Author: Susan Laflin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326237225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
In 2000, as part of an M.A. course in Birmingham University, I made a study of place-names in Shropshire ending in "-ford". The resulting dissertation has now been edited and presented in this booklet. It describes the 64 place visited with place-names ending in -ford and discusses their relevance to the road system and the settlement pattern. Since the relation of these place-names to the Roman roads in Shropshire is an important part of the study, a summary of what is known about Roman Roads in Shropshire is also included.
Shropshire Place-Names ending in "-ford".
Author: Susan Laflin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326237225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
In 2000, as part of an M.A. course in Birmingham University, I made a study of place-names in Shropshire ending in "-ford". The resulting dissertation has now been edited and presented in this booklet. It describes the 64 place visited with place-names ending in -ford and discusses their relevance to the road system and the settlement pattern. Since the relation of these place-names to the Roman roads in Shropshire is an important part of the study, a summary of what is known about Roman Roads in Shropshire is also included.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326237225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
In 2000, as part of an M.A. course in Birmingham University, I made a study of place-names in Shropshire ending in "-ford". The resulting dissertation has now been edited and presented in this booklet. It describes the 64 place visited with place-names ending in -ford and discusses their relevance to the road system and the settlement pattern. Since the relation of these place-names to the Roman roads in Shropshire is an important part of the study, a summary of what is known about Roman Roads in Shropshire is also included.
Shropshire
Author: J. A. B. Somerset
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802006486
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Records of Early English Drama volumes make available historical transcripts that provide evidence of early English drama, music, ceremonial, dance, and other forms of communal public entertainment in Britain before 1642, together with the necessary interpretive introductions and notes to explicate the materials for the reader. Shropshire, in two volumes, is the eleventh publication in the series. In the introduction Alan Somerset surveys the social and economic history of each major borough and provides a commentary on the major issues raised in the documents. He discusses travelling performers routes, the places they performed, and the remarkable public exhibitions of high-wire artists, camels, bears, and giants. The records for this county are rich and varied, providing new detail about local playing and festivities. From Shrewsbury for example, comes the complete documentation of a unique, semi-circular outdoor amphitheatre. The documents reveal much - from robbery and riots - to the sometimes acrimonious disputes that show the growing Puritan opposition to sports, which attempted to combat an equally stubborn affection for traditional customs. These records are an invaluable addition to the scholarship of early drama, establishing as they do part of the total context of the great drama of Shakespeare, his predecessors, and his contemporaries.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802006486
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Records of Early English Drama volumes make available historical transcripts that provide evidence of early English drama, music, ceremonial, dance, and other forms of communal public entertainment in Britain before 1642, together with the necessary interpretive introductions and notes to explicate the materials for the reader. Shropshire, in two volumes, is the eleventh publication in the series. In the introduction Alan Somerset surveys the social and economic history of each major borough and provides a commentary on the major issues raised in the documents. He discusses travelling performers routes, the places they performed, and the remarkable public exhibitions of high-wire artists, camels, bears, and giants. The records for this county are rich and varied, providing new detail about local playing and festivities. From Shrewsbury for example, comes the complete documentation of a unique, semi-circular outdoor amphitheatre. The documents reveal much - from robbery and riots - to the sometimes acrimonious disputes that show the growing Puritan opposition to sports, which attempted to combat an equally stubborn affection for traditional customs. These records are an invaluable addition to the scholarship of early drama, establishing as they do part of the total context of the great drama of Shakespeare, his predecessors, and his contemporaries.
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England
Author: Rebecca Hardie
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501512420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the subject of a book-length study. This interdisciplinary collection of essays redresses a notable hiatus in scholarship of early medieval England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England argues for a reassessment of women’s political, military, literary, and domestic agency. It invites deeper reflection on the female kinships, networks, and communities that give meaning to Æthelflæd’s life, and through this shows how medieval history can invite new engagements with the past.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501512420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the subject of a book-length study. This interdisciplinary collection of essays redresses a notable hiatus in scholarship of early medieval England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England argues for a reassessment of women’s political, military, literary, and domestic agency. It invites deeper reflection on the female kinships, networks, and communities that give meaning to Æthelflæd’s life, and through this shows how medieval history can invite new engagements with the past.
A Reader's Guide to the Place-names of the United Kingdom
Author: Jeffrey Spittal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A bibliography of publications on place-names from 1920 to 1989.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A bibliography of publications on place-names from 1920 to 1989.
Orderic Vitalis
Author: Charles C. Rozier
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
First full-length collection on one of the most significant and influential historians of the medieval period.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
First full-length collection on one of the most significant and influential historians of the medieval period.
The Place-names of Shropshire
Author: Margaret Gelling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
English Place-Name Society: pt. 1. Introduction to the survey of English place-names
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Country Houses of Shropshire
Author: Gareth Williams
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275391
Category : Architecture and society
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275391
Category : Architecture and society
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.
Introduction to the Survey of English Place-names
Author: Allen Mawer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1648
Book Description