Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology, Hardcover - Tracy Collins

Reducere. This book is the first to explore the archaeology of female monasticism in medieval Ireland, primarily from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries....

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History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland explores medieval Irish conceptions of salvation history, using Latin and vernacular sources from c. 700-...

This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith h...

New readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity.

An authoritative collection of studies of Irish charms, and the first to cover both the medieval and the modern evidence.

Reducere. Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the...

Michael Fewer has assembled descriptions of pedestrian travel throughout Ireland during the past 200 years. He takes the reader on a journey throug...

Reducere. Examines how the Irish American community, the American public, and the American government played a crucial role in the making of a sovereign inde...

Reducere. Not Irish Enough is an engaging, richly annotated account of three hundred turbulent years of Irish history, highlighting the experiences of an Ang...

Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the "Land of Saints and Scholars, " due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that pe...

THE SPIDER'S WEB is the fifth brilliant mystery in Peter Tremayne's extraordinary series featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma

Reducere. Three candles that illumine every darkness: TruthNatureKnowledge This passage is part of a vibrant and uniquely Irish poetic form: Trecheng Breth F...

Irish inhabitants of the 'four obedient shires' - a term commonly used to describe the region at the heart of the English colony in the later Middl...

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The book is for scholars and students from across the humanities who wish to understand the varieties of liturgical culture in medieval Britain and...

Publisher: The Collins PressAuthor(s): John D. RuddyIllustration(s): 400 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 1...

Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against sham...

Reducere. This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of...

The Ancient Ways of Wessex tells the story of Wessex's roads in the early medieval period, at the point at which they first emerge in the historica...

This revised guide presents top-class walking routes in Northern Ireland. From rugged mountain peaks to spectacular coastal scenery, from challengi...

DescriptionManny Man, the hit character created by John D. Ruddy to explain history quickly and easily, has starred in YouTube videos that have gat...

Taking a multilingual and comparative approach to the origin legends of early medieval Britain and Ireland in Latin and vernacular languages, this ...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Collins MapsIllustration(s): IndexNumber of pages: 64Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 209 x 26...

Reducere. In the Middle Ages, the region of Tuscany and its surrounding area was, for around 150 years, home to a surprising number of holy women, from the b...

Reducere. Tracy Brown's Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling with the dramatic twists and turns of life, love ...

An examination of the role of Winchester as the heart of royal power in early medieval England.Publisher: Oxbow BooksIllustration(s): B/wNumber of ...

Reducere. The year is 1927, and in America, England and Russia, three young girls share the dream of becoming pilots. Against the odds, these ambitious young...

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts from the fourth century to the present day The great city of A...

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The experiences of the women who took to the previously male roles on the railways as the Second World War set in are explored in this title, drawi...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Ken WhartonNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 232 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. A seafaring story with a twist--the incredible voyage of a shipload of "disorderly girls" and the men who transported them, fell for them, and sold...

Much of what we know about life in the medieval Islamic Middle East comes from texts written to impart religious ideals or to chronicle the movemen...

Reducere. From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects Between th...

Pigs were an integral part of society in the medieval West. Historian Jamie Kreiner demonstrates how the working relationships between humans and p...

Business decisions are not just based on abstract theories or models. They reflect a world view of how a company operates and the philosophy of man...

DescriptionA history of female combatants, from those who joined the military disguised as men to the current role of women in the armed forces.In ...

Explore Ireland with this handy, full colour map. Handy little full colour map of Ireland at an excellent price. It is double-sided, with the south...

Handy little full colour map of Northern Ireland.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Collins MapsNumber of pages: 2Publication date: 2022...

In 1230, Jews in the English city of Norwich were accused of having seized and circumcised a five-year-old Christian boy named Edward because they ...