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The Villa of Livia Ad Gallinas Albas: A study in the Augustan villa and garden [Paperback]
Jane Clark Reeder (Author)
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ISBN: 9780974860985
Published by : Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
This work attempts to integrate the architecture and iconography of the Villa of Livia, ad Gallinas Albas . This was a very important residence in its heyday, so it is perhaps surprising that it was only partially excavated until fairly recent... .... Learn More -
Art and Context in Late Medieval English Narrative [Hardback]
Robert R. Edwards (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859914079
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The twelve essays in this volume dedicated to Robert Worth Frank reflect his interest in the poetic art that emerged in late medieval English narrative out of multiple historical contexts. Contributors include: C D Benson (The reader in Piers... .... Learn More -
Imaginative Prophecy in the B-text of Piers Plowman [Hardback]
Ernest N. Kaulbach (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859913577
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A study of psychological personifications in Piers Plowman in the light of the Arabic psychological theory that lies behind them. .... Learn More -
Italian Arthurian Literature I: Italian Arthurian Literature I [Hardback]
Gloria Allaire (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859916455
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Italian text with facing English translation of the Tristano panciatichiano , a 14th-century compilation of Arthurian legends, in both prose and verse, from Florence that has never previously been edited. The text is preceded by a brief introduc... .... Learn More -
Acton Court: The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house [Paperback]
Kirsty Rodwell (Author); Robert Bell (Author)
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ISBN: 9781873592632
Published by : English Heritage
In 1535 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visited Acton Court in southern Gloucestershire, the home of the favoured courtier Nicholas Poyntz. Built in the 13th century, on an older structure, by the Acton family, the moated manor was transformed by N... .... Learn More -
Fathers and Daughters in Gower's Confessio Amantis [Hardback]
Maria Bullon-Fernandez (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859915786
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Tales which deal with the relationship between father and daughter are among the longest, most complex and most common in the Confessio Amantis. This work argues that in looking at issues of the father's authority over his daughter Gower in fac... .... Learn More -
The Anglo-Saxon World [Hardback]
Nicholas Higham (Author); Martin J. Ryan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300125344
Published by : Yale University Press
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours ... .... Learn More -
Counting People: A DIY Manual for Local and Family Historians [Paperback]
John Moore (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174807
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Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of... .... Learn More -
Colchester, Fortress of the War God: an Archaeological Assessment [Hardback]
David Radford (Author); Adrian Gascoyne (Author); Philip Wise (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842175088
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume is a critical assessment of the current state of archaeological knowledge of the settlement originally called Camulodunon and now known as Colchester. The town has been the subject of antiquarian interest since the lat... .... Learn More -
Mount Pleasant, Dorset: Excavations 1970-1971 [Hardback]
Geoffrey J. Wainwright (Author)
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ISBN: 9780854312207
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
Classic excavation of a Neolithic hill-top enclosure. .... Learn More