Author: Robin AtthillPublisher: David & Charles
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mendip, a New Study
Author: Robin AtthillPublisher: David & Charles
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Physical Geography of Somerset
Author: The Doctor’s World
Author: Paul HylandPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000790215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This is the story of the extraordinary life of Claver Morris and the society in which he lived. After his marriage at Chelsea in 1685, Claver Morris moved to Somerset where he established an outstanding reputation for his work as a physician. His diaries show us how he worked with apothecaries and surgeons, and travelled widely to treat all kind of patients, from the children of the poor to those of the landed gentry. The diaries also tell us about the joys and pains of Claver’s personal and family life, and of his various intrigues. Claver Morris was a man of many talents: immensely enterprising, knowledgeable, sociable and loving. His house was always filled with music, guests and entertainments. Yet he was often faced with disputes and troubles partly of his own making — as when he courted a bishop’s daughter, or stole some land to build his Queen Anne house. The Doctor’s World provides a unique portrait of a physician living and working through the political and religious turmoils that beset the nation at the turn of the eighteenth century. Tales of medical treatments, clandestine marriages and self-serving priests are entwined with famous acts of treason and rebellion, and the pleasures and tragedies of daily life. This meticulously researched book will appeal to all readers of social, political, medical and family history.
The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042
Author: Stuart PiggottPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107401143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
This volume surveys the evolution of the man-made landscape in Britain over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest.
Thomas Hardy
Author: Thomas HardyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198122456
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Included in this edition are ten stories which were never collected into volumes during Hardy's lifetime. Some contain references to actual people, or plot elements that he reused elsewhere, and others, such as his stories for children, were simply too different from his other work in the short story form. Although all of these stories occupy significant positions within Hardy's career, none has previously received serious editorial treatment. For the most part they have been ignored, lightly passed over, or misinterpreted by critics and biographers. This edition remedies some of the deficiencies in Hardy scholarship, both in its historical introductions and in its critically edited texts, which are based on full collations of all editions published before Hardy's death and all surviving manuscripts, typescripts, and previously neglected proofs.
The Farming of Prehistoric Britain
Author: P. J. FowlerPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521273695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Emphasizing past gains in knowledge from experimental, aerial and field archaeology, Dr Fowler demonstrates how the application of archaeological approaches to agrarian history has made the subject central to our understanding of the prehistoric period. Emphasizing past gains in knowledge from experimental, aerial and field archaeology, Dr Fowler demonstrates how the application of archaeological approaches to agrarian history has made the subject central to our understanding of the prehistoric period.
The Agrarian History of England and Wales: I. Prehistory, edited by Stuart Piggott
Author: Joan ThirskPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521087414
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Writers Directory
Author: NA NAPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349036501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1555
Book Description
The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey
Author: Courtenay Arthur Ralegh RadfordPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851152844
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon period to the later middle ages.
People and Places
Author: M. D. CostenPublisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This volume of thirteen essays came out of a conference in December 2004 at Bristol University, to celebrate the career of Mick Aston on the occasion of his retirement. They reflect his enthusiasm for landscape and monastic archaeology in particular, and range in time from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Mick's ability to communicate archaeology to the masses has rightly seen him earn the title of 'The Ambassador of British Archaeology'.