Author: Frederick DevonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Issues of the Exchequer: Being Payments Made Out of His Majesty's Revenue During the Reign of King James I
Author: Frederick DevonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Issues of the Exchequer
Author: Great Britain. ExchequerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Issues of the Exchequer
Author: Great Britain. ExchequerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Incorporated Law Society
Author: Law Society (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Channel Islands, 1370-1640
Author: Tim ThorntonPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843837110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Charts the history of Jersey and Guernsey, showing their crucial importance for England in the period. This book surveys the history of the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the late medieval and early modern periods, focusing on political, social and religious history. The islands' regular tangential appearance in histories ofEngland and the British Isles has long suggested the need for a more systematic account from the perspective of the islands themselves. Jersey and Guernsey were at the forefront of attempts by the English kings in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries to maintain and extend their dominions in France. During the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period, they were frequently the refuge for claimants and plotters. Throughout the Reformation, they were a leading centre of Presbyterianism. Later, they were strategically important during the continental wars of Elizabeth's reign. The book charts all these events in a comprehensive way. In addition, it shows how the islands' relationship with central power in England varied but never saw a simple subjection to centralised uniform authority, how Jersey and Guernsey maintained links with Normandy, Brittany and France more widely, and how politics, religion, society and culture developed in the islands themselves. Tim Thornton is Professor of History and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Huddersfield, having been previously Dean of the School of Music, Humanities and Media. He is the author of Cheshire and the Tudor State and Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England, both of which are published by Boydell & Brewer.
Diamonds
Author: Jack OgdenPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300235518
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated, in-depth early history covering two thousand years of diamond jewelry and commerce, from the Indian mines to European merchants, courts, and workshops This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the “king of gems,” including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. It’s an in-depth study tracing the story of diamonds from their early mining and trade more than two thousand years ago to the 1700s, when Brazil displaced India as the world’s primary diamond supplier. Jack Ogden, a historian and gemologist specializing in ancient gems and jewelry, describes the early history of diamond jewelry, the development of diamond cutting, and how diamonds were assessed and valued. The book includes more than one hundred captivating images, from close-up full-color photographs of historic diamond-set jewelry (some previously unpublished), to photomicrographs of individual gems and illustrations of medieval manuscripts, as well as diagrams depicting historical methods of cutting and polishing diamonds.
The Monthly Review
Author: The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser
Author: Monthly Review
Author: The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.