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39 produkter
Gunpowder Plots
A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night
Av Antonia Fraser, Brenda Buchanan m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
170 kr
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400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a single, annihilating blast the entire British ruling class and royal family.This book draws on the …
Charles I and the People of England
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2015
151 kr
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The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and ecclesiastical …
Charles I and the People of England
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2015
151 kr
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The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and ecclesiastical …
Gypsies
An English History
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2018
126 kr
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Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and--more recently--Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around …
England on Edge
Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2006
370 kr
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England on Edge deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of the Church of England, and the accompanying cultural panic that led to civil war. Focused on the years 1640 to 1642, it examines stresses and fractures in social, political, and religious culture, and the …
Dangerous Talk
Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2010
487 kr
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Dangerous Talk examines the ''lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding'' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got people into trouble, and follows the fate of some of …
Dangerous Talk
Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2010
487 kr
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Dangerous Talk examines the ''lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding'' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got people into trouble, and follows the fate of some of …
Saltpeter
The Mother of Gunpowder
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2013
365 kr
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This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an ''inestimable treasure.'' National security depended on control of this organic material - that had both mystical and mineral properties. Derived from soil enriched with …
Saltpeter
The Mother of Gunpowder
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2013
365 kr
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This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an ''inestimable treasure.'' National security depended on control of this organic material - that had both mystical and mineral properties. Derived from soil enriched with …
England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2020
437 kr
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England''s Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional disputes and cultural complexities in England''s relationship with its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and traces island privileges and anomalies to the present. It tells a dramatic story of sieges and …
England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2020
437 kr
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England''s Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional disputes and cultural complexities in England''s relationship with its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and traces island privileges and anomalies to the present. It tells a dramatic story of sieges and …
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2022
403 kr
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Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period. It explores the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of ''wreck of the sea'' from the beginning of the reign of …
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea
Av David Cressy
E-bok, 2022
403 kr
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Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period. It explores the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of ''wreck of the sea'' from the beginning of the reign of …
Agnes Bowker's Cat
Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 2001
503 kr
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"What a world is this? It is marvelous, it is monstrous! I hear say there is a young woman, born in the town of Harborough, one Bowker, a butcher's daughter, which of late, God wot, is bought to bed of a cat, or have delivered a cat, or, if you will, is the mother of a cat! Oh God!"William Bullein …
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2022
545 kr
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Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period. It explores the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea' from the beginning of the reign of …
Birth, Marriage, and Death
Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 1997
2894 kr
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From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle 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 …
Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England
Tales of Discord and Dissension
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 1999
3933 kr
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In Travesties and Transgressions, David Cressy examines how the orderly, Protestant, and hierarchical society of post-Reformation England coped with the cultural challenges posed by beliefs and events outside the social norm. He uses a series of linked stories and close readings of local texts and …
Birth, Marriage, and Death
Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 1999
2092 kr
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A vivid picture of the classic rites of passage in Tudor and Stuart England. From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the protestantism of the reformed Church, the …
Charles I and the People of England
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2015
422 kr
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The story of the reign of Charles I - through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and ecclesiastical …
Charles I and the People of England
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 2018
204 kr
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The story of the reign of Charles I -- told through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads, sermons, speeches, letters, diaries, petitions, proclamations, and the proceedings of secular and …
Gypsies
An English History
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2018
370 kr
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Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and -more recently-Travellers. Who are this marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are tales of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around …
Gypsies
An English History
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 2020
284 kr
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Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and--more recently--Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around …
England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2020
602 kr
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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles examines the jurisdictional disputes and cultural complexities in England's relationship with its island fringe from Tudor times to the eighteenth century, and traces island privileges and anomalies to the present. It tells a dramatic story of sieges and …
England on Edge
Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 2007
1148 kr
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England on Edge deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of the Church of England, and the accompanying cultural panic that led to civil war. Focused on the years 1640 to 1642, it examines stresses and fractures in social, political, and religious culture, and the …
England on Edge
Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2006
680 kr
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England on Edge deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of the Church of England, and the accompanying cultural panic that led to civil war. Focused on the years 1640 to 1642, it examines stresses and fractures in social, political, and religious culture, and the …
Dangerous Talk
Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2010
1460 kr
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Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got people into trouble, and follows the fate of some of …
Dangerous Talk
Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England
Av David Cressy
Häftad, 2012
787 kr
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Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got people into trouble, and follows the fate of some of …
Saltpeter
The Mother of Gunpowder
Av David Cressy
Inbunden, 2013
787 kr
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This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an 'inestimable treasure.' National security depended on control of this organic material - that had both mystical and mineral properties. Derived from soil enriched with …
Religion and Society in Early Modern England
A Sourcebook
Av David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell
Inbunden, 2005
2332 kr
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Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods. It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox …
Religion and Society in Early Modern England
A Sourcebook
Av David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell
Häftad, 2005
637 kr
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Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods. It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox …
