Category: England

By John Darwin

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been now not an empire, however the venture of an empire' and John Darwin bargains a magisterial worldwide heritage of the increase and fall of that groovy imperial venture. The British Empire, he argues, used to be even more than a bunch of colonies governed over via a scattering of British expatriates until eventually eventual independence. It used to be, especially, an international phenomenon. Its energy derived a little less from the statement of imperial authority than from the fusing jointly of 3 other kinds of empire: the settler empire of the 'white dominions'; the industrial empire of the town of London; and 'Greater India' which contributed markets, manpower and armed forces muscle. This remarkable historical past charts how this difficult imperial internet was once first bolstered, then weakened and eventually severed at the rollercoaster of worldwide monetary, political and geostrategic upheaval on which it rode from starting to finish.

By John Gillingham

At its maximum volume, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. for 50 years it used to be the dominant political entity and "English" and "French" historical past have been inextricably woven jointly. This learn appears at how those disparate territories got here jointly, how they have been governed, and whether or not they really constituted an empire. the hot variation of this groundbreaking paintings has been completely revised and features new chapters. John Gillingham taught heritage on the London institution of Economics, college of London At its maximum quantity, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. for 50 years it was once the dominant political entity and "English" and "French" background have been inextricably woven jointly. This learn appears at how those disparate territories got here jointly, how they have been governed, and whether or not they actually constituted an empire. the recent version of this groundbreaking paintings has been completely revised and features new chapters. At its maximum volume, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. for 50 years it used to be the dominant political entity and "English" and "French" heritage have been inextricably woven jointly. This examine seems at how those disparate territories got here jointly, how they have been governed, and whether or not they really constituted an empire. the recent variation of this groundbreaking paintings has been completely revised and features new chapters. "Brimming with argument and controversy each inch of ways a ebook which all people drawn to the interval may still read."—Nigel Saul, historical past Today "A version of ways to put in writing medieval history."—Peregrine Horden, British publication information  "Much extra synthesis: it stands as a piece of unique research."—H.E. Mayer, Deutsches Archiv  "This concise, lucid and energetic e-book offers readers with greater than only a particular account; because the made from the author's personal mirrored image, it is going to stimulate them to make up their very own minds."—Jean-Phillipe Genet, Le Moyen Age  "A leading instance of the way to jot down background in a full of life and engaging style."—France in Print

By Alexander R. Rumble

Either episcopal and abbatial authority have been of primary significance to the advance of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic homes have been invested with quite a few forms of energy and impression. Their activities, judgements, and writings may well switch not just their very own associations, but additionally the nationwide church, whereas their interplay with the king and his court docket affected wider modern society.Theories of ecclesiastical management have been expounded in modern texts and records. yet how a long way did snapshot or excellent mirror truth? How a lot room was once there for people to take advantage of their place of work to advertise new rules? The papers during this quantity illustrate the real roles performed by means of person major ecclesiastics in England, either in the church and within the wider political sphere, from the overdue 7th to the mid 11th century. The indisputable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is verified but in addition the impression of less-familiar figures akin to Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The booklet attracts on either textual and fabric proof to teach the impact (by either deed and popularity) of robust personalities not just at the constructing associations of the English church but additionally at the secular politics in their time. members: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J. Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.

By Christian D. Liddy, Richard H. Britnell

The new surge of curiosity within the political, ecclesiastical, social and monetary heritage of north-eastern England is mirrored within the essays during this quantity. the subjects coated diversity greatly, together with the improvement of either rural and concrete lifestyles and associations. There are contributions at the famous richness of Durham cathedral muniments, its priory and bishopric, and there's additionally a selected concentrate on the associations and practices which developed to house Scottish border difficulties. a few papers broach lesser-known matters which for that reason supply new territory for exploration, between them the exact features of neighborhood jurisdiction within the northern counties, the formation of north-eastern landscapes, the process agrarian improvement within the sector and the emergence of a northern gentry category along the higher identified ecclesiastical and lay magnates.

By E. B. Fryde

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By Adam Kuper

Like many gents of his time, Charles Darwin married his first cousin. in truth, marriages among shut relations have been ordinary in nineteenth-century England, and Adam Kuper argues that they performed a vital function within the upward thrust of the bourgeoisie.
Incest and impression indicates us simply how the political networks of the eighteenth-century aristocracy have been succeeded by means of thousands of in-married bourgeois clans—in finance and undefined, in neighborhood and nationwide politics, within the church, and in highbrow existence. In a richly specified narrative, Kuper deploys his services as an anthropologist to investigate relations marriages one of the Darwins and Wedgwoods, in Quaker and Jewish banking households, and within the Clapham Sect and their descendants over 4 generations, finishing with a revealing account of the Bloomsbury staff, the main eccentric made of English bourgeois endogamy.
These marriage techniques have been the staple of novels, and contemporaries have been passionate about them. yet there have been matters. principles approximately incest have been in flux as theological doctrines have been challenged. For 40 years Victorian parliaments debated no matter if a guy may possibly marry his deceased wife’s sister. Cousin marriage bothered scientists, together with Charles Darwin and his cousin Francis Galton, upsetting innovative principles approximately breeding and heredity.
This groundbreaking examine brings out the relationship among inner most lives, public fortunes, and the historical past of imperial Britain.

By R. H. Helmholz

By E. Gordon Browne

Queen Victoria is gifted the following in a top quality paperback variation. This well known vintage paintings through E. Gordon Browne is within the English language, and will now not contain snap shots or photos from the unique variation. in the event you benefit from the works of E. Gordon Browne then we hugely suggest this book on your booklet assortment.

By Michael Moorcock

A therapy for melanoma is a unique by way of British myth and technological know-how fiction author Michael Moorcock. it truly is a part of his long-running Jerry Cornelius sequence. This moment novel of the series is largely a college of absurdist vignettes, lots of which first seemed in an eclectic diversity of British and American magazines.

The lurid blurb of the unique version units the scene in image phrases: "Up from the sea depths comes the jet-black caucasian transvestite champion. Resplendent in warpaint, wampum beads and silk go well with by way of Cardin, armed simply with a tomahawk and vibragun, he returns to the napalmed ruins of London to resurrect his sister and wrest from the disgusting Bishop Beesley and his ambitious henchwomen the black field which has diffracted the cosmos and set the area spinning at super-speed in the direction of its personal ultimate answer. Lock up your daughters, conceal your stash, preserve to the shadows."

Jerry inhabits an international at conflict with itself and, armed in simple terms with an occasional "vibragun" looks to struggle "against history" for the liberty of "randomness" opposed to the straitlaced conventions exemplified through his brother Frank. in spite of everything Jerry's quest, indirect because it is, is likely to be extra inventive than political.

"Jerry didn't brain the bombs up to the rock scene. He wouldn't care what they despatched as long as it wasn't Simon and Garfunkel."

By S.D. Chapman

'...this truly written survey is easily appropriate, either by way of expense and content material, to the undergraduate advertise is designed to serve.' Mary B.Rose, college of Lancaster