Author: Adrian Ailes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Origins of the Royal Arms of England
Author: Adrian Ailes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Armour and Arms of Henry VIII
Author: Thom Richardson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780948092725
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The history of England records no more charismatic figure than King Henry VIII. His reign reveals an intriguing amalgam of the old and the new, and during it his kingdom emerged as a power to be reckoned with. He was fascinated by weapons and armour, taking a personal interest in their design and manufacture. Henry's impact upon the Royal Armouries' collection is immense. The arms and armour made for him, his personal guard and his army still form the core of the collection. This book is part of a series of introductions to aspects of the Royal Armouries' collection of arms and armour, written by specialists in the field and packed with fascinating information and stunning photography."--woodslane.com.au.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780948092725
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The history of England records no more charismatic figure than King Henry VIII. His reign reveals an intriguing amalgam of the old and the new, and during it his kingdom emerged as a power to be reckoned with. He was fascinated by weapons and armour, taking a personal interest in their design and manufacture. Henry's impact upon the Royal Armouries' collection is immense. The arms and armour made for him, his personal guard and his army still form the core of the collection. This book is part of a series of introductions to aspects of the Royal Armouries' collection of arms and armour, written by specialists in the field and packed with fascinating information and stunning photography."--woodslane.com.au.
Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (Canonized by Pope Alexander III, AD 1173)
Author: James Craigie Robertson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108049257
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : la
Pages : 627
Book Description
This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 1 contains the collection of miracles compiled by William of Canterbury, who was present at the scene of Becket's murder.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108049257
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : la
Pages : 627
Book Description
This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 1 contains the collection of miracles compiled by William of Canterbury, who was present at the scene of Becket's murder.
Middle English Literature
Author: Christopher Cannon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745654762
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745654762
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy
Author: James Panton
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810874970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
The Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810874970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
The Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.
British Flags; Their Early History and their Developement at Sea, with an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device
Author: William Gordon Perrin
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
Author: Thomas Robson (engraver.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages
Author: Phillipp R. Schofield
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782978186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages offers an extensive overview of approaches to and the potential of sigillography, as well as introducing a wider readership to the range, interest and artistry of medieval seals. Seals were used throughout medieval society in a wide range of contexts: royal, governmental, ecclesiastical, legal, in trade and commerce and on an individual and personal level. The fourteen papers presented here, which originate from a conference held in Aberystwyth in April 2012, focus primarily on British material but there is also useful reference to continental Europe. The volume is divided into three sections looking at the history and use of seals as symbols and representations of power and prestige in a variety of institutional, dynastic and individual contexts, their role in law and legal practice, and aspects of their manufacture, sources and artistic attributes. Importantly and distinctively, the volume moves beyond the study of high status seals to consider such themes as the social and economic status of seal-makers, the nature and meaning – including reflections of deliberate wit and boastfulness – of specific motifs employed at various levels of society, and the distribution of seals in relation to the location of, for instance, religious institutions and along major routeways. In so doing, it sets out ways in which sigillography can open new pathways into the study of non-elites and their cultures in medieval society.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782978186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages offers an extensive overview of approaches to and the potential of sigillography, as well as introducing a wider readership to the range, interest and artistry of medieval seals. Seals were used throughout medieval society in a wide range of contexts: royal, governmental, ecclesiastical, legal, in trade and commerce and on an individual and personal level. The fourteen papers presented here, which originate from a conference held in Aberystwyth in April 2012, focus primarily on British material but there is also useful reference to continental Europe. The volume is divided into three sections looking at the history and use of seals as symbols and representations of power and prestige in a variety of institutional, dynastic and individual contexts, their role in law and legal practice, and aspects of their manufacture, sources and artistic attributes. Importantly and distinctively, the volume moves beyond the study of high status seals to consider such themes as the social and economic status of seal-makers, the nature and meaning – including reflections of deliberate wit and boastfulness – of specific motifs employed at various levels of society, and the distribution of seals in relation to the location of, for instance, religious institutions and along major routeways. In so doing, it sets out ways in which sigillography can open new pathways into the study of non-elites and their cultures in medieval society.
Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Author: Gerard J. Brault
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Heralds
Author: Brian Killick
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
ISBN: 9780241024157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
ISBN: 9780241024157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description