Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture

The definitive reference work on this topic. `[The author takes] the Celtic world to include both the European continent and the more recent settlements in the British Isles. The entries, admirably broad in scope, conceive religion and culture as including not only the usual gods and myths but shamanic practices and totems. Maier also provides entries for important scholars of Celtic culture.' CHOICE   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15660-6

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Gender and Space in Early Modern England

Space was not simply a passive backdrop to a social system that had structural origins elsewhere; it was vitally important for marking out and maintaining the hierarchy that sustained social and gender order in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Gender had a considerable influence on its use and organization...   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93286-3

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Hone's Every Day Book

From the title page: The Every-Day Book; or everlasting calendar of popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, customs and events incident to each of the ... days, in past and present times.......    

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Hone's Table Book

After completing his 'Every Day Book' Hone undertook this work which is a fascinating series of articles on just about every subject imaginable. One of those books that will never fail to entertain the reader.    

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Hone's Works - Year Book

A fabulous collection of articles, letters, biographies and other material relating to all manner of events and people in 1832, this is one of those books which one can open at random and instantly become engrossed.    

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Manners & Customs

The Gentlemans Magazine Library 1734-1868, Wonderful details of social and local manners and customs, plus details of games as our ancestors would have played them    

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Medieval Futures

Medieval Futures explores the rich variety of ways in which medieval people imagined the future, from the prophetic anticipation of the end of the world to the mundane expectation that the world would continue indefinitely, permitting ordinary human plans and provisions.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15779-5

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Origins of Popular Superstitions, Customs & Ceremonies

A wonderfully fascinating book, just applicable today as it was when it was written, or in the times relating to our ancestors. Superstitions and customs relating to days and seasons; Marriage superstitions and customs; Divination and Omens, and lots more.    

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Popular Superstitions

The Gentlemans Magazine Library 1731-1868 A highly entertaining book which details festival days and seasons, superstitions and witchcraft.    

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The Book of Days

Take any day of the year, and find out an immense amount of detailed history and events that happened on that day. For special days such as Easter, Christmas and other important holidays and festivals there is even more, in the way descriptions of traditional customs. Two huge volumes reproduced as facsimiles on CD, with every page of the original books scanned, and then formatted for viewing just like a real book using Adobe Acrobat Reader.    

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The Court as a Stage: England and the Low Countries in the Later Middle Ages

In the past half-century, court history has lost the air of frivolity that once relegated it to the margins of serious historical study and has rightfully taken a central part in the study of European states and societies in the age of personal monarchy. Yet it has been approached from so many different angles and appropriated to so many different models that it can be hard to put all our new understandings together to achieve a proper perspective on the functions of the court as a whole. This collection of essays uses the idea of the court as a stage for social and political interaction to re-integrate different styles of court history, focusing on courts in England and the Low Countries from the age of Richard II and Albert of Bavaria to that of Elizabeth I and Philip II. Themes studied include the relationship between court politics and cultural change, the social and political functions of court office-holding, the military, judicial and propagandist roles of the court, the economic relationships between courts and cities and the wider social and political significance of court rituals and traditions.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83191-4

Price:  £45.00

The Ladies Elegant Pocket Souvenir 1823 & The Polite Repository 1832

Two delightful little pocket books designed to be of assistance to the young gentlewoman. Contains information which explains the rates of wages, Hackney cab fares, as well as odd snippets of music, songs and poetry. Also there are lists of people in government departments, banking and insurance and many other walks of life, plus space for diary and note taking. A kind of pre-Victorian File-O- Fax and a wonderful example of what life was like for the young lady about town!    

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The Lore of Ireland

Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are 350 substantial entries, in alphabetical order from Abn, a 6th-century saint, to Weather, all with full references to sources, a synopsis of relevant stories, and discussion of their origin, nature and development. These are complimented by a genre-list of material under various headings, such as Mythical Lore, Fianna Cycle, Ulster Cycle, King Cycles, Peoples and Traditions, Religious Lore, and Folk Custom and Belief. There is also a wealth of genealogical detail, indicating how historical and social circumstances have influenced the growth and spread of Irish lore.
DAITHI O HOGAIN, Associate Professor of Irish Folklore at University College Dublin, is an international authority on folklore and traditional literature.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83215-7

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The Universal Pocket Companion - 1741

A lovely pocket reference book, in the old type style, including a description of England, places in the world, description of London & Westminster, companies in London, prices of the works of bricklayers, masons & carpenters, rates of post letters, and much, much more. Wonderful!    

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Time in the Medieval World

By exploring some of the more important senses of time which were in circulation in the medieval world, scholars from a wide range of disciplines trace competing definitions and modes of temporality in the middle ages, explaining their influence upon life and culture. The issues explored include anachronism as a feature in earlier senses of time, perceptions of death and of the Last Judgement, time in literary narratives and in music, constructions of time as used in the professions, and original work on the particular systems and technologies which were used for the keeping of time, such as clocks and calendars.
Contributors: PAUL BRAND, PETER BURKE, MARY J. CARRUTHERS, DEBORAH DELIYANNIS, CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY, ROBERT MARKUS, AD PUTTER, HOWARD WILLIAMS.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-903-15308-6

Price:  £50.00