Download or read book Westward on the High Hilled Plains written by Derek Hurst and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West Midlands has struggled archaeologically to project a distinct regional identity, having largely been defined by reference to other areas with a stronger cultural identity and history, such as Wessex the South-West, and the North. Only occasionally has the West Midlands come to prominence, for instance in the middle Saxon period (viz. the kingdom of Mercia), or, much later, with rural south Shropshire being the birthplace of the Industrial rRevolution. Yet it is a region rich in natural mineral resources, set amidst readily productive farmland, and with major rivers, such as the Severn, facilitating transportation. The scale of its later prehistoric monuments, notably the hillforts, proclaims the centralisation of some functions, whether for security, exchange or emulation, while society supported the production and widespread distribution of specialised craft goods. Finally, towards the close of prehistory, localised kingdoms can be seen to emerge into view. In the course of reviewing the evidence for later prehistory from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age, the papers presented here adopt a variety of approaches, being either regional, county-wide, or thematic (eg. by site type, or artefactual typology), and they also encompass the wider landscape as reconstructed from environmental evidence. This is the second volume in a series – The Making of the West Midlands – that explores the archaeology of the English West Midlands region from the Lower Palaeolithic onwards. These volumes, based on a series of West Midlands Research Framework seminars, aim to transform perceptions of the nature and significance of the archaeological evidence across a large part of central Britain.
Download or read book Westward on the High Hilled Plains written by Derek Hurst and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West Midlands has struggled archaeologically to project a distinct regional identity, having largely been defined by reference to other areas with a stronger cultural identity and history, such as Wessex the South-West, and the North. Only occasionally has the West Midlands come to prominence, for instance in the middle Saxon period (viz. the kingdom of Mercia), or, much later, with rural south Shropshire being the birthplace of the Industrial rRevolution. Yet it is a region rich in natural mineral resources, set amidst readily productive farmland, and with major rivers, such as the Severn, facilitating transportation. The scale of its later prehistoric monuments, notably the hillforts, proclaims the centralisation of some functions, whether for security, exchange or emulation, while society supported the production and widespread distribution of specialised craft goods. Finally, towards the close of prehistory, localised kingdoms can be seen to emerge into view. In the course of reviewing the evidence for later prehistory from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age, the papers presented here adopt a variety of approaches, being either regional, county-wide, or thematic (eg. by site type, or artefactual typology), and they also encompass the wider landscape as reconstructed from environmental evidence. This is the second volume in a series – The Making of the West Midlands – that explores the archaeology of the English West Midlands region from the Lower Palaeolithic onwards. These volumes, based on a series of West Midlands Research Framework seminars, aim to transform perceptions of the nature and significance of the archaeological evidence across a large part of central Britain.
Download or read book Magic Casements written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the West to the West Across the Plains to Oregon written by Abigail Scott Duniway and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... XXXVIII THE BROTHERS JOURNEY HOMEWARD TOGETHER THE steamer in which the Ranger brothers embarked for San Francisco was an ancient and somewhat decrepit tub, as much unlike the floating palaces that plough the Pacific Ocean to-day as the long railway trains with their Pullman coaches, cushioned seats, and electric bells are unlike the prairie schooners which belabored oxen hauled across deserts and mountains when the oldest pioneer of to-day was young, and Captain Ranger was in his prime. "We 're at the jumping-off place," said the elder brother, when the vessel stopped at Astoria. "There will never be a chance for the restive American citizen to get any farther west than the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean. And yet who knows?" he added, after a pause. "Burns has a theory in which, after all, there may be some logic. He says that the entire planet will some day be under the management of an affiliated government formed by a few great powers, who will organize an alliance to control, and maybe protect, the weaker nationalities from one another. Jean is enthusiastic over the theme." "You seem to set great store by Jean." "Oh, I don't know. She 's about raking up a new engagement with that Green River chap. If she does, she 'll marry soon, and get immersed in the cares of a family, like all the rest of the girls. If so, she 'll never amount to much." "No great general can do as much for the world, no matter how many nations he conquers, as the mother who rears a family of noble men and women, John. I would rather be in some mothers' shoes than in the President's." "And so would I. But it is hard, when a man has raised a daughter of great mental promise, to see her talents buried under the selfish domination of some prig of a husband who...
Download or read book Through Magic Casements written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WESTWARD written by Dana Fuller Ross and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Shropshire Lad written by Alfred Edward Housman and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ernest John Moeran written by Ian Maxwell and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited study of the life and music of Anglo-Irish composer Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) finally provides a full biography of the last senior figure in early twentieth-century British Music to have been without one. Although Moeran's work was widely performed during his lifetime, he suffered neglect in the years following his death. It was not until a re-awakening of appreciation for the music of the folksong-inspired English pastoralism in the latter part of the twentieth century that Moeran's tuneful, well-crafted and approachable music began to attract a new audience. However, widely accepted misconceptions about his life and character have obscured a clearunderstanding of both man and composer. Written with the benefit of access to previously unknown or unresearched archives, Ernest John Moeran: His Life and Music strips away a hitherto unchallenged mythological framework, and replaces it by a thorough-going examination and analysis of the life and work of a musician that may reasonably be asserted as having been unique in British music history.
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of A E Housman Illustrated written by A. E. Housman and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of A. E. Housman, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Housman's life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * A SHROPSHIRE LAD is presented with line numbers - ideal for students * Includes rare translations * Features Housman's comic verse - first time in digital print * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Housman's rare essays - including seminal critical works and the controversial ëDE AMICITIA', published many years later by the poet's brother, detailing Housman's homosexual love for Jackson * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections A SHROPSHIRE LAD LAST POEMS MORE POEMS ADDITIONAL POEMS NOTEBOOK FRAGMENTS TRANSLATIONS COMIC VERSE UNCOLLECTED POEMS The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Essays SWINBURNE THE NAME AND NATURE OF POETRY THE APPLICATION OF THOUGHT TO TEXTUAL CRITICISM A. E. HOUSMAN'S ëDE AMICITIA' by Laurence Housman Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Download or read book Clash of Cultures written by Roger White and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general perception of the west midlands region in the Roman period is that it was a backwater compared to the militarized frontier zone of the north, or the south of Britain where Roman culture took root early – in cities like Colchester, London ,and St Albans – and lingered late at cities like Cirencester and Bath with their rich, late Roman villa culture. The west midlands region captures the transition between these two areas of the ‘military’ north and ‘civilized’ south. Where it differed, and why, are important questions in understanding the regional diversity of Roman Britain. They are addressed by this volume which details the archaeology of the Roman period for each of the modern counties of the region, written by local experts who are or have been responsible for the management and exploration of their respective counties. These are placed alongside more thematic takes on elements of Roman culture, including the Roman Army, pottery, coins and religion. Lastly, an overview is taken of the important transitional period of the fifth and sixth centuries. Each paper provides both a developed review of the existing state of knowledge and understanding of the key characteristics of the subject area and details a set of research objectives for the future, immediate and long-term, that will contribute to our evolving understanding of Roman Britain. This is the third volume in a series – The Making of the West Midlands – that explores the archaeology of the English west midlands region from the Lower Palaeolithic onwards.
Download or read book Assessing Iron Age Marsh Forts written by Shelagh Norton and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assesses marsh-forts as a separate phenomenon within Iron Age society through an understanding of their landscape context and palaeoenvironmental development. These substantial monuments appear to have been deliberately constructed to control areas of marginal wetland and may have played an important role in the ritual landscape.
Download or read book Excavation of Later Prehistoric and Roman Sites along the Route of the Newquay Strategic Road Corridor Cornwall written by Andy M. Jones and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the results of archaeological investigations on the Newquay Strategic Road and goes on to discuss the complexity of the archaeology, review the evidence for ‘special’ deposits and explore evidence for the deliberate closure of buildings especially in later prehistoric and Roman period Cornwall.
Download or read book Burton Dassett Southend Warwickshire written by Nicholas Palmer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish, Warwickshire, was the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter being obtained in 1267. The settlement prospered, becoming known as Chipping Dassett, and approached urban status, but then declined throughout the 15th century. It was subjected to depopulation in 1497. The site survived as earthworks in pasture until construction of the M40 motorway necessitated the archaeological programme described here. The only building to survive was the 13th-century chapel of St James, reduced, along with an adjacent post-medieval priest’s house, to a cow-shed. Open area excavations at Southend investigated parts of ten medieval properties. There was some prehistoric and Romano-British activity, with evidence for woodland regeneration and subsequent clearance in the post-Roman period, despite the Feldon area being one often considered to have little in the way of tree-cover since the Roman period. The main period of occupation lasted from the mid-13th century to the late 15th century, reflecting the rise and decline of Chipping Dassett. Over 20 complete plans of houses and outbuildings were recorded, exhibiting a range of building techniques. The remains were well preserved, the surviving stratigraphy protected by demolition rubble. In most houses successive building phases were revealed and many internal features survived. A door jamb inscribed with the name of a tenant family ‘Gormand’ suggests a degree of functional literacy. One of the properties was recognised as a smithy during the excavation and a pioneering sampling and analysis of the ironworking evidence was carried out. The site was also sampled extensively for charred plant remains and, unusually for Warwickshire with its slightly acid soils, a large assemblage of animal bone was collected. Work on these provides direct evidence of medieval agricultural practice, to be compared with the local historical evidence. The large quantities of finds recovered, probably the largest assemblage from a medieval rural settlement in the West Midlands, enable the reconstruction of the material culture of a late medieval Warwickshire Feldon village. Although the excavated area lay away from the original settlement nucleus, the investigation revealed the mechanics of 13th-century market development with two separate stages of planned development apparent. After the mid-14th century the tenements show a complex pattern of decline leading up to the depopulation of 1497. The different properties followed varying development paths and the excavations chart a process of general community decline against a background of increasing individual prosperity. The evidence of material culture and settlement morphology, taken together, are relevant to the discussion about differentiation and similarities between urban and rural settlement. The medieval pottery has been crucial to the development of the Warwickshire type series. Identification of the pottery sources provides evidence for trade connections between the settlement and the wider market network, with the quantities of material from the Chilvers Coton kilns suggesting that manorial connections with North Warwickshire, where the Sudeley family also held land, were significant. The summary narrative and thematic discussions (focused upon material culture, spatial organisation, buildings and economy) in this volume are supplemented by detailed stratigraphic description and specialist reports available online through the Archaeology Data Service.
Download or read book The Works of A E Housman written by Alfred Edward Housman and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text. This tormented and secretive man wrote poems alive with indirect self-disclosure.
Download or read book Sensibility and English Song written by Stephen Banfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of English song from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.
Download or read book A Shropshire Lad written by A.E. Housman and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Shropshire Lad: Echoes of Rural Melancholy and Youthful Longings: Explore the verses that capture the essence of the Shropshire countryside and the bittersweet emotions of youth. A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman: Dive into the picturesque landscapes of rural England with A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman. This collection of lyrical poems transports you to the idyllic countryside, capturing the essence of nature's beauty and the fleeting moments that define life's journey. Through evocative verses, Housman delves into themes of youth, love, and the passage of time, creating a tapestry of emotions that resonate across generations. Why This Book? Emotional Connection: Housman's poetry taps into universal emotions – from the joy of youth to the pangs of nostalgia – allowing you to connect deeply with the experiences he portrays. Appreciation for Nature: The vivid imagery in the poems paints a vibrant picture of the English countryside, fostering a greater appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. Reflection and Contemplation: The themes of mortality and transience encourage you to reflect on the fleeting nature of life and the importance of cherishing every moment. Language and Artistry: Engaging with Housman's poetic language enhances your understanding of wordplay and literary techniques, deepening your appreciation for the art of writing. Timeless Wisdom: The wisdom contained within these verses remains relevant, offering insights into the human condition that are as pertinent today as when they were written. Immerse yourself in the lyrical beauty of A Shropshire Lad and embark on a journey of emotions, nature, and introspection.
Download or read book Literary Tourism and the British Isles written by LuAnn McCracken Fletcher and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of literary tourism’s role in shaping how locations in the British and Irish Isles have been seen, narrated, and valued. It explores the consequences of fictional constructions for the history, economics, and cultural politics of place, and for the Britain internalized in the mind’s eye.
