Tag: England

Lost Artefacts from Medieval England and France Representation, Reimagination, Recovery


Free Download Lost Artefacts from Medieval England and France: Representation, Reimagination, Recovery (Writing History in the Middle Ages) edited by Laura Cleaver, Kathryn Gerry
English | May 13, 2022 | ISBN: 1914049055 | True EPUB/PDF | 306 pages | 77.65/37.6 MB
Contemporary descriptions of objects no longer extant examined to reconstruct these lost treasures.

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England’s 100 Best Views


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English | 2013 | pages: 352 | ISBN: 1781250952, 1788163702 | EPUB | 45,9 mb
England’s views are remarkable for their beauty and variety. With his usual insight and authority, bestselling author Simon Jenkins picks one hundred of the very best from the white cliffs of Dover to Hadrian’s Wall – and explains the fascinating stories behind them. Jenkins’ entertaining and erudite entries provide the rich historical, geographical, botanical and architectural background to breathtaking sights – all beautifully illustrated – both iconic and undiscovered. From Gold Hill, the Dorset village street so famously picturesque it was used in a Hovis advert, to the view of the City of London famously depicted by Canaletto and the wilds of the Yorkshire moors, this book will inspire you to discover the treasures of England’s sea, city and landscapes for yourself. Filled with roman roads, cliff-tops, follies, mountains, ancient castles, rolling forests and heart-stopping moments, you’ll soon wonder how you chose walks, mini-breaks or spontaneous diversions without it.

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Living in Medieval England The Turbulent Year of 1326 [Audiobook]


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English | September 26, 2023 | ASIN: B0CJRYFH81 | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 3m | 465 MB
Author: Kathryn Warner | Narrator: Lucy Rayner
Both important and unique, this book highlights how life was for the everyday person just before the Black Plague wiped out most of Europe.
1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband’s powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband King Edward II in the process.

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How to Survive in Medieval England [Audiobook]


Free Download Toni Mount, Derek Perkins (Narrator), "How to Survive in Medieval England"
English | ASIN: B0CP8FVFKT | 2023 | M4B@128 kbps | ~04:58:00 | 284 MB
Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, iPads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you’re fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to eat? What shall you wear? How can you communicate when nobody speaks as you do and what about money? Who can you go to if you fall ill or are mugged in the street? However can you fit into and thrive in this strange environment full of odd people who seem so different from you?
All these questions and many more are answered in this new guidebook for time-travelers: How to Survive in Medieval England. A handy guide with tips and suggestions to make your visit to the Middle Ages much more fun, this lively and engaging book will help the listener deal with the new experiences they may encounter and the problems that might occur. Know the laws so you don’t get into trouble or show your ignorance in an embarrassing faux pas.

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The gift of narrative in medieval England


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English | ISBN: 152613991X | 2021 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of storytelling, agency, gender and materiality in some of the most engaging literature from the Middle Ages. It argues that the dynamics of the gift are powerfully at work in romances: through exchanges of objects and people; repeated patterns of love, loyalty and revenge; promises made or broken; and the complex effects that time works on such objects, exchanges and promises. Ranging from the twelfth century to the fifteenth, and including close discussions of poetry by Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet and romances in the Auchinleck Manuscript, this book will prompt new ideas and debate amongst students and scholars of medieval literature, as well as anyone curious about the pleasures that romance narratives bring.

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Take the Slow Road England and Wales Inspirational Journeys Round England and Wales by Camper Van and Motorhome


Free Download Martin Dorey, "Take the Slow Road: England and Wales: Inspirational Journeys Round England and Wales by Camper Van and Motorhome"
English | 2019 | ASIN: B07HWRS56Y | EPUB | pages: 533 | 247.7 mb
Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It’s about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It’s about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping.

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Take the Slow Road England and Wales Inspirational Journeys Round England and Wales by Camper Van and Motorhome


Free Download Martin Dorey, "Take the Slow Road: England and Wales: Inspirational Journeys Round England and Wales by Camper Van and Motorhome"
English | 2019 | ASIN: B07HWRS56Y | EPUB | pages: 533 | 247.7 mb
Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It’s about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It’s about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping.

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