Author: Richard WelfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gateshead (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
History of Newcastle and Gateshead ...: In the 14th and 15th centuries. [1884
Author: Richard WelfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gateshead (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Antiquary
Author: Catalogue of Books
Author: Wigan (England). Free Public Library. Reference DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“The” Athenaeum
Author: The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Ethel Linton; Or, The Feversham Temper
Author: A E. WThe Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Northumbria
Author: Robert CollsPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750991054
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The North East is probably England's most distinctive region. A place of strong character with a very special sense of its past, it is, as William Hutchinson remarked in 1778, 'truly historical ground'. This is a book about both the ancient Anglian kingdom of Northumbrian, which stretched from the Humber to the Scottish border, and the ways in which the idea of being a Northumbrian, or a northerner, or someone from the 'North East', persisted in the area long after the early English kingdom had fallen. It examines not only the history of the region, but also the successive waves of identity that that history has bestowed over a very long period of time. Successful nations write about themselves in these terms; so why not regions? Northumbria existed before 'England' began but is still with us in name, and in the way we think about ourselves. A series of sections, entitled Christian Kingdom, Borderland and Coalfield, New Northumbria, Cultural Region and Northumbrian Island, explore the region on the grand scale, from the very beginning, and bring a sharp sense of history to bear on the various threads that have influenced the making of modern regional identity. The book is a work of exceptional scholarship. Never before have so many acclaimed historians addressed together the issues which have affected this special region. Clearly written, and rich in ideas, chapters explore the physical origins of Northumbria and consider just how the pressing political and military claims of adjoining states shaped and tempered it. There are further chapters on art, music, mythology, dialect, history, economy, poetry, politics, religion, antiquarianism, literature and settlement. They show how Northumbrians have lived and died, and looked forward and back, and these accounts of the North East's past will surely help in the shaping of its future.