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Going to Church in Medieval England
An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish churches were at the heart of …
Tudor Children
The first history of childhood in Tudor England “Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with our own history as children, Orme invites us to embrace a …
Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages
New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant. In recent years there has been an increasing interest in …
From Childhood to Chivalry
Originally published in 1984, this is a study of the kings and the aristocracy who ruled England between the Conquest and the Reformation. Not, as usual, about their adult lives, …
Fleas, Flies, and Friars
Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. They read or listened to stories …
Cornwall and the Cross
Cornwall's place-names and churches are unique. They commemorate an enormous number of local and little-known saints, such as St Austell, St Ives, and St Just. This book explains …
Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter
Death, burial, and the commemoration of the dead have been much studied by historians in recent years, but far less has been done to make available the sources on which these …
Medieval Children
Looks at the lives of children, from birth to adolescence, in medieval England.
Early British Swimming 55BC-AD1719
In 1857 Everard Digby, an extrovert Cambridge scholar, published the first scientific treatise on swimming – and one of the first on any modern sport. Six months later he was …
Integral Ecology for a More Sustainable World
Laudato Si’ insists on a revolutionary human response to the public challenges of our time concerning the ecological crisis. The volume takes up the revolutionary spirit of Pope …
History of England's Cathedrals
England's sixty or so Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals are among its most iconic buildings and attract thousands of worshippers and visitors every year. Yet though much has …
General Biology for the Beginner
In this book we will strive to meet nine goals:First we will define life. What characteristics does an organism have to posses to be alive? Then we will look at the smallest unit …