Louisa Mary, Lady Knightley of Fawnsley, was a woman of unusually wide interests, especially in the field of public affairs. In an age when few opportunities arose for women to make a contribution to political and feminist matters, Lady Knightley was an early pioneer of both causes. Denied the vote as a woman, she was a leading advocate of the campaign for constitutional, non-militant action to achieve the franchise, a cause which she continued to espouse until her death in 1913.
Her later journals, written with warmth and humour, provide a fascinating picture of politics and society in...

Over the centuries Britain has attracted many musical visitors. This book tells the stories of the many composers who visited--a varied and often eccentric collection of individuals. The earliest were invited by Royalty with musical tastes some were refugees from religious and political oppressions; others came as spies, a few to escape from debt and even murder charges. However, the main motive was a possibility of financial reward.
The rise in the nineteenth century of the celebrity composer, who was often also a conductor, is also traced. With the development of new forms of transport,...

The main theme of this volume is students and teachers' understanding of the discipline of history. The book reports research in several key areas of historical understanding: children's ideas about evidence, about historical accounts and about objectivity, and offers a paper examining the central notion of progression in ideas about history. It then addresses research into teachers' ideas about history. The book concludes with a comparative study of textbooks from three continents, one focus of which is the importance of disciplinary ideas in the sample of books examined.

First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores. A varied and often eccentric collection of individuals, some were invited by royalty with musical tastes, some were refugees from religious or political oppression, some were spies, and others came to escape debt or even charges of murder.

This book paints a broad picture of the changing nature of musical life in Britain over the centuries, through the eyes and ears of foreign musicians. After considering three of the eighteenth century s greatest musical figures, the authors consider the rise of the celebrity composer in...