This thesis is submitted to Cardiff University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — Cardiff: Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies Cardiff University, 2012. — 408 p. This thesis analyses commemorative war monuments using a social semiotic approach to understand how they communicate as three-dimensional objects,...
Manchester: Sankey, Hudson & Co, 1936. — 65 p. Though the Anglo-Saxons constructed defensive works and fortifications, the real age of castle-building in England began after the Norman Conquest. To maintain his power, William the Conqueror erected castles wherever such were strategically necessary, and though they were of the simplest type, they enabled relatively small garrisons...
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1911. — 208 p. Consideking the richness and variety of both technical and popular literature upon Castles generally, it may appear superfluous to send forth another book upon the same subject, and, if investigation had been at a standstill or barren in results during the past decade, criticism would be justified. But much has come to light upon...
London, New York: B.T.Batsword Ltd, 1961. — 175 p. Under the feudal system, introduced by the Normans society was like a pyramid. At the top of the pyramid was the king. Below him were the barons or tenants-in-chief. The king granted them land and in return they had to provide so many soldiers to fight for so many days a year. They also had to swear an oath of loyalty to the king...
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Bournemouth University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — Bournemouth University: 2013. — 536 p. A study in two volumes. The thesis is a local-scale study which aims to place the Isle of Wight in the English landscape. It examines the much discussed but problematic concept of ‘islandness’, identifying...
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Bournemouth University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — 2013. — 536 p. A study in two volumes. Volume 2: Figures, Tables and Appendices.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1906. — 419 p. The accession of the young King, then only three-and-twenty years of age, brought to the City as well as to the Country, a welcome period of rest and peace and prosperity. These precious gifts were secured by the ceaseless watchfulness of the King, whose itinerary shows that he was a most unwearied traveller, with a determined purpose...
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1906. — 436 p. Before entering upon the government of London under the Plantagenet Kings, let us first ask what are the documents in which we shall find information at first hand. No city in the world possesses a collection of archives so ancient and so complete as the collection at the Guildhall. Riley, in his Introduction to the Liber Aldus, begins...
A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Individualized in British History). — The Graduate School The University of Maine, 2003. — 285 p. Between the Crimean War and the end of WWI the British Army underwent a dramatic change from being an anachronistic and frequently ineffective organization to being perhaps the most...
This thesis is submitted for the degree of DPhil in Medieval Studies. — University of York, Centre for Medieval Studies, 1999. — 315 p. Caxton's 1474 edition of Jacobus' de Cessolis' Game and Playe of the Chesse contains the most extensive summary of a queen's role in surviving English fifteenth-century literature. De Cessolis was a Dominican monk at Rheims in the late thirteenth...
London: Chatto and Windus publishing, 1917. — 207 p. Audio material on this book /file/3733469/ It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that...
London: Wyman and Sons, 1884. — 491 p. The coeval military structures exhibit, generally, no such splendours of design or excellence of execution, nor do they awaken such sympathies in our breasts. The parish church is the common concern of all who worship within its walls, or whose dead are laid within its sacred precinct but the castle, always a dangerous and unpopular...
Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Archaeology. University of EXirham, 2003. — 407 p. This PhD is an examination of aspects of the social context of castle construction and use in the period between 1066 and 1216. Its geographical focus is the North of England. The heart of this work is the field examination of one hundred and twelve castle...
Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — Leicester, the University of Leicester, 1998. — 854 p. The thesis comprises four main sections. The first (Chapters 1-3) defines the theoretical and practical basis of viewing castles within a wider frame of reference than that afforded in traditional archaeological research designs. The second (Chapters 4-6) examines...
Thesis submitted in the Faculty of Arts of the University of London for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — London, University of London, 1967. — 432 p. Matthew Parked (1504-1575) was a scion of one of the minor gentry families of Norwich-a fact of importance for Parker's career and not the least for his dministration, between 1559 and 1575, of the diocese of Canterbury....
New York, Toronto, London, Auckland, Sidney: Scholastic Inc., 1993. — 36 p. — ISBN: 0-590-46377-2. Hundreds of years ago, in the Middle Ages, the nobles of Europe lived in large, well-protected castles.
A dissertation submitted to the University of Bristol in accordance with the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Arts. Department of Historical Studies, March 2002. — 290 p. This dissertation aims to re-assess aristocratic political culture in England during the early fourteenth century. It shifts the stress from a traditional...
A Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — Salford: University of Salford, 1987. — 528 p. This thesis is concerned with attempting to reconstruct the transport system of medieval England and Wales. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first is an introduction which seeks to justify the research and to place it in the context of recent work in historical...
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1909. — 112 p. Writers on arms and Armour have approached the subject from many points of \'ie\v, but, as all students know, their works are generally so large in size, or, what is more essential, in price, that for many who do not have access to large libraries it is impossible to learn much that is required. Then again, the papers of the Proceedings...
A dissertation submitted for the degree of PhD. Cardiff, Cardiff University, 2013. — 296 p. Nobility in the Later Middle Ages Lost Heirs: Nobility by Blood Winning a Bride: Nobility by Prowess Impoverished Knights: Nobility by Wealth and Virtue Conclusions Appendix: Summaries of the Stories
Thesis submitted to the University of Glasgow for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology. — Glasgow, University of Glasgow, 2009. — 464 p. From the historical records it can be proposed that the people of Argyll between the 12th and the 17th century had been Gaelic speaking for centuries and maintained strong cultural ties with...
Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2008. — 288 p. The years between 1200 and 1600 saw the flowering of the chivalrous knight and also his ultimate demise. It is the period that embraced both the ideals of chivalry as we think of them today and also the image of the knight in shining armour. Early knights were basically fighting men but during the 12th century this attitude had been...
Submitted for the degree of Doctor of philosophy in music at the Open University, 2017. — 303 p. This thesis aims to identify how British army bands in the interwar years were a primary stakeholder in the music industry and to explore their role in projecting soft power for the British military. There were approximately 7,000 full-time bandsmen serving in the British army, which...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy. — Ontario, The University of Western, 2016. — 329 p. The Battle of Hastings (1066) is one of the most widely studied battles in medieval history. Yet despite the importance that research shows geography to play in the outcome of such conflicts, few studies have examined in detail...
Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger Publishers, 2006. — 218 p. Those of us who live in places where castles never thrived often grow up believing that Disney's Cinderella Castle, with its palatial staircases, spires rising to the skies, and pristine bejewelled furnishings fit for Prince Charming, firmly represents the medieval castle. The proliferation of photos of Mad Ludwig's...
London: Bowyer Press, 1901. — 142 p. Alfred, King of England, 849-899, England - Social life and customs To 1066. That " marvellous boy," Chatterton, said, " It is certain we are indebted to Alfred and other Saxon Kings for the wisest of our laws, and in part for the British Constitution." From a Letter of the Poet's in the British Museum, dated 14th April, 1769.
Third edition. — Stroud: Tempus, 2016. — 318 p. 1066 remains the most evocative date in English history: King Harold was defeated by William the Conqueror, and the rule of England passed abruptly from the control of Saxon to that of Norman kings. M.K. Lawson re-writes this pivotal turning point in English history by subjecting the sources to the most detailed analysis ever...
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1789. — 639 p. In the previous volumes of this work an attempt was made to define the successive stages through which the Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland has passed, and to describe the characteristic features of each period. The various periods were illustrated with numerous examples, which, it was believed, would be considered...
A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — Virginia: University of Virginia, 2017. — 325 p. This dissertation explores the ways in which English newspaper correspondents during the South African War utilized their commentaries and dispatches from the front to expose British imperial...
Thesis Submitted to the Australian National University For the Degree of Master of Arts. — Canberra, The Australian National University, 1979. — 320 p. This is an examination of the ways in which the values and attitudes of a sixteenth century elite shaped and were shaped by contemporary warfare. It was inspired by a dissatisfaction with the usual characterizations of noble...
Master thesis Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History University of Oslo, Spring 2018. — 113 p. The conflict of 1173-74 took place during the reign of king Henry II of England. It was a conflict that involved much of what is now commonly referred to by historians as the “Angevin Empire”. Involved in the conflict against king Henry II was his eldest son, Henry the Young...
Ostrava: 2008. — 75 p. A brief survey of chief events and developments in the course of British history From the earliest times to the end of the 15th century The mingling of the races The Iberians and the Celts Roman Britain The Anglo-Saxon period From the Norman Conquest to the Hundred Years War: the feudal state From the outbreak of the Hundred Years War to the end of the...
A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts History. — Clemson University, 2010. — 115 p. Most studies of the Anglo-Saxon military examine its structural ties to economic and social structures, rarely investigating Anglo-Saxon battle itself. This paper asks the question “What was it like...
Viking Press, 2018. — 1279 p. Dovetailing with Roberts' previous work on the Second World War and its related major figures, examples being The Storm of War, the book received praise from a number of publications. Reviewers have viewed the one-volume biography as one of the best works on Winston Churchill, a statesman best known for serving as Prime Minister of the United...
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. 1998. — 231 p. Fulford & Stamford Bridge (20 & 25 Sept. 1066); Hastings (14 Oct. 1066); Lewes (14 May 1264); The Barons' war, The Evesham campaign (June-Aug. 1265); Stirling Bridge & Falkirk (11 Sept. 1297 & 22 July 1298); Bannockburn (23-24 June 1314); The Wars of the Roses (1455-1471); Second battle of St. Albans (17 Feb. 1461); Battle of Towtown...
Publishing in Journal of Strategic Security, Number 5, Volume 6, No. 3, Fall 2013. — P. 328-357 These three epigraphs illustrate the widely accepted view of the rebellion that took place in Ireland on April 24, 1916, and the perceived intelligence failure that preceded it. Furthermore, historians have passed judgements on two vital contextual aspects of this event. First the...
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1905. — 60 p. This volume is of far more importance than the Decline and Fall. It was while writing these cheerful constructive Essays that the idea occurred to the author of predicting the fall of Great Britain if her citizens did not learn to take an enlightened individual interest in the civic, religious, and military...
House of Commons Library, 2012. — 157 p. Olympic Britain is not just about the enormous leap in human physical achievement over the past century. It tells the story of the profound economic and social change this country has witnessed since those first Games in London in 1908. It does so through the medium of statistics which, among other things, tell us that of the 1.1 million...
A Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in War Studies of the University of London. — London, 2008. — 493 p. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century the Admiralty became acutely aware of the need for an organisation to collect, analyse, interpret and distribute to the appropriate authorities data concerning potential enemies. This was part of the policy...
A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Medieval Studies. University of York Centre for Medieval Studies, 2001. — 235 p. The castle has long been regarded as a practical, military architecture, introduced by the Normans as a tool of feudal control. More recently, castles have been accorded a certain symbolic significance, expressing military and political...
Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. — London: University of London, 2012. — 292 p. In the history of crime and punishment the prisons of medieval London have generally been overlooked. This may have been because none of the prison records have survived for this period, yet there is enough information in civic and royal documents, and through archaeological...
Диссертация на соискание ученой степени кандидата исторических наук. Специальность 07.00.03 – Всеобщая история (Новая и новейшая история). — Екатеринбург: УрФУ, 2017. — 198 с. Научный руководитель: доктор исторических наук Чевтаев А. Г. После окончания Первой мировой войны Великобритания оказалась в полосе кризиса, затронувшего все стороны ее жизни. Война и связанные с ней...
Автореферат диссертации на соискание ученой степени кандидата исторических наук. Специальность 07.00.03 — всеобщая история (средние века). — Воронеж, ВГУ, 2006. — 24 с. Одной из наиболее ярких страниц истории раннего европейского Средневековья является так называемая «эпоха викингов», которая продолжалась с конца VIII в. до второй половины XI в. Её основным содержанием традиционно...
Автореферат диссертации на соискание ученой степени кандидата исторических наук. Специальность 07.00.15 История международных отношений и внешней политики. — Москва, Институт Африки РАН, Москва, 2004. — 17 с. Научный руководитель - кандидат исторических наук, В В. Грибанова. В данной работе автором вводится в научный оборот большой пласт неопубликованных ранее материалов...
СПб: Типография Морского Министерства, 1901. — 476 с. Справочник по Английскому флоту и военно-морским морским силам распределенных по доминиону. Приводятся сведения об организации флота, корабельном и людском составе, вооружении, бюджете а также некоторые общеэкономические сведения.
Автореферат диссертации на соискание ученой степени кандидата исторических наук. 07.00.03 – Всеобщая история (новая и новейшая история). — Екатеринбург, ЧГУ, 2014. — 23 с. Проблема модернизации стратегии сухопутных сил Великобритании остается одной из ключевых тем предыстории Второй мировой войны. Ее раскрытие позволяет по-новому взглянуть на особенности британского общества...
Выходные данные отсутствуют. — 6 с. Заключение Тильзитского договора между Россией и Францией положило конец длившейся несколько лет кровопролитной европейской войне. Более того, мир и союз между двумя сильнейшими европейскими империями полностью меняли весь баланс сил европейской политики. Англия оставалась единственным противником Наполеона, но ее возможности вести операции...