DAILY LIFE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND Second EditionFor this second edition of Daily Life in Victorian England, I have made corrections and improvements to the text of the first edition. I have not, however, added more information about all the things people have asked for—ranging from how one found a rental house in London to books used at Oxford to details about cathedral clergymen’s duties and titles to (the most frequent question of all) how much something would cost at a particular date.
Discover the American Northeast, state by state, from the river landscapes of Connecticut to the world class culture of revolutionary Boston. Packed with stunning photography, illustrations and detailed maps, Eyewitness Travel Guide: New England provides insider tips every visitor needs, whether sailing in Newport, exploring museums of the revolution or hiking across the spectacular Appalachian Mountains, with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops and nightlife in each region for all budgets.
Martyrs' Mirror examines the folklore of martyrdom among seventeenth-century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of the Protestants killed during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy. The colonists of early New England drew on this historical imagination in order to strengthen their authority in matters of religion during times of distress.
This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance.
