Download or read book The Historical Geography of the Wealden Iron Industry written by Mary Cecilia Delany and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wealden Iron Industry written by Jeremy Hodgkinson and published by . This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two periods of British history - the first part of the Roman occupation and the Tudor and early Stuart periods - the Weald of south-east England was the most productive iron-producing region in the country. Looking across the tranquil Wealden countryside, it is hard to identify anything that hints at its industrial past. Yet 400 years ago, nearly 100 furnaces and forges roared and hammered there, the smoke from charcoal-making curling up from the surrounding woods and the roads bustling with wagons laden with ore and iron sows. Many British naval campaigns, including the Spanish Armada, the wars against the Dutch and The Seven Years' War, relied on Wealden iron cannon; the pressures of conflict driving forward the development of iron-producing technology. For a time the economy of the whole area was dominated by the production of iron and its raw materials, providing employment, generating prosperity and shaping the landscape irrevocably. Drawing on a wealth of local evidence, this book explores the archaeology and history of an area whose iron industry was of international importance.
Download or read book Henry VIII s Military Revolution written by James Raymond and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of Henry VIII saw a renascent militarism encapture England. Memories of great victories over the French remained fresh and resplendent in the psyche and pageantry of early-Tudor England, and the pursuit of glory on the battlefield and of due recognition of England as a major player in European power politics were the identifying features of Henry's reign. In an exciting new work, James Raymond traces the development of Henry's military establishment within the context of the wider European military revolution. Making use of extensive new research into the military literature of the mid-Tudor period, 'Henry VIII's Military Revolution' is able to root firmly the military theories of the time within the solid realities of Henry's army. Raymond pays particular attention to the rise of professionalism in the English military, and its adaptation to new technologies and ideas. In this vein, the career of Sir Christopher Morris, Henry's first professional artilleryman, is explored for the first time, casting light on the experience of day-to-day life in the English army of mid-Tudor England, and challenging the established view on the development of artillery both in England and in Europe. "Henry VIII's Military Revolution" develops and expands the argument that the English Army was up-to-date with its European contemporaries, and moves the English experience away from the periphery towards the centre of the debate on the European military revolution. The militarism of Henry VIII's England is seen through new eyes in this fascinating new work.
Download or read book Empire State written by Simon Elliott and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The armed forces of Rome, particularly those of the later Republic and Principate, are rightly regarded as some of the finest military formations ever to engage in warfare. Less well known however is their use by the State as tools for such nonmilitary activities in political, economic and social contexts. In this capacity they were central instruments for the Emperor to ensure the smooth running of the Empire. In this book the use of the military for such non-conflict related duties is considered in detail for the first time. The first, and best known, is running the great construction projects of the Empire in their capacity as engineers. Next, the role of the Roman military in the running of industry across the Roman Empire is examined, particularly the mining and quarrying industries but also others. They also took part in agriculture, administered and policed the Empire, provided a firefighting resource and organized games in the arena. The soldiers of Rome really were the foundations on which the Roman Empire was constructed: they literally built an empire. Simon Elliott lifts the lid on this less well-known side to the Roman army, in an accessible narrative designed for a wide readership.
Download or read book English Medieval Industries written by John Blair and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is intended as a modern successor to L.F. Salzman's "English Industries in the Middle Ages" (1913). The approach to each industry is by material, discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. Only industries that resulted in the production of consumer goods and where substantial numbers of artefacts survive from the Middle Ages are dealt with (fishing and brewing are therefore omitted); the text is illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work.
Download or read book Turbulent Foresters written by Brian Short and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly detailed history of Ashdown Forest -- home of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Download or read book Monograph Series written by Statens etnografiska museum (Sweden) and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture and Industry in South Eastern Roman Britain written by David Bird and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on other parts of the country. This book aims to redress the balance. The focus is particularly on Kent, Surrey and Sussex account is taken of information from neighboring counties, particularly when the difficult subsoils affect the availability of evidence. An overview of the environment and a consideration of themes relevant to the South-East as a whole accompany 14 papers covering the topics of rural settlement in each county, crops, querns and millstones, animal exploitation, salt production, leatherworking, the working of bone and similar materials, the production of iron and iron objects, non-ferrous metalworking, pottery production and the supply of tile to Roman London. Agriculture and industry provides an up-to-date assessment of our knowledge of the southern hinterland of Roman London and an area that was particularly open to influences from the Continent.
Download or read book Physical Geology and Palaeontology written by G. H. Seeley and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regions and Industries written by Pat Hudson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book a team of distinguished historians contend that industrialization in Britain (and elsewhere) occurred first and foremost within regions rather than in the nation as a whole.
Download or read book Wealden Iron written by Ernest Straker and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Furie of the Ordnance written by Stephen Bull and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how new developments in guns and artillery played a decisive role in the English Civil War.
Download or read book Ragstone to Riches written by Simon Elliott and published by BAR British Series. This book was released on 2018 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Kent, 2017).
Download or read book The Economy of Kent 1640 1914 written by Alan Armstrong and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of Kent's economic history confirm the industrial revolution to have been less cataclysmic and more widespread then formerly accepted.
Download or read book The Geology of the Weald written by William Topley and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British and Irish Archaeology written by and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iron Industry of the Weald written by Henry Cleere and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
