Covers the reigns of Henry Count of Anjou, his sons Richard the Lionheart and John, and his grandson Henry III. Angevin rule was beset by wars with France, troubles with Popes, and baronial rebellions culminating in the Magna Carta, and witnessed the re-establishment of royal authority, burgeoning prosperity, and the beginnings of common law. Explores the interactions of politics, society, and culture during the period. Includes maps, genealogies, and b&amp;w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Angevin England 1154-1258 (A History of Medieval Britain)

History

Mortimer, Richard

Europe

Blackwell Pub.

Richard Mortimer's book covers the reigns of Henry II, his sons Richard the Lionheart and John, and much of that of his gradson Henry III. The period was beset by constant wars with France, frequent troubles with the popes, and baronial rebellions culminating in Magna Carta. But Angevin rule also witnessed the re-establishment of a strengthened royal authority and administration, a burgeoning prosperity, the beginnings of the common law, and the foundations of universities at Oxford and Cambridge. This is not only a history of the politics of the period but of society and culture, and the interactions of the three.

Angevin England: 1154 - 1258

Wiley/Blackwell

Driving a power boat can be exhilarating and fun. Here, at last, in a handy quick-access format, is a straightforward guide packed with helpful advice, tips and illustrations to help the reader handle their boat safely and competently on the water. The Power Boater's Guide aims to equip the reader with all the skills they need in a convenient splash-proof fold-back form - ideal for quick on-board use. It covers;the boat's controls the boat's engines berthing, anchoring and mooring navigating with electronics quick reference buoyage chart quick reference Mayday Procedure weather rule of the road and much more!

Power Boater's Guide

Engineering & Transportation

Mosenthal, Basil

Transportation

Adlard Coles

Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati pavements is the first in-depth examination of Westminster Abbey’s two beautiful and mysterious inlaid pavements. Who made them, and when? Why did the King and Abbot have them brought from Rome? Mostly made up of recycled stones from ancient Roman buildings, the pavement on which monarchs have been crowned since the thirteenth century has an inscription predicting the end of the world, linking the distant past and the remote future with complex symbolism. This collection of essays places the pavements within a variety of contexts - the evolution of the luxury pavement in Europe, the political background to the commission, the significance of Roman connections, the structure and meaning of the curious inscription - and describes the physical makeup of the pavements and their complex history of damage and restoration. Bringing together a group of penetrating analyses from leading scholars, the volume illuminates hitherto unexamined areas of debate whilst also raising new and intriguing questions about them.

Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati Pavements (Courtauld Research Papers)

Arts & Photography

Grant, Lindy

History & Criticism

Routledge

This volume tells the complete story of the Westminster Abbey chapter house, which ranks as one of the spectacular achievements of European Gothic art and architecture; and that is precisely what its builder, King Henry III, intended. Begun in the mid-1240s, and completed within a decade, its pre-eminence was recognized in its own day, when the chronicler Matthew Paris described Westminster as having 'a chapter house beyond compare'. Papers by leading scholars in the field of medieval art and architecture reveal the reasons for the construction of the chapter house and trace the possible influences upon the master mason in charge of the project. The subsequent history of the structure is revealed as it evolved from a meeting place of the king's Great Court, the predecessor of the English Parliament, and as a royal treasury into a repository for government archives after the Dissolution, home to the Public Record Office until the late 1850s, and its subsequent restoration at the hands of Sir George Gilbert Scott. Now under the care of English Heritage, the chapter house has just been cleaned and restored again, leading to the spectacular light-filled building that we see today, to which full justice is done by this richly illustrated book, filled with pictures of the architectural and sculptural details, the medieval tilework and the wall painting that justify the motto inscribed in the chapter house floor: 'as the rose is the flower of flowers, so is this the house of houses'. Table of Contents 1. The chapter house complex: morphology and construction (Warwick Rodwell, FSA) 2. King Henry III and the chapter house of Westminster Abbey (David Carpenter) 3. The chapter house of Westminster Abbey: harbinger of a new dispensation in English architecture? (Christopher Wilson, FSA) 4. Westminster and other two-storied chapter houses and treasuries (Warwick Rodwell, FSA) 5. The fabric of the Westminster chapter house: filling in the gaps from Salisbury (Tim Tatton-Brown) 6. The monks of Westminster and their chapter house (Barbara Harvey, FSA) 7. The royal wardrobe and the chapter house of Westminster Abbey (Jeremy Ashbee, FSA) 8. The chapter house as a record office (Elizabeth Hallam Smith, FSA) 9. Sir George Gilbert Scott and the restoration of the chapter house, 1849–72 (Steven Brindle, FSA) 10. The sculptural decoration of the Westminster chapter house portals (Richard Foster, FSA, and Pamela Tudor-Craig, FSA) 11. Wall paintings in the chapter house (Paul Binski, FSA, and Helen Howard) 12. The chapter house decorated tile pavement (Laurence Keen, FSA) 13. The chapter house glazing (Warwick Rodwell, FSA) 14. The chapter house doors and their dating (Daniel Miles, FSA and Martin Bridge, FSA)

Westminster Abbey Chapter House: The History, Art and Architecture of 'A Chapter House Beyond Compare'

World

Society of Antiquaries of London

Excavations by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in 1999 and 2000 on a housing development site off West Fen Road, to the west of Ely city centre, produced abundant evidence for Mid and Late Saxon and medieval settlement. Established in the early 8th century the site saw continuous occupation, often within the same ditched property boundaries, for almost 800 years, until its eventual desertion in the 15th century. A detailed reconstruction of the settlement history of the site indicates a very stable, but gradually evolving settlement which probably provided food and other services, originally to the monastic settlement, then to the abbey and subsequently to the bishops. This report deals with a selection of the excavations within the area, and includes some details on the pre-Saxon background. Discussions on the buildings, enclosures and settlement sequence, as well as on the artefacts and environmental evidence form the main basis of the report.

The Saxon and Medieval Settlement at West Fen Road, Ely: The Ashwell Site (East Anglian Archaeology Monograph)

Regan, Roderick

Lucy, Sam

East Anglian Archaeology

This title was first published in 2002. Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati pavements is the first in-depth examination of Westminster Abbey’s two beautiful and mysterious inlaid pavements. Who made them, and when? Why did the King and Abbot have them brought from Rome? Mostly made up of recycled stones from ancient Roman buildings, the pavement on which monarchs have been crowned since the thirteenth century has an inscription predicting the end of the world, linking the distant past and the remote future with complex symbolism. This collection of essays places the pavements within a variety of contexts - the evolution of the luxury pavement in Europe, the political background to the commission, the significance of Roman connections, the structure and meaning of the curious inscription - and describes the physical makeup of the pavements and their complex history of damage and restoration. Bringing together a group of penetrating analyses from leading scholars, the volume illuminates hitherto unexamined areas of debate whilst also raising new and intriguing questions about them.

Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati Pavements (Routledge Revivals)

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