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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 
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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
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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
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'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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