Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a wide-ranging narrative history of the world from the beginning of civilization to the early Renaissance and the Reformation.
A History of Death in 17th Century England
Author: Ben Norman
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526755270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities. In the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-century England, death was a hovering presence, much more visible in everyday existence than it is today. It is a highly important and surprisingly captivating part of the epic story of England during the turbulent years of the 1600s. This book guides readers through the subject using a chronological approach, as would have been experienced by those living in the country at the time, beginning with the myriad causes of death, including rampant disease, war, and capital punishment, and finishing with an exploration of posthumous commemoration, including mass interments in times of disease, the burial of suicides, and the unconventional laying to rest of English Catholics. Although the people of the seventeenth century did not fully realize it, when it came to the confrontation of mortality they were living in wildly changing times.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526755270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities. In the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-century England, death was a hovering presence, much more visible in everyday existence than it is today. It is a highly important and surprisingly captivating part of the epic story of England during the turbulent years of the 1600s. This book guides readers through the subject using a chronological approach, as would have been experienced by those living in the country at the time, beginning with the myriad causes of death, including rampant disease, war, and capital punishment, and finishing with an exploration of posthumous commemoration, including mass interments in times of disease, the burial of suicides, and the unconventional laying to rest of English Catholics. Although the people of the seventeenth century did not fully realize it, when it came to the confrontation of mortality they were living in wildly changing times.
A Pictorial History of Costume From Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century
Author: Wolfgang Bruhn
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137139
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Classic pictorial history of fashion from around the world depicts costumes over the centuries, from ancient Egyptians wearing pleated loincloths to well-dressed Parisian ladies of the late 1800s. 57 color plates. 69 black-and-white plates.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137139
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Classic pictorial history of fashion from around the world depicts costumes over the centuries, from ancient Egyptians wearing pleated loincloths to well-dressed Parisian ladies of the late 1800s. 57 color plates. 69 black-and-white plates.
Change and Continuity in Seventeenth-century England
Author: Christopher Hill
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
London and the Seventeenth Century
Author: Margarette Lincoln
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300258828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart—the greatest city of its time.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300258828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart—the greatest city of its time.
A Compend of History, from the Earliest Times
Author: Samuel Whelpley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire from Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century
Author: Pitcher
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004659781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004659781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The history of Wales, from the earliest times, to its final incorporation with the kingdom of England, etc. [Illustrated.]
Author: Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Political, Social, and Literary History of France
Author: Cobham Brewer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368845616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368845616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800
Author: Albert H. Buck
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800" by Albert H. Buck is a medical history text that is highly regarded in the field. Buck shows how far medicine progressed through history. Readers will be shocked to see just how primitive medicine used to be and what was considered a modern advancement by 1800.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800" by Albert H. Buck is a medical history text that is highly regarded in the field. Buck shows how far medicine progressed through history. Readers will be shocked to see just how primitive medicine used to be and what was considered a modern advancement by 1800.