Biographical Catalogue Of The Portraits At Longleat In The County Of Wilts The Seat Of The Marquis Of Bath Classic Reprint
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Biographical Catalogue Of The Portraits At Longleat In The County Of Wilts The Seat Of The Marquis Of Bath Classic Reprint
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Author : Mary Louisa Boyle
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-26
Biographical Catalogue Of The Portraits At Longleat In The County Of Wilts The Seat Of The Marquis Of Bath Classic Reprint written by Mary Louisa Boyle and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-26 with History categories.
Excerpt from Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Longleat in the County of Wilts, the Seat of the Marquis of Bath But such examples were lost on Ken. He pursued his studies with sobriety, and diligence, and took his Degree. In 1666 he became a Fellow of Winchester College, and was made chaplain to Morley, Bishop of the diocese, who gave him a living in the Isle of Wight. Here he was most zealous in his duties, allowing himself but little sleep, and (in the words of a near relation and friend) 'so lively and cheerful was his temper that he would be very facetious to his friends of an evening, though he could scarce keep his eyes open, and he used to sing his morning hymn to his lute before he dressed.' In 1669 he was appointed Prebendary of Winchester, and travelled to Italy with his nephew, who was also the nephew and name sake of the celebrated Izaak Walton and in 1682 we hear of him on board the Tangiers eet, with Lord Dartmouth. The Princess of Orange (afterwards Queen Mary of Eng land), whose chaplain he became, appreciated Ken's straight forward and uncompromising character. But the Prince was very wroth with him on one occasion, when the Englishman stood forward as champion of a young lady, at the Dutch Court, who had been wronged. Ken insisted that her seducer should marry her, and he carried his point, but William (with whom he had not been on friendly terms, before this event) resented the interference, and threatened to deprive his wife's chaplain of his post. The Princess was in despair when she found her favourite on the eve of departure, and endeavoured to Compromise matters; but Ken would brook no half measures, and told his royal mistress roundly, that he would not remain in Holland unless requested to do so by the Prince, and that in person. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
A Queen Of A New Invention
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Author : J. Stephan Edwards
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-02-12
A Queen Of A New Invention written by J. Stephan Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-12 with Great Britain categories.
Lady Jane Grey Dudley was proclaimed Queen of England on 10 July 1553 following the untimely death of Henry VIII's only son and successor, King Edward VI. But sixteen-year- old Jane did not have the support of the majority of her would-be subjects. They rallied instead to Henry VIII's eldest daughter, Mary Tudor. Jane was deposed just nine days after her reign began, earning for her the sobriquet 'The Nine Days Queen.' She was imprisoned in the Tower for six months before finally being executed on 12 February 1554. Queen Jane remains the only English monarch of the past five centuries for whom no genuine portrait is known to have survived. Dozens of images have been put forward over those five centuries, but none has yet been conclusively authenticated. Neither has any comprehensive academic study of the iconography of Jane Grey Dudley ever been previously undertaken or published. Now, through almost a decade of research leading up to this volume, twenty-nine surviving portrait-images said to depict Jane have been carefully and systematically sought out, analyzed, and contextualized in an effort to determine whether any of them may be a reliable likeness. A handful of additional paintings all now lost are also discussed in detail. Finally, the single written account of Jane's physical appearance, an account upon which historians have relied over the past century, is analyzed for its own authenticity.
Mary Boyle Her Book
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Author : Mary Louisa Boyle
language : en
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Release Date : 2023-01-28
Mary Boyle Her Book written by Mary Louisa Boyle and has been published by Alpha Edition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mary Boyle, Her Book, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
Britannia Illustrata
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Author : Johannes Kip
language : en
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Release Date : 1984
Britannia Illustrata written by Johannes Kip and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
Fonthill Recovered
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Author : Caroline Dakers
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2018-05-16
Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-16 with History categories.
Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.
The Social Life Of Coffee
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Author : Brian Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
The Social Life Of Coffee written by Brian Cowan and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with History categories.
What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing he reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Britain’s virtuosi, gentlemanly patrons of the arts and sciences, were profoundly interested in things strange and exotic. Cowan explores how such virtuosi spurred initial consumer interest in coffee and invented the social template for the first coffeehouses. As the coffeehouse evolved, rising to take a central role in British commercial and civil society, the virtuosi were also transformed by their own invention.
A Biographical History Of England
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Author : James Granger
language : en
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Release Date : 1824
A Biographical History Of England written by James Granger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with Great Britain categories.
English Painters
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Author : Harry John Wilmot-Buxton
language : en
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Release Date : 1883
English Painters written by Harry John Wilmot-Buxton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Painters categories.
The Rural Life Of England
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Author : William Howitt
language : en
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Release Date : 1838
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Leper Knights
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Author : David Marcombe
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2003
Leper Knights written by David Marcombe and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the twelfth century. The Order of St Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishments across Western Europe to provide essential support for its hospitaller and military vocations. This book explores the important contribution of the English branch of the order, which by 1300 managed a considerable estate from its chief preceptory at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire. Time proved the English Lazarites to be both tough and tenacious, if not always preoccupied with the care of lepers. Following the fall of Acre in 1291 they endured a period of bitter internal conflict, only to emerge reformed and reinvigorated in the fifteenth century. Though these late medieval knights were very different from their twelfth-century predecessors, some ideologies lingered on, though subtly readapted to the requirements of a new age, until the order was finally suppressed by Henry VIII in 1544. The modern refoundation of the order, a charitable institution, dates from 1962. The book uses both documentary and archaeological evidence to provide the first ever account of this little-understood crusading order.DAVID MARCOMBE is Director of the Centre for Local History, University of Nottingham.