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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 13

Sixth Series

Royal Historical Society author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Dec '03

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Volume 13 (Sixth Series), publishing some of the best historical research by world-renowned historians.

Articles include England and the Continent in the ninth century: Vikings and Others; According to ancient custom: the restoration of altars in the Restoration Church of England; Migrants, immigrants and welfare from the Old Poor Law to the Welfare State; Resistance, reprisal and community in Occupied France, 1941–1944.The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume thirteen of the sixth series includes the following articles: Presidential Address: England and the Continent in the ninth century: Vikings and Others; According to ancient custom: the restoration of altars in the Restoration Church of England; Einhard: the sinner and the saints; Migrants, immigrants and welfare from the Old Poor Law to the Welfare State; Jack Tar and the gentleman officer: the role of uniform in shaping the class- and gender-related identities of British naval personnel, 1930–1939; Writing fornication: medieval Leyrwite and its historians; Resistance, reprisal and community in Occupied France, 1941–1944. There is also a themed section which looks at 'Architecture and History'.

'… a real feast of historical research.' Open History

ISBN: 9780521830768

Dimensions: 225mm x 146mm x 30mm

Weight: 639g

436 pages