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English Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

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A comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors A well-written contribution to the literature on the subject, and will interest both the historically minded tourist and, as a reference book, the scholar. WAR IN HISTORY A comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors. English Castles contains over five hundred main entries in county order, each giving a brief history and description of the castle. A short introduction supplies the historical background to the explosion of castle-building in the middle ages, and there is a glossary covering all aspects of castles in some detail. There are also full Ordnance Survey map references.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851157823

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9780851157825

Welsh Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

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Welsh Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851157785

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9780851157788

Scottish Castles

By: Adrian Pettifer

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Scottish Castles

By: Adrian Pettifer

Gazetteer of over 500 hundred surviving Scottish Castles. Discover the castles of Scotland, from early "motte and bailey" earthworks and impressive walled enclosures to the many tower houses that dot the landscape. Castles were built in increasing numbers from the 14th to the 17th century, as residences for the Scottish nobility. Some are still proudly occupied; others are well-maintained ruins; many others slowly decay in fields and farmyards. Here, Adrian Pettifer provides a brief account of every Scottish castle to survive in a reasonable state of preservation, including such iconic sites as Edinburgh, Glamis and Cawdor. Each of the more than five hundred main entries provides a brief history and description of a castle, followed by advice on accessibility, sources for further reading and cross-references to related sites. An introduction supplies the historical background, while a glossary covers all aspects of Scottish castles in some detail. Ordnance Survey references are given in the index.

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Boydell & Brewer

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183765204X

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Bittersweet Europe

Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008

By: Adrian Brisku

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Bittersweet Europe

Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008

By: Adrian Brisku

From the late nineteenth century to the post-communist period, Albanian and Georgian political and intellectual elites have attributed hopes to “Europe,” yet have also exhibited ambivalent attitudes that do not appear likely to vanish any time soon. Albanians and Georgians have evoked, experienced, and continue to speak of “Europe” according to a tense triadic entity—geopolitics, progress, culture—which has generated aspirations as well as delusions towards it and themselves. This unique dichotomy weaves a nuanced, historical account of a changing Europe, continuously marred by uncertainties that greatly affect these countries’ domestic politics as well as foreign policy decisions. A systematic and rich account of how Albanians and Georgians view Europe, this book offers a fresh perspective on the vast East/West literature and, more broadly, on European intellectual, cultural, and political history.

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256

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Berghahn Books

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0857459856

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9780857459855

Corduroy

By: Adrian Bell

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Corduroy

By: Adrian Bell

Corduroy was first published in 1930. It was followed by Silver Ley in 1931 and The Cherry Tree in 1932. Together they form a trilogy that has been described as 'the classic account of a twentieth-century Englishman's conversion to rural life'. In Corduroy the author's experiences as a farm apprentice in Suffolk are described. The tone is affectionate, humourous and not in the least patronizing. At times there is an elegiac strain not dissimilar to Edward Thomas. The three books constitute a threnody for, what was then, a vanishing, pre-mechanized way, of farming and rural life.

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Faber & Faber

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0571252931

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The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919

By: Adrian Webb

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The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919

By: Adrian Webb

With a wealth of chronologies, tables and maps, together with discursive chapters on key issues and a guide to the historiography, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all wgho wish to understand the complex history of central and eastern Europe.

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Routledge

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1134065213

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The First English Revolution

Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the Barons' War

By: Adrian Jobson

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The First English Revolution

Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the Barons' War

By: Adrian Jobson

Simon de Montfort, the leader of the English barons, was the first leader of a political movement to seize power from a reigning monarch. The charismatic de Montfort and his forces had captured most of south-eastern England by 1263 and at the battle of Lewes in 1264 King Henry III was defeated and taken prisoner. De Montfort became de facto ruler of England and the short period which followed was the closest England was to come to complete abolition of the monarchy until Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The Parliament of 1265 - known as De Montfort's Parliament - was the first English parliament to have elected representatives. Only fifteen months later de Montfort's gains were reversed when Prince Edward escaped captivity and defeated the rebels at the Battle of Evesham. Simon de Montfort was killed. Following this victory savage retribution was exacted on the rebels and authority was restored to Henry III. Adrian Jobson captures the intensity of de Montfort's radical crusade through these most revolutionary years in English history in this spirited and dramatic narrative.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441133011

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9781441133014

Spatial Orders, Social Forms

Art and the City in Modern Brazil

By: Adrian Anagnost

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Spatial Orders, Social Forms

Art and the City in Modern Brazil

By: Adrian Anagnost

A fascinating look at modernist urban planning and spatial theories in Brazilian 20th-century art and architecture Exploring the intersections among art, architecture, and urbanism in Brazil from the 1920s through the 1960s, Adrian Anagnost shows how modernity was manifested in locally specific spatial forms linked to Brazil's colonial and imperial past. Discussing the ways artists and architects understood urban planning as a tool to reorganize the world, control human action, and remedy social problems, Anagnost offers a nuanced account of the seeming conflict between modernist aesthetics and a predominately poor and historically disenfranchised urban public, with particular attention to regionalist forms of urban development. Organized as a series of case studies of projects such as Flávio de Carvalho's performative urbanism, the construction of the Ministry of Education and Public Health building, Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi's efforts to modernize Brazilian museums, and Hélio Oiticica's interstitial works, this study is full of groundbreaking insights into the ways that modernist theories of urbanism shaped the art and architecture of 20th-century Brazil.

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Yale University Press

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0300254016

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9780300254013

Welsh Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

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Welsh Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.

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Scottish Castles

By: Adrian Pettifer

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Scottish Castles

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English Castles

A Guide by Counties

By: Adrian Pettifer

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A Guide by Counties

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