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The English Mediaeval House

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:15:54 +0000

A richly detailed study of domestic architecture in medieval England, this volume explores how people lived from the Norman Conquest to the Tudor period. Drawing on architectural evidence, household records, and contemporary accounts, Margaret Wood examines the evolution of houses from great halls and manor houses to more modest dwellings, illuminating construction methods, room functions, furnishings, and daily life within the home. Wood, a respected historian of medieval domestic life, combines scholarly research with accessible prose, making complex material engaging for general readers. Illustrated and comprehensive, the book will appeal to those interested in English social history, architecture, and the material culture of the Middle Ages.

Who’s Who in Mythology : Classic Guide to the Ancient World

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:10:53 +0000

Extensive and colourful mythologies of gods, heroes, places, and natural phenomena are hallmarks of all great ancient civilizations. Lacking our rational understandings of the laws of nature, early peoples throughout the world created and relied on a vast array of myth to explain the perplexing and sometimes terrifying event with which they were confronted.Alexander Murray begins this fascinating guide to well-known mythological figures with an account of the creation of the world out of ‘a great shapeless mass’. According to classical mythology, from this chaos fashioned the first basic elements of love, earth, sea, sky, night, and day. The twelve Olympian gods, the highest order of gods, sat high above this creation and ruled the world through whim and caprice.Including many major mythical figures from classical, European, Eastern and Egyptian mythology, this comprehensive book is an invaluable illustrated reference work to the great myths that continue to intrigue readers to this day.

Combat Aircraft of World War Two

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:15:37 +0000

Lemprieres Classical Dictionary

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:23:06 +0000

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A chronological table from the creation of the world to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, and in the East. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A facsimile edition of the work that was published in 1865. Four over two years this work has been the reference of journalists, inspiration for poets and playwrights. But, its prime usefulness in today’s world is for . the general reader who, whether coming across classical references in Shakespeare or Robert Graves, Shelley or T. S. Eliot, or simply curious to know the origins and relationships of such characters as Aphrodite or Dionysus, Achilles or Poseidon, needs to have at hand a single comprehensive work which will not only answer the simple question of identity, but locate that name in its network of chronological and personal links. Rubbing of the book corners with softening and rubbing of the back strip edges. Some marks to the book panels. Light age toning and a few handling marks to the text block edges with very faint offset tanning, handling marks and foxing to the end pages. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and there is a small tear 5 inches from the bottom edge measuring 1 inch. The laminate has started to lift along the spine gutter region. A previous owner has supported the back strip edges with clear contact plastic. first edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo – over 73 – 93 tall. [4], V – XV, [1] 736 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Dictionary; Reference.

The Arts in Middle Ages & Renaissance

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 01:21:18 +0000

The Arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Paperback. Condition Very Good. All the Arts are interesting in themselves. Their productions awaken attention and excite curiosity. But here it is not one Art only that is treated of. We pass in review all the Arts, starting from the fourth century to the second half of the sixteenth — Architecture raising churches and abbeys, palaces and public memorials, strong fortresses and the ramparts of cities: Sculpture adorning and perfecting other Arts by its works in stone, marble, bronze, wood, and ivory: Painting, commencing with mosaic and enamels, contributing to the decoration of buildings jointly with stained glass and frescoes, embellishing and illuminating manuscripts before it arrived at its highest point of perfection, with the Art of Giotto and Raphael, of Hemling and Albert Diirer: Engraving on wood and metal, with which is associated the work of the medallist and the goldsmith: and after attempting to touch upon Playing-cards and Niello-work, we suddenly evoke that sublime invention destined to change the face of the world — Printing. Such are, in brief, some of the principal features of this Splendid picture. One can imagine what an infinity, what variety and richness, of details it Should contain.

Peter Paul Rubens

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:44:51 +0000

Translated by Elsie Callander