Download or read book A History of Lichfield written by Christopher Upton and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lichfield, of all the towns and cities in the West Midlands, has the longest and most intriguing history. Its famous son, Dr. Samuel Johnson, called it 'a city of philosophers' and the extraordinary society of writers, scientists and thinkers who lived in the shadow of its great cathedral in the 18th century proved his point. By that time the city already had well over a thousand years of history under its belt, since St Chad came down from York in the 7th century and recognised Lichfield as a place of mystery and power, perfect for his new church.In the Middle Ages, powerful bishops fortified the town and the close and created one of the earliest markets in the Midlands. Such was its importance that every English king included it in his itinerary. In the 1640s Lichfield was the focus for one of the most dramatic conflicts of the Civil War, when within four years the city came under siege three times.In this important new book, Dr. Upton, who is as well known for his entertaining style of writing as for his erudition, has provided a comprehensive and compelling account of one of England's great cathedral cities from its early Saxon origins to its modern growth. A tale of two cities - the ecclesiastical centre of prime importance and the market town struggling to emerge from the shade of the three famous spires - it takes in a holy well, a royal prisoner, a notorious asylum and Dr. Darwin's amorous cat with many amusing stories of former residents and notable incidents. It is the book that Lichfield has been waiting for!
Download or read book The Road to Lichfield written by Penelope Lively and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting her dying father in a nursing home, a middle aged daughter discovers a man and a world she never knew.
Download or read book Lichfield and the Lands of St Chad written by Andrew Sargent and published by Studies in Regional and Local. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the period from the seventh to eleventh centuries that witnessed the rise and fall of Mercia, the great Midland kingdom, and, later, the formation of England. Specifically, it explores the relationship between the bishops of Lichfield and the multiple communities of their diocese. Andrew Sargent tackles the challenge posed by the evidential 'hole' at the heart of Mercia by synthesising different kinds of evidence--archaeological, textual, topographical, and toponymical--to reconstruct the landscapes inhabited by these communities, which intersected at cathedrals, minsters, and other less formal meeting-places. Most such communities were engaged in the construction of hierarchies, and Sargent assigns spiritual lordship a dominant role in this. Tracing the interconnections of these communities, he focuses on the development of the Church of Lichfield, an extensive episcopal community situated within a dynamic mesh of institutions and groups within and beyond the diocese, from the royal court to the smallest township. The regional elite combined spiritual and secular forms of lordship to advance and entrench their mutual interests, and the entanglement of royal and episcopal governance is one of the key focuses of Andrew Sargent's outstanding new research. How the bishops shaped and promoted spiritual discourse to establish their own authority within society is key. This is traced through meagre textual sources which hint at the bishops' involvement in the wider flow of ecclesiastical politics in Britain, and through the archaeological and landscape evidence for churches and minsters held not only by bishops, but also by kings and aristocrats within the diocese.
Download or read book The Brewing Industry written by Lesley Richmond and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lichfield in 50 Buildings written by Joss Musgrove Knibb and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rich and fascinating history of Lichfield through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Download or read book Collections for a History of Staffordshire written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short Account of the City and Close of Lichfield written by Thomas George Lomax and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of British Topography A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland written by John Parker Anderson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
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Download or read book Reader s Guide to British History written by David Loades and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 4319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to British History is the essential source to secondary material on British history. This resource contains over 1,000 A-Z entries on the history of Britain, from ancient and Roman Britain to the present day. Each entry lists 6-12 of the best-known books on the subject, then discusses those works in an essay of 800 to 1,000 words prepared by an expert in the field. The essays provide advice on the range and depth of coverage as well as the emphasis and point of view espoused in each publication.
Download or read book Bibliotheca Staffordiensis written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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