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Book A new historical account of St George for England and the original of the order of the Garter etc

Download or read book A new historical account of St George for England and the original of the order of the Garter etc written by Thomas SALMON (Rector of Mepsall.) and published by . This book was released on 1704 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Historical Account of St George for England

Download or read book A New Historical Account of St George for England written by Thomas Salmon and published by . This book was released on 1704 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System 1660 1760

Download or read book The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System 1660 1760 written by Antti Matikkala and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Sheds considerable new light on the nature, development and functions of the orders in a key phase of their history, and goes a long way to explaining how such archaic institutions could flourish in a culture that is commonly thought anti-traditional and especially hostile to the "middle ages"'. Professor JONATHAN BOULTON, University of Notre Dame. This is the first comprehensive study to set the British orders of knighthood properly into the context of the honours system - by analysing their political, social and cultural functions from the Restoration of the monarchy to the end of George II's reign. It examines the revival of the Order of the Garter and the proposals to establish the Orders of the Royal Oak and the Esquires of the Martyred King at the Restoration, the foundation (1687) and the revival (1703-4) of the Order of the Thistle as well as the foundation of the Order of the Bath (1725). It establishes just how central a part the orders played in the British high political life and its comprehensive and multidimensional approach carefully contrasts the idealistic discourse of virtue and honour to the real workings of the honours system; it also makes the case for the 'Chivalric Enlightenment'. The 'orders over the water', the Garter and the Thistle conferred by the Jacobite claimants, are discussed for the first time in the context of the established British honours system. Overall, the comparison between the socially very restricted British and the increasingly meritocratic Continental orders highlights the isolation of the British honours system from the European tendencies.

Book The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England

Download or read book The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England written by Jonathan Good and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2009 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How St. George became the patron saint of England has always been a subject of speculation. He was not English, nor was his principal shrine there - the usual criteria for national patronage ; yet his status and fame came to eclipse that of all other saints. Edward III's use of the saint in his wars against the French established him as a patron and protector of the king ; unlike other saints George was adopted by the English to signify membership of the "community of the realm". This book traces the origins and growth of the cult of St. George, arguing that, especially after Edward's death, George came to represent a "good" politics (deriving from Edward's prosecution of a war with spoils for everyone) and could be used to rebuke subsequent kings for their poor governance. Most medieval kings came to understand this fact, and venerated St. George in order to prove their worthiness to hold their office. The political dimension of the cult never completely displaced the devotional one, but it was so strong that St. George survived the Reformation as a national symbol - one that continues in importance in the recovery of a specifically English identity.

Book An Historical Account of St George for England

Download or read book An Historical Account of St George for England written by Thomas Salmon and published by . This book was released on 1704 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Introduction to the original delineations intituled The beauties of England and Wales

Download or read book Introduction to the original delineations intituled The beauties of England and Wales written by James Norris Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Historical Account of St George for England and the Original of the Order of the Garter Etc

Download or read book A New Historical Account of St George for England and the Original of the Order of the Garter Etc written by Thomas SALMON (Rector of Mepsall.) and published by . This book was released on 1704 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare Curious and Useful Books Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland from the Invention of Printing and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century

Download or read book The Bibliographer s Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare Curious and Useful Books Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland from the Invention of Printing and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century written by William Thomas Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of the Books Relating to British Topography and Saxon and Northern Literature

Download or read book A Catalogue of the Books Relating to British Topography and Saxon and Northern Literature written by Bodleian Library and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remainder of the collection was sold in 1810.

Book Observations on the History of St George the Patron Saint of England Read at the Society of Antiquaries April 10 1777 Samuel Pegge

Download or read book Observations on the History of St George the Patron Saint of England Read at the Society of Antiquaries April 10 1777 Samuel Pegge written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of the Books Relating to British Topography and Saxon and Northern Literature Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library in the Year 1799

Download or read book A Catalogue of the Books Relating to British Topography and Saxon and Northern Literature Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library in the Year 1799 written by Richard Gough and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: