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The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

A sedimentological, geophysical and GIS-based approach at different castle and mining sites

By: Julian Trappe

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The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

A sedimentological, geophysical and GIS-based approach at different castle and mining sites

By: Julian Trappe

In the Spessart, a low mountain range in central Germany, a feud during the Middle Ages led to the construction of numerous castles in this region. This study analyzes the mutual influence of (paleo-)relief development and medieval building activity using a geomorphological and geoarchaeological multimethod approach to expand the knowledge of human-environmental interactions during this time. For this purpose, GIS-based terrain analysis and geophysical measurements were conducted and combined with sedimentological information to create 1D-3D models of the subsurface and to assess knowledge of the landscape and relief evolution at various medieval castle and mining sites. The interpretation of all these data led to the answering of numerous site-specific questions on various geomorphological, geoarchaeological, geologic, and archaeological topics that have been explored in this work and have greatly increased our knowledge of each study site. In addition to these key contributions to the archaeological and geomorphological interpretation of individual study sites, a quantification of the anthropogenic influence on the relief development was conducted, a generalized model of the influence was derived, and new methodological and interpretative approaches were developed. Overall, this study links geomorphological/geological and (geo-)archaeological investigations at five medieval sites and delivers important information on human-environmental interactions within the Spessart and beyond.

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3958261841

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Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty

1685-1715

By: Julian Whitehead

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Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty

1685-1715

By: Julian Whitehead

King James II was the Catholic king of a Protestant nation, but he had inherited a secure crown and was able to put down the rebellion by his nephew the Duke of Monmouth. In just over three years James had been deserted by those he loved and trusted and had to flee to France in exile. His throne was seized by his son-in-law and daughter, and when they died, his younger daughter succeeded. For James it was a personal tragedy of King Lear proportions; for most of his subjects it was a ‘Glorious Revolution’ that saved his kingdoms from Popery. Over the next hundred years James or his descendants would attempt to win back the crown with French support and conspiring with British Jacobites and Tories. In Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty, Julian Whitehead charts the inner workings of government intelligence during this unstable period, where it was by no means a forgone conclusion that James or his heirs would never regain the throne. It throws light on the murky world of spies and double agents at a time of intensive intrigue and betrayal, with many politicians and peers trying to keep a foot in both camps. It was especially important in such circumstances for a monarch to receive good intelligence about the many intrigues, but could those providing the intelligence be trusted?

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Pen and Sword History

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152674855X

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9781526748553

Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death

The Politics of Disgrace in Bourbon France, 1610-1789

By: Julian Swann

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Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death

The Politics of Disgrace in Bourbon France, 1610-1789

By: Julian Swann

On the accession of Louis XIII in 1610 following the assassination of his father, the Bourbon dynasty stood on unstable foundations. For all of Henri IV's undoubted achievements, he had left his son a realm that was still prey to the ambitions of an aristocracy that possessed independentmilitary force and was prepared to resort to violence and vendetta in order to defend its interests and honour. To establish his personal authority, Louis XIII was forced to resort to conspiracy and murder, and even then his authority was constantly challenged. Yet a little over a century later, asthe reign of Louis XIV drew to a close, such disobedience was impossible. Instead, a simple royal command expressing the sovereign's disgrace was sufficient to compel the most powerful men and women in the kingdom to submit to imprisonment or internal exile without a trial or an opportunity tojustify their conduct, abandoning their normal lives, leaving families, careers, offices, and possessions behind in obedience to their sovereign.To explain that transformation, this volume examines the development of this new "politics of disgrace", why it emerged, how it was conceptualised, the conventions that governed its use, and reactions to it, not only from the perspective of the monarch and his noble subjects, but also the greatcorporations of the realm and the wider public. Although that new model of disgrace proved remarkably successful, influencing the ideas and actions of the dominant social elites, it was nevertheless contested, and the critique of disgrace connects to the second aim of this work, which is to useshifting attitudes to the practice as a means of investigating the nature of Ancien Regime political culture and some of the dramatic and profound changes it experienced in the years separating Louis XIII's dramatic seizure of power from the French Revolution.

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Oxford University Press

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019878869X

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The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

A sedimentological, geophysical and GIS-based approach at different castle and mining sites

By: Julian Trappe

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The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty

Espionage in the Divided Stuart Dynasty

Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death

Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death

The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany

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