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A Marvel to Behold': Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII [Hardback]
Timothy Schroder(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781783275076
Published by : Boydell Press
Henry VIII amassed the most spectacular collection of gold and silver of any British monarch. Plate and jewels were hugely prominent in medieval and Renaissance courts and played an essential role in dynastic marriages and diplomacy as well as in ... .... Learn More -
The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 [Hardback]
Chris R. Langley(Editor)
$130.00ISBN: 9781783275304
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
Volume: Volume 37
From its first subscription in 1638, the National Covenant was an aspect of life that communities across Scotland encountered on a daily basis. However, how contemporaries understood its significance remains unclear. This edited collection assesse... .... Learn More -
Norman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144 [Paperback]
Mark Hagger(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781783275380
Published by : Boydell Press
This book provides a comprehensive revision and analysis of Normandy, its rulers, and governance between the traditional date for the foundation of the duchy, 911, and the completion of the conquest led by Count Geoffrey V of the Angevins, 1144. I... .... Learn More -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 [Hardback]
Eugene Costello(Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781783275311
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Garden and Landscape History
Volume: Volume 7
The rearing of cattle is today a fairly sedentary practice in Ireland, Britain and most of north-west Europe. But in the not-so-distant past it was common for many rural households to take their livestock to hill and mountain pastures for the summ... .... Learn More -
Cultivating Their Own: Agriculture in Western Kenya during the "Development" Era [Hardback]
Muey C. Saeteurn(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781580469791
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: Volume 90
After more than fifty years of development, why have interventions and aid failed to yield greater poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa? Why did the agricultural development projects that were transpiring in places like Kenya during the "... .... Learn More -
Authority, Gender and Space in the Anglo-Norman World, 900-1200 [Hardback]
Katherine Weikert(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783275120
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Gender in the Middle Ages
Volume: Volume 14
Medieval manors have long been the subject of academic study, though the ways in which these houses reflected and shaped - and were shaped by - their occupants to express social authority have not yet been fully explored. This book undertakes a wi... .... Learn More -
Crippen: A Crime Sensation in Memory and Modernity [Hardback]
Roger Dalrymple(Author)
$59.95ISBN: 9781783275083
Published by : Boydell Press
Almost as notorious as Jack the Ripper, US citizen and homeopath Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was forty-eight years old when he was hanged in London in November 1910 for the murder and mutilation of his wife. When Cora Crippen vanished in February 191... .... Learn More -
Political Conflict in East Ulster, 1920-22: Revolution and Reprisal [Hardback]
Christopher Magill(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783275113
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Irish Historical Monographs
Volume: Volume 21
Most studies of the Irish Revolution focus on republican violence and on the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. This book, on the other hand, based on extensive original research, considers the situation in the north of Ireland, which ... .... Learn More -
Age Relations and Cultural Change in Eighteenth-Century England [Hardback]
Barbara Crosbie(Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781783275069
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
Volume: Volume 36
This book explores the links between age relations and cultural change, using an innovative analytical framework to map the incremental and contingent process of generational transition in eighteenth-century England. The study reveals how attitude... .... Learn More -
Arqueología de la Edad Moderna en el País Vasco y su entorno [Paperback]
Idoia Grau Sologestoa(Editor); Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo(Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9781789694383
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Post-medieval archaeology is currently going through a critical phase of consolidation and disciplinary redefinition across Europe, where mere proposals or ambitions are becoming tangible scientific and disciplinary realities. This renovation is m... .... Learn More
