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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Archaeologia Cambrensis
Author: The Invention of Tradition
Author: Eric HobsbawmPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
Carmarthen Castle
Author: Neil LudlowPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783160136
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Carmarthen Castle was one of the largest castles in medieval Wales. It was also one of the most important, in its role as a centre of government and as a Crown possession in a region dominated by Welsh lands and Marcher lordships. Largely demolished during the seventeenth century, it was subsequently redeveloped, first as a prison and later as the local authority headquarters. Yet the surviving remains, and their situation, are still impressive. The situation changed with a major programme of archaeological and research work, from 1993 to 2006, which is described in this book. The history of the castle, its impact on the region and on Wales as a whole are also examined: we see the officials and other occupants of the castle, their activities and how they interacted with their environment. Excavations at the castle, and the artefacts recovered, are described along with its remaining archaeological potential. This book puts Carmarthen Castle back at the heart of the history of medieval Wales, and in its proper place in castle studies and architectural history, the whole study combining to make a major contribution to the history of one of Wales’s great towns.
Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1874
Author: Cambrian Archaeological AssociationPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333260347
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Excerpt from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1874: A Record of the Antiquities of Wales and Its Marches and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association The name of Builth, home at this time by a consider able town, and a Hundred of the county of Brecknock, is very ancient. As, like Brecon, the town is laced. In an open valley, accessible without much di ic ty to an enemy from the east, it has suffered from invasion from a very early period, and to these and similar attacks are to be attributed the various strongholds both of earth and masonry, of which the remains are so abundant upon the marches of England and Wales, and in such tracts of the latter territory as either Saxon or Norman, overrun, thought it worth while to retain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
The Lyonesse Project
Author: D.J. CharmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780993392900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Old Cowbridge, Borough, Church, and School
Author: Lemuel John Hopkin-JamesPublisher:
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Category : Cowbridge (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Ritual, Belief and the Dead in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
Author: Sarah TarlowPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139492969
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Drawing on archaeological, historical, theological, scientific and folkloric sources, Sarah Tarlow's interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland. From the theological discussion of bodily resurrection to the folkloric use of body parts as remedies, and from the judicial punishment of the corpse to the ceremonial interment of the social elite, this book discusses how seemingly incompatible beliefs about the dead body existed in parallel through this tumultuous period. This study, which is the first to incorporate archaeological evidence of early modern death and burial from across Britain and Ireland, addresses new questions about the materiality of death: what the dead body means, and how its physical substance could be attributed with sentience and even agency. It provides a sophisticated original interpretive framework for the growing quantities of archaeological and historical evidence about mortuary beliefs and practices in early modernity.
Description of a Roman building and other remains lately discovered at Caerleon
Author: John Edward LeeArchaeologia Cambrensis, a Record of the Antiquities of Wales and Its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association
Author: Cambrian Archaeological AssociationPublisher: Trieste Publishing
ISBN: 9780649061327
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
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