Author: J. S. Forsyth
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The Antiquary's Portfolio; Or, Cabinet Selection of Historical and Literary Curiosities, on Subjects Principally Connected with the Manners, Customs, Etc., of Great Britain During the Middle and Latter Ages
Author: J. S. Forsyth
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The Antiquary's Portfolio, Or, Cabinet Selections of Historical & Literary Curiosities, on Subjects Principally Connected with the Manners, Customs, and Morals ... of Great Britain During the Middle and Latter Ages, Etc. [With Portraits.]
Author: J. S. Forsyth
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Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Languages : en
Pages : 418
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CURRENT NOTES: A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON ANTIQUITIES, BIOGRAPHY, HERALRY, HISTORY, LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, NATURAL HISTORY, CURIOUS CUSTOMS, ETC.
Author: G. WILLIS
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Languages : en
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Sir John Tiptoft: 'Butcher of England'
Author: Peter Spring
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 147389011X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, is arguably the most intriguing, controversial and possibly misunderstood figure of the Wars of the Roses period. Politically adept, he occupied a string of important offices, first under the Lancastrian Henry VI and then the Yorkist Edward IV.A man of action, he held commands on both and sea, in England, Ireland and Wales.As Constable of England he acted as Edwards enforcer and earned the sobriquet Butcher of England for his beheadings and impalements. Yet he was also an outstanding Renaissance scholar who studied at Oxford, Padua and Ferrara, a collector of books and patron. This, in conjunction with his political actions, makes him a proto-Machiavellian Prince.Peter Spring also looks beyond the Earls public life to glean insights into the man himself, concluding that the available information generally reveals an attractive personality. He presents a balanced reappraisal, seeing him, as did many contemporary Europeans and some fellow countrymen, as a man of great intellect and capability who did not shirk the hard tasks imposed by a merciless age.Worcesters execution for the application of Roman law, lampooned as the laws of Padua, demonstrated the danger of indentification with continental influences in an England increasingly defining itselfthrough common law, Parliament, and soon religionagainst Europe. The contemporary denigration of his character by little Englander chroniclers reflected a deepening antipathy towards the cosmopolitan a recurring trait in the English character perhaps re-emerging with Brexit.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 147389011X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, is arguably the most intriguing, controversial and possibly misunderstood figure of the Wars of the Roses period. Politically adept, he occupied a string of important offices, first under the Lancastrian Henry VI and then the Yorkist Edward IV.A man of action, he held commands on both and sea, in England, Ireland and Wales.As Constable of England he acted as Edwards enforcer and earned the sobriquet Butcher of England for his beheadings and impalements. Yet he was also an outstanding Renaissance scholar who studied at Oxford, Padua and Ferrara, a collector of books and patron. This, in conjunction with his political actions, makes him a proto-Machiavellian Prince.Peter Spring also looks beyond the Earls public life to glean insights into the man himself, concluding that the available information generally reveals an attractive personality. He presents a balanced reappraisal, seeing him, as did many contemporary Europeans and some fellow countrymen, as a man of great intellect and capability who did not shirk the hard tasks imposed by a merciless age.Worcesters execution for the application of Roman law, lampooned as the laws of Padua, demonstrated the danger of indentification with continental influences in an England increasingly defining itselfthrough common law, Parliament, and soon religionagainst Europe. The contemporary denigration of his character by little Englander chroniclers reflected a deepening antipathy towards the cosmopolitan a recurring trait in the English character perhaps re-emerging with Brexit.
Bibliotheca Dramatica
Author: William Evans Burton
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel Greatheed
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]
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Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Victorian Science and Literature, Part I Vol 1
Author: Gowan Dawson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH BOOKS, IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE.
Author: JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Catalogue of English Books, in All Classes of Literature on Sale by John Bohn
Author: John Bohn
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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