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Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power: The Making of the British State
ISBN: 9780198201335 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power takes a new and controversial look at Tudor government and the formation of the British state, from the perspective of the borderlands which collectively made up over half of English territory. Steven Ellis argues that it was the frontiers, not lowland England, which provided the real test of Tudor statesmanship. After 1534 the borderlands were drawn more closely into the Tudor state but by a policy which was seriously flawed and could not be applied to Scotland after 1603.
Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power takes a new and controversial look at Tudor government and the formation of the British state, from the persp...
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787,06 |
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Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion, and the Life Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England
ISBN: 9780198201687 / Angielski / Twarda / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the Protestantism of the reformed Church, the spiritual and social dramas of birth, marriage, and death were graced with elaborate ceremony. Powerful and controversial protocols were in operation, shaped and altered by the influences of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration.
Each of the major rituals was potentially an arena for argument, ambiguity, and dissent. Ideally, as classic rites of passage, these... From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ...
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672,24 |
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Crowds, Culture, and Politics in Georgian Britain
ISBN: 9780198201724 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crowds have long been a telling feature of the historical landscape. Here, Rogers examines the changing role and character of crowds in Georgian politics through an investigation of some of the major crowd interventions in the years 1714 to 1821. He shows how the topsy-turvy interventions of the Jacobite era gave way to the more disciplined parades of Hanoverian England, a transition shaped by the effects of war, revolution, and the expansion of the state and the market. These changes unsettled the existing relationship between crowds and authority, raising issues of citizenship, class, and...
Crowds have long been a telling feature of the historical landscape. Here, Rogers examines the changing role and character of crowds in Georgian polit...
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1165,96 |
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John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504-1553
ISBN: 9780198201939 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This biography presents the whole career of the controversial sixteenth century statesman, John Dudley. As Lord President of the council which governed Edward VI's minority, he was the most powerful man in England between 1550 and 1553, notorious for his attempt to alter the succession to the throne in favour of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey. This is a critical reassessment of a man who was the last medieval magnate and perhaps the greatest of the Tudor service nobility.
This biography presents the whole career of the controversial sixteenth century statesman, John Dudley. As Lord President of the council which governe...
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993,73 |
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Symeon of Durham: Libellus de Exordio Atque Procursu Istius Hoc Est Dunhelmensis Ecclesie: Tract on the Origins and Progress of This the Church of Dur
ISBN: 9780198202073 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The church of Durham, founded in 995, claimed in the Middle Ages to be in origin the church of Lindisfarne or Holy Island, the members of which had fled in the face of Viking raids and had wandered for long across northern England before re-establishing their church. This book is a newly edited and translated version of the most complete and detailed account of the history of this church. Important as a piece of early post-Conquest historiography by an author about whom much is now known, the text is fascinating for the details it gives about the ecclesiastical community of Durham, the...
The church of Durham, founded in 995, claimed in the Middle Ages to be in origin the church of Lindisfarne or Holy Island, the members of which had fl...
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1338,18 |
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The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England
ISBN: 9780198202134 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal affliction and a social calamity, regularly decimating urban populations. Slack vividly describes the stresses which plague imposed on individuals, families, and whole communities, and the ways in which people tried to explain, control, and come to terms with it.
This book is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal afflictio...
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157,82 |
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Men Versus the State: Herbert Spencer and Late Victorian Individualism
ISBN: 9780198202394 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the political philosophy of Herbert Spencer, this book examines the thought of the man considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of Victorian Britain, and the ideas of the Individualists, a group of political thinkers inspired by him to uphold the policy of laissez-faire during the 1880s and 1890s. Despite their important contribution to nineteenth-century political debate, these thinkers have been neglected by historians, who Taylor argues have concentrated instead on the advocates of an enhanced role for government in economic and social affairs. Offering the first...
A study of the political philosophy of Herbert Spencer, this book examines the thought of the man considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of...
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821,51 |
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Eastern Wisdom and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England
ISBN: 9780198202912 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book narrates the extraordinary growth in the study of Arabic in England from the late sixteenth century, when it was almost non-existe nt, to the end of the seventeenth. In this masterly and original study, Professor Toomer gives the first detailed account of this growth, se t against the religious and political background in England and Europe . He shows how trade with the Ottoman Empire and mistrust of Islam inf luenced the study of Arabic. Finally, he traces the course and causes of the drastic decline in Arabic studies towards the end of the centur y.
This book narrates the extraordinary growth in the study of Arabic in England from the late sixteenth century, when it was almost non-existe nt, to th...
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1372,63 |
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Entrepreneurial Politics in Mid-Victorian Britain
ISBN: 9780198203575 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians have long debated the issue of why Britain did not experience a middle-class revolution. In the mid-Victorian years, in the aftermath of the Great Reform Act and the repeal of the Corn Laws, it seemed that a decisive shift of power from the aristocracy to the middle class might take place. In this perceptive and original book, G. R. Searle shows how many MPs from business backgrounds, the so-called "entrepreneurial Radicals," came to Westminster determined to impose their own values and priorities on national life. Some wanted to return public manufacturing establishments to...
Historians have long debated the issue of why Britain did not experience a middle-class revolution. In the mid-Victorian years, in the aftermath of th...
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291,05 |
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The History of the Rebellion: And Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641
ISBN: 9780198203681 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its publication at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Earl of Clarendon's history of the English Civil War has remained one of the most important sources for our understanding of the events that changed the course of British history. Clarendon held the offices of Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; he began his great work after the Restoration of Charles II at the behest of the King himself.
This classic work, long unavailable, has been reissued by Oxford University Press in a facsimile of the much-admired 1888 edition. The History... Since its publication at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Earl of Clarendon's history of the English Civil War has remained one of the mos...
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327,79 |
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641: Volume V
ISBN: 9780198203728 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its publication at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Earl of Clarendon's history of the English Civil War has remained one of the most important sources for our understanding of the events which changed the course of British history. Clarendon held the offices of Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; he began his great work after the Restoration of Charles II at the behest of the King himself.
This classic work, long unavailable, has now been reissued by the Oxford University Press in a facsimile of the much-admired 1888 edition. The... Since its publication at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Earl of Clarendon's history of the English Civil War has remained one of the mos...
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295,64 |
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The World of John Taylor the Water-Poet, 1578-1653
ISBN: 9780198203759 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Taylor was a prolific and colorful popular writer whose work provides a unique picture of England from James I to the civil war through the eyes of a London waterman. This book is the first full study of the self-styled "King's Water-Poet," who carved out a pioneering role for himself as a "media celebrity" and became a national institution.
John Taylor was a prolific and colorful popular writer whose work provides a unique picture of England from James I to the civil war through the eyes ...
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534,46 |
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The True Law of Kingship: Concepts of Monarchy in Early-Modern Scotland
ISBN: 9780198203841 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fear God, honour the king'. Sixteenth-century people were supposed to do both. But what was the king entitled to command? And what if he ordered one thing and God's law said another? In this fascinating and original study, James Burns examines these questions by focusing on a neglected area of study: the Scottish experience. The Scottish response to monarchical government not only provides a microcosmic view of European thinking on the subject, it also contributes substantially to our understanding of the Scottish element in the new British' polity which was emerging at the end of the...
Fear God, honour the king'. Sixteenth-century people were supposed to do both. But what was the king entitled to command? And what if he ordered one t...
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1131,51 |
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Making Aristocracy Work: The Peerage and the Political System in Britain 1884-1914
ISBN: 9780198203896 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making Aristocracy Work explores the political role and activities of the peerage, both inside and outside Parliament, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Adonis examines the House of Lords and its practices during this period, and offers a new interpretation of the constitutional crisis of 1909-1911. He reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Lords, questioning its effectiveness as a revising chamber, but at the same time clearly demonstrating the way it functioned in terms of constitutional tradition. He also examines the non-parliamentary activities of the...
Making Aristocracy Work explores the political role and activities of the peerage, both inside and outside Parliament, in the late nineteenth...
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729,66 |
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Hobson and Imperialism: Radicalism, New Liberalism and Finance, 1887-1938
ISBN: 9780198203902 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year 2002 sees the centenary of J.A. Hobson's Imperialism: A Study, the most influential critique of British imperial expansion ever written. Peter Cain marks the occasion by evaluating, for the first time, Hobson's writings on imperialism from his days as a journalist in London to his death in 1940. The early chapters chart Hobson's progress from complacent imperialist in the 1880s to radical critic of empire by 1898. This is followed by an account of the origins of Imperialism and a close analysis of the text in the context of contemporary debates. Two chapters cover Hobson's later...
The year 2002 sees the centenary of J.A. Hobson's Imperialism: A Study, the most influential critique of British imperial expansion ever written. Pete...
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913,36 |
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Restoration: A Political and Religious History of England and Wales 1658-1667
ISBN: 9780198203926 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The years 1658-1667 form one of the most vital and eventful periods in English history, witnessing the Plague, the Great Fire of London, the naval wars against the Dutch, and, above all, the transformation of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth into the Restoration monarchy of Charles II. Hutton's detailed study of the period returns to nearly all the extant manuscript sources and reworks every issue afresh. The result is an absorbing and perceptive account of national experience as government policy changed, influenced by the interaction of central concerns, local perspectives, and the various...
The years 1658-1667 form one of the most vital and eventful periods in English history, witnessing the Plague, the Great Fire of London, the naval war...
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226,71 |
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Cromwell's Navy: The Fleet and the English Revolution, 1648-1660
ISBN: 9780198203933 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Capp explores the nature and role of the navy during the English Revolution. After the king's execution in 1649, the navy's leadership was drastically remodelled, with republican and Puritan outsiders being brought into key positions. Capp examines the fleet's part in the political history of the period, both domestic and international, and its intervention in the critical months before the Restoration. He also surveys the navy's social life--the characteristics of the officers and seamen, volunteers and the press gang, as well as the mental world of the seventeenth-century...
In this book Capp explores the nature and role of the navy during the English Revolution. After the king's execution in 1649, the navy's leadership wa...
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254,31 |
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Conscription and the Attlee Governments: The Politics and Policy of National Service 1945-1951
ISBN: 9780198204213 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the years immediately following the Second World War, Britain peacetime conscription was practiced for the first time. L.V. Scott examines the military thinking regarding conscription, showing how the 1947 National Service Act came to be regarded by the military as deficient and expensive. The demands of conscription retarded the development of an efficient post-war regular army. Scott explores the policies of both Labour and Conservative parties, tracing the process by which Labour, previously bitterly opposed to conscription, came to pass the 1947 Act. His book is a valuable analysis of...
In the years immediately following the Second World War, Britain peacetime conscription was practiced for the first time. L.V. Scott examines the mili...
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258,90 |
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Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955
ISBN: 9780198204534 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955. These policies were central to the British war effort and to post-war reconstruction. The book analyzes the connections between government policy, consumption, gender, and party politics during and after the Second World War. It qualifies the myth of common sacrifice on the home front and highlights the limitations of the fairshares policy which failed to achieve genuine equality between classes or between men and women. The continuation of rationing and...
Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955. These policies wer...
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591,87 |
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Youth and Authority: Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640
ISBN: 9780198204756 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new work, Paul Griffiths surveys the attitudes and activities of young people, examining their reaction to authority and to society's concept of the ideal place' for them in the social order. He sheds new light on issues as diverse as juvenile delinquency, masculinity, sexual behavior and courtship, clothing, catechizing, office-holding, and church seating plans. His research reveals much about the nature of youth culture, religious commitment, and master/servant relations, and leads to the identification of a separate milieu of masterless' young people.
In this new work, Paul Griffiths surveys the attitudes and activities of young people, examining their reaction to authority and to society's concept ...
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1338,18 |
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