Author: Giovanni BoteroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-weales Thorough the World
Author: Giovanni BoteroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
T. Kerslake's Catalogue of Books, Containing the Library of an Eminent Historical Author and Editor, Comprising: - The Monkish Historians, the Public Records, State Papers, and Other Documentary Materials of English History
Author: Thomas KerslakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects
Author: Introduction to United Kingdom
Author: Gilad James, PhDPublisher: Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN: 4877654984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is made up of four countries - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. With a population of over 66 million, the United Kingdom is the 22nd most populous country in the world. London, the capital city, is the largest city in the UK and one of the most important financial centers in the world. The United Kingdom has a long and fascinating history. It has been inhabited by various groups of people over the centuries, including the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans. It has also played a significant role in world history, particularly during the colonial era when the British Empire was one of the most powerful forces in the world. Today, the United Kingdom is a modern, diverse, and multicultural society with a thriving economy and a rich cultural heritage. It is a member of the European Union, the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, and NATO.
Catalogue
Author: Maggs BrosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
The United Kingdom: Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Author: Britannica Educational PublishingPublisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN: 162275056X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales—storied lands that have sparked the global imagination through their legends and centuries-old traditions—often seem to be eclipsed by the neighboring England. While there are many similarities between them, each is culturally distinct, with languages, traditions, and identities not shared by the others. But even as Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales each work to safeguard their unique heritages, they have also worked together and with England, despite the often tense relationships between them that have at times made coexistence difficult and independence movements frequent. The histories, peoples, and traditions of these remarkable lands are the subjects of this comprehensive volume.
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture
Author: Audrey L. BeckerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786487259
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Topics covered include the twentieth-century fantasy fiction of Evangeline Walton, the Welsh presence in the films of Walt Disney, Welshness in folk music, video games, and postmodern literature. Together, these interdisciplinary essays explore the ways that Welsh motifs have proliferated in this age of cultural cross-pollination, spreading worldwide the myths of one small British nation.
The Established Church of England
Author: A Kingdom United
Author: Catriona PennellPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199590583
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In this, the first fully documented study of British and Irish popular reactions to the outbreak of the First World War, Catriona Pennell explores UK public opinion of the time and successfully challenges the myth of British 'war enthusiasm'. A Kingdom United explores what people felt, and how they acted, in response to an unanticipated and unprecedented crisis. It is a history of both ordinary people and elite figures in extraordinary times. Dr Pennell demonstrates that describing the reactions of over 40 million British and Irish people to the outbreak of war as either enthusiastic in the British case, or disengaged in the Irish, is over-simplified and inadequate. Emotional reactions to the war were ambiguous and complex, and changed over time. By the end of 1914 the populations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland had largely embraced the war, but the war had also embraced them and showed no signs of relinquishing its grip. The five months from August to December 1914 set the shape of much that was to follow. A Kingdom United describes and explains that twenty-week formative process. Pennell draws from a vast array of diaries, letters, journals, and newspaper accounts by the very people who experienced the war in its first dramatic five months. She outlines the variety of responses felt amongst both the ordinary people and elite figures from across the country.