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Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society  Volume 13

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 13 written by Royal Historical Society and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume thirteen of the sixth series includes the following articles: Presidential Address: England and the Continent in the ninth century: Vikings and Others; According to ancient custom: the restoration of altars in the Restoration Church of England; Einhard: the sinner and the saints; Migrants, immigrants and welfare from the Old Poor Law to the Welfare State; Jack Tar and the gentleman officer: the role of uniform in shaping the class- and gender-related identities of British naval personnel, 1930-1939; Writing fornication: medieval Leyrwite and its historians; Resistance, reprisal and community in Occupied France, 1941-1944. There is also a themed section which looks at 'Architecture and History'.

Book Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland

Download or read book Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland written by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Index of archaeological papers published in 1891, under the direction of the Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries.

Book The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland

Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland written by Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society  Volume 18

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 18 written by Ian W. Archer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research.

Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society  Volume 16

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 16 written by Ian W. Archer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. The volume includes the following articles: Potential Address: Britain and Globalisation since 1850: I. Creating a Global Order, 1850-1914; Land, Freedom and the Making of the Medieval West; The Origins of the English Hospital (The Alexander Prize Essay); Trust and Distrust: A Suitable Theme for Historians?; Witchcraft and the Western Imagination; Africa and the Birth of the Modern World; The Break-Up of Britain? Scotland and the End of the Empire (The Prothero Lecture); Report of Council for 2005-2006.

Book The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros       Bibliotheke

Download or read book The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros Bibliotheke written by Alexander Meeus and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diodoros of Sicily’s book XIX is the main source for the history of the Diadochoi, Alexander the Great’s Successors, from 317 to 311 BCE. With the first full-scale commentary on this text in any language Alexander Meeus offers a detailed and reliable guide to the complicated historical narrative and the fascinating ethnographic information transmitted by Diodoros, which includes the earliest accounts of Indian widow burning and Nabataean culture. Studying both history and historiography, this volume elucidates a crucial stage in the creation of the Hellenistic world in Greece and the Near East as well as the confusing source tradition. Diodoros, a long neglected author indispensable for much of our knowledge of Antiquity, is currently enjoying growing scholarly interest. An ample introduction discusses his historical methods and sheds light on his language and style and on the manuscript transmission of books XVII-XX. By negotiating between diametrically opposed scholarly opinions a new understanding of Diodoros’ place in the ancient historiographical tradition is offered. The volume is of interest to scholars of ancient historiography, Hellenistic history, Hellenistic prose and the textual transmission of the Bibliotheke.

Book Bibliography of the History of Medicine

Download or read book Bibliography of the History of Medicine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Publication

Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland

Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Admiral Benbow

Download or read book The Admiral Benbow written by Sam Willis and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron failed to support him. His leg shattered by a cannon-ball, Benbow fought on--but to no avail: the French escaped and the stricken Benbow succumbed to his wounds. When the story of his "Last Fight" reached England, there was an outcry. Two of the captains who had abandoned him were court-martialed and shot; Brave Benbow was elevated from national hero to national legend, his valor immortalized in broadsheet and folksong: ships were named after him; Tennyson later feted him in verse; in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the tavern where Jim Hawkins and his mother live is called The Admiral Benbow. For the very first time, Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Benbow through an age of dramatic change, from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth; to service under the restored Stuart monarchy; to the Glorious Revolution of 1688; to the French wars of Louis XIV; and finally to the bitter betrayal of 1702. The Admiral Benbow covers all aspects of seventeenth century naval life in richly vivid detail, from strategy and tactics to health and discipline. But Benbow also worked in the Royal Dockyards, lived in Samuel Evelyn's House, knew Peter the Great, helped to found the first naval hospital, and helped to build the first offshore lighthouse. The second volume in the Hearts of Oak trilogy, from one of Britain's most exciting young historians, The Admiral Benbow is a gripping and detailed account of the making of a naval legend.

Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society written by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transactions and publications of the Royal Historical Society" in each vol., ser. 4, v. 18-26.

Book Wisdom and War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dr Harry Dickinson
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
  • Release : 2013-07-28
  • ISBN : 1409483142
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Wisdom and War written by Dr Harry Dickinson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with 'the highest possible scientific instruction in all branches of study bearing upon their profession'. For more than 125 years it taught officers ranging in rank from Sub Lieutenants to Vice Admiral, providing the technical instruction that equipped a corps of naval architects to build some of the most advanced warships in the world and in later years, trained the Royal Navy's nuclear engineers. Despite the College's undoubted contribution, towards both the education of Royal Navy personnel, and technical research more broadly, this is the first book to address the history of the institution from its Victorian roots to its closure in the aftermath of the Cold War. Taking a chronological approach, the book traces the history of the College from its establishment in 1873, a period during which technical training for a steam-powered navy was increasingly vital. It then shows how, during the First World War, academic staff at the College made a vital contribution to the development of naval weapons systems, and its medical school initiated a vaccine production programme that later produced major improvements in the public health of the nation. During the Second World War, damaged by enemy action that set London's docklands ablaze, the College provided the first taste of naval life for more than 27,000 men and women called from civilian life to serve on shore and at sea. Later chapters conclude with an exploration of the College's post-war role, focusing particularly on the establishment in 1959 of the Department of Nuclear Science and Technology (DNST) which ran a nuclear reactor on site until the College was closed in 1998. Both as a history of the Royal Naval College itself, and as an exploration of the Navy's attitude toward research and education, this book provides a fascinating insight into what is arguably one of Britain's most significant educational establishments.

Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society  Volume 12

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 12 written by Royal Historical Society and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishes general papers and a section on English politeness: conduct, social rank and moral virtue.

Book The Origins of the Irish

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. P. Mallory
  • Publisher : Thames & Hudson
  • Release : 2013-04-01
  • ISBN : 0500771405
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book The Origins of the Irish written by J. P. Mallory and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential new history of ancient Ireland and the Irish, written as an engrossing detective story About eighty million people today can trace their descent back to the occupants of Ireland. But where did the occupants of the island themselves come from and what do we even mean by “Irish” in the first place? This is the first major attempt to deal with the core issues of how the Irish came into being. J. P. Mallory emphasizes that the Irish did not have a single origin, but are a product of multiple influences that can only be tracked by employing the disciplines of archaeology, genetics, geology, linguistics, and mythology. Beginning with the collision that fused the two halves of Ireland together, the book traces Ireland’s long journey through space and time to become an island. The origins of its first farmers and their monumental impact on the island is followed by an exploration of how metallurgists in copper, bronze, and iron brought Ireland into increasingly wider orbits of European culture. Assessments of traditional explanations of Irish origins are combined with the very latest genetic research into the biological origins of the Irish.

Book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society  Volume 6

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Volume 6 written by Royal Historical Society and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers readers an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.