History Books

Book SynopsisThe decorated tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom offer detailed knowledge of a society that in all probability was the first nation state in history. Yet scholars continue to find it difficult to access the full potential of this great body of data because so few of the tombs can be dated with sufficient precision to provide a relative chronology for the evidence they offer. The system of dating these monuments presented here builds on the work of previous scholars. In this volume the author explains how the dating method was devised. This required establishing ‘life-spans’ for 104 criteria, features drawn from tomb iconography. The system is then applied to Memphite and provincial monuments spanning the Fourth to the Sixth Dynasties. The findings are that the more criteria a monument contains, the closer the system can narrow its date, certainly to a particular reign and within a generation in some cases. The final chapter analyses and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the system.Table of ContentsPREFACE ; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2 PROSOPOGRAPHY FOR TOMB GROUPS A AND B ; CHAPTER 3 ESTABLISHING DATING CRITERIA ; CHAPTER 4 TESTING THE CRITERIA ; CHAPTER 5 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ; ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisCrete was famous in Greek myth as the location of the labyrinth in which the Minotaur was confined in a palace at somewhere called ‘Knossos’. From the Middle Ages travellers searched unsuccessfully for the Labyrinth. A handful of clues that survived, such as a coin with a labyrinth design and numerous small bronze age items. The name Knossos had survived – but it was nothing but a sprinkling of houses and farmland so they looked elsewhere. Finally, in 1878, a Cretan archaeologist, Minos Kalokairinos discovered evidence of a Bronze Age palace. British Archaeologist and then Keeper of the Ashmolean Arthur Evans came out to visit and was fascinated by the site. Between 1900 and 1931 Evans uncovered the remains of the huge palace which he felt must be the that of King Minos, and he adopted the name ‘Minoans’ for its occupants. He employed a team of archaeologists, architects and artists, and together they built up a picture of the Bronze Age community that had occupied the elaborate building. They imagined a sophisticated, nature-loving people, whose civilisation peaked, and then disintegrated. Evans’s interpretations of his finds were accurate in some places, but deeply flawed in others. The Evans Archive, held by the Ashmolean, records his finds, theories and (often contentious) reconstructions.

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Book SynopsisThis work investigates a large assemblage of potentially late-dated Roman ceramics excavated in the early 1990s during rescue interventions in Vigo (N/E Spain) and its surroundings. It is well established that much of this material originated from the Mediterranean, especially the eastern provinces of the Empire. Based on the analyses of these investigations, this study goes on to assess the extent of the Atlantic distribution route and link the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula well within the trading dynamics of the Mediterranean world.Table of ContentsPréface ; Introducción ; Introduction (English) ; PARTE I: Los yacimientos estudiados: aspectos arqueológicos cerámicos y cronológicos ; 1. Los yacimientos con estratigrafía ; 2. Los yacimientos estudiados sin datos estratigráficos ; 3. Otros yacimientos con material tardío parcialmente estudiado ; 4. Periodización y descripción de los Horizontes ; PARTE II: Las vajillas finas: aspectos cuantitativos, tipológicos y cronológicos ; 1. La Terra Sigillata Africana (ARS) ; 2. La Terra Sigillata Focense (LRC) ; 3. La Terra Sigillata Chipriota (LRD) ; 4. Vajillas orientales indeterminadas ; 5. Dérivées des Sigillées Paléochrétiennes del Grupo Atlántico: DSP A (T.S.G.T = Céramique Estampée Tardive) ; 6. La Terra Sigillata Hispánica Tardía (TSHT) ; 7. La Terra Sigillata Bracarense Tardía roja (TSBT) ; 8. Las Cinzentas Tardías (CZT) o ; PARTE III: Otros materiales cerámicos importados: Las ánforas y las cerámicas comunes y de cocina importadas de los contextos de la UARC II ; Lucernas y Ungüentarios Tardíos de Vigo ; 1. Las Ánforas y las Cerámicas Comunes y de Cocina importadas de los contextos de la UARC II (Contextos 19-22) ; 2. Lucernas y Ungüentarios tardíos de Vigo (LRU) ; PARTE IV: La evolución de los intercambios comerciales, sus protagonistas y las mercancías que circulan en el Noroeste durante la Antigüedad Tardía ; 1. La evolución de los intercambios en el noroeste durante la Antigüedad Tardía: s. IV – S. VII ; 2. Las mercancías y los protagonistas del comercio ; Conclusiones ; Conclusions (English) ; Bibliografía ; Anexo 1 Tablas de contabilización ; Anexo 2 Análisis petrográficos ; Anexo 3 Macro fotografías de pastas ; Anexo 4 Fotografías de piezas

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Book SynopsisSince their initial discovery in the nineteenth century, the enigmatic prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have captured the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike. Over 150 years of research have identified hundreds of lacustrine settlements spanning from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, when apparently, they ceased to be built. Studies of Bronze Age material across Europe have often superficially identified bronze objects as being of ‘Alpine lake-dwelling origin’ or ‘lake-dwelling style’. Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of the Late Bronze Age lake-dwelling communities in Central European exchange networks is addressed. Were the lake-dwellers production specialists? Did they control material flow across the Alps? Did their participation in exchange routes result in cultural assimilation and the ultimate decline of their settlement tradition? Travelling Objects: Changing Values offers insights and answers to such questions.Table of ContentsSection 1: Background ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Background ; Chapter 3: Prehistoric European Trade Routes ; Section 2: Material Culture Distributions ; Chapter 4: Non-Metal Artefacts ; Chapter 5: Metal Weapons ; Chapter 6: Metal Equipment & Tools ; Chapter 7: Metal Accessories ; Section 3: The Role of Northern Alpine Lake-Dwellings in Europe ; Chapter 8: Metal Working in the Northern Circum-Alpine Region ; Chapter 9: Artefact Deposition ; Chapter 10: The Role of Late Bronze Age Lake-Dwellings in Europe ; Summary ; Zusammenfassung ; Résumé ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhether you want to learn about the teenager's skeleton from 1550 BC found at Stonehenge, explore the history of Britain's favourite beverages, tea and coffee, or discover how taxation on windows coined the expression `daylight robbery', there is something for every enthusiast to dip into.Table of ContentsThe Making of Britain An Island Nation? - Britain's continental connection Going to Extremes - A land of contrasts Meet the Ancestors - Britain's first immigrants United by Geography, Divided by History? - England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland The Tongue That Straddles the Globe - The pre-eminence of the English language Hundreds of Years of Hurt - Britain's beautiful game: football Extraordinary Places A Hitler Among the Scousers - Liverpool attracts all sorts Want to Relocate Your Old Capital City?- Just call Boadicea My Horse for Your Daughter? - Fair trading at Appleby's horse fair The Second City of the Empire - Glasgow's green spaces and curry houses Ancient Essex Man a Devout Breed - The oldest churches in Britain Fractious French Exchange Programme Prompts Foundation of Britain's Oldest University - Oxford's dreaming spires The Scottish Missionary Position - Cross-roads of early British Christianity Linenopolis to Metropolis - Belfast's Titanic shipbuilding feats `The Very Ramparts of Heaven' - Ancient Lincoln in need of repair Wales's Hidden Treasure-Trove - Local boys done good, too Water Way To Have A Good Time - Boating at altitude Pulling Out The Stops - Alfred the Great's old organ Dodgy Handshakes and Umpteen Takes - Rosslyn hits the limelight Shells of the Non-Collectible Variety - Scarborough takes a pounding from the sea Sixty Warriors to the Square Inch - Scones for afters? Morning Campers! - The bracing charms of Skeggy Cambria Ne'er Can Yield! - Sieges of Harlech One-Way Ticket to The Eternal Underground - Woking: gateway to the Gods Oldest and Oldest - Berrow's Worcester Journal The Venice of the West (Midlands) - The birthplace of British industry Tearing Down the Walls - Derry's identity crisis - all in the name of religion The Heart of the British Film Industry - Ealing in black-and-white The Underground Church - Resting place for a poet and a heroine Kings, Queens and Princes Murderer Assassinated by Shakespeare - The Princes in the Tower Chariots of Ire - The revolting Boadicea Medieval Myth or Real Romano-British Resistance Fighter? - King Arthur's Round Table Wessex Warrior - The life and times of Alfred the Great The Importance of Being `Unraed' - Aethelred and Canute in need of better advisers Prince of Wales Bowled Out - Wayward Hanoverian son checks out in style The Bard Comes Down Hard on the Thane of Glamis - Shakespeare's shortest tragedy: the Scottish Play Robert the Bruce Bides his Time - Destiny of Scotland not set in stone The Guardian of Scotland - William Wallace - `Braveheart' The Tragic Catholic Cousin of the Virgin Queen - Mary, Queen of Scots Placid Cymru? - Welsh princes: a quarrelsome lot William Conquers his Coronation Day Nerves - Beating the Christmas rush at Westminster Abbey From Playboy Prince to Contemptible King - George IV: double-chinned son of a lunatic Eminent Surgeons Save the Day with Acid, Scalpels and Cigars - World's first appendectomy a success for new king Two Divorces, One Abdication and a Trip to See Hitler - The Scandals of Edward and Mrs Simpson `Who Will Rid Me of this Turbulent Priest?' - Henry II bashes a bishop in the name of the law Summary Execution, Cambridge University and Bloody Civil War - What did England's worst kings do for us? Oliver Who? - The Welsh `unknown' who won the Battle of Naseby A Grave End for Pocahontas - Native American princess unimpressed by Britain British Food and Drink Protein, Carbohydrate, Salt and Fat - Fish and Chips: Britain's culinary gift to the world You Are What You Eat - Dieting to death: a Stark choice You've Never Had It So Good - Medieval peasant food The Best Thing Since Sliced Flour and Water - The story of British bread Nice Cold Ice Cold Milk - Good for infants, depressed students and disease transmission `Wine Is But Single Broth; Ale Is Meat, Drink and Cloth' - The British love of good beer The Water of Life - Whisky: the Celtic tipple of choice Forget Toothpaste: Clean Your Teeth With Sugar - In defence of the sweet stuff Mashed-up Organs Boiled in Guts, Anyone? - A natural history of the haggis Prostitutes Allegedly the Most Beautiful Women in Britain - In other news, potatoes cause leprosy Gathered by Virgins - The British love affair with tea Seeking a Healthy Balanced Diet? Go to War - Lake District ordeal for Nobel prizewinner Marmite for the Masses! - The National Birthday Trust Fund Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle - Detecting fraudulent and deleterious adulterations Champagne: Made in Britain! - But called `fizzy wine' for copyright reasons Mother Nature's Bountiful Harvest - The ripe realities of early recycling Keeping Up With The Cromwells - Mrs C: a fine cook and a better haggler Britannia Rules the Waves Thanks to Pickled Cabbage - Scurvy and the French Navy defeated by British grocers British Government: Politics, Money and the Law Tories and Whigs - Bandits and covenanters Speak Up Mr Speaker! - The historical reluctance to answer back The King's Jews - William the Conqueror's heritage and the Jewish community in Britain The Poll Tax - Ignore history at your peril Father of English Literature Swaps Quill For Shears - Chaucer's woolly stock-in-trade Morton's Fork - The crafty cardinal and the lost monasteries Stamping Out the Smugglers - British efforts to prevent trade in untaxable contraband Pitt's Pictures and Daylight Robbery - A window into revenue-generation William Pitt Strikes Again - Income tax: just a temporary arrangement, right? Swamps and Midges Spread Diseases - Scotland declared bankrupt chasing an American dream The South Sea Bubble Bursts - Prototype financial crisis caused by investments no-one understood That's Got to Hurt - Punishments of the Infamous, Pecuniary and Corporal varieties Anything But Prison - Incarceration or the army The Bloody Code - The unexpected risks to impersonating a pensioner Extraordinary Britons The Great Outlaw - The many faces of Robin Hood Will the Schoolmaster? - Shakespeare's lost years `A Certain Flush With Every Pull' - Inventing the lavatory Curiosity Killed the Cat - Francis Bacon felled by frozen chicken Brain of Britain - The genius of Isaac Newton Doctor Pox - Edward Jenner's gamble All Steamed Up - Who really invented the steam engine? Half Nelsons - Horatio the family man `Such a Damned Fool' - The Iron Duke's affairs Chip Off the Old Block - Brunel's less famous father The Reluctant Clergyman - Charles Darwin's early years Immortalized in Print - Dickens's dysfunctional family The Lady with the Calculator - Florence Nightingale's gift for maths The First Stamp - Rowland Hill's revolutionary idea Unforeseen Consequences - Alexander Graham Bell's aid for the deaf A Formidable Sisterhood - The first lady doctor No Lighthouse on Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson's family trade Scouting for Boys and Girls - Baden-Powell mobilizes the young From Cavalry Charge to the Nuclear Deterrent - Churchill's epic career Chapman of Tremadog? - aka Lawrence of Arabia On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Britain's famous spies Local Heroes - Honoured at the pub

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Book SynopsisCopenhagen Street was no different from any street in any industrial town or city in the 1950s. Its landscape was identical to streets in Bolton, Birmingham or Bermondsey during this decade. Not only were the streets similar, their inhabitants all had the same tales to tell too. These people were working class, living from week to week, most just managing to pay the rent. Unfortunately, some could not. This book describes one such street, home to a community of ordinary hardworking and poor families. Yes, there was hardship, as they struggled to get by on too little in postwar Britain. But they didn’t give up, instead showing a remarkable resilience, an ability to bounce back in adversity, and often great humour: `Debt, Elsie?’ a woman proclaimed to her neighbour, as she pointed to her headscarf. `We’re in debt up to ’ere, love. I just wish we were taller!’ If your street in the fifties was cobbled, and lined with tiny terraced houses. If its scarred pavements were chalked for hopscotch, and its lampposts used as cricket stumps. If your family hid from the rent man’s purposeful knock, and you asked for a penn’orth of scratchings from the chippy, then this book will help you recall those hard but happy days when you were a kid.

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Book SynopsisCairo is a 1,400-year-old metropolis whose streets are inscribed with sagas, a place where the pressures of life test people's equanimity to the very limit. Virtually surrounded by desert, sixteen million Cairenes cling to the Nile and each other, proximities that colour and shape lives. Packed with incident and anecdote "Cairo: City of Sand" describes the city's given circumstances and people's attitudes of response. Apart from a brisk historical overview, this book focuses on the present moment of one of the world's most illustrious and irreducible cities. Cairo steps inside the interactions between Cairenes, examining the roles of family, tradition and bureaucracy in everyday life. The book explores Cairo's relationship with its 'others', from the French and British occupations to modern influences like tourism and consumerism. "Cairo" also discusses characteristic styles of communication, and linguistic memes, including slang, grandiloquence, curses and jokes. Cairo exists by virtue of these interactions, synergies of necessity, creativity and the presence or absence of power. "Cairo: City of Sand" reveals a peerless balancing act, and transmits the city's overriding message: the breadth of the human capacity for loss, astonishment and delight.Trade Reviewa magnificent, multidimensional, eloquent and, above all, intelligent portrait of one of the world's most enigmatic places. Sunday Times packed full of observations of enduring worth ... She writes with wit, immediacy, intimacy and humor. Times Literary Supplement I was half way through Golia's book when the enormity of the challenges faced by the ordinary Cairene ... struck me, a Cairene, full force. Al-Ahram Weekly, Cairo Is it possible for a foreigner living in Cairo, even for many years, to know the soul of this city? ... you will be astonished when you read Maria Golia's book. Sabah El-Kher magazine, Cairo the extent of Golia's insider status really shows ... not just regarding matters specific to Cairo, but to matters of Egyptian-ness in general. Beirut Daily Star astonishingly astute, skillfully critical and deeply empathetic. Daily Star, Egypt written with compassion and understanding in brisk descriptions sprinkled with shrewd insights. Middle East Journal

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Book SynopsisLiverpool in the 40s and 50s: a city of safe, cosy little streets – except when Hitler’s Luftwaffe couldn’t find the docks. A city of two-up, two-downs, where two or three generations lived within a few doors of each other, and often behind one door. It was a time when many of the men were away in the armed forces, strangers to their children, and when the women’s lives seemed to be filled with washing, shopping, cooking and cleaning. They were always at work, except for when they gathered on doorsteps to gossip, to talk about anyone who wasn’t with them; about who was getting more from the butcher than their ration book allowed. All of them talking, and none of them listening. Families struggled in desperately poor times, but for a child, life was an endless round of playing out. A paradise of sixpenny matinees at the Tunnel Road Picturedrome. Of `penny returns’ on the 5W tram to the countryside of Woolton, or much rarer tu’penny return ferry trips across the river, to the seaside and fairground at New Brighton. Not that you needed money. There were always the weekend adventures in Sefton and Prince’s parks, the inventive games on the streets, and on the bombed sites that littered the city. Ken Hayter’s warm, funny, poignant tales of growing up in Toxteth will strike a chord with anyone interested in the social history of Liverpool, whether they are old enough to remember how it was, or would like to have a fascinating peek into the past.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first engagement by a geographer in one book of this most formative and revolutionary period (c. 1550 - c. 1750) in Ireland's history. Using the twin concepts of 'colonialism' and 'early modernity', the book comprises a geographical analysis of the conquest and settlement of Ireland by the New English (and Scottish) and the consequences of this often violent and deep-seated intrusion upon the cultures and landscapes of pre-existing Irish societies. The book effectively isolates the emerging methodologies of the early modern British state in this process of colonial subjugation: the systematic use of surveillance techniques; the implementation of regional and island-wide mapping and inventories of strategic landscapes and resources; the development of bureaucracies and the administrative techniques of law and the market economy so as to obliterate regional expression of 'other' Gaelic or Gaelicised cultures and practices. Consequently, a wide range of documentary evidence, from the Elizabethan fiants, 16th and 17th century mss. maps, the '1641 Depositions', the Cromwellian Civil and Down Surveys, Petty's '1659 Census' to the 'State of Popery' materials of 1730s are available for mapping. The book contains over 100 original colour and black and white maps, which point up the nuanced and regionally varied character of the engagement between local peoples and incomers. The use of so many maps thus highlights many hidden Irelands, often obscured in a strictly historical/narrative format. Uniquely, the book uses Irish language (as well as English) sources to illuminate Irish ways of understanding and using territories and resources, understandings and practices which were often undermined and eroded under New English rule. Overall, the book represents a novel rendition of Ireland's experiences in this crucial early modern period from the particular perspective of a historical geographer.Trade ReviewMapping our colonial past Arnold Horner Geography Engaging with its theme along several broad fronts, this book focuses on what the author calls the forging of Ireland in the early modern era, taken as the years 1530-1750. During this period, the long-struggling English colony expanded to dominate the entire island, producing in its wake far-reaching material, social and ideological changes: "a revolutionary transformation in the nature of Irish societies and landscapes" and in the memories of Ireland's peoples. Here, particular attention is given to the regional and sub-regional expressions of those complex changes. The author, who next year celebrates three decades as professor of geography at University College Cork, applies the methods of the historical and cultural geographer. An outstanding feature is the inclusion of more than 100 maps, many of them of his own creation. Sixteen pages of colour plates allow the reproduction, in astounding clarity, of some of the most relevant manuscript maps compiled for English intelligence. The "Cotton" map of 1520s Ireland graphically illustrates just how limited was the appreciation of Ireland's geography at the court of King Henry VIII. The island appears as little more than a rectangle, with two-thirds of its space being occupied by distorted versions of the rivers Boyne, Liffey and Barrow. Except for a few family names, little is shown, because little is known, in the compressed area beyond this Pale core and its margins. A century and a half of initially tentative, but ultimately comprehensive, information-gathering transformed the map of Ireland. Land forfeitures and the subsequent plantations made detailed spatial intelligence a high priority. A succession of cartographers took down the details of a largely Gaelic, and frequently hostile, Ireland that had hitherto been hidden to English eyes. The acme of this work came with the great 1650s surveys organised by William Petty. "Ireland's greatest map-maker" put 1,000 men in the field to make the famous Down Survey of parish and barony maps across 29 counties. He was also intimately involved with the near- contemporary Civil Survey and the so-called "census" or poll-tax surveys of 1659-1660. Prof Smyth organises his work in four sections. First, he seeks to make the documents of the conquest "speak" to reveal the hidden Irelands of the 16th and 17th centuries: the territorial and social structures of Gaelic Ireland, the wooded lands that were being denuded, the lands of Munster and the north that were being "planted", and the unstable chemistry of a land where the dispossessed remained alongside the new settlers. Central to this section is the review of 1641-1654, a period of far-reaching transformation. The "1641 depositions" are appraised, and a clear account of the implementation of Petty's great surveys leads to a perspective on the changing geography of 1650s Ireland. Particular attention is given to the regional and local implications of the 1659 "census". Alongside the dominance of the new settler population over much of the north, Smyth can identify more resistant areas of much greater Old English and Gaelic continuity, notably in parts of the south and east. LATER SECTIONS ELABORATE these themes. Three regional case studies explore what Smyth calls the early anglicised county of Dublin, the hybrid, if feudalised, county of Kilkenny, and Co Tipperary, where the Gaelic north-west contrasted with the Old English-dominated south-east. A section on the territorial and social implications of the transformations follows and includes an exploration of Ireland in the early 18th century, by which time the Catholic Church was, particularly in southern parts of the island, showing a remarkable resilience. Lastly, a short and stimulating section seeks to place Ireland in the wider context of an expanding Atlantic world, highlighting parallels between the early English colonisation in North America and the settlement of Ireland. This book tackles grand themes on a grand scale. In places, readers may find the richly detailed discussion daunting. Some will find their knowledge of Irish geography sorely tested, and some may wish there had been less assertion and greater selectivity in the identification of issues and areas that the author deems to be "critical", "crucial", "significant", "important" or "key". But the scope of this study is huge. William Smyth's great achievement is to show that so much about the geography of early modern Ireland can be recovered and that so many topics can be mapped in considerable detail. His innovative countrywide maps range into such topics as the ethnic balance in populations, family name distributions, the development of territorial structures, and the balance between Mass rocks and Mass-houses for Catholic worship. These maps are an eye-opener to the embedded nature of Irish regional variations, challenging us to treat history with a respect for geography. Arnold Horner lectures in geography at University College Dublin. His introduction to William Larkin's Map of King's County 1809 will be published by Wordwell later this year

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Book SynopsisFrom pre-war murmurings to postwar memorials, John Fidler’s engaging account of Lancaster in World War II draws on first-hand recollections, newspaper articles and museum resources to tell the tale of how the city fared with dignity and resilience in this most difficult of times. • A wonderful insight into the character of the people of Lancaster • Perfect reading, whether for those old enough to remember, or for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the city • A great stocking filler or extra birthday gift!Table of ContentsChapter 1: LANCASTER IN 1937 Chapter 2: THE COMING OF WAR Chapter 3: MILITARY SERVICE Chapter 4: EVACUEES Chapter 5: THE HOME GUARD AND THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS Chapter 6: AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS Chapter 7: THE `PHONEY WAR’ ENDS Chapter 8: CASUALTIES Chapter 9: MEDALS AND DECORATIONS Chapter 10: LANCASTER SCHOOLS Chapter 11: HMS LANCASTER Chapter 12: A CRITICAL YEAR Chapter 13: THE TURN OF THE TIDE Chapter 14: MILITARY SUCCESSES Chapter 15: VICTORY IN SIGHT Chapter 16: 1945 Chapter 17: PEACE AT LAST Chapter 18: RECOLLECTIONS Chapter 19: POST-WAR AUSTERITY Chapter 20: MEMORIALS

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Book SynopsisJust as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other contributions that has seen the coming-together of scholars and researchers from backgrounds as diverse as archaeology, history, ethnography, maritime and heritage studies of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Its strength lies in the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging and insightful study of the sea and its influences on various factors of life - both past and present.Table of ContentsForeword ; Introduction: A seaman’s view of the Mediterranean (Seán McGrail) ; I. Maritime Rituals, Superstitions and Ship Images ; Maritime activity and the Divine – an overview of religious expression by Mediterranean seafarers, fishermen and travellers (Timmy Gambin) ; Hazards at sea: a case-study of two ex-voto paintings from the Church of the Karmelitani Skalzi in Bormla, Malta (Simon Mercieca) ; II. Confraternities in Maritime Culture ; The Holy Vessel: the Vascelluzzo of Messina during the early modern period (Carmelina Gugliuzzo) ; Two maritime related confraternities established at Bormla (Cospicua) parish church, Malta (Emanuel Magro Conti) ; III. Maritime Heritage: Historical Narratives ; Quatri partitu en cosmographia pratica i por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes by Alonso de Chaves: a navigation manual for the instruction of Spanish pilots in the sixteenth century (Maravillas Aguiar) ; Images of pirates and slaves in traditional Greek popular songs (Efsevia Lasithiotaki) ; IV. Ethnography, Tourism and Maritime Heritage ; Sun, sand and sea: tourism and the commodification of Malta’s maritime heritage (Jeremy Boissevain) ; Work, tourism and the sea: Bulgarian experiences in Malta (Irina Atanasova) ; Lateen sails versus fibreglass boats: the contradictions of a maritime heritage process – the Platja dels Pescadors on the Catalonian coast (Eliseu Carbonell) ; The Maritime Museum of Barcelona’s approach to maritime ethnology: research and communications (Enric Garcia Domingo) ; V. Maritime Archaeology: Traditions and Practices ; Sailing the Red Sea: ships, infrastructure, seafarers and society (Cheryl Ward) ; The dgħajsa: a Phoenician survival (Alec Tilley) ; Maritime ethnography and archaeology (Seán McGrail) ; The maritime heritage of Yemen: a focus on traditional wooden ‘dhows’ (Dionisius A. Agius, John P. Cooper and Chiara Zazzaro) ; The hūrī of Socotra: cultural treasure or coastal trash? (Julian Jansen van Rensburg) ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine, and will prove of lasting interest to the general reader. Leading historians, economists and geographers – from Ireland, Britain and the United States – have assembled the most up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including medicine, folklore and literature, to give the fullest account yet of the background and consequences of the Famine. Contributors include Dr Kevin Whelan, Professor Mary Daly, Professor James Donnelly and Professor Cormac Ó Gráda. The Great Irish Famine was the first major series of essays on the Famine published in Ireland for almost fifty years.Table of ContentsIrish landscapes - before and after the Famine, Kevin Wheelan; politics in Famine Ireland, Sean Connelly; Irish famines before the Great Famine, David Dickson; food and famine, Margaret Crawford; disease and death, Lawrence Geery; inside the mind of government, Peter Grey; the Poor Laws, Christine Kinealy; relief schemes, Mary Daly; the stigma of souperism, Irene Wheelan; evictions and clearances, Jim Donnelly; emigration and the social order, David Fitzpatrick; the persistence of famine, Tim O'Neil; folk memory and the Famine, Cathal Poirteir; the Great Famine - today's Famine, Cormac O'Grada; famine in West Cork, Fr Patrick Hickey.

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Book SynopsisChester and its surrounding area are birthplace to some truly fascinating heroes and villains. The stories in this book bring to life eight centuries of their loves and hates, hopes, fears, triumphs, relationships and failings. Based on meticulous research in Cheshire's rich archives, they uncover individuals as varied as a mediaeval gang member, a powerful Elizabethan woman addicted to marriage, one of the early organisers of the Grand National, and an innocent little girl who died after drinking from the wrong bottle. Readers interested in Chester and its environs will certainly enjoy these stories, but so will anyone who delights in uncovering the personalities and exploits of our long-forgotten ancestors. Spanning centuries, counties, class and generations, author Peter Cotgreave allows this heroic, comedic, devious, irresistible cast of characters to live again in the pages of this unique book, and in so doing reveals much about the area's unique and ancient history.Table of ContentsPreface ix Chapter one 1259 Thomas de Cotegrave's name enters the record 1 Section one Art and science 9 Chapter two 1579 A portrait of Eleanor Cotgrave 10 Chapter three 1611 Randle Cotgrave publishes the first comprehensive French dictionary 16 Chapter four 1838 Ellen Cotgreave drinks some `ginger wine' 24 Chapter five 1849 Sibella Cotgrave is admitted to a lunatic asylum 26 Chapter six 1850 Robert Cotgreave takes out a patent 32 Chapter seven 1854 Charles Cotgreave enters the Grand National 38 Chapter eight 1880 Alfred Cotgreave opens the first free library in London 46 Section two War and conflict 63 Chapter nine 1415 Robert Cotegreve fights at Agincourt 64 Chapter ten 1463 Richard Cotgreve avoids the noose 70 Chapter eleven 1604 Robert Cotgrave commits murder and goes on the run 75 Chapter twelve 1618 Ralph Cotgreave starts one of 100 court cases 82 Chapter thirteen 1806 Isaac Cotgrave accepts the respects of the Admiral who killed Nelson 90 Section three Family and friends 103 Chapter fourteen 1576 Hugh Cotgrave has his picture engraved 104 Chapter fifteen 1579 Eleanor Cotgreve secures an inheritance 112 Chapter sixteen 1734 Margaret Cotgreave may or may not get married 118 Chapter seventeen 1795 John Cotgreave chooses a motto 123 Chapter eighteen 1858 Mary and Catherine Cotgreave get their mother's name wrong 132 Chapter nineteen 1869 Tilley Cotgreave is given nine forenames 138 Chapter twenty 1894 Thomas Cotgreave lunches with Gladstone 142 Section four Church and state 147 Chapter twenty one 1381 Ranulph de Cotegreve judges the peasants 148 Chapter twenty two 1520 John Cotgreve is admitted to the Freedom of Chester 152 Chapter twenty three 1535 Randle Cotgreyve is thrown out of Chester Abbey 158 Chapter twenty four 1590 Elizabeth Cotgrave refuses to go to church 164 Chapter twenty five 1820 John Cotgreave tries to vote 168 Section five Overseas adventures 175 Chapter twenty six 1792 Jonathan Cotgrave loses his job 176 Chapter twenty seven 1810 Elizabeth Cotgrave rescues her kidnapped daughter 184 Chapter twenty eight 1818 William Watson Cotgreave is sacked by the Ohio Assembly 193 Chapter twenty nine 1854 Henry Cotgrave survives an unsurvivable shipwreck 200 Chapter thirty 1858 Mary Ann Cotgrave takes her infant daughter through the jungle 209 Section six Money, business and property 217 Chapter thirty one 1570 William Cotgreve inherits a pub 218 Chapter thirty two 1776 Thomas Cotgreave becomes a mortgage trustee 230 Chapter thirty three 1811 Sidney Cotgreave thinks she has married well 236 Chapter thirty four 1815 William Cotgreave absconds under a false identity 241 Chapter thirty five 1842 Harriet Cotgreave is bankrupt 249 Chapter thirty six 1848 Jane Cotgreave goes to court on her neighbours' behalf 256 Chapter thirty seven 1903 Richard Cotgrave unlocks his inheritance 262 Acknowledgements 273 References 275

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Book SynopsisMichael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland is the first book to concentrate on the crucial role played by women in Collins's personal and working life. From his boyhood in an overwhelmingly female household in West Cork, women brought out the best in him and he brought out the best in them. Susan Killeen, his first girlfriend, remained a steadfast ally throughout his life. From 1917, his girlfriend, Madeline (Dilly) Dicker, helped to ease the burden of his huge workload as well as acting as a secret agent. Society ladies Moya Llewelyn Davies and Lady Hazel Lavery were conduits between Collins and the British Establishment and active participants in his work of espionage. In the final years of his life the true romantic passion between him and Kitty Kiernan is testified to by their frequent correspondence.These women, and many others who participated in the national struggle, women such as Kathleen Clarke, Leslie Price, Peg Barrett, Nancy O'Brien, Madge Hales and Collins' sister Mary Collins Powell, are woven into this fascinating narrative of Collins' life.

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Book SynopsisStanely G. payne here presents a full history of fascism in interwar Europe, as well as a survey of fascist theory and postwar fascism.The author examines all major fascist movements as well as other forms of authoritarian nationalism and provides a comprehensive work on generic fascism to date. The book traces the phenomenon of fascism through the history of ideas, previous political movements, and the events of the First World War. Although the focus is principally fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, the book also gives detailed attention to the Romanian Iron Guard, Franco's Spain, Japan and proto-fascist movements around the globe.The author explores the reasons for both the limits of fascism's appeal and the historical transcendence of the "fascist era".The inclusion of other forms of authoritarian nationalism lays a foundation for comparative analysis and leads to a more workable definition of authoritarianism.It should be useful reading for students studying the rise of totalitarianism in twentieth-century Europe and for those concerned about the rise of ultranationalism today.Trade Review'Invaluable ... likely to be the definitive study of its subject for a considerable time ... a model of historical narrative, analysis and interpretation.' - The New York TimesTable of ContentsFascism - A Working Definition Part 1: History: The Cultural Transformation of the Fin de Siecle Radical and Authoritarian Nationalism in Late 19th-century Europe The Impact of World War I The Rise of Italian Fascism, 1919-29 The Growth of Nonfascist Authoritarianism in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1919-29 German National Socialism The Transformation of Italian Fascism, 1929-39 Four Major Variants of Fascism The Minor Movements Fascism outside Europe? World War II - Climax and Destruction of Fascism Part 2: Interpretation: Interpretations of Fascism Generic Fascism Fascism and Modernization Elements of a Retrodictive Theory of Fascism Epilogue - Neofascism - A Fascism in our Future?

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Book SynopsisSince the foundation of the town by King John, Liverpool has had a church by the river. Over the following centuries dozens more churches came and went, but the imprint of the activity of the Parish of Liverpool on the city and people was profound. Particularly until the mid-nineteenth century (and at times afterwards) the history of the town was inseparable from her church, and their unusually strong relationship is not replicated in other cities. Control of the church sat with the corporation (down to the council’s instruction to the incumbent in 1612 to get his hair cut!), and the town claimed ownership of the church and its contents. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries the health and social care for the town was run from the church under the Elizabethan Poor Law. A beautiful book that makes essential and fascinating reading for anyone who loves Liverpool and its rich history.Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Charles Gladstone ix Introduction xi Chapter 1 A Medieval Chapel 1 Chapter 2 The Reformation 13 Chapter 3 Liverpool Chapel 1559–1642 29 Chapter 4 Civil War and Restoration 45 Chapter 5 The Georgian Parish 67 Chapter 6 Vestry and Politics 1681–1834 93 Chapter 7 The Victorian Church 115 Chapter 8 The Great War and its Aftermath 145 Chapter 9 The Blitz and Rebuilding 167 Chapter 10 The Church since the War 187 Afterword by the Bishop of Liverpool 209 Appendix Clergy List 211 Notes 215 Bibliography 233 Index 237

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Book SynopsisWarfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics * the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution * case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central AfricaTable of ContentsMaps, Preface, Introduction: African War and World History, 1 Cavalries of the Savannah, 2 War in the Rivers: Senegambia and Sierra Leone, 3 War in the Forest: The Gold Coast, 4 Horses, Boats and Infantry: The Gap of Benin, 5 War on the Savannah: West Central Africa, 6 War, Slavery and Revolt: African Slaves and Soldiers in the Atlantic World, Conclusion, Notes, Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last forty years, there have been numerous attempts to critique the theory and practice of mental health care. Taking its lead from anti-psychiatry, Critical Perspectives on Mental Health seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of mainstream mental health ideologies and to establish what implications the critiques of these perspectives have for practice. This text will be essential reading for students and those working in the social work and mental health care professions.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Historical Maze 2. From Asylum to Community: Relocating Psychiatry 3. Alternative Models of Managing Mental Distress 4. Anti-Psychiatry: Passing Fad or Force for Change? 5. Gender and Race Critiques of Psychiatry 6. Crises of Legitimacy 7. Towards a New Critical Perspective on Mental Health Care 8. Implications for Practice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRisking harsh retribution, including beatings, further privations, and at the very least confiscation, Far East prisoners of war (FEPOW) were still determined to provide the world with visual accounts of their brutal existence. Doing so was strictly forbidden, so their art had to be done on whatever scraps of paper or other materials they could beg, steal or borrow, and their paints and tools were ingeniously acquired or home made. Captive Artists brings together for the first time this secret art, created by over 65 previously unrecognised artists, all British servicemen, who documented survival during Far East captivity. In colour, pencil, pen and ink, even needle and thread and clay, this uncompromising and at times challenging collection illustrates both the importance of art as therapy, and the resilience of the human spirit. Humorous cartoons, caricatures and portraits bring the men to life. Glorious watercolours of landscapes, local flora and fauna, camp life and medical ingenuity poignantly reveal how the men lived and survived in the face of such deprivation and despair. Survival, and the artists' need to record it in myriad ways, underpins this unique collection of unseen Second World War art. Not only is the art often of an astonishingly high standard, it is also a sobering but vital portrayal of man's inhumanity to man. * Published to coincide with the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day (Victory in Japan) in 2020 * The only book that really conveys in both a visual and verbal way just what it was like living through the nightmare of captivity in the Far East * Exhibition in Philip Mould Gallery in Pall Mall in February 2020Trade Review"This wonderfully produced book expresses how unbreakable the human spirit can be in circumstances of unthinkable adversity. The art these men generated, so excellently exposited within these pages, reveals untold historical truths in ways that words alone could never impart." Philip Mould, art historian, art dealer and broadcaster (BBC's Fake or Fortune)

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Book SynopsisTHE YORKSHIRE DALES, so beloved of visitors today, was once remote, wild and undiscovered, invaded by settlers who left their stories in scars on the land and hints of their origins in the place names that remain. As the written word developed, a gradual trickle of explorers came to view the uncanny and the awesome, from natural wonder to ransacked abbey. They reported back on their travels and as word spread, the trickle became a constant stream. This unusual and beautifully illustrated book gives us a unique window on 600 years of Dales history. Looking through the eyes of contemporary writers, we can see how perceptions, attitudes and even the landscape itself have changed over time. What has remained the same is the grandeur, variety and sheer beauty of this stunning National Park. Part history, part guide and part joyous celebration, this unique book will enchant residents and visitors alike.

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Book Synopsis• Translator is well known Japan expert, with over 50K sales, incl. Manga! Manga! (Kodansha, 0870117521, 30,000 cps), America and the Four Japans (1-880656-06-X, 3,500 cps), and Dreamland Japan (1-880656-23-X, 9,000+ cps) both Stone Bridge Press • Documentary comic book narrative on serious subject (cf Art Spiegelman’s Maus) • Large Asian-American population throughout US • Also shows uneasy relationship between early Japanese and Chinese immigrants • Reprint from 1931 original. This is a rediscovery. The author died in the1950’s. • Based on actual events from the early 20th century.

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Book SynopsisThis book is different from other books on York. Contained within its pages are hugely appealing photographic glimpses of how people lived, worked and played in the city a century ago, images full of human history, and so much more than the usual street scenes. All of life is here: children, soldiers, blacksmiths, revellers, shopkeepers, families, and some that delight in their mystery! But all is revealed by the authors in the rich captions accompanying each picture, allowing us to view and understand York as never before.

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Book Synopsis`It offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require.' Financial Times`If ever a guidebook were designed to be read as literature it is Mr Honour's. Even those who know Venice welland love it well will add to their appreciation from this seemingly endless store of information.' Economist Offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require. FINANCIAL TIMES The best guide book I have ever encountered... and a book I found it impossible not to read from beginning to end. OBSERVER There are few pleasanter ways of passing a summer's evening than sitting over a cup of coffee, and perhaps a glass of Aurum, in the Piazza San Marco. It is especially agreeable on those nights when the Venetian city band thunders away at some throbbingly romantic piece... And all the while the younger inhabitants parade around the square, chattering, flirting, quarrelling and staring at their visitors with that same unwinking gaze that Venetians have turned on their guests for the past five centuries. The facade of San Marco closes the scene in a glitter of golden mosaic and a bubbling of cupolas, while the great thick red campanile stretches up into the warm mothy darkness of the summer sky. Hugh Honour, it is clear, knows Venice exceptionally well and catches the rhythms of the city's life with unerring skill. His guide, with its winning blend of evocativedetail and precise information, spurs the reader to investigate Venice's wonders: Piazza San Marco is only the beginning of a journey into the heart of Venice and its history.Trade ReviewIt offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require. FINANCIAL TIMES If ever a guidebook were designed to be read as literature it is Mr Honour's. Even those who know Venice well and love it well will add to their appreciation from this seemingly endless store of information. * ECONOMIST *

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Book SynopsisINGLEBOROUGH is the most iconic of the Three Peaks, probably the best known and most recognisable hill in the Yorkshire Dales. For more than two centuries, it has been a magnet for visitors, who have come to marvel at its majestic profile, to scale its challenging slopes, or to explore the enigmatic remains of the ‘hillfort’ on its summit. Turner, Ruskin, Southey and Wordsworth all captured it in paint or in words. Aristocratic travellers felt obliged to include the mountain and its caves in their itineraries. And for millennia Ingleborough has helped provide for those who lived around it – with peat for domestic fuel, stone for building and lime-burning, and pasture for sheep and cattle. In the distant past it acted as a place for communal gatherings and ritual. This beautiful new edition explores Ingleborough and its immediate surroundings in all its varied aspects, to create what is in essence the biography of a mountain. The author – a long-time Ingleborough enthusiast and scholar – describes how people and landscape have interacted over the centuries in an accessible, readable manner which will appeal to visitors and local people alike.

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Book SynopsisThe shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims. The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York on 16 March 1190 is one of the most scarring events in the history of Anglo-Judaism, and an aspect of England's medieval past which is widely remembered around the world. However, the York massacre was in fact only one of a series of attacks on communities of Jews across England in 1189-90; they were violent expressions of wider new constructs of the nature of Christian and Jewish communities, and the targeted outcries of local townspeople, whose emerging urban politics were enmeshed within the swiftly developing structures of royal government. This new collection considers the massacreas central to the narrative of English and Jewish history around 1200. Its chapters broaden the contexts within which the narrative is usually considered and explore how a narrative of events in 1190 was built up, both at the timeand in following years. They also focus on two main strands: the role of narrative in shaping events and their subsequent perception; and the degree of convivencia between Jews and Christians and consideration of the circumstances and processes through which neighbours became enemies and victims. SARAH REES JONES is Professor, and SETHINA WATSON Senior Lecturer, in History at the University of York. Contributors: Sethina Watson, Sarah Rees Jones, Joe Hillaby, Nicholas Vincent, Alan Cooper, Robert C. Stacey, Paul Hyams, Robin R. Mundill, Thomas Roche, Eva de Visscher, Pinchas Roth, Ethan Zadoff, Anna Sapir Abulafia, Heather Blurton, Matthew Mesley, Carlee A. Bradbury, Hannah Johnson, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Anthony BaleTrade ReviewThe contributions offering insights into Jewish life in Angevin England are particularly interesting . . . but they all give a clearer sense of the triangular relationship of crown, Jews, and Christians-a pattern visual elsewhere in Europe well into recent centuries. * STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEACHING *For all scholars of twelfth- and thirteenth-century England there is much to learn from this book. ... The editors and Press are to be congratulated on producing such an impressive and stimulating volume... York Medieval Press has, since 1999, added impressively to our knowledge of the history, literature and culture of the Middle Ages both in Britain and on the Continent. * NORTHERN HISTORY *A scholarly and stimulating volume. * YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *Through its new approach to old sources and examination of new sources, the collection provides important insights into Christian attitudes toward Jews, as well as moments of violence against Jews and their everyday lives in medieval England. * JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE *The volume as a whole makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of the Jewish community in medieval England and its relationship with the Christian population and English royal government. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *An impressive and rich collection of articles. Each and every one.repays careful attention. The reader gets filled up with a very solid mixture of facts about the inner workings of Jewish life in Angevin England as well as an appetite for more. * MEDIEVAL HISTORIES *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Moment and Memory of the York Massacre of 1190 - Sethina Watson Neighbours and Victims in Twelfth-Century York: A Royal Citadel, the Citizens and the Jews of York - Sarah Rees Jones Prelude and Postscript to the York Massacre: Attacks in East Anglia and Lincolnshire, 1190 - Joe Hillaby William of Newburgh, Josephus and the New Titus - Nicholas Vincent 1190, William Longbeard and the Crisis of Angevin England - Alan Cooper The Massacres of 1189-90 and the Origins of the Jewish Exchequer, 1186-1226 - Robert C. Stacey Faith, Fealty and Jewish 'Infideles' in Twelfth-Century England - Paul Hyams The 'archa' System and its Legacy after 1194 - Robin Mundill Making Agreements, with or without Jews, in Medieval England and Normandy - Thomas Roche An Ave Maria in Hebrew: The Transmission of Hebrew Learning from Jewish to Christian Scholars in Medieval England - Eva De Visscher The Talmudic Community of Thirteenth-Century England - Pinchas Roth and Ethan Zadoff Notions of Jewish Service in Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century England - Anna Sapir Abulafia Egyptian Days: From Passion to Exodus in the Representation of Twelfth-Century Jewish-Christian Relations - Heather Blurton 'De Judaea, Muta et Surda': Jewish Conversion in Gerald of Wales's Life of Saint Remigius - Matthew M. Mesley Dehumanizing the Jew at the Funeral of the Virgin Mary in the Thirteenth Century [c.1170 - c.1350] - Carlee Bradbury Massacre and Memory: Ethics and Method in Recent Scholarship on Jewish Martyrdom - Hannah Johnson The Future of the Jews of York - Jeffrey Jerome Cohen Afterword: Violence, Memory and the Traumatic Middle Ages - Anthony Bale Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFor over a hundred years, sand and gravel quarrying has been of enormous benefit to geology, palaeontology and archaeology – quarries have been the main source of Ice Age fossils and finds. It is because of deep excavations into Ice Age sediments that the geological sequences, the fossil remains of plants and animals, and the stone tools of Britain’s earliest human inhabitants have come to light. This handbook, packed with practical information and guidance is written for all charged with caring for the natural and historic environment, geologists and archaeologists and anybody with an interest in our past and future, and not least those working in the quarry industry.

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Book SynopsisLancaster’s Williamson Park is truly iconic. Its beauty and vistas beguile all who come to explore its magical dells and secret gardens. It is beloved of residents and visitors alike, and is surely one of the very best of Britain’s public parks. The story of the park is fascinating, and it is one that goes back a long way. From its ancient beginnings as a Bronze Age burial site, it later became a place of execution for unfortunate individuals tried at Lancaster Castle, then a network of quarries where workers cut and heaved great slabs of sandstone to build the town below. It is this last part of the park’s story that was to shape the distinctive and dramatic contours of the park, topped by the stunning Ashton Memorial, visible from miles around. In this beautifully illustrated and captivating book, Suzanne Bradshaw not only reveals the long and varied history of the park, but also tells us about the people whose vision, skills and labour made it possible. The people’s park is certain to be a very popular read, and a classic for years to come.

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Book SynopsisWhen Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, it was a devastating blow to the Allies, the British Empire and signalled a significant turning point in history. It was the greatest defeat for Britain since Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in the American War of Independence. Its impact was arguably even greater.

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Book SynopsisThis informative and entertaining book, written by well-known Canterbury historian, Doreen Rosman, explores 500 often overlooked years in the life of the city. In these readable and well-illustrated pages can be found accounts of the destruction of Becket’s famous shrine and Canterbury’s great monasteries; tales of hundreds of Protestant refugees who brought new weaving skills to Kent; the story of disgruntled citizens who rioted against a parliamentary ban on Christmas festivities; and insights into the lives of the Georgian social élite. The author traces the development of the city, its industries, military connexions, and leisure activities. She tells of its devastation by German bombers, but also charts its renaissance with the construction of new shops, housing estates, schools, and universities. Throughout it all, the cathedral’s great Bell Harry Tower, which was completed around 1500, has continued to soar over the rooftops, a welcoming landmark for pilgrims long ago and for the thousands of students and tourists who come to Canterbury today.

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Book SynopsisSix years in the making, this superbly crafted book is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in Victorian country mansions with regard to social life, architecture, layout of rooms and grounds, décor and furniture, twentieth-century developments in electric lighting and vacuum cleaning systems. The author, with much thoroughness, presents a detailed historical account of one of Lancashire’s well-loved country mansions; an account enriched by a large and impressive selection of illustrations.

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Book SynopsisVolume III in the Studies in the History of Collection' series, published in association with the Beazley Archive in the University of Oxford. 14 papers on The Mechanisms of the Art Market 1660-1830 presented at a symposium at the Wallace Collection, London in December 2003. Contents: Introduction (Neil De Marchi); 1) The Art Trade and its Urban Context: England and the Netherlands compared, 1550-1750 (David Ormrod); 2) The Auction Duty Act of 1777: the beginning of institutionalisation of auctions in Britain (Satomi Ohashi); 3) The Almoneda: the second-hand art market in Spain (Mari-Tere Alvarez); 4) The Market for Netherlandish Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815 (Hans J. Van Miegroet); 5) Le tableau et son prix à Paris, 1760-80 (Patrick Michel); 6) The System Governing Appraised Value in Ancien Régime France (Alden R. Gordon); 7) The Marquis de Vassé Against the Art Dealer Jacques Lenglier: a case-study of an eighteenth-century Parisian auction (François Marandet); 8) Pierre Sirois (1665-1726): le premier marchand de Watteau (Guillaume Glorieux); 9) The Purchase of the Past: Dr Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755) and the collecting of history (John Cherry); 10) John Anderson and John Bouttats: picture dealers in eighteenth-century London (David Connell); 11) Sir Godfrey Copley as Patron and Consumer, 1685-1705 (David Mitchell); 12) The Rise and Fall of a British Connoisseur: the career of Michael Bryan (1757-1821), picture dealer extraordinaire (Julia Armstrong-Totten); 13) In Keeping with the Truth': the German art market and its role in the development of connoisseurship in the eighteenth century (Thomas Ketelsen); 14) Abraham Hume e Giovanni Maria Sasso: il mercato artistico tra Venezia e Londra nel settecento (Linda Borean).

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Book SynopsisContents: 1) Coastal prehistory in the southern Red Sea Basin, underwater archaeology, and the Farasan Islands (Geoff Bailey, Abdullah AlSharekh, Nic Flemming, Kurt Lambeck, Garry Momber, Anthony Sinclair & Claudio Vita-Finzi); 2) Chronologie et evolution de l'architecture a Makaynun: la formation d'un centre urbain a l'epoque sudarabique dans le Hadramawt (A. Benoist, O. Lavigne, M. Mouton & J. Schiettecatte); 3) A preliminary study on the materials employed in ancient Yemeni mummification and burial practices (summary) (Stephen A. Buckley, Joann Fletcher, Khalid Al-Thour, Mohammed Basalama & Don R. Brothwell); 4) From Safer to Balhaf: rescue excavations along the Yemen LNG pipeline route (Remy Crassard & Holger Hitgen); 5) Pastoral nomadic communities of the Holocene climatic optimum: excavation and research at Kharimat Khor al-Manahil and Khor al-Manahil in the Rub al-Khali, Abu Dhabi (Richard Cuttler, Mark Beech, Heiko Kallweit, Anja Zander & Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti); 6) Flip the coin. Preliminary results of compositional EDX analyses on south-east Arabian coins from ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) (Parsival Delrue); 7) Spreading the Neolithic over the Arabian Peninsula (Philipp Drechsler); 8) Water and waste in mediaeval Zabid, Yemen (Ingrid Hehmeyer); 9) Tribal links between the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle Euphrates at the beginning of the second millennium BC (Christine Kepinski); 10) Rare photographs from the 1930s and 1940s by Yihye Haybi, a Yemenite Jew from Sana: historical reality and ethnographic deductions (Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper); 11) Stargazing in traditional water management: a case study in northern Oman (Harriet Nash); 12) Al Qisha: archaeological investigations at an Islamic period Yemeni village (Audrey Peli & Florian Tereygeol, Al-Radrad (al-Jabali): a Yemeni silver mine, first results of the French mission (2006) (Lynne S. Newton); 13) A biographical sketch of Britain's first Sabaeologist: Colonel W.F. Prideaux, CSI (Carl Phillips & St J. Simpson); 14) The Arabian Corridor Migration Model: archaeological evidence for hominin dispersals into Oman during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene (Jeffrey Rose); 15) Ceramic production in mediaeval Yemen: the Yadgat kiln site (Axelle Rougeulle); 16) The word slm/snm and some words for "statue, idol" in Arabian and other Semitic languages (Fiorella Scagliarini); 16) "Transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman" 2005 archaeological survey at the oasis of Nizwa: a preliminary report (Juergen Schreiber); 17) Middle Palaeolithic — or what? New sites in Sharjah, UAE (Julie Scott-Jackson, William Scott-Jackson & Sabah Jasim); 18) Rites and funerary practices at Rawk during the fourth millennium BC (Wadi ‘Idim, Yemen) (T. Steimer-Herbet, J-F. Saliege, T. Sagory, O. Lavigne & A. as-Saqqaf, in collaboration with M. Mashkour & H. Guy); 19) The sources on the Fitna of Masud b. Amr al-Azdi and their uses for Basran tribal history (Brian Ulrich); 20) The beads of ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) (An De Waele); 21) Aspects of recent archaeological work at al-Balid (Íafar), Sultanate of Oman (Juris Zarins); 22) Towards a new theory: the state of Bani Mahdi, the fourth imamate in Yemen (Ahmad b. Umar al-Zaylai).

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Book Synopsis22km of road, 232ha of land, 8 years of work the scale of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement Scheme necessitated one of the largest commercial archaeological projects ever to be undertaken within the UK. Archaeologically, the discoveries were even more impressive, ranging from the remains of Pleistocene woolly mammoths, Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and burial monuments, dozens of Iron Age and Roman settlements, a whole new Roman pottery industry, Saxon settlements with royal connections, a deserted medieval hamlet, nineteenth century railway remains, and everything inbetween. This monograph discusses some of the project's key findings, major themes, and interesting debates, and is designed to supplement the other outputs from the project. Starting in the Bronze Age, we consider why evidence for middlelate Bronze Age settlement was not identified, and yet two of the largest cremation cemeteries in the region were. The Iron Age chapter explores the huge increase in archaeologically visible settlement during the later Iron Age, whilst the Roman chapter places the abundant evidence for Roman settlement amongst the regional dataset to provide a review of socioeconomic development in the rural hinterlands of Godmanchester and Cambridge. The Saxon chapter considers the Middle Saxon settlement revolution' and the impact this had on the A14 settlements, with the medieval chapter focusing on the deserted medieval hamlet of Houghton and its relationship with surrounding woodlands.

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Book SynopsisThis fourth volume contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 284-337 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristic of its coinage. The catalogue is organised primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.

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