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Author: Mary Low
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
Published: 2000-07-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1849521522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSt Cuthbert's Way runs from Melrose in the Scottish Borders to Lindisfarne, Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland. This book, designed as a pilgrims' companion, presents information essential for walking the Way, together with a field guide to plac
Author: Gordon Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2011-05-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781898481430
DOWNLOAD EBOOK?Hadrians Wall Path runs for 86 miles from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend along the line of the Roman Wall completed in AD122 under the Emperor Hadrian. This National Trail crosses northern England from Irish Sea to North Sea and offers many chances to look at the forts, milecastles and interpretation centers within this UNESCO World Heritage Site. This guidebook contains all youll need to plan, and enjoy a classic weeks walking.
Author: Richard Gameson
Publisher: Third Millennium Information
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781908990273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis lavishly illustrated book explores the early history and significance of the Lindisfarne Gospels, widely regarded as the finest surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscript of the early Christian era in England, and an unquestioned masterpiece of medieval calligraphy and illumination.
Author: Paul Boobyer
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
Published: 2019-02-15
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1783627360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Borders Abbeys Way links four of Britain's grandest ruined medieval abbeys in the central Scottish Borders. The route is a well waymarked, 68-mile (109km) circuit and is one of Scotland's Great Trails. The route which begins and ends in Tweedbank, is described clockwise over 6 stages averaging 11.3 miles per day. Relatively flat, it is suitable for people with a moderate level of fitness. The Way can be walked at any time of year and can be reached within an hour by train from the centre of Edinburgh. This guidebook provides a comprehensive description of the route, which passes through the towns of Melrose, Kelso, Jedburgh, Hawick and Selkirk and the villages of Denholm and Newton St Boswells. In addition to clear route description and OS 1:50,000 mapping extracts, the guidebook also includes information about the history of the Borders abbeys, the ever-intriguing Borders reivers, and the region's geology and agriculture. Invaluable practical information relating to accommodation, transport, mapping and public access is also included.
Author: Christiania Whitehead
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-12-17
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1108490352
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book surveys the textual representation of Cuthbert, the premier northern English saint, from the seventh to fifteenth centuries.
Author: Cameron McNeish
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780956295736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy walking all the way through Scotland from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders to Cape Wrath in the far North-West, author and broadcaster Cameron McNeish witnesses at first hand the changes that have taken place in the landscapes of the country of his birth. The book is gloriously illustrated throughout by the photographs of landscape photographer Richard Else. It is a lavish book to keep and treasure. A celebration of all that's best about Scotland.
Author: Sarah McCoy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0062697730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife: cooking, sewing, keeping house, and overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her brother, Matthew and father, Hugh. In Avonlea—a small, tight-knit farming town on a remote island—life holds few options for farm girls. Her one connection to the wider world is Aunt Elizabeth "Izzy" Johnson, her mother’s sister, who managed to escape from Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines. An opinionated spinster, Aunt Izzy’s talent as a seamstress has allowed her to build a thriving business and make her own way in the world. Emboldened by her aunt, Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables and discovers new friends and new opportunities. Joining the Ladies Aid Society, she raises funds for an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in nearby Nova Scotia that secretly serves as a way station for runaway slaves from America. Her budding romance with John Blythe, the charming son of a neighbor, offers her a possibility of future happiness—Marilla is in no rush to trade one farm life for another. She soon finds herself caught up in the dangerous work of politics, and abolition—jeopardizing all she cherishes, including her bond with her dearest John Blythe. Now Marilla must face a reckoning between her dreams of making a difference in the wider world and the small-town reality of life at Green Gables.
Author: Claire Breay
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe St Cuthbert Gospel (formerly known as the Stonyhurst Gospel) is the earliest intact European book and a landmark in the cultural history of western Europe. Now dated to the early eighth century, the manuscript contains a beautifully written copy of the Gospel of John in Latin and is famous for the craftsmanship and condition of its contemporary decorated leather binding. Found in Cuthbert's coffin when it was opened in Durham Cathedral in 1104, the Gospel was acquired for the national collection in 2012 after a major fundraising campaign. This new collection of essays is the most substantial study of the book since the 1960s. It includes detailed commentary on Cuthbert in his historical context; the codicology, text, script, and medieval history of the manuscript; the structure and decoration of the binding; the other relics found in Cuthbert's coffin; and the post-medieval ownership of the book.This book significantly revises the existing scholarship on one of the British Library's most recent acquisitions which is now one of its greatest treasures.
Author: Mary Low
Publisher: Polygon
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLove of nature is often said to be one of the characteristic features of Celtic Christianity. This work describes how native beliefs about nature were rejected, transformed or restated as the peoples of early medieval Ireland and the Hebrides made Christianity their own. With close reference to the literature of the period it examines the importance of land, hills and mountains, water, trees, fire, the sun and the elements in early Christian and biblical imagery. At a time when Celtic Christianity is increasingly romanticized, this work sets out to put the subject back onto a solid scholarly footing.
Author: Ingrid Skeels
Publisher:
Published: 2013-04-30
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781484165027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSt Cuthbert's Wild School for Boys is an exciting story of discovery for children and everyone who cares about learning, play, nature and the wild.Jack hates school and never plays out in the gritty, traffic-jammed city where he lives. He's about to explode with boredom when by chance he is sent to St Cuthbert's Wild School for Boys, a wonderful and very different kind of school. Suddenly, teachers are interesting, lessons are brilliant, learning is exciting and life is full of campfires, stories, treehouses and the great outdoors. But freedom comes with risks and challenges. And when the school is threatened with closure and only something extraordinary can save it, Jack just might have a plan.This story is about friendship, change, finding out what you are good at and discovering the joys of learning, nature and the wild.
