Post-Medieval

ISBN: 9781907586200
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 25
Southwark’s famous Bankside was long known as an entertainment area up to the 17th century. This volume provides evidence for the Barge, one of the medieval stewhouses (tavern/brothel) and the later Hope, a dual purpose buil... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173886
Published by : James Clarke & Co
In this compelling narrative, Bernard Heyberger relates the fascinating history of Hindiyya 'Ujaymi, a highly charismatic eighteenth-century mystic of sinister repute.

Heyberger makes a careful study of Hindiyya's life from... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780718892920
Published by : Lutterworth Press
In this enjoyably iconoclastic book, George Watson discusses some of the great heresies of the twentieth century, and the cultural heretics who espoused them, often with surprising results. Watson provides us with examples of 'tru... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781781591475
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
This is the definitive military history of the Civil Wars, which swept the British Isles from 1642 to 1649. The martial aspects of the wars are covered in detail along with a comprehensive overview of the religious and political d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175101
Published by : Oxbow Books
Fifteen papers present the results of new research into various aspects of material culture and historical archaeology that reflect culture, trade and social interaction shared by Britain and Colonial America during the Tudor and Stuart periods. R... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515100052
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English Description: The camera obscura was the first image display device. The idea was already around in ancient times. In the 4th Century BCE the Chinese already knew how to project inverted images of illuminated objects throug... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700173670
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
In 2013, the Academy is using the 75th anniversary of the “Anschluss” in March 1938 as an occasion to present an exhibition and to publish a catalog investigating the reactions of the Academy to the Nazi power takeover... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905119455
Published by : Windgather Press
An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 ye... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515093224
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Berichte des interkulturellen Forschungsprojekts „Deutsche Musikkultur im östlichen Europa"
Volume: 4
This publication differs from previous (and subsequent) issued volumes of project reports because of one special feature. In this volume, an attempt is made to subject the overarching thematic area covered by the research activities in Bonn to cri... .... Learn More