Somerset, the Mendips & Wiltshire
Author: Sue Viccars
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Published: 2010
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Author: Sue Viccars
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Published: 2010
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Conduit
Publisher: PF
Published: 2017-05
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780319090435
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Publisher: Seven Hills Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780711708778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth scenically and historically, Somerset and Wiltshire rank as two of the most attractive and interesting counties in Britain. Landscapes range from the breezy heights of the Mendips to the flat meadows of the Somerset Levels, and from the rolling chalk uplands of the Marlborough Downs to the mudflats and sandy expanses that fringe the Bristol Channel coast. Walkers can experience a variety of such terrains in this guide. The region boasts Europe's greatest concentration of prehistoric monuments such as those at Avebury and Stonehenge, and sites that inspired a host of romantic myths and legends, from King Arthur to Alfred the Great.
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Publisher: Pathfinder Guides
Published: 2022-02-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780319091999
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 318
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2022-10-25
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 3375122535
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Author: John Murray (publishers.)
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 316
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 252
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 290
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Hailwood
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1843839423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a history of the alehouse between the years 1550 and 1700, the period during which it first assumed its long celebrated role as the key site for public recreation in the villages and market towns of England. In the face of considerable animosity from Church and State, the patrons of alehouses, who were drawn from a wide cross section of village society, fought for and won a central place in their communities for an institution that they cherished as a vital facilitator of what they termed "good fellowship". For them, sharing a drink in the alehouse was fundamental to the formation of social bonds, to the expression of their identity, and to the definition of communities, allegiances and friendships. Bringing together social and cultural history approaches, this book draws on a wide range of source material - from legal records and diary evidence to printed drinking songs - to investigate battles over alehouse licensing and the regulation of drinking; the political views and allegiances that ordinary men and women expressed from the alebench; the meanings and values that drinking rituals and practices held for contemporaries; and the social networks and collective identities expressed through the choice of drinking companions. Focusing on an institution and a social practice at the heart of everyday life in early modern England, this book allows us to see some of the ways in which ordinary men and women responded to historical processes such as religious change and state formation, and just as importantly reveals how they shaped their own communities and collective identities. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the social, cultural and political worlds of the ordinary men and women of seventeenth-century England. MARK HAILWOOD is Lecturer in Early Modern British History at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford.