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		The Franciscans in the Middle Ages
				History
		Michael Robson
		Boydell 2006  240 pages
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	St Francis of Assisi's charismatic challenge - to respond to the gospels' emphasis on Jesus' poverty - attracted others to form a fraternity that was to become an important part of both the medieval Church and secular society. This book covers the Order's history, its growth and development, its wide-ranging pastoral and missionary work and its internal tensions and crises, from 13th century origins down to the division into Observants and Conventuals in the 15th century.

		Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue
		to the Canterbury Tales		History
		Laura F Hodges
		DS Brewer 2005  318 pages
		Hardback    1843840332		Qty
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	Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents a sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by those of Chaucer's pilgrims who were in holy orders or affiliated with universities, or both: the Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Clerk, the Doctour of Phisik, the Pardoner and the Parson.

		Taking Liberties
		The Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights		History
		Mike Ashley
		British Library 2008  144 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0712350713  296x253mm		Qty
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	For centuries Britain has laid claim to the notion of liberty, yet the rights and freedoms enjoyed today were hard won. This richly illustrated history uncovers those struggles and the winners, losers and stalemates, from Magna Carta to the Jarrow Hunger march of 1933, with sections devoted to rights for the elderly and disabled, the creation of the Welfare State and the new threats and challenges to our accepted views of privacy and freedom.

		Mother Leakey and the Bishop
		A Ghost Story		History
		Peter Marshall
		Oxford University Press 2007  324 pages
		Hardback    0199273715		Qty
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	On Halloween in 1636, sightings of the ghost of an old woman - 'Mother Leakey' - were reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead and a royal commission was sent to investigate. In December 1640, a disgraced Protestant bishop was hanged in Dublin for an 'unspeakable' crime. In this remarkable piece of historical detective work, Peter Marshall uncovers intriguing links between these seemingly unconnected events and presents a compelling story of dark family secrets and efforts to suppress them.

		London: The Autobiography
		2,000 Years of the Capital's History by Those Who Saw it Happen		History
		Jon E Lewis (Edited by)
		Constable 2008  424 pages
		Hardback    1845298756		Qty
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	From Boudicca's raids to the terrorist attacks of 7/7, from the Great Fire to the Blitz, and from the arrival of the Saxons to the arrival of the Empire Windrush, this is the story of London told by those who were there. Alongside accounts by well-known commentators such as Pepys, Dickens and Orwell, the voices of ordinary Londoners emerge from letters, diaries and newspaper reports. This thrilling book captures the spirit of the capital in all its energy, diversity and sheer bloody-mindedness.

		The Discovery of Islands
		Essays in British History		History
		JGA Pocock
		Cambridge University Press 2005  344 pages
		Paperback    052161645X		Qty
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	In this selection of essays, linked in subject, yet published over the last 35 years, the influential historian of ideas John Pocock approaches British history as the story of an archipelago, situated in oceans and spreading across them, and of several nations interacting with and sometimes seceding from an imperial state. The essays include Pocock's groundbreaking British History: a plea for a new subject (1974) and are accompanied by new introductory chapters. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge.

		The Terracotta Army
		China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation		History
		John Man
		Bantam 2007  288 pages
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	John Man tells the fascinating story of the discovery and restoration of one of the world's most spectacular archaeological finds - the 6,000 life-size clay warriors that guard the tomb of China's First Emperor. Illustrated with maps, plans and colour photographs, the book explains how this enigmatic and ruthless figure forged China's warring states into a unified nation more than two millennia ago - and hints at the wonders that may still await discovery beneath the unexcavated parts of the emperor's burial mound.

		Dictionary of Contemporary World History
		From 1900 to the Present Day		History
		Jan Palmowski
		Oxford University Press 2008  774 pages
		Hardback    0199295670		Qty
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	From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, from the Entente Cordiale to the Kyoto protocol, from the Somme to September 11, this is an essential work of reference for students, teachers and anyone interested in modern history or current affairs. More than 2,600 concise but detailed entries cover nations, conflicts, political and military leaders, treaties and summits, global and national organizations and campaign groups. For this third edition, all entries have been thoroughly updated, many with web links accessible via a companion website.

		The Postcard Century
		2000 Cards and Their Messages		History
		Tom Phillips
		Thames & Hudson 2000  452 pages
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	'A composite illustrated diary in which nearly 2,000 people have made their entries', this engrossing book is a year-by-year history of the 20th century in postcards. Each year begins with a card of special relevance - the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the opening of the Bilbao Guggenheim in 1998 - and views of London and New York posted during that year, followed by a selection of greetings from private journeys or great public events, with transcribed messages of the cards and notes.

		Magic Stones
		The Secret World of Ancient Megaliths		History
		Jan Pohribny
		Merrell 2007  304 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1858944139		Qty
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	During a 17-year pilgrimage around Europe, from the far north of Scandinavia to the Mediterranean islands, the award-winning Czech photographer Jan Pohribny captured the magic of megalithic architecture of tombs and temples and standing stones. Beginning with the enigmatic single standing stones - with examples from the Czech Republic, Wales and Majorca as well as the famous menhirs of Brittany - the book contains over 250 magnificent photographs, with an introduction by the archaeologist and broadcaster Julian Richards.

		The Panorama of the Renaissance
				History
		Margaret Aston (Edited by)
		Thames & Hudson 1996  368 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0500017271  287x226mm		Qty
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	Each generation reinterprets the Renaissance in its own way, but the tangible legacy of the period lives forever in the remarkable works of art and architecture to be found in cities and galleries across Europe. This authoritative guide reproduces more than 1000 pictures, organized in chapters on the major themes of the period, such as the rediscovery of antiquity, science, invention and discovery and the relationship of God and Man. The book also includes a biographical dictionary of prominent Renaissance figures, timelines and bibliographies.

		Hell's Cartel
		IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine		History
		Darmuid Jeffreys
		Bloomsbury 2008  406 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0747580928		Qty
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	Described by a Nuremberg prosecutor as 'the magicians who made the fantasies of Mein Kampf come true', the directors of six leading German chemical companies formed a cartel in 1925 which epitomized the military-industrial complex and became directly involved in the Holocaust. In telling the extraordinary story of IG Farben, Jeffreys reflects on how these companies, with their international reputation for expertise in the manufacture of chemicals ranging from drugs to explosives, fell under Hitler's influence.

		More Than Just a Game
		Football v Apartheid		History
		Chuck Korr; Marvin Close
		Collins 2008  318 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0007278799		Qty
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	Described by Desmond Tutu as adding 'a compelling dimension to our understanding of the struggle against apartheid', this is the story of how the political prisoners of South Africa's infamous Robben Island turned football into an active force in their struggle for freedom. For nearly 20 years, despite torture, regular beatings and backbreaking labour, these men defied all odds and played organized league football - with strict adherence to FIFA rules - in one of the most brutal places on earth.

		England on Edge
		Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642		History
		David Cressy
		Oxford University Press 2006  446 pages
		Paperback    0199237638		Qty
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	How can a peaceful, prosperous and apparently well-governed country, on the threshold of world power, spiral rapidly into bitter and bloody civil war? This engrossing and wide-ranging book examines not only the high-level fissures within church and state, but the role of the press and the grass-roots discontent that seethed beneath the surface of Stuart England, to understand the climate of resentment and fear that led to the fall of Charles I - and why it still matters today.

		Assassin!
		200 Years of British Political Murder		History
		Ian Hernon
		Pluto 2007  266 pages
		Paperback    074532715X		Qty
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	On 11 May 1812, a man pulled a pistol in the lobby of the House of Commons and shot the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, dead. It was the only occasion in history on which an assassin has succeeded in taking the life of a British premier, but it was by no means the only attempt. Hernon, a seasoned Westminster correspondent, examines the role that the threat of assassination has played in British political life down to the present day.

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