Author: John HicklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nottingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The History of Nottingham Castle
Author: John HicklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nottingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Volume 2, East Anglia, Central England and Wales
Author: Anthony EmeryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521581318
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
The second volume of a massive, illustrated survey of the greater houses of medieval England and Wales, first published in 1996.
Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales
Author: John TimbsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382166526
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Nottingham's Military Legacy
Author: Gerry van TonderPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526707608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Two years after landing on English soil in 1066, William of Normandy erected a strategic castle at Nottingham, thereby creating an enduring military nexus through to the modern era.On 22 August 1642, in his endeavours to quash Parliamentarian insurrection in the Midlands, King Charles raised his standard over Nottingham Castle, a rallying call to all Royalists to support their monarch. Loyalty to the Crown was, however, divided, and before long Parliamentarian forces garrisoned the castle. Late in the eighteenth century, a town troop of Yeomanry was raised in Nottingham, the foundation of the future South Notts Yeomanry. The yeomanry assisted regular troops by helping restore peace during the so-called Bread Riots of 1795, at a time when many of the towns men had been committed to military duty during the French Revolutionary Wars. Five troops of the towns yeomanry were again called up for service during the civil unrest of the Luddite Riots of 181118. This pattern of service continued over several decades. Evolving into a regiment, the yeomanry were repeatedly deployed against civil dissenters the Nottingham Riot, and the Reform Bill and Chartist Riots.After seeing combat during the Peninsula Wars in 1815, in the latter half of the 1800s, the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot formed part of a British invasion force into Afghanistan from India, to curb Russian interventionism in this remote and desolate region. The outbreak of war in distant South Africa in 1899 placed enormous strain on Britains military capability. From Nottingham and other county towns, regiments of yeomanry, Hussars and Sherwood Rangers were dispatched to the hostile environment of the African veld. Nottinghams sons then answered a call to arms in their thousands, only to also perish in their thousands on the Godforsaken soils of France and Flanders during the holocaust that was the Great War. Through the Second World War to the present, Nottinghams military units underwent successive phases of metamorphosis from infantry to antiaircraft and searchlight formations, followed by the relatively recent absorption into a regional entity: the Mercian Regiment. Today, Nottinghams castle and surrounds bear the symbols of a rich and diverse military legacy symbols of remembrance, of tribute, and of a tableau of military pride from ancient times.
The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles
Author: Ella S. ArmitagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Norman
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Author: Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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The Belper Library of Nottinghamshire
Author: Belper Library (Nottingham, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA
Author: John Ashdown-HillPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752498665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.
Monthly Packet
Author: the monthly packet of evening readings
Author: JOHN AND CHARLES MOZLEYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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