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The Travels Of Ibn Batuta - With Notes, Illustrative Of The History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, Etc. Occurring Throughout The Work

by Ibn Batuta

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 An 1829 English edition of the work of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304â€"68/9), whose journeys may have reached as far as China and Zanzibar. There is doubt as to whether Ibn Battuta actually saw everything he described, but this account gives a fascinating world-view from the medieval period.
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Historical Memorials Of Canterbury - The Landing Of Augustine; The Murder Of Becket; Edward The Black Prince; Becket'S Shrine

by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

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 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 which they were enacted, and including fascinating details from literary sources.
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The Laws Of The Earliest English Kings

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 Frederick Levi Attenborough (1887â€"1973) published this work in 1922 for social and legal historians who did not require the full critical apparatus and contextual material previously provided in German by Felix Lieberman. The book covers the early Anglo-Saxon laws from Aethelbert to Aethelstan, with a facing-page modern English translation.
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An History Of Marine Architecture - Including An Enlarged And Progressive View Of The Nautical Regulations And Naval History, Both Civil And Military, Of All Nations, Especially Of Great

by John Charnock

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 With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756â€"1807) embarked on research into historical and contemporary naval affairs. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794â€"8) is also reissued in this series. This three-volume work, published 1800â€"2, stands as the first serious study of British naval architecture, and also covers developments overseas.
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A Select Collection Of Scarce And Valuable Tracts And Other Publications On Paper Currency And Banking - From The Originals Of Hume, Wallace, Thornton, Ricardo, Blake, Huskisson, And Others, With A Preface, Notes And Index

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 John Ramsay McCulloch (1789â€"1864) wrote or edited numerous works on the nascent field of political economy (several are reissued in this series). This 1857 collection of thirteen pieces, by various authors, comprises 'a full exposition of the principles that determine the value of paper currency'.
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A New History Of Jamaica - From The Earliest Accounts To The Taking Of Porto Bello By Vice-Admiral Vernon

by Charles Leslie

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 Little is known about the anonymous author of this book, later identified as one Charles Leslie, whose family had strong Caribbean interests. This 1740 second edition covers Jamaica's early colonial history, its laws, the lives of its governors, the trading of slaves, and the exploits of famous Caribbean pirates.
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A History Of The Eastern Roman Empire - From The Fall Of Irene To The Accession Of Basil I (A.D. 802â€“867)

by J. B. Bury

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 This 1912 work argues that the 'Amorian epoch' of the ninth century should not be overshadowed by the better-known periods of Byzantine history before and after it. Bury describes how iconoclasm again became a cause of civil strife, and wars on the eastern frontier strained the empire's resources.
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The History Of The Anglo-Saxons

by Sharon Turner

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 Sharon Turner (1768â€"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 1799â€"1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.
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The History Of The Anglo-Saxons

by Sharon Turner

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 Sharon Turner (1768â€"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 1799â€"1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.
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The History Of The Anglo-Saxons

by Sharon Turner

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 Sharon Turner (1768â€"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 1799â€"1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.
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Notitia Dignitatum - Accedunt Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae Et Laterculi Provinciarum

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 Otto Seeck (1850â€"1921) was a student of Theodor Mommsen, to whom he dedicated this, his first major work, published in 1876. The 'Notitia dignitatum' edited here is an unparalleled source of data about the administrative structure of the later Roman empire, east and west.
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The Imperial Administrative System In The Ninth Century - With A Revised Text Of The Kletorologion Of Philotheos

by J. B. Bury

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 This 1911 work examines the text (of which Bury provides an edition) of the 'Kletorologion' of Philotheos, an otherwise unknown administrative official at the Byzantine court of Leo VI in the late ninth century. The work is a guide to precedence, which at this time was of great political importance.
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The Forme Of Cury, A Roll Of Ancient English Cookery - Compiled, About Ad 1390, By The Master-Cooks Of King Richard Ii

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 One of the oldest English-language cookbooks, compiled originally in the late fourteenth century by the master cooks of Richard II. This 1780 transcription from the manuscript roll then belonging to Gustavus Brander, a trustee of the British Museum, was made and annotated by the antiquary Samuel Pegge (1704â€"96).
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The Anonimalle Chronicle 1307 To 1334 - From Brotherton Collection Ms 29

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 This 1991 publication, edited by Wendy Childs and John Taylor (1925â€"2009), contains the first printed edition of a continuation of the French prose Brut. It is found in the Anonimalle Chronicle, a fourteenth-century manuscript from St Mary's Abbey, York. The text is given here with a facing-page translation.
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Early Yorkshire Charters

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. This volume (1942) constitutes the index for the first three volumes of the series.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 10, The Trussebut Fee, With Some Charters Of The Ros Fee

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 10 (1955) contains texts relating to the Trussebut fee, and covers land held in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 9, The Stuteville Fee

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 9 (1952) focuses on the Stuteville family and is notable for its detailed genealogical content.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 8, The Honour Of Warenne

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 8 (1949) focuses on the honour of Warenne and charters of the lords of the honour.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 6, The Paynel Fee

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 6 (1939) is devoted to the Paynel fee and the Paynel family.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 5, The Honour Of Richmond, Part Ii

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 5 (1936) is the second of two devoted to the honour of Richmond.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 12, The Tison Fee

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 12 (1965) contains texts relating to the Tison fee and other lands connected with the Tison family.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 4, The Honour Of Richmond, Part I

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 4 (1935) is the first of two devoted to the honour of Richmond.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 3 - Being A Collection Of Documents Anterior To The Thirteenth Century Made From The Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth'S Manuscripts

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 3 (1916) contains the charters of the Lascy and Albermarle fees in Yorkshire.
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Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 2 - Being A Collection Of Documents Anterior To The Thirteenth Century Made From The Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth'S Manuscripts

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 Before the appearance of this series (1914â€"65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 2 (1915) focuses on documents relating to Henry I and the redistribution of land during his reign.
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