Carlisle and Cumbria
Carlisle and Cumbria

Author: Mike McCarthy

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1040289622

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This book compiles the papers presented at the British Archaeological association conference held in 2001, which concentrated on the Roman and medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city and county. It provides scholars with a firm baseline for future research in this area.

Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960
Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960

Author: James Gregory

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-11-04

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1350142603

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Spanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory's Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in British cultural history. While there are many histories of justice and punishment, mercy has been a neglected element despite recognition as an important feature of the 18th-century criminal code. Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960 looks first at mercy's religious and philosophical aspects, its cultural representations and its embodiment. It then looks at large-scale mobilisation of mercy discourses in Ireland, during the French Revolution, in the British empire, and in warfare from the American war of independence to the First World War. This study concludes by examining mercy's place in a twentieth century shaped by total war, atomic bomb, and decolonisation.