Archaeology
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Burials and the Black Death in Hereford: New Library Excavation, Hereford Cathedral [Hardback]
Derek Hurst (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258684
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Excavation at Hereford Cathedral took place in 1993, prior to the construction of the Mappa Mundi Museum and new archive library. This revealed extensive remains, some potentially dating back to the 7th/8th century, including timber-built building... .... Learn More -
Résistance et dévotion: Anciens sanctuaires ibadites de Djerba [Paperback]
Virginie Prevost (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781915808035
Published by : British Institute for Libyan and Northen African Studies
Series: British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies Monograph
Volume: British Institute for Libyan and Northern African
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A volume presents a detailed study of the memory of ancient mosques in Djerba, with a well-illustrated corpus of 48 buildings to build the history of the Ibadites and their struggle for the preservation of their identity. The main source is Rasā’i... .... Learn More -
The Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York: A Masterpiece of Tudor Craftsmanship [Hardback]
Peter N. Lindfield (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781789257922
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marriage bed, rediscovered in 2010, is an exceptional piece of late medieval English royal furniture: no other equivalent example of secular domestic furniture is known to have survived, and, indeed, precious li... .... Learn More -
The Dean and Canons' Houses of St George's Chapel, Windsor: An Architectural History [Hardback]
John Crook (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781789258653
Published by : Oxbow Books
The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfils the same primary purpose. The domestic buildings provided for the Warden, Canons and Priest-Vica... .... Learn More -
Medieval Bridges of Southern England: 100 Bridges, 1000 Years [Hardback]
Marshall G. Hall (Author)
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ISBN: 9781914427138
Published by : Windgather Press
Throughout history rivers have been a hub for human settlement and have long been a key part of local livelihoods, history and culture, as well as still playing a present-day role in providing services and leisure to people who live around them. I... .... Learn More -
Highhays, Kilkenny: A Medieval Pottery Production Centre in South-East Ireland [Hardback]
Emma Devine (Author); Cóilín Ó Drisceoil (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789258530
Published by : Oxbow Books
This richly illustrated book presents the first comprehensive study of the making and marketing of pottery in medieval Ireland. Focusing on a well-preserved 14th-century pottery production centre which was excavated in 2006 at Highhays, outside th... .... Learn More -
Roman and Medieval Carlisle: The Northern Lanes Volume Two: The medieval and post-medieval periods [Paperback]
John Zant (Author); Christine Howard-Davis (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781907686382
Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Series: Lancaster Imprints
Volume: 31
Carlisle City Council redeveloped the Lanes from the mid-1970s, a densely built-up area in the north-east corner of the city’s historic core, crossed by 19 narrow ‘vennels’. These, together with most of the adjacent buildings, were swept away by t... .... Learn More -
Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500–1500 [Paperback]
Knut Andreas Bergsvik (Author); Marion Dowd (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789258073
Published by : Oxbow Books
Caves and rockshelters in Europe have traditionally been associated with prehistory, and in some regions cave archaeology has become synonymous with the Palaeolithic. However, there is abundant evidence that caves and rockshelters were important f... .... Learn More -
Medieval New Romney, A Town Shaped by Water: The Archaeology of the First Time Sewer Scheme [Paperback]
James Holman (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781870545358
Published by : Canterbury Archaeological Trust
Series: Canterbury Archaeological Trust Occasional Paper
Volume: 12
Between 2004 and 2007 a series of archaeological investigations was undertaken across the town of New Romney and extended into Greatstone to the south-east. The work was conducted as part of the New Romney and Greatstone First Time Sewer Scheme, a... .... Learn More -
The Early Medieval Monastic Site at Dacre, Cumbria [Paperback]
Rachel M. Newman (Author); Christine Howard Davis (Author); Roger H Leech (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9781907686375
Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Series: Lancaster Imprints
Volume: 30
Dacre is rare in having documentary evidence for an early medieval monastery, mentioned by the Venerable Bede in 731, and in the 12th century, William of Malmesbury thought that it was where King Æthelstan of Wessex met the northern and western lo... .... Learn More
