 1066 to the present day. This engrossing book explores the scandal and intrigue behind each royal dynasty, from the ‘accidental’ murder of William II in 1100, through the excesses of Richard III, Henry VIII and ‘Bloody’ Mary, to the conspiracies surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, William and Kate Middleton’s on-off courtship before they married, and Prince Harry’s years of partying, girlfriends and Las Vegas strip poker, before his 2018 marriage to American divorcée Meghan Markle. Carefully researched, superbly entertaining and illustrated throughout with more than 200 colour and black-and-white photographs and artworks, this accessible and immensely enjoyable book highlights the true personalities and real lives of the individuals honoured with the crown of England—and those unfortunate enough to cross their paths.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Conspirators and Conquerors: A Dirty Business — The Normans Chapter 2: Unholy Alliances — The Plantagenets Part I Chapter 3: Crusading Kings and Troublesome Barons — The Plantagenets Part II Chapter 4: Lovers, Land and Treason — The Plantagenets Part III Chapter 5: Insanity, Civil War and Child Murder — The Plantagenets Part IV Chapter 6: Conspiracy and Bloodshed — The Tudors Part I Chapter 7: Decapitation and Divorce — The Tudors Part II Chapter 8: Turmoil, Terror and Fatal Illness — The Tudors Part III Chapter 9: Gloriana and Gore — The Tudors Part IV Chapter 10: Roundheads and Regicide — The Stuarts Part I Chapter 11: A Not-So-Merry Monarchy — The Stuarts Part II Chapter 12: Mistresses and Madness — The Hanoverians Part I Chapter 13: Battle Royal — The Hanoverians Part II Chapter 14: Scandal Behind Closed Doors — The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Chapter 15: A Loose Cannon — The Windsors Part I Chapter 16: A Modern Monarchy? — The Windsors Part II Index
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Archaeopress Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning
Book SynopsisThis year, 2017, marks 70 years since the discovery of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls at Khirbet Qumran by the Dead Sea in 1947. The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most well-known archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This book addresses the proto-history and the roots of the Qumran community and of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of contemporary scholarship in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria, as the centre for Hellenistic Jews and the location of the Library of Alexandria, forms a key to understanding the theme of the book. The relationship of this context to the thoughts of the Essenes, the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, the Jewish Therapeutae of Egypt living in the neighbourhood of Alexandria and the Pythagoreans are especially studied in this work. Historical sources (both Jewish and Classical authors) and archaeological evidence are taken into account in the wider Graeco-Roman context. The connection between the Jewish Therapeutae in the Lake Mareotis region and the Palestinian Essenes is explained by the ‘Jewish Pythagoras’ based on the idea that the movements share the same philosophical tradition based on Judaism and Pythagoreanism. The prototypes of the Dead Sea Scrolls are explained in their Egyptian context, in association with the Library of Alexandria, the Egyptian temple manuals, and the formation of libraries in the Hellenistic period including that of Qumran.Table of ContentsPreface and Introduction; I Alexandria and Jewish Philosophies; II Pythagorean Philosophy; III Background to the Organisation of the Qumran-Essene Community; IV Qumran and the Pythagorean Philosophy: The Eleven Pythagorean Tetraktys in Comparison with the DSS; V Daily Life and Religion among the Qumran-Essenes; VI The Qumran Sundial and Ancient Solar Thinking; VII Back to the Beginning; VIII Summary; Sources, Bibliography, and Index
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Amber Books Ltd World's Worst Military Disasters: Battlefield
Book SynopsisWorld’s Worst Military Disasters examines some of the worst battle defeats in military history from ancient times through to the present day, including some of the most famous battles in history. The accounts range from remarkable stories of how the world’s great powers met military defeat at the unlikely hands of ill-equipped native peoples, such as the events at Little Big Horn, to embarrassing technical failures and miscommunication evidenced during Operation Eagle Claw. World’s Worst Military Disasters investigates military catastrophes originating from all kinds of circumstances. Each fascinating account gives a full and detailed analysis of the events leading up to the disaster, followed by studies of the strategies used during the manoeuvres and the reasons for their failure. Learn about the blunders at Pearl Harbor, the attack at Stirling Bridge and find out the reasons for thousands of people dying at the siege and fall of Jerusalem. Each story is highly illustrated bringing every battle and military mishap to life, plus key facts outline the most important information and allows the reader the see facts at a glance. Whether the result of enemy action or pure human error, World’s Worst Military Disasters offers an educational and riveting read.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Ancient Battles 2000BC-300BC Battle of Megiddo (c.1479) Kadesh (c.1274 BC) Marathon (490 BC) Salamis (480 BC) Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) 2. Roman Victories, Roman Defeats 300 BC-AD450 Cannae (216 BC) Battle of Zama (202 BC) Battle of Carrhae (53 BC) Battle of Actium (31 BC) Teutoburger Wald (AD 9) Battle of Adrianople (378) 3. The Dark Ages 450-1100 Battle of Vouille (507) Battle of Dara (530) Battle of Tours (733 or 734) Battle of Talas (751) Jerusalem (1099) 4. Medieval Melees (1100-1500) Hattin (1187) Stirling Bridge (1297) Bannockburn (1314) Crecy (1346) Nicopolis (1396) Battle of Tannenberg (1410) Agincourt (1415) Fall of Constantinople (1453) Nancy (1477) Battle of Bosworth (1485) 5. Early Modern Disasters 1500– 1763 Flodden (1513) Lepanto (1571) Battle of Nagashino (1575) Spanish Armada (1588) Yellow Ford (1598) Magdeburg (1631) Breitenfeld (1631) Blenheim (1704) Culloden (1746) Rossbach (1757) Leuthen (1757) Minden (1759) 6. Imperial Disasters 1760–1900 Saratoga (1777) Ulm (1805) Austerlitz (1805) Jena/Auerstadt (1806) Retreat from Moscow (1812) Burgos (1812) Afghanistan (1842) Antietam (1862) Fredericksburg (1862) Little Bighorn (1876) Isandlwana (1879) Adowa (1896) Spion Kop (1900) 7. Modern Catastrophes 1900–2000 Verdun (1916) Somme (1916) Dunkirk and the Fall of France (1940) Crete (1941) Kiev (1941) Pearl Harbor (1941) Singapore (1942) Midway (1942) Dieppe (1942) Stalingrad (1942/43) Kursk (1943) Byelorussia (1944) Warsaw uprising (1944) Arnhem (1944) Korea (1950) Dien Bien Phu (1954) Six-Day War (1967) Operation Eagle Claw (1980) Bravo Two Zero (1991) Mogadishu (1993) Fall of Mosul (2014) Index
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Archaeopress Axe-heads and Identity: An investigation into the
Book SynopsisThe significant body of stone and flint axe-heads imported into Britain from the Continent has been poorly understood, overlooked and undervalued in Neolithic studies, particularly over the past half century. It is proposed, in this study, that the cause is a bias of British Neolithic scholarship against the invasion hypothesis and diffusionist model, and it is sought therefore to re-assess the significance accorded to these objects. The aim is to redress the imbalance by re-focusing on the material, establishing a secure evidence base, and exploring the probable conditions in which these often distinctive items made their way to Britain. The narrative presented here rests upon the argument that imported axe-heads came into what is today called Britain as objects of considerable significance. Specifically, they were items of high symbolic value that played a crucial role in fostering particular ways of thinking about, and addressing, social identity in the Neolithic period. These issues are the context for the study, whose main objectives are the close and detailed cataloguing of relevant material, and a documentation of the investigative work needed to establish the credentials of each artefact.Trade Review'It is excellent to see all the disparate data collected together with a persistent reminder of the problem of fakes and manuports (most axe-heads are stray finds, others form part of donated antiquarian collections, or, these days, bought on eBay); it allows, for the first time, an overview of the ‘oddities’. This clearly shows that a re-examination of the material is overdue, and the need for the original lithological descriptions/attributions to be confirmed is the author’s constant and timely cry (but for safe progress it must to be done by a competent petrographer). The questions this book (re-)raises are important and are clarified. Most notably (placing jade to one side), why, after the early Neolithic, were so very few axes imported?' – Rob Ixer (2018): Current Archaeology #343 ‘Overall, this book provides a wealth of interesting ideas and observations of the British Neolithic and its relations with its nearest neighbours. It highlights what the author has rightly identified as a greatly neglected class of objects… For those with a fascination for stone tools, this provides an enjoyable wander through the problems and pitfalls, but also the considerable potential, of axeheads with possible Continental associations.’ – Barry Bishop (2019): Archaeological Journal, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2019.1591070 Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Re-connecting British and continental research traditions: dynamic approaches to the relationship between axe-heads and identity; Chapter Three: ‘Afterlives’; Chapter Four: An investigation into the contexts of jade axe-heads found in Britain, using GIS terrain modelling of HER data; Chapter Five: ‘Projet Breton’ and the search for Group X; Chapter Six: ‘Crudwell’ type, ‘Smerrick’ type, and marbled all-over-polished axe-heads in Neolithic Britain; Chapter Seven: The rectangular-sectioned axe-head in Britain and its implications for understanding the Neolithic; Chapter Eight: Answering the original questions; Appendix One: Table of all known published jade axe-heads with attributed British find-spot locations (correct until 2017). Shaded in grey are axe-heads with ‘precise’ find-spot locations, included in Appendix Two); Appendix Two: Find-spot locations, and archaeology of Mesolithic to Roman date within a 1000m radius, for 43 jade axe-heads found in Britain, presented as 41 GIS terrain models with accompanying text; Appendix Three: A table of all known Group X axe-heads and a table of Breton fibrolite axe-heads with attributed British find-spot locations; Appendix Four: Table of all published ‘Crudwell-Smerrick’ type axe-heads; Appendix Five: Table of all known axe-heads with rectangular sections which have British find-spot locations attributed. Highlighted in grey are axe-heads of probable Scandinavian origin. This is a summary of the information presented in Appendix Six; Appendix Six: Corpus of all known axe-heads with rectangular sections which have British find-spot locations attributed (summarised in Appendix Five); Appendix Seven: Caches and hoards of axe-heads in Britain. Please note, almost all of the data included in this corpus has been taken directly from Pitts 1996, Appendix One, with a few additions by the author; Bibliography; Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbrook
Book SynopsisGeoffrey le Baker's chronicle covers the reigns of Edward II and Edward III up to the English victory at Poitiers. David Preest's new translation includes extensive notes and an introduction by Richard Barber. Geoffrey le Baker's chronicle covers the reigns of Edward II and Edward III up to the English victory at Poitiers. It starts in a low key, copying an earlier chronicle, but by the end of Edward II's reign he offers a much more vivid account. Baker's description of Edward II's last days is partly based on the eyewitness account of his patron, Sir Thomas de la More, who was present at one critical interview. This story of Edward's death, like many other details from his chronicle, was picked up by Tudor historians, particularly by Holinshed, who was the source for Shakespeare's history plays. The reign of Edward III is dominated, not by Edward III himself, but by Baker's real hero, Edward prince of Wales. His bravery aged sixteen at Crécy is presented as a prelude to his victory at Poitiers, a battle which Baker is able to describe in great detail, apparently from what he was told by the prince's commanders. It is a rarity among medieval battles, because - in sharp contrast to the total anarchy at Crécy - the prince and his staff were able to see the enemy's manoeuvres. Throughout the chronicle there are sharply defined vignettes which stay in the mind - the killing of the Scottish champion on Halidon Hill, the drowning of Sir Edward Bohun, the earls of Salisbury and Suffolk as prisoners carried in a cart, the death of Sir Walter Selby and his two sons, the bravery of Sir Thomas Dagworth against a cobbler's son, the duel between Otho and the duke of Lancaster, John Dancaster and the lewd washerwoman. Baker writes in a complex Latin which even scholars find problematic,and David Preest's new translation will be widely welcomed by anyone interested in the fourteenth century. There are extensive notes and an introduction by Richard Barber. DAVID PREEST has also translated The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, a Choice Outstanding Academic Title; RICHARD BARBER's recent book Edward III and the Triumph of England draws heavily on Geoffrey le Baker's work for the first twenty years of Edward'sreign.Trade ReviewThis excellent translation is very much needed. Unequivocally a great boon... and the editors are to be praised for their important contribution. * HISTORY *
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course
Book SynopsisAn examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things. The aim of this book is to explore how medieval life was actually lived - how people were born and grew old, how they dressed, how they inhabited their homes, the rituals that gave meaning to their lives and how they prepared for death and the afterlife. Its fresh and original approach uses archaeological evidence to reconstruct the material practices of medieval life, death and the afterlife. Previous historical studies of the medieval "lifecycle" begin with birth and end with death. Here, in contrast, the concept of life course theory is developed for the first time in a detailed archaeological case study. The author argues that medieval Christian understanding of the"life course" commenced with conception and extended through the entirety of life, to include death and the afterlife. Five thematic case studies present the archaeology of medieval England (c.1050-1540 CE) in terms of the body, the household, the parish church and cemetery, and the relationship between the lives of people and objects. A wide range of sources is critically employed: osteology, costume, material culture, iconography and evidence excavated from houses, churches and cemeteries in the medieval English town and countryside. Medieval Life reveals the intimate and everyday relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things. ROBERTA GILCHRIST is Research Dean and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading.Trade ReviewA very welcome paperback version.Gilchrist shows us in strong detail throughout how much the archaeology can `talk' and inform us of people of all ages and classes in this period. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *In accessible language and compelling prose, Roberta Gilchrist applies a substantial corpus of archaeological evidence and anthropological theory on material culture to the social construction of the medieval life from c. 1050 to 1540. This book is essential reading for medievalists already working with material evidence, and provides an elegant example for historians and religious scholars of all periods interested in how material theory can shape their own projects. * RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW *A significant book that has potential to open new areas of study and to bring innovative approaches to a wide audience of medievalists from different disciplines. * ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *Gilchrist draws from an impressively wide range of evidence with skill. The volume is a detailed interrogation of the personal objects that furnished Medieval life [and] as a result it is a notable contribution to a growing body of complex interdisciplinary social archaeologies. * CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY *A vital and innovative contribution to our understanding of how medieval people interacted with and comprehended the world they inhabited. . [It] is an exemplary model of interdisciplinary history. * JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY *If you prefer your medieval studies written with sustained brilliance, elegant, concise prose and frequently ravishing insight, then this is the book for you. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *This important book is well written and supports every conjecture with evidence and citations. By organizing the book along thematic questions as opposed to categories of objects, Gilchrist gives a stimulating new perspective on the interdisciplinary topic of life cycles in medieval England. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW *This is an important book. The scope of the work is impressive [and] the presentation is excellent. * ANTIQUITY *A very original work of analysis and synthesis. [...] An unusual, and unusually interesting study. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Vivid and rich in humanity. [...] For anyone who wishes to sense what being medieval meant, it is a key text. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *The great merit of Roberta Gilchrist's volume is that it shows us a past that was infinitely more complicated, and often complicated by people whose voices have left no articulate trace. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *A wonderful bringing-together of archaeology with standard history. * BIBLIOBUFFET *A worthy addition to the shelves of any student of medieval life. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *Table of ContentsArchaeology and the Life Course Experiencing Age: the Medieval Body Clothing the Body: Age, Sexuality and Transitional Rites The Medieval Household: the Material Culture of Everyday Life The Medieval Church and Cemetery: the Quick and the Dead Medieval Lives: People and Things Appendices Bibliography
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Archaeopress Manx Crosses: A Handbook of Stone Sculpture
Book SynopsisThe carved stone crosses of the Isle of Man of the late fifth to mid-eleventh century are of national and international importance. They provide the most coherent source for the early history of Christianity in the Island, and for the arrival and conversion of Scandinavian settlers in the last century of the Viking Age - a century which produced some of the earliest recognisable images of the heroes and gods of the North; earlier, indeed, than those found in Scandinavia. This, the first general survey of the material for more than a century, provides a new view of the political and religious connections of the Isle of Man in a period of great turmoil in the Irish Sea region. The book also includes an up-to-date annotated inventory of the monuments.Trade Review‘In his book, David Wilson discusses the emergence, zenith, and decline of Manx crosses in six stimulating chapters, supported by a comprehensive list of sites and that all-important index. He clearly shows that major influences were brought to bear over the 600-year period, initially by early Christian missionaries, followed by Picts, and finally Vikings. His book is the first comprehensive survey to be undertaken for over a century, and provides invaluable context to their origins and use at a time when, politically, the Irish Sea (province) was experiencing great upheaval. This is a must-read for scholars interested in the religious iconography of the early medieval period.’ – George Nash (2019): Current Archaeology #339 ‘We have needed this book: an authoritative and holistic introduction to the Isle of Man’s early medieval sculpture. From the book’s Preface we get a good sense of just how hard-won its contents have been for the ‘retired’, eminent Viking scholar Sir David Wilson, who long ago made the Isle of Man his home… Throughout, Wilson draws effectively on his extensive knowledge of the early medieval, particularly Scandinavian world, to situate the Manx story, as revealed through its sculpture, in its Irish Sea and wider European context.’ – Sally Foster (2019): Archaeological Journal, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2019.1590955Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 An Introduction to the Island; CHAPTER 2 Early stones and sacred sites; CHAPTER 3 The Monastery at Maughold and pre-Scandinavian monuments in the Island; CHAPTER 4 The cusp of the Scandinavian settlement of the Isle of Man; CHAPTER 5 The stone sculpture of the Scandinavian settlement; Chapter 6 The Scandinavian runic inscriptions; Bibliography & Suggested Reading; Appendix: A hand-list of the Manx Crosses
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd War, Trade and the State: Anglo-Dutch Conflict,
Book SynopsisA reassessment of the Anglo-Dutch wars of the second half of the seventeenth century, demonstrating that the conflict was primarily about trade. This book re-examines the history of Anglo-Dutch conflict during the seventeenth century, of which the three wars of 1652-4, 1665-7 and 1672-4 were the most obvious manifestation. Low-intensity conflict spanned a longer period. From 1618-19 hostilities in Asia between the Dutch and English East India Companies added new elements of tension beyond earlier disputes over the North Sea fisheries, merchant shipping and the cloth trade. The emerging multilateral trades of the Atlantic world added new challenges. This book integrates the European, Asian, American and African dimensions of the Anglo-Dutch Wars in an authentically global view. The role of the state receives special attention during a period in which both countries are best understood as 'fiscal-naval states'. The significance of sea power is reflected in the public history of the Anglo-Dutch wars, acknowledged in the concluding chapters. The book includes important new research findings and imaginative new thinking by leading historians of the subject.Trade Review[C]ontributes a rich layer of new scholarly analysis of the contextual landscape of the Anglo-Dutch aggression between 1652 and 1689. * The Northern Mariner *War, Trade and the State is an important and engaging collection of essays edited by David Ormrod and the late Gijs Rommelse that highlights the global importance of the wars. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY *Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Anglo-Dutch conflict in the North Sea and beyond - David Ormrod and Gijs Rommelse Part II: War in the North Sea 1.The seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch wars in a European context - Gijs Rommelse and Roger Downing 2. Anglican Royalism and the origins of the Second Anglo-Dutch War - Paul Seaward 3. War, foreign relations and politics in the Netherlands from the Second Anglo-Dutch War to the Revolution of 1688 - Elizabeth Edwards 4. Competing navies: Anglo-Dutch naval rivalry, 1652-1688 - John B. Hattendorf 5. The Dutch and English fiscal-naval states: a comparative overview - Richard J. Blakemore and Pepijn Brandon 6. Dutch and English dockyards and coastal defence, 1652-1689 - Ann Coats and Alan Lemmers Part III: Conflict in the Atlantic world and Asia 7. The Second Anglo-Dutch War in the Atlantic - Nuala Zahedieh 8. Competing claims: international law, diplomacy and Anglo-Dutch rivalry in seventeenth century North America - Jaap Jacobs 9. Merchant companies at war: the Anglo-Dutch wars in Asia - Erik Odegard 10 .Arguing over empire: international law and Anglo-Dutch rivalry in the BandaIslands, 1616-1667 - Martine Julia van Ittersum Part IV: Public History 11. Michiel de Ruyter: a multi-purpose hero - Remmelt Daalder 12. Anglo-Dutch historical commemorations and the public, 1973-2017 - David Ormrod
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd English Local History: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThe classic guide to exploring English local history, brought up to date and expanded. This is a book for anyone wanting to explore local history in England. It summarises, in an accessible and authoritative way, current knowledge and approaches, bringing together and illustrating the key sources and evidence, the skills and tools, the contexts and interpretations for successive periods. Case studies show these ingredients in use, combined to create histories of people and place over time. A standard text since its first edition in 1992, this new edition features extensive fresh material, updated to reflect additional availability of evidence, changing interpretations, new tools and skills (not least the use of IT), and developments in the time periods and topics tackled by local historians. The interdisciplinary character of twenty-first-century local, family and community history is a prominent feature. Complemented by 163 illustrations, this book offers an unrivalled introduction to understanding and researching local history.Trade ReviewThis is a much expanded, and improved, edition of what soon established itself as perhaps the best introduction to English local history when first published in 1992. It has both breadth and depth, is rich in examples and illustrations, and is deeply informed. [...] [it is noted] how well written the book is, managing that rare trick of being accessible and, above all, interesting as well as authoritative. -- MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT RESEARCH GROUPThose readers who know this book from its earlier editions will need no urging to advance their experience eighteen years by reading this latest version; those readers new to this work should be encouraged by this review to read and use it as a guide to their own studies. [...] To all who aspire to undertake such local studies, this book remains a great boon, enhanced by this welcome new edition. -- Edward Royle * Family & Community History *This book ought to be read by every self-respecting local historian, and every member of FACHRS. The blurb on the back cover for once is perfectly correct: Tiller 'offers an unrivalled introduction to understanding and researching local history'. Her book can be read with profit not just by the beginner, but even by the most experienced local historians. * FACHRS *This book deserves to sit in the most-used and conveniently-to-hand spot in any local historian's bookshelf, whether s/he is starting out or has already made inroads into a chosen place or topic. I suspect that anyone looking through Kate Tiller's comprehensive checklists of resources will find fresh fields to explore, and be grateful for that, and the suggested 'further reading' would provide even the most jaded researcher with new ideas to pursue. -- Local HistorianIt is an important piece of writing, which supports the work of those who appreciate local and regional history and promote and project its value. It should be in every school and library as well as in the hands of every practitioner. -- Midland HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction Beginning Local History The Saxon Centuries: Prehistory into History Medieval Local Communities Degree, Priority and Place: Early modern communities, c.1530-c.1750 Traditional into Modern: Local lives c.1750-1914 The Twentieth Century and Beyond Further Reading
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Archaeopress Manual de Egipcio Medio (segunda edición)
Book SynopsisA second revised and updated edition of Carlos Gracia Zamacona’s Manual de Egipcio Medio [Handbook of Middle Egyptian]. The book is designed as a primer, written in Spanish, to learn Middle Egyptian (2000-1500 BC), which was considered by the Egyptians the ‘classic’ stage of their language, and a guide to read hieroglyphs. The grammatical explanation is accompanied by a full list of hieroglyphic signs (Gardiner’s plus recent refinements), basic vocabulary, gradual exercises (with translation), and a short, updated bibliography. The book’s main aim is didactic, but it also addresses the latest theoretical and methodological issues in Egyptology and Linguistics/Este libro es circunstancial. Se podrá decir que todos lo son, pero éste me llegó por pura casualidad a raíz de unos cursos de lengua y escritura egipcia organizados por la Asociación de Amigos del Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid en 2007. Mi intención inicial fue la de preparar un material para los participantes de los cursos, siendo consciente de lo difícil que es empezar a leer jeroglíficos y comprender una lengua muy distinta de la nuestra o de las que nos son familiares. Debido a la misma complejidad del egipcio, que en esto no difiere de cualquier otra lengua natural, así como a mi tendencia a acabar lo que empiezo, me encontré un par de meses después de finalizados los cursos con un manual de iniciación al egipcio medio, el estado de la lengua considerado «clásico» por los propios egipcios y en el que están escritos, sobre todo, los textos del llamado Reino o Imperio Medio, que se extendió, de manera aproximada, desde el año 2000 hasta el 1500 antes de Cristo.Table of ContentsPrefacio de Pascal Vernus; Introducción a la segunda edición; Introducción a la primera edición; Parte I: Enfoque lingüístico, lectura y fonética; 0. Enfoque lingüístico; 1. La lengua egipcia y su estudio; 2. Lectura y fonética; Parte II: Gramática; 3. La proposición simple; 4. Enunciados marcados; 5. La proposición compleja; Parte III: Anexos; Anexo I. Lista de signos jeroglíficos; Anexo II. Vocabulario básico; Anexo III. Textos; Anexo IV. Soluciones de los textos; Anexo V. Bibliografía
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The British Navy in the Caribbean
Book SynopsisA survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role thereafter. This book charts the involvement of the British navy in the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. It recounts the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake and their attacks on Spanish territories, outlines the capture of Jamaica during the time of Oliver Cromwell's rule and describes the growth of the British slave trade. It goes on to discuss the late seventeenth century and eighteenth century conflicts and wars with the Dutch, Spanish and French and the War of American Independence, analyses the effect of the abolition of the slave trade and explores the British dominance which prevailed throughout much of the nineteenth century. The book concludes by examining how in the twentieth century the British navy withdrew almost entirely from the Caribbean, tacitly ceding control to the United States. Throughout the book relates developments in the Caribbean to developments in Britain and in the British navy more widely. John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including eight previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The British Navy in the Baltic, Dictionary of British Naval Battles and The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. English Encroachments, Timidly 2. Slavers and Pirates 3. War, Privateering and Colonies 4. Western Design 5. Buccaneers 6. Two Great Wars 7. Pirates, Asiento and Guarda costas 8. Jenkins' War 9. The Seven Years' War 10. The American War - Defeats 11. The American War - Recovery 12. The Great French Wars 13. Fading Supremacy Conclusion Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Medieval St Andrews: Church, Cult, City
Book SynopsisFirst extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in medieval Scotland. Its importance remains readily apparent in the buildings which cluster the rocky promontory jutting out into the North Sea: the towers and walls of cathedral, castleand university provide reminders of the status and wealth of the city in the Middle Ages. As a centre of earthly and spiritual government, as the place of veneration for Scotland's patron saint and as an ancient seat of learning,St Andrews was the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland. This volume provides the first full study of this special and multi-faceted centre throughout its golden age. The fourteen chapters use St Andrews as a focus for the discussion of multiple aspects of medieval life in Scotland. They examine church, spirituality, urban society and learning in a specific context from the seventh to the sixteenth century, allowing for the consideration of St Andrews alongside other great religious and political centres of medieval Europe.Trade ReviewA particularly rewarding collection, full of fresh scholarship. * SPECULUM *Offers both a new overview as well as additional evidence and fresh insights. For years to come, it will surely be a source for scholars and others who are pursuing not only the history of St Andrews but also the wider subject of Scottish medieval history. * THE RICARDIAN *The volume is truly multidisciplinary, containing contributions from art historians, archaeologists, architectural historians as well as historians. This is a real strength..The editors should be commended for such a rewarding collection. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOG *Table of Contents'Ancient Magnificence': St Andrews in the Middle Ages: An Introduction - Michael H Brown and Katie Stevenson From Cinrigh Monai to Civitas Sancti Andree: A Star is Born - Simon Taylor The Idea of St Andrews as the Second Rome Made Manifest - Ian Campbell The Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture of St Andrews as a Channel for the Introduction of New Ideas - Richard Fawcett When the Miracles Ceased: Shrine and Cult Management at St Andrews and Scottish Cathedrals in the Later Middle Ages - Tom Turpie Religion, Ritual and the Rhythm of the Year in Later Medieval St Andrews - David Ditchburn Living in the Late Medieval Town of St Andrews - Elizabeth Ewan The Burgh of St Andrews and its Inhabitants before the Wars of Independence - Matthew Hammond The Archaeology of Medieval St Andrews - Derek Hall and Catherine Smith Prelates, Citizens and Landed Folk: St Andrews as a Centre of Lordship in the Late Middle Ages - Michael H Brown Augmenting Rentals: The Expansion of Church Property in St Andrews, c. 1400-156 - Elizabeth Rhodes The Prehistory of the University of St Andrews - Norman Reid University, City and Society - Roger A Mason The Medieval Maces of the University of St Andrews - Julian Luxford Heresy, Inquisition and Late Medieval St Andrews - Katie Stevenson Appendix 1: The St Andrews Foundation Account - Simon Taylor Appendix 2: The Augustinian's Account - Simon Taylor Appendix 3: The Boar's Raik - Simon Taylor Appendix 4: University of St Andrews Library, UYSL 110/6/4 - Matthew Hammond
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Archaeopress KYMISSALA: Archaeology – Education –
Book SynopsisThe area of Kymissala on the southwest coast of Rhodes is of great archaeological interest, as it conceals a large number of important archaeological sites belonging to the lesser known ancient deme of the Rhodian countryside, the deme of Kymissaleis. The region is also of exceptional environmental and ecological importance, as it has a particular biodiversity and is protected by the European ‘Natura 2000’ network of nature protection areas. Kymissala has systematically been researched during the past 10 years by the Kymissala Archaeological Research Project (KARP) inaugurated by the Department of Mediterranean Studies and the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese in 2006. The research, escaping from its narrow academic and archaeological context and exploiting the comparative advantage of the region, may –and should– inter alia, intervene in a mild and sustainable manner in the promotion of the archaeological site of Kymissala. Its ultimate goal is to promote the antiquities of the area, its educational value and its historical and cultural continuity within a protected natural environment, in the context of an ecological-archaeological park. Under the title Kymissala: Archaeology – Education – Sustainability, fourteen original studies have been published, constituting the first complete presentation of the area of Kymissala and the work in progress, after ten years of systematic research, in terms of Archaeology, Education and Sustainable Development.Table of ContentsEDITOR’S FORWORD; 1 – KYMISSALA: TWO CENTURIES OF EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH – by Manolis I. Stefanakis; 2 – KYMISSALEIS: ARCHAEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE OF AN ANCIENT DEME IN THE RHODIAN COUNTRYSIDE – by Manolis I. Stefanakis; 3 – Η ΝΕΚΡΌΠΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ. ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΉΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΤΥΠΟΛΟΓΊΑ ΤΩΝ ΤΆΦΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΜΟΡΦΉ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΤΑΦΊΩΝ ΜΝΗΜΕΊΩΝ – by Βασιλική Πατσιαδά; 4 – THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE ANCIENT RHODIAN DEME OF KYMISSALEIS – by; Anastasia Dreliossi-Herakleidou and Nikos Litinas; 5 – Η ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΥ ΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΝΕΚΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Χρυσή Μπούρμπου; 6 – ΠΡΩΤΟΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΈΣ ΘΈΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΡΉΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Νεκτάριος Ζάρρας; 7 – Η ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΜΜΕΤΡΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΜΕΤΣΟΒΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Σεβαστή Ταπεινάκη, Ανδρέας Γεωργόπουλος, Γεώργιος Ν. Μακρής και Μανόλης Ι. Στεφανάκης; 8 – Η ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΉ ΘΕΩΡΊΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Κωνσταντίνος Καλογερόπουλος; 9 – THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS AND LOOTING OF CULTURAL RESOURCES FROM THE AREA OF KYMISSALA – by Eftychia Manousaki; 10 – Η ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ ΩΣ ΜΕΣΟ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ, ΕΥΑΙΣΘΗΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΦΥΠΝΙΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΣΗΣ – by Ευαγγελία Δημητρίου; 11 – ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑ: ΤΟΠΟΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΚΗΣΗΣ ΝΕΩΝ ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΩΝ – by Ανδρέας Γεωργόπουλος; 12 – Η ΕΚΠΑΊ ΔΕΥΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΕΙΦΌΡΟ ΑΝΆΠΤΥΞΗ ΣΤΑ ΜΟΝΟΠΆΤΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Δημήτριος Κολοκυθάς; 13 – ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Θωμαΐς Βεργωτή; 14 – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMPORTANCE FOR PROMOTING KYMISSALA – by Manolis, I. Stefanakis
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Creativity, Contradictions and Commemoration in
Book SynopsisAspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined. The reign of Richard II is well known for its political turmoil as well as its literary and artistic innovations, all areas explored by Professor Nigel Saul during his distinguished career. The present volume interrogates many familiar literary and narrative sources, including works by Froissart, Gower, Chaucer, Clanvow, and the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, along with those less well-known, such as coroner's inquests and gaol delivery proceedings. The reign is also notorious for its larger than life personalities - not least Richard himself. But how was he shaped by other personalities? A prosopographical study of Richard's bishops, a comparison of the literary biographies of his father the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, and a reconsideration of Plantagenet family politics, all shed light on this question. Meanwhile, Richard II's tomb reflects his desire to shape a new vision of kingship. Commemoration more broadly was changing in the late fourteenth century, and this volume includes several studies of both individual and communal memorials of various types that illustrate this trend: again, appropriately for an area Professor Saul has made his own. Contributors: Mark Arvanigian, Caroline Barron, Michael Bennett, Jerome Bertram, David Carpenter, Chris Given-Wilson, Jill Havens, Claire Kennan, Hannes Kleineke, John Leland, Joel Rosenthal, Christian Steer, George Stow, Jenny Stratford, Kelcey Wilson-Lee.Trade ReviewProvides a feast of new insights on primary sources, while never losing sight of the human drama--all in the great tradition of its honoree. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *A lasting and indispensable complement to Saul's talent and reach as a historian of the reign of Richard II. * SPECULUM *Offers a welcome thematic unity often lacking in the Festschrift format and focuses its appeal. When politicians speak of learning from history, they rarely mean the late medieval past, yet this is a volume that has distinct resonance for the present. It is a worthy celebration of Professor Saul's contribution to the field. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Abbreviations Introduction JESSICA A. LUTKIN AND J. S. HAMILTON Part I: Sources 1.Froissart and the Great Revolt CAROLINE BARRON 2.'Defenders of truth': Lord Cobham, John Gower and the political crisis of 1387¬-88 MICHAEL BENNETT 3.The Authorship of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum: A Reconsideration GEORGE B. STOW Part II: Government and Administration 4.The bequests of Isabel of Castile, first duchess of York, and Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars' JENNY STRATFORD 5.Lollards in Arms: Lollardy, Loyalty, and the Trauma of the Hundred Years War JILL C. HAVENS 6.Pardons for Self-Defence in The Reign of Richard II: The Use and Abuse of Legal Formulas JOHN L. LELAND 7.The representation of Devonshire in the 'Bad' Parliament of January 1377 HANNES KLEINEKE 8.'John of Gaunt, Richard II and Plantagenet Family Politics in the 1390s' MARK ARVANIGIAN 9.Richard II's Bishops: Fair Weather Friends? JOEL T. ROSENTHAL 10.Power, Piety and Presence: The Cult of Corpus Christi and the 1389 Guild Enquiry in Lincolnshire CLAIRE KENNAN Part III: Commemoration 11.Edward, the Black Prince, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France: Chivalry and Rivalry in Life and Death CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON 12.'Suche scripture...shewyng what I was': The brass of Margaret of Cieszyn and associated monuments KELCEY WILSON-LEE 13.The Patronage of Queen Isabella (d. 1358): Monuments of the Royal Household at Friars Minor London CHRISTIAN STEER 14.The 'Dreadful Draytons' of Dorchester and their Brasses JEROME BERTRAM † 15.Nigel Saul as a Teacher: An Appreciation DAVID CARPENTER Bibliography of Prof. N. E. Saul's work Index Tabula Gratulatoria
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Archaeopress My dear Miss Ransom: Letters between Caroline
Book SynopsisCaroline Louise Ransom Williams (1872-1952) is remembered as the first American university-trained female Egyptologist, but she is not widely-known in the history of science. Her mentor was James Henry Breasted, well-known as the first American Egyptologist and founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. As long as they worked together and as much as they depended on each other professionally, Ransom Williams is little more than a footnote in the published history of archaeology. She was a successful scholar, instructor, author, and museum curator. She also had personal struggles with her mother and her husband that affected the choices she could make about her career. This book presents the correspondence between Ransom Williams and Breasted because the letters are crucial in piecing together and allowing an in-depth analysis of her life and career. The written conversation, comprised of 240 letters between the two, shows that Ransom Williams had a full life and productive career as the first American female Egyptologist. Through these letters, we see part of a life that is unique while at the same time analogous to other professional women in the period. This edition is the first book-length discussion of Ransom Williams’ life and career.Table of ContentsEditorial Principles; Preface, by Anne S. Flannery; Biographical Introduction; The Correspondence, 1898-1935; Epilogue: 1935-1952; Appendix; Character Index; Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and
Book SynopsisFirst full examination of the medieval livery collar, form, function, and significance. The livery collar had a pervasive presence in late-medieval England. Worn about the neck to denote service to a lord, references to the collar abound in government records, contemporary chronicles and correspondence, and many depictions of the collar can be found in illuminated manuscripts and on church monuments. From the fifteenth century the collar was regarded as a powerful symbol of royal power, the artefact associating the recipient with the king; it also played a significant function in the construction and articulation of political and other group identities during the period. This first book-length study of the livery collar examines its cultural and political significance from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, in particular between 1450 and 1500, the period associated with the Wars of the Roses. It explores the principal meanings bestowed on the collar, considers the item in its various political contexts, and places the collar within the sphere of medieval identity construction. It also investigates the motives which lay behind its distribution, shedding new light on the nature and understanding of royal power at the time.Trade ReviewCarefully researched and well-written...Ward has rendered a valuable service to scholars of the late Middle Ages by focusing on one of the more ubiquitous cultural symbols of the age. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *A revelation for anyone interested in livery collars and what they meant. * THE RICARDIAN *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Livery Collar and its Contexts Function, Meaning and Significance The Political Milieu Visual Culture, Agency and Identities of Association The Appearance of Lancastrian and Yorkist Livery Collars on Church Monuments: Distribution and Motivations Livery Collars in Wales and the Edgecote Connection Conclusion Appendix 1: Genealogies Appendix 2: Livery Collars on Church Monuments in England, Wales and Ireland to c. 1540 Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Chivalry and the Medieval Past
Book SynopsisAn examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry" has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages. One of the most difficult and complex ethical and cultural codes to define, chivalry has proved a flexible, ever-changing phenomenon, constantly adapted in the hands of medieval knights, Renaissance princes, early modern antiquarians, Enlightenment scholars, modern civic authorities, authors, historians and re-enactors. This book explores the rich variations in how the Middle Ages were conceptualised and historicised to illuminate the plurality of uses of the past. Using chivalry as a lens through which to examine concepts and uses of the medieval, it provides a critical assessment of the ways in which medieval chivalry became a shorthand to express contemporary ideals, powerfully demonstrating the ways in which history could be appropriated. The chapters combine attention to documentary evidence with what material culture can tell us, in particular using the built environment and the landscape as sources to understand how the medieval past was renegotiated. With contributions spanning diverse geographic regions and periods, it redraws current chronological boundaries by considering medievalism from the late Middle Ages to the present. Katie Stevenson is Senior Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History and Director of the Institute of Scottish Historical Research at the University of St Andrews; Barbara Gribling is a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of History at Durham University. Contributors: David W. Allan, Stefan Goebel, Barbara Gribling, Steven C. Hughes, Peter N. Lindfield, Antti Matikkala, Rosemary Mitchell, Paul Pickering, Katie StevensonTrade ReviewFull of fascinating discussion regarding the long-term cultural impacts of chivalry. * FOLKLORE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Chivalry and the Medieval Past - Katie Stevenson and 'An Institution Quite Misunderstood': Chivalry and Sentimentalism in the Late Scottish Enlightenment - David W. Allan Creating a 'Medieval Past' for the Swedish Orders of Knighthood - Antti Matikkala 'Hung Round with the Helmets, Breast-Plates, and Swords of our Ancestors': Allusions to Chivalry in Eighteenth-Century Gothicism - Peter N. Lindfield Knights on the Town? Commercial and Civic Chivalry in Victorian Manchester - Rosemary A. Mitchell 'The Dark Side of Chivalry': Victory, Violence and the Victorians - Barbara Gribling Daze and Knights: Anachronism, Duelling and the Chivalric Ethic in Nineteenth-Century Italy - Steven C. Hughes The German Crusade: The Battles of Tannenberg, 1410 and 1914 - Stefan Goebel 'Hark ye back to the age of valour': Re-enacting Chivalry from the Eglinton Tournament to Kill Streak - Paul Pickering
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Archaeopress Marcadores gráficos y territorios megalíticos en
Book SynopsisThe aim of this work is to analyze Late Prehistoric graphical markers, comprising paintings, engravings, Megalithic elements, and other portable objects. All of them can be described as post-paleolithic or Schematic Art over various surfaces. The chosen area, the inland region of the Tajo inner basin (Spain), was especially appealing for several reasons, such as the lack of scholarship on the subject, the lack of information on the geographical location of the archaeological sites, and the extended ignorance about the sites’ materials and relationships. The methodology is based on systematic registration of all archaeological sites. This is studied from an Archaeology Landscape perspective through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis. It tests geographical markers according to their strategic location (pre-eminence and visibility) and their relationship with other funerary, habitable and resources sites. This has allowed parietal surfaces (megaliths, caves, shelters) and mobile pieces to be given coordinate position for the first time in the region, which has demonstrated abundant and complex prehistoric graphical markers. The results achieved allow the extrapolation of settlement models, explained in chapter VI. Generally, shelters divide the territory by geographical units where the settlers have access to a variety of economic resources and transit networks. SPANISH DESCRIPTION: El objetivo de este trabajo es el estudio de los marcadores gráficos de la Prehistoria Reciente, entre los que se incluyen pinturas, grabados, elementos megalíticos y elementos mobiliares que responden a la descripción de Arte Esquemático o Postpaleolítico sobre diferentes soportes. Se eligió como zona de estudio la cuenca interior del Tajo a su paso por las provincias interiores (España), de especial interés por su carencia de valoraciones conjuntas y desde luego, por la escasa información acerca del posicionamiento geográfico de estos yacimientos y el desconocimiento bastante generalizado de sus contenidos y relaciones contextuales. El método de trabajo se ha fundamentado en la recogida sistemática de todos los yacimientos registrados. El estudio se ha llevado a cabo con nuevas tecnologías como los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), desde una perspectiva de la Arqueología del Paisaje. Se han efectuado diversos análisis establecidos sobre su posición estratégica (preeminencia y visibilidad) y su relación con otros yacimientos de carácter funerario, habitacional y recursos de explotación. Esto ha permitido que los soportes parietales (abrigos, cuevas y megalitos), así como piezas mobiliares, se hayan georreferenciado por primera vez en la región, dando muestras de la abundancia y complejidad de estas grafías prehistóricas. Los resultados nos han permitido extrapolar modelos de implantación en el territorio, expuestos en el capítulo VI. En general, existe una tendencia a delimitar el territorio en unidades geográficas caracterizadas, en las que las sociedades productoras tienen acceso a una variedad de recursos económicos y redes de tránsito.Table of ContentsPrólogo; Introducción; Introduction (English); Capítulo I. Historiografía, debate y recorrido del Arte Holocénico. Los territorios interiores en el marco de la Península Ibérica; Capítulo II. Metodología: Bases de Datos, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y corpus iconográfico en el interior del Tajo; Capítulo III. Contexto geográfico y geológico. Aproximaciones al paleoambiente y los recursos en la Prehistoria Reciente peninsular; Capítulo IV. Estudio de los yacimientos del AETA: Arte Esquemático en el Tajo. Agrupaciones, distribución y análisis; Capítulo V. Pautas de análisis en los conjuntos de abrigos del AETA. Síntesis de las variables estudiadas; Capítulo VI. Lecturas para un territorio integral de los grupos megalíticos en el interior del Tajo; Bibliografía
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century:
Book SynopsisSkilfully uses this notorious episode to illuminate the nature and extent of piracy in the period. The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although the captain and many members of the crew were murdered by the pirates led by the notorious Benito de Soto, some survived, escaped and sailed the ship back to Britain. This book, based on extensive original research in Britain, Spain and Brazil, retells the story of the Morning Star, provides much new detail and corrects errors present in the many contemporary accounts of the attack. It sets the attack in the wider context of piracy in the period, and discusses many issues which the episode highlights: how pirates' careers began and developed; how they were pursued and tried, often with difficulty; what became of their treasure; how stories of the attack and of the survivors were sensationalised; how the women passengers on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.Trade ReviewAn authoritative and interesting book. * NAVAL REVIEW *As one of very few studies to question the conventional understanding of Atlantic world piracy as having been all but eradicated by the early decade of the eighteenth century, this book is important and worthy of our attention. * THE NORTHERN MARINER/LE MARIN DU NORD *Sarah Craze's study is well researched, and the footnotes are comprehensive and expansive.[...] the narrative is very readable and I would highly recommend it. * FACHRS *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1.Captain Johnson sparks a media storm 2.The day pirates attacked the Morning Star 3.A pirate bargain - women and sexual violence at sea 4.Pirates of the 1820s 5.On the Defensor de Pedro 6.Cashing in 7.The pirates on trial 8.The pirates who came next Epilogue Select Bibliography Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The British Navy in Eastern Waters: The Indian
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present. This book outlines the early voyages of the English East India Company, its building of its own naval forces and its conflicts with Indian states. It examines the opening up of the Pacific Ocean, the wars with the French in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the activities of the British navy in the later nineteenth century, both off the coasts of China and Japan, and also in the many other places to which the navy's very great power extended. It goes on to consider the wars of the twentieth century, Britain's withdrawal from east of Suez, and Britain's continuing relative decline. Throughout, the book provides accounts of battles and other actions, and relates the activities of the British navy to the wider political situation and to the activities of other European and Asian navies.Trade ReviewThis is a huge canvas, and John Grainger draws on his considerable experience as a naval author to give the reader an overview and hopefully a stimulus for further research. -- Jon Wise * Warship *Creates an engaging narrative which is far more accessible than older reference volumes that precede this work. In addition to providing a chronology for scholars, it will also prove to be a very enjoyable text for interested non-specialist readers. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY *This text equips those thinking about the future of the region to understand the strategic advantage that the sea provides. -- Andrew Lambert * THE MARINER'S MIRROR *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Company and the Bombay Marine 1. The Company's Early Struggles (1600-1625) 2. The Company Survives (1625-1680) 3. Interlopers and Union (1680-1710) 4. Wider Interests, Greater Threats (1710-1750) Part II. The Bombay Marine and the Royal Navy 5. British Dominance Established (1748-1763) 6. The French Threat Continues (1763-1782) 7. The Decisive War (1782-1783) 8. A Ring of Enemies (1783-1803) 9 Destroying all Rivals (1803-1811) Part III: The Royal Navy and the Indian Navy 10. The Company Reduced, its Empire Expanded (1811-1838) 11. Imperial Warfare (1838-1863) 12. The British Lake (1863-1935) 13. A Successful Defence (1935-1945) 14. Imperial Withdrawal (1945 and after) Bibliography
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Archaeopress The Gwithian Landscape: Molluscs and Archaeology
Book SynopsisGwithian, on the north coast of Cornwall, is a multiperiod archaeological site. Excavations by Charles Thomas in the mid-twentieth century provided evidence of human activity from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period. The present work explores the palaeoenvironment of the area around the settlement sites, from the Neolithic, when sand dunes initially developed in the Red River valley, to the present post-industrial landscape. Multiproxy analyses on sediments from coring, a test pit and mollusc columns provide a view of the changing landscape and how it may have influenced, or been influenced by, human presence and settlement. Mollusc studies are used as the principal analytical method. Multiple radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminesce dates permit these changes to be studied on a tighter time frame than was previously possible. Mining activity from the Bronze Age to the present is explored using fine-resolution geochemistry. Dating allows the timing of the extinction and introduction of some mollusc species to be refined.Table of ContentsPreface; Foreword by Jacqueline A. Nowakowski; Chapter I – Introduction ; Chapter II – Gwithian and its archaeological complex; Chapter III – Previous molluscan studies at Gwithian; Chapter IV – The current study at Gwithian; Chapter V – The coring transect; Chapter VI – Percussion cores; Chapter VII – Hand auger cores; Chapter VIII – Pollen analysis at Gwithian – by Dr. C. R. Batchelor ; Chapter IX – Chronology and discussion of the coring transect; Chapter X – Trench excavation; Chapter XI – Micromorphology analysis of a buried soil – by Dr R. Y. Banerjea; Chapter XII – Mollusc studies in the wider Gwithian landscape; Chapter XIII – Mining for tin and other metals; Chapter XIV – Discussion and conclusions; Conclusions; Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Fifteenth Century XIX: Enmity and Amity
Book Synopsis"This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding." ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The essays in this volume explore relationships in all their different guises and expressions. Hostility between England and France cast a long shadow over the fifteenth century and beyond. While warfare at sea and the composition of the army which invaded Normandy in 1417 left extensive administrative records, sources of a different nature highlight the experiences of the French and Burgundians. The experience of the incursion of Henry VIII's forces in 1513 found expression in widely-distributed poems; while verses celebrating the births of heirs to the Hapsburg duke of Burgundy sought to allay fears over a change of regime by stressing the benefits of their multinational heritage. Portraits of rulers of Italian states emphasised the emergence of a shared courtly culture between England and Italy by commemorating their election as Knights of the Garter, while the records of Bishop's Lynn testify to the harmonious integration of immigrants from the Low Countries and Baltic regions. The Magna Carta of 1215 - intended to place the relationship between ruler and ruled on a new footing - had a long after-life, providing a blue-print for practices adopted by the Appellants of 1388 and being cited at the deposition of Richard II, only to be eclipsed in the late fifteenth century when depositions focused instead on challenges to the monarch's title. Poor records of the meetings of convocations have led to undue emphasis on their role in granting subsidies, but a register at Canterbury presents a different picture by revealing business of the southern convocation of 1462.Table of ContentsEngland and Europe, c.1450-1520: Nostalgia or New Opportunities? - MALCOLM VALE Mariners and Marauders: A Case Study of Fowey during the Hundred Years' War, c.1400-c.1453 - S.J. DRAKE Henry V's Army of 1417 - ANNE CURRY and DAVID CLEVERLY 'Get out of our land, Englishmen'. French Reactions to the English Invasion of 1512-13 - CHARLES GIRY-DELOISON Encountering the 'Duche' in Margery Kempe's Lynn - SUSAN MADDOCK 'C'est le Beaulté de Castille et d'Espaigne, qui le Soleil cler d'Austrice accompaigne': Jean Molinet makes the Habsburgs Burgundian - CATHERINE EMERSON Magna Carta in the Late Middle Ages, c.1320-c.1520 - NIGEL SAUL The Business of the Southern Convocation in 1462 - PAUL CAVILL
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Archaeopress Identified skeletal collections: the testing
Book SynopsisHuman skeletons are widely studied in archaeological, anthropological and forensic settings to learn about the deceased. Methods used to identify individuals in forensic contexts and to determine age and sex in archaeological settings are normally tested on identified skeletal collections: collections of skeletons with known age-at-death, sex, often occupation and cause of death. These collections often represent individuals dying within the last century, but this is variable and often depends on the purpose for creating the collection. Many were developed in attempts to understand local population biology whereas those collected recently are for forensic purposes: to improve identification in legal contexts. Some of these collections were developed from body donation programmes, while others have come from cemeteries: cemeteries which were either no longer viable or needed clearing. All these factors impact on who curates these collections: archaeology or anthropology departments and museums. However, unlike many other skeletons curated in these locations, these are individuals with names. All this raises ethical questions about their creation, curation and their use for research. This book focusses on identified skeletal collections in the UK, Portugal, South Africa, USA and Canada. The chapters discuss how and why collections were amassed including the local legislation governing them. Alongside this run the ethical issues associated with their collection, curation and access to them. The demographics of the collections: who is included and why, along with such biases and how they can impact on research are also discussed, as are limitations in the documentary data associated with these individuals. The importance of these collections is also focussed on: particularly their role in developing and testing methods for age determination in adults. This shows why these collections are so vital to improve methods and interpretations for archaeological and forensic research. The importance of communicating this to the wider public is also addressed.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction – Charlotte Henderson; Chapter 2. Archaeological human skeletal collections: their significance and value as an ongoing contribution to research – Jelena Bekvalac and Dr Rebecca Redfern; Chapter 3. The Grant Human Skeletal Collection and Other Contributions of J. C. B. Grant to Anatomy, Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology – John Albanese; Chapter 4. Strategies for Dealing with Bias in Identified Reference Collections and Implications for Research in the 21st Century – John Albanese; Chapter 5. Bioarchaeology and Identified Skeletal Collections: Problems and Potential Solutions – Jennifer Sharman and John Albanese; Chapter 6. The significance of identified human skeletal collections to further our understanding of the skeletal ageing process in adults – Vanessa Campanacho and Hugo F.V. Cardoso; Chapter 7. Secular changes in cranial size and sexual dimorphism of cranial size: a comparative analysis of standard cranial dimensions in two Portuguese identified skeletal reference collections and implications for sex estimation – Luísa Marinho, Ana R. Vassalo and Hugo F. V. Cardoso; Chapter 8. Lives Not Written in Bones: Discussing Biographical Data Associated With Identified Skeletal Collections – Francisca Alves Cardoso; Chapter 9. The Fate of Anatomical Collections in the US: Bioanthropological Investigations of Structural Violence – Rachel J. Watkins; Chapter 10. Final Summary – Francisca Alves-Cardoso
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long
Book SynopsisSheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a citizen? Ever since printing was introduced, being a member of society increasingly involved reading and writing: for sociability and belonging, instruction and entertainment, profit and charity, spiritual awakening and political debate. Literary practices shaped and changed identities and the organisation of society during the Long Eighteenth Century. In Scandinavia, this happened locally, as well as transnationally - reading, writing and producing texts involved entanglements within and beyond the borders of the Northern European periphery of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Focusing on 'literary citizenship', this volume uncovers the different ways in which engagements with print have mediated and established networks and communities, identities and agencies of multiple sorts in an interconnected media landscape. The result is a complex and intriguing history of the book in the Scandinavian region. This history is, on the one hand, influenced by a European market and tradition. On the other hand, it offers an important and different case of regional and local adaptation, marked by what has been termed a 'Northern Enlightenment'. This book will be of interest to scholars of European enlightenment studies and to those who are interested in the continuing debates surrounding print culture and history. This book is available in digital format as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC. This book and the research upon which it is based was supported by funds from The Research Council of Norway and the National Library of Norway. CONTRIBUTORS: Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Jon Haarberg, Ruth Hemstad, Thor Inge Rørvik, Ellen Krefting, Karin Kukkonen, Ulrik Langen, Aina Nøding, Jonas Nordin, James Raven, Janicke S. Kaasa, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Iver Tangen Stensrud and Jonas Thorup Thomsen.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Ruth Hemstad, Janicke S. Kaasa, Ellen Krefting and Aina Nøding 1. Early Print and Northern Exploration in the Service of the Church: On Archbishop Erik Valkendorf's Activities as Writer and Editor - Karen Skovgaard-Petersen 2. The Case of the Norwegian Catechism - Jon Haarberg 3. Possessed by a Book: Cultural Scripts for Demonic Possession in Early Modern Denmark - Jonas Thorup Thomsen 4. A Northern Republic of Letters? Transnational Periodical Cultures around 1700, 1800 and 1900 - Jens Bjerring-Hansen 5. Implementing Freedom of the Press in Eighteenth-Century Scandinavia: Perspectives on a Surprising Lack of Transnationalism - Ulrik Langen, Jonas Nordin and Frederik Stjernfelt 6. Multilingual Citizens of the World: Literary Fiction in Norwegian Book Collections in the Eighteenth Century - Karin Kukkonen 7. Stolen Fruit, Moral Fiction: Marmontel's Contes moraux in Denmark-Norway - Aina Nøding 8. Secret Springs and Naked Truths: Scandalous Political Literature in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway - Ellen Krefting 9. From the Dictated Lecture to the Printed Textbook: The Circulation of Notes in the Teaching of Philosophy in Denmark-Norway, 1790-1850 -Thor Inge Rørvik 10. An Inspiring Model from the Periphery: The Transnational Circulation of the Norwegian 1814 Constitution - Ruth Hemstad 11. Heavenly Citizens of the World: Child Readers and the Missionary Cause - Janicke S. Kaasa 12. Diffusing Useful Knowledge: Skilling-Magazin, Transnational Images and Local Communities - Iver Tangen Stensrud Afterword - James Raven
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Sunday School Movement in Britain, 1900-1939
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the vital role Sunday schools played in forming and sustaining faith before, during, and after the First World War for British populations both at home and abroad. Sunday schools were an important part of the religious landscape of twentieth-century Britain and they were widely attended by much of the British population. The Sunday School Movement in Britain argues that the schools played a vital role in forming and sustaining the faith of those who lived and served during the First World War. Moreover, the volume contends that the conflict did not cause the schools to decline and proposes that decline instead set in much earlier in the twentieth century. The book also questions the perception that the schools were ineffective tools of religious socialisation and examines the continued attempts of the Sunday school movement to professionalise and improve their efforts. Thus, the involvement of the movement with the World's Sunday School Association is revealed to be part of the wider developing international ecumenical community during the twentieth century. Drawing together under-utilised material from archives and newspapers in national and local collections, The Sunday School Movement in Britain presents a history of the schools demonstrating their lasting significance in the religious life of the nation and, by extension, the enduring importance of Christianity in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. British Sunday Schools before the First World War, 1900-14 2. British Sunday Schools and the First World War, 1914-18 3. Sunday Schools in the Religious Life of the British Forces, 1914-18 4. British Sunday Schools between the World Wars, 1918-39 5. Teaching, Training and Teachers: Reforming the Sunday School Movement, 1900-39 6. British Sunday Schools and the World, 1900-39 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Archaeopress Gifts, Goods and Money: Comparing currency and
Book SynopsisThe papers gathered in this volume explore the economic and social roles of exchange systems in past societies from a variety of different perspectives. Based on a broad range of individual case studies, the authors tackle problems surrounding the identification of (pre-monetary) currencies in the archaeological record. These concern the part played by weight measurement systems in their development, the changing role of objects as they shift between different spheres of exchange, e.g. from gifts to commodities, as well as wider issues regarding the role of exchange networks as agents of social and economic change. Among the specific questions the papers address is what happens when new objects of value are introduced into a system, or when existing objects go out of use, as well as how exchange systems react to events such as crises or the emergence of new polities and social constellations. One theme that unites most of the papers is the tension between what is introduced from the outside and changes that are driven by social transformations within a given group.Table of ContentsIntroduction: comparing currency and circulation systems in past societies – by Dirk Brandherm, Elon Heymans and Daniela Hofmann; Indeterminacy and approximation in Mediterranean weight systems in the third and second millennia BC – by Nicola Ialongo, Agnese Vacca and Alessandro Vanzetti; Weight units and the transformation of value: approaching premonetary currency systems in the Nordic Bronze Age – by Lene Melheim; Heads or tails: metal hoards from the Iron Age southern Levant – by Elon D. Heymans; Weighing premonetary currency in the Iberian iron Age – by Thibaud Poigt; Of warriors, chiefs and gold. Coinage and exchange in the late pre-Roman Iron Age – by David Wigg-Wolf; New wealth from the Old World: glass, jet and mirrors in the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century indigenous Caribbean – by Joanna Ostapkowicz; Gifts of the gods — Objects of foreign origin in traditional exchange cycles in Palau – by Constanze Dupont
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Gibson Square Books Ltd Outraged of Tunbridge Wells: Complaints from
Book SynopsisThe very best outrage from the Tunbridge Wells Advertiser, the newspaper that coined the phrase 'Disgusted from Tunbridge Wells' for grumpy complaints.
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Guardian Faber Publishing The Lost Decade: 2010–2020, and What Lies Ahead
Book SynopsisThe ten years from 2010 have been devastating. A decade of austerity and paralysis nurtured contempt for leaders, institutions and fellow citizens and fertilised the ground for a rebellious Brexit. It has been a decade characterised by national tragedies from Grenfell to Windrush, and food banks to the property crisis.But, as Adam Smith said, 'there's a great deal of ruin in a nation'. No truthful portrait of an era can be monochrome. Bright spots included the rise of renewable energy, lower crime rates, legalisation of same-sex marriage and the creative industries continuing to punch well above their weight in spite of cuts.In The Lost Decade, Polly Toynbee and David Walker offer the definitive survey of this most tumultuous of periods in British history and look to what lies ahead for us. This is the anatomy of a dark decade, bringing hope for better to come.
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Archaeopress Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural
Book SynopsisIndonesian Megaliths: A forgotten cultural heritage' highlights aspects of Indonesian culture which are currently misunderstood and sometimes threatened by destruction. Although they are relatively recent in origin, the Indonesian megaliths offer similarities to their counterparts in the Middle East and Arabia: they reflect the rise to prominence of local chiefs in a context of acculturation which prompted the need to build megalithic monuments to bury the dead, and to honour, commemorate and communicate with ancestors. In societies of oral tradition, these stones punctuate the landscape to transmit the memory of men and social structure from one generation to the next. Based on scientific documents (articles, archaeological reports) and field visits, this new exploration clarifies various elements of the Indonesian megaliths, including their function in the daily life of the tribes and the use of certain stones for musical purposes (lithophony). In Nias, Sumba and Toraya, the megalith tradition is still alive and ethno-anthropological studies of these three regions provide a unique chance to complement the archaeological perspectives on megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the rest of the Archipelago. The book includes numerous photographs documenting the monuments which were taken during the author’s stay in Indonesia (2010-2013).Trade Review'...the book succeeds in revealing the wealth of Indonesian traditions to enthusiasts and will hopefully spark a revival of interest in megaliths among professionals.' -- Véronique Degroot * Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient vol. 106 *
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Granta Books The Seaside: England's Love Affair
Book Synopsis"...a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid." - Travis Elborough England's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines including cliffs, coves, pebbled shore, wide sandy beaches, salt marshes, and estuaries cutting deep inland. On these coastal edges England's great holiday resorts grew up, developed in the early eighteenth century originally as spas for medicinal bathing but soon morphing into places of pleasure, entertainment, fantasy and adventure. Acclaimed writer Madeleine Bunting journeyed clockwise around England from Scarborough to Blackpool to understand the enduring appeal of seaside towns, and what has happened to the golden sands, cold seas and donkey rides of childhood memory. Taking in some forty resorts, staying in hotels, caravans and holiday camps, she swims from their beaches and talks to their residents to delve into their landscapes, histories and contemporary plight.Trade ReviewA brilliant new book... It is a travelogue, an impressive work of social history, an affectionate celebration and much more besides. But a grim English irony burns through almost every page -- John Harris * Guardian *A poignant picture of life on the edge of England -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * Spectator *Eloquent and detailed... Britain's island story has never seemed so pertinent * Financial Times *[A] remarkable book, as bracing as a smack in the face by a stiff sea breeze, Madeleine Bunting tours the English coastline to discover what it reveals about the state of the nation today * Guardian *This superb tour of the English coastline is compelling, sometimes exhilarating but also profoundly sad... Bunting's wonderful travelogue offers us a powerful - and deeply dispiriting - microcosm of the whole nation * Observer *This was an epic journey... An ambitious, thorough and hugely readable investigation of this country's coastal fun-palaces * Mail on Sunday *Beautifully written... Our intrepid author, it has to be said, embraces the Spartan version of the seaside... Her trip brings out her lyrical powers and salt-and-vinegar sharpness * Literary Review *[The Seaside] is stuffed with statistics, scraps of conversation, longer interviews, literary allusion and potted history... Bunting is an engagingly dogged guide * TLS *Bracing * Strong Words *A fond exploration of our often conflicted relationship with the British beach resort. Its love for the institution is apparent and tender, but, rather like the country itself, Bunting also finds these locations to be divided and somewhat adrift. Her book makes for a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid -- Travis ElboroughI enjoyed this very much. We all have happy seaside memories , and even though Bunting, too, finds the reason for our resorts' decline in in the fact that they were beaten to the sunburned pound and Kiss Me Quick Hat by the Costa This or That, I'd very much like her to be taken at her word and employed to revive their fortunes. Gauleiter Bunting has an authentic whiff of whelk about it' -- Jeremy Paxman[Bunting] reminds the reader of what it is like to be beside, or in, the sea * Country Life *
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Elliott & Thompson Limited Dancing for Stalin: A True Story of Love and
Book SynopsisNina Anisimova was born in 1909 in imperial St Petersburg. One of the most renowned character dancers of the Stalinist period, she won her way into the hearts of her audience over many decades. Yet few knew that her exemplary career was a fragile construct built atop a dark secret. In 1938, at the height of the Great Terror, Nina vanished. Only a handful of people knew that this famous dancer had not only been arrested by Secret Police as a Nazi Spy, but sentenced to forced labour in a camp in Kazakhstan. There, her art would become a salvation, giving her a reason to fight for her life when she found herself without winter clothes in temperatures of minus 40 degrees. Over the coming weeks, Nina's husband, Kostia Derzhavin, began to piece together what had happened to his wife. What he decided to do next was almost without precedent - to take on the ruthless Soviet state to prove her innocence. He would put himself in danger to save the woman he loved. Dancing for Stalin is a remarkable true story of suffering and injustice of courage, resilience and love.Trade Review'Christina Ezrahi vividly charts this brutal and uplifting story, bringing alive an extraordinary resourcefulness and determination to survive.' Helen Rappaport, author of The Race to Save the Romanovs 'Nina Anisimova's story is extraordinary - heroic and harrowing in equal measure, a snapshot of the best and worst of Stalin's Russia - and Christina Ezrahi does it vivid, gripping justice.' Judith Mackrell, author of Going with the Boys
£15.29
Archaeopress The Population of Tikal: Implications for Maya
Book SynopsisThe Classic Maya (AD 250-900) of central and southern Yucatan were long seen as exceptional in many ways. We now know that they did not invent Mesoamerican writing or calendars, that they were just as warlike as other ancient peoples, that many innovations in art and architecture attributed to them had diverse origins, and that their celebrated “collapse” is not what it seems. One exceptionalist claim stubbornly persists: the Maya were canny tropical ecologists who managed their fragile tropical environments in ways that supported extremely large and dense populations and still guaranteed resilience and sustainability. Archaeologists commonly assert that Maya populations far exceeded those of other ancient civilizations in the Old and New Worlds. The great center of Tikal, Guatemala, has been central to our conceptions of Maya demography since the 1960s. Re-evaluation of Tikal’s original settlement data and its implications, supplemented by much new research there and elsewhere, allows a more modest and realistic demographic evaluation. The peak Classic population probably was on the order of 1,000,000 people. This population scale helps resolve debates about how the Maya made a living, the nature of their sociopolitical systems, how they created an impressive built environment, and places them in plausible comparative context with what we know about other ancient complex societies.Table of ContentsIntroduction; A Short History of Maya Demographic Estimates and their Implications; Comparative Demographic Estimates for Other Civilizations; University of Pennsylvania Tikal Project Population Estimates; The “Managed Forest” Model for the Lowland Maya: Implications for Tikal; Biases and Limitations of the Tikal Research and some Comparisons with Copan; How Many Maya Lived in the Central and Southern Lowlands during Late and Terminal Classic Times? ; Discussion and Conclusions; Appendix A: Population Density Calculations; Appendix B: The Big Stuff; Appendix C: Agricultural Intensification; Appendix D: Maya Food Shortfalls and Their Consequences; Appendix E: Agrarian Capital, Land Tenure, Inheritance, Entitlements, and Agency; Appendix F: Classic Maya Political Organization and Institutions; Appendix G: Malthus, Boserup, and the Maya References cited
£32.30
Elliott & Thompson Limited Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 'Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories.' - Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020 ----- There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks - places that lie on the margins, left behind. A Britain in the cracks of the urban facade where unexpected life can flourish. Welcome to UNOFFICIAL BRITAIN. This is a land of industrial estates, factories and electricity pylons, of motorways and ring roads, of hospitals and housing estates, of roundabouts and flyovers. Places where modern life speeds past but where people and stories nevertheless collect. Places where human dramas play out: stories of love, violence, fear, boredom and artistic expression. Places of ghost sightings, first kisses, experiments with drugs, refuges for the homeless, hangouts for the outcasts. Struck by the power of these stories and experiences, Gareth E. Rees set out to explore these spaces and the essential part they have played in the history and geography of our isles. Though mundane and neglected, they can be as powerfully influential in our lives, and imaginations, as any picture postcard tourist destination. 'Unexpected and fascinating' - Melissa Harrison, author of The Stubborn Light of Things 'The mythical and the municipal collide in a weirdly compelling tour of Britain's built environment.' - Financial TimesTrade Review"The mythical and the municipal collide in a weirdly compelling tour of Britain's built environment" - The Financial Times"Rees finds soul in these soulless locations, charting stories and encounters as rich as those found among rolling hills and chocolate box villages. A delight." - The New European"Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories." - Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020"Should be required reading in every motorway service station coffee shop up and down this land" - The Psychogeographic Review"A wonderful ramble through the Brexit Britain of today - warts and all." - Elsewhere: A Journal of Place"Essential reading if you are interested in the urban wyrd and how folklore is mutating and developing in modern times." - Folk Horror Revival"Unofficial Britain was my book of 2020" - Paul Cheney, Half Man Half Book"Effortlessly combining urban folklore and personal memoir, history and psychogeography, road-trip narrative and gonzo journalism." - Ends of the World"Unexpected and fascinating" - Melissa Harrison, author of The Stubborn Light of Things"A fascinating and sometimes unnerving book" - Shiny New Books"Dry and often very funny" - Bookmunch"[...] harnesses the personal and philosophical, offering thoughts that are penetrating yet always entertaining [...] A fresh take on vistas some may too readily dismiss." - Never Imitate"You should read this book. It will make you stay up too late, laugh out loud, and then freak yourself out looking out of the window at the haunted-looking binbag blowing past Carpet Right in the dead of night." - Michael Smith, author of Unreal City"An appreciation of quotidian, overlooked and sometimes grotty landscapes; part memoir, part 'hauntology', and a stiff dose of nearness and weirdness to counter the tweeness that afflicts some topographical writing." - Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden Floors
£9.49
Archaeopress Wealthy or Not in a Time of Turmoil? The Roman
Book SynopsisThe Roman imperial hoard from Gruia, Romania (former Roman province of Dacia) is among the largest ever discovered in this part of the Roman Empire. 1,509 silver coins dated from Vespasian to Gordian III were accidentally discovered while digging in a private garden. Wealthy or not in a Time of Turmoil? The Roman Imperial hoard from Gruia in Roman Dacia (Romania) presents a catalogue of each of these coins, photos included, with their complete descriptions. A comparative analysis with other similar hoards throughout the Roman Empire reveals general and specific patterns for hoarding in this period. At the same time, looking at the prices and salaries around the time the hoard was buried, the authors aim to establish whether such an amount of silver coins could have represented someone’s entire wealth. In addition, analysing the distribution of hoards in the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube and the history of this area, some possible reasons for concealing and not recovering this hoard are discussed. One excited aspect emphasised in this book is the presentation of so the called ‘weird’ coins meaning those pieces that have been minted with various errors, by mistake or deliberately, such as engraving errors, coin-die malfunction, plated coins etc.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Conditions of discovery; The denominations; The hoard structure; The mints; The hoard value; The reason for the burial and non-recovery of the hoard; The “weird” coins
£28.50
Elliott & Thompson Limited How Labour Wins
Book SynopsisA fascinating history of how the unfolding drama of each election from 1900 to 2024 has shaped the Labour Party and modern Britain.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
Book SynopsisEngland, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that ends in her being sent away by Catherine. When Catherine dies in autumn 1548 and Seymour is arrested for treason soon after, the scandal explodes into the open. Alone and in dreadful danger, Elizabeth is closely questioned by the king's regency council: Was she still a virgin? Was there a child? Had she promised to marry Seymour? In her replies, she shows the shrewdness and spirit she would later be famous for. She survives the scandal. Thomas Seymour is not so lucky. The Seymour Scandal led to the creation of the Virgin Queen. On hearing of Seymour's beheading, Elizabeth observed 'This day died a man of much wit, and very little judgement'. His fate remained with her. She would never allow her heart to rule her head again.Trade ReviewThis is how historical writing should be... the best history book I've read in a long time' -- Alison WeirMany readers will find much to enjoy in this lively and detailed account of the politics and personalities of the early Edwardian years * The Tablet *A lively and detailed account... Norton's narrative is pacy and colourful' -- Susan DoranAbsolutely stunning. A forensic analysis of an intriguing and disturbing episode in Elizabeth I's early life which casts fresh light onto our most fascinating monarch -- Sarah GristwoodSoundly researched and very readable history, and Ms Norton vividly conveys the atmosphere of intrigue between member of the power-hungry families * The Book Bag *Riveting * Choice Magazine *
£8.54
Archaeopress SOMA 2015: Time, Space and People: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisThe 19th annual meeting of the Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA) was held in Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) from the 12th to the 14th of November, 2015. As has been the case in the past, this symposium continues to provide an important opportunity for scholars and researchers to come together and discuss their academic studies in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. The proceedings of SOMA 2015 contain eighteen interdisciplinary articles on themes from underwater archaeology to history, archaeometry and art history, and chronologically, the subjects of these articles range from the Bronze Age to the 20th century.Table of ContentsAgata KUBALA – Representations of Animals on So-Called Neo-Hittite Seals; Alper ZAFER, Ahmet ASLAN – Bronze Age Stone Anchors by the Cilicia Coast, Turkey / 2015; Ahmet DENKER, Hakan ÖNİZ – Reconstruction of the Lost Great Temples of Ionia; Mateo GONZÁLEZ VÁZQUEZ – Conditoria Frugum Occulta: A Comparison of Subsistence Strategies in Aboriginal North America and Iron Age Iberia; Michele SCALICI – A New Way of Drinking: The Distribution of the Krater Form in the North-Lucanian District; Lucia NOVAKOVA – Changes and Developments in Burial Customs: Tracing the Civic Elite in Western; Anatolia; Petra JANOUCHOVÁ, Barbora WEISSOVÁ – The Use of Writing in a Funerary Context in Classical and Hellenistic Thrace; Erdener PEHLİVAN, Asuman BALDIRAN – Two Graves from the Isauria Region: A Rock Sarcophagus and a Rock Ostothek; Kenan BEŞALTI – The Underwater Study of Magydos Harbour; Mateusz ŻMUDZIŃSKI – The Romans and Salt. Notes on its Production and Trade; Baki KOYUNCU, Alper GÖKÇE, Pejman PANAHI – The Use of the Unity Game Engine in the Reconstruction of an Archeological Site; Krzysztof JAKUBIAK, Maria WARDZYŃSKA – Marina el Alamein: A Highly Mysterious, Multicultural Town?; Lihi HABAS – Daily Life in the Framework of Time and Place in the Mosaic Pavements of the; Churches of Transjordan; Coşkun ÖZDEMİR – An Example of the Lives of the Prophets in Illustrated Manuscripts: Cami'u't- Tavarikh (Edinburgh Lib., OR. Ms. 20); Zeynep Emel EKİM – Documents in the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archives: Concerning the Seal Boxes (Kozaklar) and Cases Sent to the King of Poland in International Diplomacy; Berna ÇAĞLAR – The Development of Woodcut Printing in Anatolia and a Comparison of Compositional Characteristics; Okay SÜTÇÜOĞLU – From Antiquity to the 20th Century: Cedar Transportation in the Region of Finike; Deniz HEPDİNÇ HASGÜLER, Serap ÖZDEMİR – Conservation of Furniture Belonging to Atatürk During the War of Independence in “Atatürk’s House and Railway Museum”
£41.80
Transworld Publishers Ltd The Life of Stuff: Possessions, obsessions and
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the James Tait Black biography prize 2019'A moving memoir.' Sunday Times'Gripped me from the first page.' Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights'A gripping read... a riveting piece of writing.' Radio 4__________What do our possessions say about us? Why do we project such meaning onto them? What becomes of the things we leave behind?Only after her mother's death does Susannah Walker discover how much of a hoarder she had become. Over the following months, Susannah has to sort through a dilapidated house filled to the brim with rubbish and treasures - filling bag after bag with possessions. But what she's really in search of is a woman she'd never really known or understood in life. This is her last chance to piece together her mother's story and make sense of their troubled relationship. What emerges from the mess of scattered papers, discarded photographs and an extraordinary amount of stuff is the history of a sad and fractured family, haunted by dead children, divorce and alcohol. The Life of Stuff is a deeply personal exploration of mourning and the shoring up of possessions against the losses and griefs of life, which also raises universal questions about what makes us the people we are.__________'Compelling and moving.' Ruth Hogan'An excellent memoir.' Cathy RentzenbrinkTrade ReviewI found Susannah’s book absolutely fascinating. She writes with admirable honesty and the result is a compelling and moving account of her mother’s life and relationships as told by the apocalyptic accumulation of "stuff" she left behind. Susannah’s book is not only a brave testament to an imperfect but precious relationship, but also a reflection on the similarities, however uncomfortable, between mother and daughter. It is a book I know I shall read again. * Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS *A gripping read... a riveting piece of writing * Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4 *An excellent memoir... I finished this book in awe of the sheer interest to be had reading about ordinary people and their lives, but perhaps the point is that no life is ordinary; there is always treasure hidden in the rubbish if we look for it. -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times *A moving memoir. * Sunday Times *Beautifully written ... a powerfully evocative description of [Walker's] interest in the meaning of things. * Charles Saumerz Smith, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy *This extraordinary, beautiful memoir gripped me from the first page. Susannah Walker writes especially well on home and motherhood, yet never resorts to cliche or sentimentality. I loved this book and it moved me profoundly, whilst also making me look at my own life - and the stuff I carry with me - with a new eye. The mess of her mother’s life might frame this book, but Walker is really concerned with human relationships, and in her writing addresses big questions about what it means to be both a mother and a daughter, the power of memory and the devastating loss all of us feel with the passing of time. * Clover Stroud, author of THE WILD OTHER *This is a cracking book ... Walker is a brilliant writer. * Viv Groskop, author of THE ANNA KARENINA FIX *If Marie Kondo has taught us all to ruthlessly clear our lives of stuff, then Walker compels us to think carefully about what we’ll hang on to. -- Jean Hannah Edelstein * The Pool *An intimate and moving memoir ... a revealing story of a mother/daughter relationship. * Woman & Home *With bold prose and ceaseless courage, Susannah Walker tells a mother-daughter story like no other... It is incredibly refreshing to finally read something from the perspective of the child of a hoarder. It is a must-read if you have a parent with a serious hoarding disorder or even if you just suspect hoarding tendencies. I really couldn't put this book down. * Stelios Kiosses, Psychotherapist and Presenter of Channel 4's The Hoarder Next Door *A touching memoir. * Good Housekeeping *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales
Book SynopsisThe parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in cultural history as any museum. This compact and accessible guide explores all of these aspects of the parish church, beginning by examining why churches are built where they are, and going on to explain how both church buildings and churchyards have changed over time. It also describes their fixtures and furnishings, including fonts, screens, stained glass and monuments, explaining the ritual and symbolic purpose of these features and how their significance has shifted over time. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, this book will provide an indispensable primer for anyone who is curious about the nation’s parish churches and wants to explore them further.Table of ContentsThe Broad Sweep of History History of the Parish Church The Churchyard The Church Exterior The Interior The Furnishings Further Reading Places to Visit Index
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Archaeopress Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art:
Book SynopsisSince the beginning of Gandhāran studies in the nineteenth century, chronology has been one of the most significant challenges to the understanding of Gandhāran art. Many other ancient societies, including those of Greece and Rome, have left a wealth of textual sources which have put their fundamental chronological frameworks beyond doubt. In the absence of such sources on a similar scale, even the historical eras cited on inscribed Gandhāran works of art have been hard to place. Few sculptures have such inscriptions and the majority lack any record of find-spot or even general provenance. Those known to have been found at particular sites were sometimes moved and reused in antiquity. Consequently, the provisional dates assigned to extant Gandhāran sculptures have sometimes differed by centuries, while the narrative of artistic development remains doubtful and inconsistent. Building upon the most recent, cross-disciplinary research, debate and excavation, this volume reinforces a new consensus about the chronology of Gandhāra, bringing the history of Gandhāran art into sharper focus than ever. By considering this tradition in its wider context, alongside contemporary Indian art and subsequent developments in Central Asia, the authors also open up fresh questions and problems which a new phase of research will need to address. Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art is the first publication of the Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre, which has been supported by the Bagri Foundation and the Neil Kreitman Foundation. It presents the proceedings of the first of three international workshops on fundamental questions in the study of Gandhāran art, held at Oxford in March 2017.Trade Review'This book is therefore an essential contribution to Gandhāran studies, by favouring an approach through various disciplines and paving the way for further studies.' -- Olivier Bordeaux * Ancient West & East *Table of ContentsIntroduction – by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart; Numismatic evidence and the date of Kaniṣka I – by Joe Cribb; Positioning Gandhāran Buddhas in chronology: significant coordinates and anomalies – by Juhyung Rhi; A framework for Gandhāran chronology based on relic inscriptions – by Stefan Baums; On Gandhāran sculptural production from Swat: recent archaeological and chronological data – by Luca Maria Olivieri and Anna Filigenzi; The chronology of stūpa relic practice in Afghanistan and Dharmarājikā, Pakistan, and its implication for the rise in popularity of image cult – by Wannaporn Rienjang; Buddhist art’s late bloomer: the genius and influence of Gandhāra – by Monika Zin; On the relationship between Gandhāran toilet-trays and the early Buddhist art of northern India – by Ciro Lo Muzio; Is it appropriate to ask a celestial lady’s age? – by Robert Bracey; Architectural evidence for the Gandhāran tradition after the third century – by Kurt Behrendt
£30.40
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bridges
Book SynopsisFrom the monumental splendour of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster to the engineering masterpieces at Ironbridge and the Forth, bridges comprise some of the most recognisable landmarks in Britain. Whether the smallest arch or the largest overpass, each has a rich architectural, economic, social and sometimes even religious history. This beautifully illustrated introduction by Richard Hayman explains how piety built and maintained bridges in the Middle Ages; how economic forces inspired a new generation of road bridges in the eighteenth century, such as the Menai Bridge in North Wales, and how technological prowess gave us soaring Victorian railway viaducts and the concrete road bridges of the twentieth century.Table of ContentsAcross the Water Medieval Bridges Road Bridges Aqueducts and Railway Bridges Steel and Concrete Further Reading Places to Visit Index
£9.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Church Curiosities
Book SynopsisIn churches and cathedrals across Britain, tucked away among ordinary items such as pews, screens and pulpits, sit a plethora of fascinating and unexpected objects. From dragon-slaying spears and the ribs of monstrous cows, to pagan altars, reindeer horns and mummified skulls, these curiosities have intrigued generations of visitors. In this captivating history, David Castleton explores this fascinating world of lepers’ squints, pancake bells, virgin garlands and sanctuary knockers, and unravels the tales, legends and folkloric ceremonies that lay behind these charming and often deeply unusual artefacts.Trade ReviewA valuable and fascinating read. * The Folklore Podcast *Table of ContentsIntroduction Standing Stones, Runes and Pagan Altars Legendary Skulls, Strange Remains and Weird Repositories Giants' Graves, Odd Epitaphs and Resurrection Men Mysterious Crypts, Secret Tunnels and Macabre Effigies Holy Wells, Sacred Eels and Saints' Skulls Odd Artefacts and Strange Ceremonies An Emporium of Oddities Further Reading Index
£999.99
