The Trophies of Time

The Trophies of Time

Author: Graham Parry

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1996-02-22

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 0191567159

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The Trophies of Time presents the first comprehensive survey of the English antiquarians of the seventeenth century. In Britain throughout the period there was a persistent curiosity about the origins of the nation and its institutions, inspired initially by the publication in 1586 of Camden's Britannia. A remarkable campaign of scholarship developed, which attempted to imagine the vanished societies that had once flourished there. What could be known of prehistoric Britain from its monuments and language? Could the lay-out of Roman Britain be recovered? Was it possible somehow to retrieve the language, religion, and laws of Saxon England? The answers to these questions often had a bearing on contemporary issues of church and state and also enabled citizens to gain a new insight into the character and identity of their nation. Many of the most learned men of the age addressed themselves to antiquarian enquiry and this book presents lively and fascinating portraits of Camden, Cotton, Selden, Spelman, Ussher, Dugdale, Aubrey, and many other lesser-known scholars.


The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians

The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians

Author: Richard J. Chacon

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-21

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13: 0387483039

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This edited volume mainly focuses on the practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies in both North and South America. The editors and contributors (which include Native Peoples from both continents) examine the evidence and causes of Amerindian trophy taking. Additionally, they present objectively and discuss dispassionately the topic of human proclivity toward ritual violence. This book fills the gap in literature on this subject.


The Stolen Trophies

The Stolen Trophies

Author: Lucidus Smith

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-02-25

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1504937783

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Book Three continues with the story of Mac Smith and Carice Offstrop, who have set up an Inquiry Agency together in Auckland, New Zealand. Mac and his wife Deborah, who is pregnant with her first child, have been married for just over a year and Carice is engaged to Desmond who manages a hotel in Auckland. Their office is located above The Moray Restaurant which is situated in the business centre of Auckland and is owned and managed by Stephen Newn, Desmonds brother. Living in an attic bedroom above the office, with his dog Holborn, is Professor Tymn, who lectures at Auckland University and often assists them with their cases. Mac and Deborah have become friends with a couple named Caspar and Phoebe Primrose who own a small farm north of Auckland and who have involved them in their search for a lost gold mine in South Island. Whilst solving their unusual cases, Mac has been re-united with an old friend from Military Intelligence, who continually attempts to lure him back into the world of espionage. This book does not contain bad language, gratuitous violence or sex scenes.