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Public Archaeology: Arts of Engagement
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Public Archaeology: Arts of Engagement

This collection, stemming from the 2nd University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference 'Archaeo-Engage: Engaging Communities in Archaeology' (April 2017), provides original perspectives on public archaeology’s current practices and future potentials focusing on art/archaeological media, strategies and subjects.

A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1013

A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-12-19
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  • Publisher: Oxbow Books

The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to drastic changes. The islands were systematically ravaged by Viking raiders and then colonised by Norse settlers. In the following centuries the islanders were central to the emergence of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles, played a crucial role in the development of the Lordship of the Isles and were finally assimilated into the Kingdom of Scotland. This volume explores the stratigraphic sequence uncovered by the excavation of Bornais mounds 2 and 2A. Th...

The Doctor's Garden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 287

The Doctor's Garden

A richly illustrated exploration of how late Georgian gardens associated with medical practitioners advanced science, education, and agricultural experimentation As Britain grew into an ever-expanding empire during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, new and exotic botanical specimens began to arrive within the nation’s public and private spaces. Gardens became sites not just of leisure, sport, and aesthetic enjoyment, but also of scientific inquiry and knowledge dissemination. Medical practitioners used their botanical training to capitalize on the growing fashion for botanical collecting and agricultural experimentation in institutional, semipublic, and private gardens ac...

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 7460

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.

The London Gazette
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1366

The London Gazette

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The London Gazette
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 674

The London Gazette

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A directory of the joint-stock and private banks in England and Wales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

A directory of the joint-stock and private banks in England and Wales

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1852
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Good Hotel Guide 2005
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 654

The Good Hotel Guide 2005

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Who knows more about traveling well through Europe than the British? And The Good Hotel Guides are at the very top of the British market in terms of respect and customer loyalty. Now in their twenty-eighth year, "The Guides" have become a British institution. Every year the U.K.'s leading newspapers and travel magazines eagerly report on who's in and who's out in the latest edition of these indispensable travel companions known for their uncompromising integrity. The Guides feature only recommended establishments that deliver good value for the money, from budget accommodations to five-star hotels. Destinations that fail to live up to their promise are removed, while newly proven discoveries...