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Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue | |||
| to the Canterbury Tales | History | |||
| Laura F Hodges | ||||
| DS Brewer 2005 318 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843840332 | ||||
| Published Price £50.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents a sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by those of Chaucer's pilgrims who were in holy orders or affiliated with universities, or both: the Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Clerk, the Doctour of Phisik, the Pardoner and the Parson. | ||||
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Taking Liberties | |||
| The Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights | History | |||
| Mike Ashley | ||||
| British Library 2008 144 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0712350713 296x253mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| For centuries Britain has laid claim to the notion of liberty, yet the rights and freedoms enjoyed today were hard won. This richly illustrated history uncovers those struggles and the winners, losers and stalemates, from Magna Carta to the Jarrow Hunger march of 1933, with sections devoted to rights for the elderly and disabled, the creation of the Welfare State and the new threats and challenges to our accepted views of privacy and freedom. | ||||
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The Postcard Century | |||
| 2000 Cards and Their Messages | History | |||
| Tom Phillips | ||||
| Thames & Hudson 2000 452 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0500975906 300x245mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| 'A composite illustrated diary in which nearly 2,000 people have made their entries', this engrossing book is a year-by-year history of the 20th century in postcards. Each year begins with a card of special relevance - the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the opening of the Bilbao Guggenheim in 1998 - and views of London and New York posted during that year, followed by a selection of greetings from private journeys or great public events, with transcribed messages of the cards and notes. | ||||
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