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Scribes And Scholars: A Guide To The Transmission Of Greek And Latin Literature

It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserve them for future generations. In this 4th edition adjustments have been made to the text and the notes have been revised in order to take account of advances in scholarship over the last twenty years. | Author: L. D. Reynolds|N. G. Wilson|Nigel Guy Wilson | Publisher: Oxford University Press | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2014 | Number of Pages: 336 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0199686335 | ISBN-13: 9780199686339

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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

Author: Simon Winchester Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunati

Life in a Medieval Village

Author: Frances Gies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Medieval history comes alive in Joseph and Frances Gies's classic bestseller on life in medieval villages This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony. Though the main focus is on Elton, c. 1300, the Gieses supply enlightening historical context on the origin, development, and decline of the European village, itsel

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Will's Words by Jane Sutcliffe: 9781580896399 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk by Jane Sutcliffe | PenguinRandomHouse.com Amazing book I had to share from Penguin Random House

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Elfrida: The First Crowned Queen of England

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Warrior Churchmen Of Medieval England, 1000-1250: Theory And Reality

An examination of the actions of clerics in warfare in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, looking at the difference between their actions and prescriptions for behaviour. | By (Author): Craig (Customer) Craig Nakashian| Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd| Publication Date: Oct 18, 2019| Country of Publication: United Kingdom| Number of Pages: 304 pages| Language: Unknown| Binding: Softback| ISBN-10: 1783274336| ISBN-13: 9781783274338

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