This three-volume history, regarded as William Forbes Skenes most important work, was published between 1876 and 1880. After an introductory chapter, Volume 1 considers the history and ethnology of early Britain; Volume 2 the Celtic church and cultu...Loe edasi...
The historian William Forbes Skene (1809–92), encouraged to learn Gaelic by Sir Walter Scott, a friend of his father, combined a career as a lawyer in his familys firm with a deep interest in the history of the Celts, which was strengthened by a per...Loe edasi...
This three-volume history, regarded as William Forbes Skenes most important work, was published between 1876 and 1880. Volume 3 discusses land and people, from the legendary origins of settlement, though the tribes of Scotland and Ireland to the...Loe edasi...
For the essays in this two-volume 1861 work, Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies, as well as the remains and artefacts uncovered by his own and others excavations. Volume 2 contains articles on the med...Loe edasi...
For the essays in this two-volume 1861 work, Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies, as well as the remains and artefacts uncovered by his own and others excavations. Volume 1 considers prehistoric finds,...Loe edasi...
Sharon Turner (1768–1847) practised as a solicitor in London, but as a young man he had become involved in the study of Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic literature and history. Published 1799–1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studie...Loe edasi...
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was a canon of Canterbury when he published this work - four essays on the history of the cathedral - in 1855. Taking events associated with Canterbury, he puts them in a wider historical context, describing the locations in wh...Loe edasi...
This edition of the laws promulgated by successive Anglo-Saxon rulers over a period of five centuries was published in three volumes between 1903 and 1916 by Felix Lieberman (1851–1925), and is still regarded as authoritative. This unique body of ear...Loe edasi...
Published by Felix Lieberman (18511925) between 1903 and 1916, this three-volume edition of laws promulgated by successive Anglo-Saxon rulers is still regarded as authoritative. Unparalleled in other Germanic languages, it is a unique body of early...Loe edasi...
Published between 1903 and 1916, this authoritative three-volume edition of Anglo-Saxon laws features a facing translation into modern German....Loe edasi...
Published between 1903 and 1916, this authoritative three-volume edition of Anglo-Saxon laws features a facing translation into modern German....Loe edasi...
The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on the later history of the Roman empire, and, in this 1912 work, examines the Byzantine empire in th...Loe edasi...
The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece (also reissued in this series) which served as a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on the later history of the Roman empire, and, in this 1911 work...Loe edasi...
