Author: Henry EllisPublisher:
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Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Original Letters, Illustrative of English History
Author: Henry EllisPublisher:
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Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Library of Thomas Thomson, Esq., Advocate;
Author: Sociolinguistics and Language History
Author: Terttu NevalainenPublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789051839821
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
What role has social status played in shaping the English language across the centuries? Have women also been the agents of language standardization in the past? Can apparent-time patterns be used to predict the course of long-term language change? These questions and many others will be addressed in this volume, which combines sociolinguistic methodology and social history to account for diachronic language change in Renaissance English. The approach has been made possible by the new machine-readable Corpus of Early English Correspondence (CEEC) specifically compiled for this purpose. The 2.4-million-word corpus covers the period from 1420 to 1680 and contains over 700 writers. The volume introduces the premises of the study, discussing both modern sociolinguistics and English society in the late medieval and early modern periods. A detailed description is given of the Corpus of Early English Correspondence, its encoding, and the separate database which records the letter writers' social backgrounds. The pilot studies based on the CEEC suggest that social rank and gender should both be considered in diachronic language change, but that apparent-time patterns may not always be a reliable cue to what will happen in the long run. The volume also argues that historical sociolinguistics offers fascinating perspectives on the study of such new areas as pragmatization and changing politeness cultures across time. This extension of sociolinguistic methodology to the past is a breakthrough in the field of corpus linguistics. It will be of major interest not only to historical linguists but to modern sociolinguists and social historians.
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Author: Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357
Author: Iain A. MacInnesPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783271442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Full-length study of the warfare between England and Scotland in the mid fourteenth century. The Second Scottish War of Independence began in 1332, only four years after the previous conflict had ended. Fought once more for the continued freedom of Scotland from English conquest, the war also witnessed a revival of Scottish civil conflict as the Bruce-Balliol fight for the Scottish crown recommenced once more. Breaking out sporadically until peace was agreed in 1357, the Second Scottish War is a conflict that resides still in the shadow of that which preceded it: compared to the wars of William Wallace and Robert Bruce, Edward I and Edward II, this second phase of Anglo-Scottish warfare is neither well-known nor well-understood. This book sets out to examine in detail the military campaigns of this period, to uncover the histories of those who fought in the war, and to analyse the behaviour of combatants from both sides during ongoing periods of both civil war and Anglo-Scottish conflict.It analyses contemporary records and literary evidence in order to reconstruct the history of this conflict and reconsiders current debates regarding: the capabilities of the Scottish military; the nature of contemporary combat; the ambitions and abilities of fourteenth-century military leaders; and the place of chivalry on the medieval battlefield. Dr Iain A. MacInnes is a Lecturer and Programme Leader in Scottish History at the UHI Centre forHistory, University of the Highlands and Islands.
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Author: Catalogue of the Valuable Library, Prints, Autographs and Manuscripts of the Late Thomas Hill ... a Cup and Vase Both Formed from the Mulberry Tree Planted by Shakespeare, Formerly in the Possession of Garrick, which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Evans, No.93, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, March 10, and Six Following Days ...
Author: Catalogue of the ... library of John Black ... which will be sold by auction
Author: Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare’s England
Author: Caroline BicksPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351917668
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
At the intersections of early modern literature and history, Shakespeare and Women's Studies, Midwiving Subjects explores how Shakespearean drama and contemporary medical, religious and popular texts figured the midwife as a central producer of the body's cultural markers. In addition to attending most Englishwomen's births and testifying to their in extremis confessions about paternity, the midwife allegedly controlled the size of one's tongue and genitals at birth and was obligated to perform virginity exams, impotence tests and emergency baptisms. The signs of purity and masculinity, paternity and salvation were inherently open to interpretation, yet early modern culture authorized midwives to generate and announce them. Midwiving Subjects, then, challenges recent studies that read the midwife as a woman whose power was limited to a marginal and unruly birthroom community and instead uncovers the midwife's foundational role, not only in the rituals of reproduction, but in the process of cultural production itself. As a result of recent changes in managed healthcare and of increased attention to uncovering histories of women's experiences, midwives - past and present - are currently a subject of great interest. This book will appeal to readers interested in Shakespeare as well as the history of women and medicine.
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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