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A Student's History of England, v. 1 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
epub |eng | 2021-02-24 | Author:Samuel Rawson Gardiner [Gardiner, Samuel Rawson]

17. War between John and the Barons. 1215—1216.—John waited for the moment of vengeance. Not only did he refuse to send his mercenaries away, but he sent to the Continent ...
( Category: Europe March 6,2023 )
Studies in the History of the Near East by P.M. Holt
epub |eng | 2013-10-28 | Author:P.M. Holt [Holt, P.M.]

NOTES 1 See above, “The coming of the Funj”, pp. 67–87. 2 EI2, I, 1032, sub voce. 3 ‘Abd al-Maḥmūd Nūr al-Dā’im, Azāhīr al-riyāḍ (Cairo, 1954), 18–19. Compare the acquisition ...
( Category: History March 6,2023 )
A Student's History of England, v. 2 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
epub |eng | 2016-02-25 | Author:Samuel Rawson Gardiner [Gardiner, Samuel Rawson]

14. The Second Bishops' War. 1640.—In spite of the failure of the Parliament, Charles gathered an army by pressing men from all parts of England, and found money to pay ...
( Category: United Kingdom March 6,2023 )
A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
epub |eng | 1908-01-15 | Author:Ralph Van Deman Magoffin [Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman]

PRÆNESTE AS A COLONY. From the time of Sulla to the establishment of the monarchy, the expropriation of territory for discharged soldiers found its expression in great part in the ...
( Category: Nonfiction March 6,2023 )
Tacitus' History of Politically Effective Speech by Ellen O'Gorman
epub |eng | 2020-09-03 | Author:Ellen O'Gorman [O'Gorman, Ellen]

4.1 Emotion, speech, and moral principle The first senate meeting of AD 70 is prominent in Tacitus’ narrative of Histories 4 as a moment where the new Flavian regime is ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 6,2023 )
A Social and Economic History of Central European Jewry by Peter J. Kitson
epub |eng | 2021-11-29 | Author:Peter J. Kitson [Kitson, Peter J.]

* Including unemployed ** Including Transportation etc., personal services etc. One first impression from Table 3 is the very significant role which industry held in the employment structure of the ...
( Category: History March 6,2023 )
The Social History of Rome (Routledge Revivals) by Dr Geza Alfoldy
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Dr Geza Alfoldy [Alfoldy, Geza]

Lower Strata in the Cities The social composition of the lower strata of the population in the Roman empire was even more heterogeneous than that of the upper strata. This ...
( Category: Rome March 6,2023 )
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade by William Dobein James
epub |eng | 2019-03-01 | Author:William Dobein James [James, William Dobein]

* * * Detached Narratives for 1781. There was with Marion's brigade throughout, a young man, Robert, commonly called Bob James, but oftener, the general's right hand man. It was ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 6,2023 )
The Slave Trade, Abolition and the Long History of International Criminal Law by Emily Haslam
epub |eng | 2019-09-20 | Author:Emily Haslam [Haslam, Emily]

The expansion of intervention British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, frequently sitting alone, interpreted slave trade repression treaties inventively and, as a result, expanded the circumstances in which captors could intervene ...
( Category: Civil Rights March 6,2023 )
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
epub |eng | 2020-08-24 | Author:Neil Price [Price, Neil]

At this point we should briefly consider some of the other theories that have been put forward as explanations for the raids, and therefore as catalysts for the Viking Age ...
( Category: Scandinavia March 6,2023 )
A Short History of the Royal Navy by Christopher Lloyd
epub |eng | 2015-10-05 | Author:Christopher Lloyd [Lloyd, Christopher]

VII THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR OF 1914–18 AT THE END of the nineteenth century Great Britain still stood unchallenged in her supremacy at sea. The figures of first-class battleships ...
( Category: Military March 6,2023 )
A Short History of Napoleon the First by Sir John Robert Seeley
epub |eng | 2018-04-03 | Author:Sir John Robert Seeley [Seeley, Sir John Robert]

Annexation of Holland—Dissolution of the Alliance of Tilsit Invasion of Russia Arrived now at the pinnacle, Napoleon pauses, as he had paused after Marengo. We are disposed to ask, What ...
( Category: History March 6,2023 )
A Short History of Ireland's Famine by Ruán O'Donnell
epub |eng | 2015-09-08 | Author:Ruán O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Ruán]

ASSISTED PASSAGE AND THE ‘COFFIN SHIPS’ Evicted tenants and those in dire straits had very few options in 1847. Emigration was possible for those with some cash to spare and ...
( Category: History March 6,2023 )
A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815. Volume II, 1689-1815 by David Hannay
epub |eng | 2019-02-04 | Author:David Hannay [Hannay, David]

The independence of the United States had been secured and a great blow struck at England by the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The allies had now to secure prizes ...
( Category: History March 6,2023 )
A Short History of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Edward James Nolan
epub |eng | 2020-12-08 | Author:Edward James Nolan [Nolan, Edward James]

W. S. W. RUSCHENBERGER, 1807–1895. Academy of Natural Sciences. The building had been completed at a cost of $193,682.29. The sum of $50,000 had been subscribed from the amount realized ...
( Category: other March 6,2023 )

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