[PDF] New Directions In Local History Since Hoskins eBook

Author : Christopher Dyer
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1907396535

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Utilizing the techniques developed by renowned local historian W. G. Hoskins in his landmark study published 50 years ago, "Local History in England," this book demonstrates how local history has evolved as a discipline over the last half century. Fifteen historians write about a variety of local history subjects that are significant in their own right but which also point to current trends in the field. They show how local historians use their sources systematically, from the nonverbal evidence of buildings to various types of electronic sources. All periods between the middle ages and the early twenty-first century are explored, covering many parts of England from Skye to the Kent coast and discussing topics that include social, economic, religious, legal, intellectual, and cultural history.

Author : Harriet Cornell
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1837650489

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Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society. Early modern Scotland was predominantly rural. Agriculture was the main occupation of most people at the time, so what happened in the countryside was crucial: economically, socially and culturally. The essays collected here focus on the years between around 1500 and 1750. This period, although before the main era of agricultural "improvement" in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was nevertheless far from static in terms of agrarian development. Specific topics addressed include everyday farming practices; investment; landlords, tenants and estate management; and the cultural context within which agriculture was "imagined". The disastrous famine of 1622-23 is analysed in detail. The volume is completed by a comprehensive survey of recent historiography, setting agricultural history in its broader context.

Author : Joanne Begiato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1108491723

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Explores the impact of legal ideas and legal consciousness on early modern English society and culture.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9004421890

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This volume draws together a series of papers that present some of the most up-to-date thinking on the history, archaeology and toponymy of Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England more broadly. In honour of one of early medieval European scholarship’s most illustrious doyennes, no less than twenty-nine contributions demonstrate the indelible impression Barbara Yorke’s work has made on her peers and a generation of new scholars, some of whom have benefitted directly from her tutorage. From the identities that emerged in the immediate post-Roman period, through to the development of kingdoms, the role of the church, and impacts felt beyond the eleventh century, the rich and diverse character of the studies presented here are testimony to the versatility and extensive range of the honorand’s contribution to the academic field.

Author : Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher :
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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List of members in each volume.

Author : Christopher Wakeling
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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After the Protestant Reformation, religion remained remarkably unstable in Great Britain, and places of worship were the focus of dispute and regular change. Beginning in the seventeenth century, the growth of the Nonconformist denominations left a particularly rich architectural legacy in the form of a vast and diverse network of churches and chapels constructed throughout the towns and cities of England. Although many of these buildings have been lost, about 20,000 remain, some still in use by congregations to this day. The Chapels of England provides the first chronological history of Nonconformist architecture in England, from the seventeenth century to the present day. Beautifully illustrated throughout with interior and exterior photography, the book includes examples that range from small wayside chapels to large urban churches and encompass all the country's regions and each of Nonconformity's main religious traditions. The book's chronological organization allows readers to follow the main developments in the architecture of Nonconformity and understand how these developments fit within broader religious and cultural conversations.