History of Britain

Turning the conventional Break-Up of Britain narrative inside-out, this book scans the horizon of overseas projections of British identities that u...

This book is a social history of popular history in Britain between the end of the First World War and the 1970s. It considers how ordinary people ...

Explores the ways in which the British Religious Affairs Branch aimed to organise religious life in post-war Germany.

Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, the first work to recount the woes of Lear and the ...

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

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and trans...

Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 6 Map...

This is an original study of British diplomacy in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It examines the social, cultural and inte...

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Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims to explore the role that this object played within the net...

The debut publication in a new series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blin...

'The Empire Strikes Back?' injects the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. It takes as its premise the idea that the empire wa...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Kate GuthrieIllustration(s): 14 music examples, 10 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 306Collect...

Awarded the Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk The study of Czechoslovak women refugees in Britain is noticeably missing from current research an...

Though blacks were not often seen on the streets of seventeenth-century London, they were already capturing the British imagination. In her explora...

Publisher: University of Virginia PressAuthor(s): Adam SillsNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 255 x 21Cover type: Paperba...

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An absorbing overview of major events in England, Scotland and Wales, tracing the development of the nation from prehistoric times to the present day.

Reducere. Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money...

The Temptations of Trade reveals the opportunities and tensions of doing business in regions far from strict imperial control, where the actions of...

Containing over one hundred images of towns in England, Wales and Scotland, this book draws on the extensive Gough collection in the Bodleian Libra...

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This is the first book to analyse art from the northern frontier zones of Roman Britain and to interpret the meaning and significance of this art i...

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Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the polit...

Day-by-day listings are included covering the locations in Britain where every V1 was either destroyed or where they impacted, plus those for all t...

Retaining all the well-loved features, this book explores in depth the key political, economic, social and international changes which helped to mo...

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Brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines. This work describes the work of twelve na...

The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character.Publisher: Taylor & Fr...

Approved by AQA this print Student Book covers The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007 Depth component and provides valuable background information...

Tells the stories of the men who earned the award of the 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp between 10 July and 31 October 1940.Publisher:...

DescriptionSited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at the confluence of the two great sea routes of prehistory, Brita...

The third of a three-part series which aims to provide a complete history course for the whole of Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. A teacher...

Francis Young boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of the British Isles been at times as culturally and politically significant as r...

Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to...

Final volume of the seven-volume Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series, focusing on the twentieth century and beyond. The book is for stu...

This study will appeal to students and scholars of literature, history, and culture who are interested in Rome's persistence in medieval and early ...

Reducere. In nineteenth-century England, sodomy was punishable by death; even an accusation could damage a man's reputation for life. The last executions for...

This book provides a scholarly but accessible account of British regional development during the twentieth century, focusing on the emergence and d...

This new study explores how British youth was made, and how it made itself, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Highlighting both change a...

Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain-the earliest book to detail the legendary foundation of Britain and life of King Arthur-was ...

Reducere. Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integri...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Martin (Newcastle University, UK) PughIllustration(s): 42 bw illusNumber of pages: 616Publ...

Reducere. This imaginative history of the Britons, written in the twelfth century, is the first work to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of...

A new integrated history of Christianity in Britain and Ireland

This book examines major literary texts by and about the Irish in the Middle Ages, providing an analysis of a spatial poetics developed over 600 ye...

Blending narrative with clear explanations of key events and sources, this undergraduate textbook deconstructs the early history of Britain within ...

Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of th...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

A study of the performance of queenship by two Tudor monarchs, showing the strategies they used to assert their power.Illustrations: 4 Line drawing...

The only textbook to support study of the National 4 & 5 History topic The Making of Modern Britain 1880-1951Publisher: Hodder EducationAuthor(s): ...

DescriptionOne moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy; a sky full of danger and menace. T...

DescriptionFor centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian time...

One of the world's leading writers on propaganda and information projection presents a remarkably detailed history and critique of the workings and...

An investigation of the obscure centuries that followed the departure of the Romans from Britain.

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today.Publi...

DescriptionIn The Europe Illusion, Stuart Sweeney considers Britain's relationships with France and Prussia-Germany since the map of Europe was red...

Britain's shallow seas are a mysterious domain. They remain largely unseen and unexplored except by marine scientists and divers, who have been doc...

Reducere. Stamps tell a story--and Chris West's book is the unique, fascinating tale of Great Britain told through its stamps.Hailed by The Times of London a...

Medicine in Britain c1250-present with The British sector of the Western Front 1914-18 Student Book is part of Oxford's new Edexcel GCSE History se...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): David R. AbramIllustration(s): 227 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Offers an account of the British contribution to gastroenterology over the years. This title covers the common diseases of the oesophagus and stoma...

DescriptionThe Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins--and explain how the past shaped the nati...

Reducere. Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's great themes have been the liberty of the individual, the rule of law, and the parl...

By examining the popular and vernacular discourse of stress, the book traces the ways in which stress became a ubiquitous condition of everyday lif...

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This concise volume reviews the literature on population history, and explains the different population trends evident in parts of Britain and Irel...

DescriptionAn authoritative photographic guide to the butterflies of Europe.Packed with beautiful photography, this is the definitive guide to all ...

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