JONES, WHITNEY R.D.

The Tudor Commonwealth 1529-1559.

London: Athlone Press, 1970. 1st ed. In mid-sixteenth century England, the term 'commonwealth' "..served to focus the anxieties of an age in which social and economic developments, exacerbated by religious and constitutional changes, brought into question much of the traditional basis of society." Pp.12/253, owners name to fep. Black cloth, d/w has edge tears. VG/G.

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Boeknummer: 30373

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Jones Tudor Commonwealth England Social Economic Development 29619 History: : British

JUSSERAND, J.J.

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages.

London: Methuen, 1961. "Ordinary Traveller and the Casual Passer-by..Herbalists, Charlatans, Minstrels, Jugglers and Tumblers..Wandering Preachers and Friars." Pp, 315, 12 b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

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Boeknummer: 11178

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Jusserand English Wayfaring Middle Ages History Preachers Friars A4055 History: : British

KENYON, J.P.

The Stuarts.

London: Fontana/Collins. 1979. "Dr. Kenyon has pursued his Stuarts with intelligence and rare single-mindedness. As human beings they emerge more credible and human than has been fashionable for years". Pp 224. 12 b/w illustrations. Pages slightly toned. P/b. Portrait cover. G+.

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Boeknummer: 16206

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Kenyon Stuarts British History Tudor James Charles William Kings 11052 History: : British

KNACHEL, PHILIP A. (EDITOR).

Eikon Basilike. The Portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitude and Sufferings.

New York: Cornell University Press, 1966. 1st edition. Folger Documents of Tudor and Stuart Civilization series. Said to have been written by Charles I himself and circulated on the day of his execution, this collection of essays or meditations attempted to explain and justify Charles's action, whilst at the same time revealing some of the problems he had faced during the Civil War. "It is now generally accepted that John Gauden, an Anglican cleric, wrote the tract but based his work on material composed by Charles I. The present edition, which follows the text of the first edition as re-issued in 1649, includes supplemental material from other editions and incorporates the results of research completed since the last edition appeared in 1904". Pp.xxxii/201, owner's details to front free endpaper. Red cloth, dustwrapper is rubbed and has wear to top and tail of spine + browning to spine. VG/Good.

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Boeknummer: 46583

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Knachel Eikon Basilike Portraiture Sacred Majesty Solitude Sufferings Charles I Execution English CIVIL War John Gauden Parliament Strafford Hull Hothams Nineteen Propositions Rebellion Ireland 48174 History: : British

LACEY, ROBERT AND DANZIGER, DANNY.

The Year 1000.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. 0316643750. Rep. What life was like at the turn of the first millennium: An Englishman's world. Pp.230, signed by co-author Danny Danziger to title page. Green cloth, d/w has scuff to front. VG/G+.

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Boeknummer: 31116

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Lacey Danziger Signed Year 1000 First Millennium England British History 30565 History: : British

LAMONT, WILLIAM M.

Puritanism and the English Revolution. Volume II. Godly Rule: Politics and Religion 1603-1660.

Aldershot: Gregg Revivals, 1991. 0751200026. Rep. "What if millenarianism meant not alienation from the spirit of the age but a total involvement with it?.the Book of Revelation had foretold the destruction of the Antichrist. How far such confidence was widespread among English Protestants in the first half of the seventeenth century; how important were the effects of such a belief on their actions; when and why this confidence was eroded: these are the questions that this book will attempt to answer." (Introduction). Pp.200/3(ads). Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

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Boeknummer: 31881

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Lamont Puritanism English Revolution Godly Rule Politics Religion 17th Century Prynne Foxe Jewel Reynolds Williams Usher Bancroft Bilson Carleton Downame Laud Heylyn Baxter Hopkins Tillotson 31606 History: : British

LAWSON, M.K.

Cnut. England's Viking King 1016-35.

Stroud: The History Press, 2016. 9780752460697. " M.K.Lawson brings to life the reality of this paradoxical king: his remorselessness to his enemies alongside his piety and law-giving. He also provides an insight into how a Danish king managed to accommodate himself to an English administrative system that has resonated through history." Pp.255. Paperback. VG.

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Boeknummer: 45311

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Lawson Cnut England Viking King Denmark English Church Danes Government Anglo Saxon Royal Charters History British 46783 History: : British

LINKLATER, ERIC.

The Conquest of England.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. 1st British ed. The Crossroads of World History Series. "This new examination on '1066 and all that' by a distinguished author makes exciting and thought-provoking reading." 24.3cms. x 16cms. Pp. 1/318, 4 b/w illustrations + 3 maps, maps to endpapers. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has clear tape to spine and chipping. VG/G+.

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Boeknummer: 25077

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Linklater Conquest England 1066 Illustrated Crossroads World History Series 21739 History: : British

LIPMAN, V.D.

A History of the Jews in Britain Since 1858.

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1990. 0718513398. "Much of Anglo-Jewish historical writing treats the political emancipation of the Jews in 1858 as the culminating point of its history..Although the bulk of the book is concerned with the period between 1858 and 1939 it offers a perspective for the years before 'Emancipation' as well as a guide to the developments during the Second World War and the generation since." Pp.xvi/274, 12 pages of black & white illustrations + 3 maps. Paperback. VG.

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Boeknummer: 37517

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Lipman History Jews Britain Since 1858 Emancipation Mass Immigration East European Aliens New Community Zionism Balfour Declaration World War Social Change British Jewry 38181 History: : British

LOBBAN, R.D.

The Elizabethans. (Illustrated by Clyde Pearson.)

London: University of London Press Ltd, 1968. 1st ed. "Following accounts of skirmishing on the Spanish Main and temporary voyages of discovery, we are given a bird's-eye view of London with its squalid streets and towering houses, the bustling, jolly crowds, the inns, cruel sports, and theatres." Pp. 64, 25 line drawings + 2 maps, time chart. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has edge chips and small tear to rear wrap. VG/G+.

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Boeknummer: 22884

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Lobban Pearson Elizabethans Illustrated British History A19165 History: : British

MARTINEAU, HARRIET.

History of the Thirty Years' Peace. A.D. 1816-1846. (In Four Volumes).

Shannon: Irish University Press, 1971. 0716517531. Facsimile of the third edition of 1877-78 (unabridged). The Development of Industrial Society Series which reprints contemporary documents and commentaries on the social, political and economic upheavals in nineteenth-century England. Vol.1.Pp.x/485; Vol.2.Pp.515; Vol.3.Pp.501; Vol.4.Pp.506. Black boards, gilt titles to spines. A heavy set which may require extra to send overseas. VG.

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Boeknummer: 47129

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Harriet Martineau History Thirty Years Peace Social History England Politics 48629 History: : British

MCEACHERN, CLAIRE.

The Poetics of English Nationhood 1590-1612.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 052157031X. 1st edition. Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture series No.13. "Claire McEachern argues for the role of Reformation religious culture in shaping Tudor-Stuart nationhood and examines its presence in the writings of Spenser, Shakespeare and Drayton..McEachern shows how different kinds of language, whether literary, exegetical or parliamentary personify power, thereby sealing the intimacy which binds the nation as an imagined community..By focusing on the rhetorical forms of cultural unity in Reformation England, McEachern traces a profound shift from a monarchically defined Englishness to a system based within the cultural institution of the common law." Pp.xii/239.10 figure illustrations. Blue boards, dustwrapper has minor shelf wear. VG/VG.

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Boeknummer: 45668

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Claire Mceachern Poetics English Nationhood Tudor Stuart History Sects Single Woman Spenser Shakespeare Body Politic Poly-Olbion British Union Borders English Nation Literature History 47208 History: : British

MILNE, HUGH M. (EDITOR).

Boswell's Edinburgh Journals 1767-1786.

Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 2001. 1841830208. "James Boswell's relish for life, unflinching honesty and wide social contacts make him one of he aciest and most entertaining of all diarists. This is the first one-volume edition of the journals he kept while making his living as an advocate in eighteenth-century Edinburgh..[Milne's] introduction and notes remove the barriers that time has placed between Boswell and ourselves, and contain much new material and information, particularlu about Boswell's legal and Scottish background." Pp.xiv/607, double page plan of the City, Castle and suburbs of Edinburgh to end. Paperback. VG.

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Boeknummer: 46909

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Milne Boswell Edinburgh Journals Biography Diary Scotland Samuel Johnson History Politics Law 48470 History: : British

MILNER, GAMALIEL.

The Threshold of the Victorian Age.

London:Williams & Norgate,1934. 1st ed. Pp.291,portrait frontis. + 3 further portrait plates, owners details to verso front board. Brown cloth,gilt title to spine. G+.

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Boeknummer: 14389

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Milner Threshold Victorian English History British George Reform Rebellion Grey Melbourne Chartism Politics 13477 History: : British

MITCHELL, R.J. AND LEYS M.D.R.

A History of London Life.

Middlesex: Pelican Books, 1968. Rep. "This book provides much welcome information, and is equipped with model footnotes to indicate sorces. Sections cover every possible interest." Pp.348. P/b. VG.

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Boeknummer: 12325

Catalogus: History: : British

Trefwoorden: Mitchell Leys History London Life Londoner A4439 History: : British