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The events of 1000-1130 were crucial to the successful emergence of the medieval kingdom of the Scots. Yet this is one of the least researched periods of Scottish history. We probably now know more about the Picts than the post-1000 events that underpinned the spectacular expansion of the small kingdom which came to dominate north Britain by the 1130s. This expansion included the defeat and absorption of other significant cultural and political groups to the north and south of the core kingdom, and was accompanied by the introduction of reformed monasticism. But perhaps the most momentous process amongst all these political and cultural changes was the move towards the domination of the kingship by just one segment of the royal kindred, the sons of King Mael Coluim mac Donnchadas second marriage to Queen Margaret. The story of how these sons managed to achieve political supremacy through machination, murder and mutilation runs like an unsavoury thread throughout this book. The book also investigates the building blocks from which the kingdom was constructed and the various processes which eventually allowed the kings of the different peoples of north Britain to describe themselves as Rex scottorum. It is a hugely rewarding voyage of discovery for anyone interested in the formation of the kingdom of the Scots.

Thomas Fennell provides an account, previously unpublished, of life in the Royal Irish Constabulary during the turbulent 30-year period, 1875-1905. His early accounts begin during the Land Wars, and continue up to the Irish War of Independence, although by that time he was no longer serving in the force himself. Fennell was always an ardent nationalist, conscious that the RIC was a conservative body, supporting the Ascendancy and the landowning class. He criticises the repressive behaviour of the large police force dispersed in the countryside in some of its day-to-day activities. Yet he retained a loyalty to the force and explains that during the Land War the population at large understood that the police were carrying out work which they often found distasteful.

**A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UKs most exciting young historians**Alice Loxton is the star of her generation ... the next big thing in history Dan Snow London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, UPROAR! follows the satirists as they lampoon those in power, from the Prince Regent to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Their prints and illustrations deconstruct the political and social landscape with surreal and razor-sharp wit, as the three men vie with each other to create the most iconic images of the day.UPROAR! fizzes with energy on every page. Alice Loxton writes with verve and energy, never failing to convince in her thesis that Gillray and his gang profoundly altered British humour, setting the stage for everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Private Eye and Spitting Image today. This is a book that will cause readers to reappraise everything they think they know about genteel Georgian London, and see it for what it was - a time of UPROAR!

NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britains post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit.The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britains fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.DAVID KYNASTONAn instant classic . . . Stephens is a master of historical codebreaking.PETER HENNESSEYAward-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens paints a fascinating portrait of sixty years - from Suez to Brexit - as Britain struggles to reconcile its waning power with its past glory. Drawing on decades of personal contact and interviews with senior politicians and diplomats in Britain, the United States and across the capitals of Europe, Britain Alone is a magisterial and deeply perceptive history of our nation and how we arrived at the state we are in.Commanding . . . Rarely if ever, in the history of the British state since 1707, has one half of Britains ruling elite committed an act of policy viewed with such absolute contempt by the other half; and rarely has that contempt been expressed with such elegance, such fluency, and such a devastating wealth of supporting detail, as in this mighty survey.SCOTSMANProfoundly knowledgeable.CHRIS PATTENCompelling.LAWRENCE FREEDMANA fascinating history.IRISH TIMESA magnificent, exhilarating bookPROSPECT

Major Richard Llewellyn, who fought at Quatre Bras, wrote in 1837 that, Had it not been so closely followed by the... victory of Waterloo, perhaps the gallant exploits and unexampled bravery that marked that day would... have excited even more admiration than was actually associated with it.This book stands out from the wealth of Napoleonic literature in that it is the first English-language account to focus solely on the battle of Quatre Bras. It is based upon extensive research and in many cases unpublished personal accounts from all participating countries, as well as a detailed topographic, aerial survey of the battlefield. These combine to provide a highly personal, balanced and authoritative work. The author unravels the controversies of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. This is the story of a battle that turned a campaign; of triumph and disaster. It is a story of two great generals, but more importantly, of the intense human experience of those that they led. It is a book that will appeal to both the scholar and the generalist.

Turkestan the great landmass of Central Asia and Western China is an intriguing meeting point of civilizations. Four major invasions Greek, Arab, Mongol and Russian together with Persian, Turkic and Chinese cultural influences, have made their mark on this vast and sometime forbidding region. The Great Silk Road ran to the West through it, while nomad and urban peoples combined over the centuries to produce a cultural flowering under Timur and his successors in the late medieval and early modern periods, through a rich profusion of artistic and architectural styles and ornament. In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch describes the main centres of our human civilization. He spices the text with quotations from the works of contemporary travellers, while providing an experts commentary on the archaeological, architectural and decorative features of the sites he describes. The stunning and evocative photographs are supplemented by numerous maps, incorporating the recent developments in the regions borders and frontiers. With up-to-date information on borders, check points and visas, Treasures of the Great Silk Road should appeal not only to scholars and those interested in the great cultural heritage of this region, but also to travellers to the region.

This book traces the archaeological history of Pylos and surrounding regions in Messenia from the Palaeolithic to the present. Designed as much for general readers and travelers interested in ancient Greece as for scholars, the volume presents the findings of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP), which has intensively studied the region over the past 15 years. The 1998 edition, originally published by the University of Texas Press and widely used as a textbook in undergraduate classes, is reprinted with a new preface assessing PRAPs impact and outlining new discoveries in the region.

This is the first complete translation and commentary on the important tableau and inscription of Queen Katimala/Karimala at Semna. Proper understanding of the paleography, grammar, and content reveals Katimala to have been a Nubian ruler at the time of the Twenty-First to Twenty-Second Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. She emerges as a political and military leader who took control of at least Lower Nubia in the wake of failed military activities on the part of a male predecessor. Katimalas inscription is not illegible, as has often been stated, but is a well-composed Lower Nubian example of a politico-religious manifesto applying many of the conventions of early Egyptian literary and historical compositions.

On 10 May 1994, Nelson Mandela became South Africas first black president, uttering the words let freedom reign as part of his famous inaugural address. More than 100,000 people turned up to hear him speak. Mandelas great skill as an orator has enabled him to use the power of words as an important weapon in his fight against discrimination and injustice in the world. This collection, which marks the 20th anniversary of Mandelas release from prison in February 1990, explores how his electrifying speeches and impressive rhetoric helped bring about social and political change in South Africa, through, among other things, the dismantling of the apartheid system. Throughout his lifetime, Mandela has spoken about and written on such issues as global warming, HIV/AIDS, human rights, racism and discrimination and womens rights, and some of these are showcased in "Let Freedom Reign". In this book, author Henry Russell analyses the linguistic features, content and context of Mandelas speeches, revealing the oratory skill behind this great mans most inspiring words.

Sin desconocer la importancia que tiene todo texto constitucional, el presente libro propone volver al estudio de los Congresos Hispanoamericanos de la época de las independencias con la idea de hacer visible el activismo politico y el quehacer legislativo de los diputados que conformaron los primeros cuerpos colegiados representativos de la soberania nacional. Para ello, centra su atencion en actores reales, hombres de carne y hueso, imbuidos de motivaciones y sentimientos, educados en valores y creencias, en un contexto de crisis internacional y circunstancias historicas concretas.Sirviendose de la prosopografia, la genealogia y la biografia intelectual, analiza a grupos e individuos, asi como a las redes politico-intelectuales establecidas entre los mismos y explica por que los documentos constitucionales emanados del Supremo Congreso Mexicano entre 1813 y1814 tuvieron las caracteristicas que hoy conocemos. Por otro lado, el estudio demuestra como circularon las nuevas ideas politicas y la manera en que estas influyeron en los diputados en el momento de plantear el nuevo diseño constitucional basado en la division de poderes.La obra es el resultado de un amplio proceso de investigacion, sustentado en la revision de una extensa bibliografia y en la consulta de innumerables documentos originales provenientes de archivos y bibliotecas de Mexico, España y los Estados Unidos. Su perspectiva critica y renovada hara de este libro un texto obligado para todos aquellos interesados en la historia de las ideas y de las instituciones politicas de la epoca de las independencias americanas.

A synopsis and analysis of The Report of the Assembly of Tomar. The Assembly, which convened on May 23, 1629 and concluded on August 6, 1629, sought to find a solution to Portugals Jewish problem.

Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp entered Wild West history with his guns blazing and people have been fighting about him ever since. His exploits have become so distorted by many books and movies that, chances are, almost everything you know about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral Gunfight is wrong. Over the years so much has been made up about what happened that the truth is now deeply buried under a pile of distortions, faulty inferences, embellishments, and outright lies. For the first time ever, Wyatt Earps writings, court testimony, newspaper interviews and other hard-to-find items from contemporary sources are brought together in this collection. Wyatt Earp himself explains his side of the gunfight near the O.K. Corral and his experiences as a frontier lawman in Tombstone and Dodge City. This unique book also includes several interviews with Doc Holliday, Bat Mastersons tributes to Wyatt and Doc, a shot-by-shot reconstruction of the famous gunfight with diagrams, and is lavishly illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. Now find out what really happened at the infamous gunfight near the O.K. Corral--which was one of the largest shootouts in Wild West history--and what life was like in the lawless wilds in and around Tombstone, Arizona. In this wonderful sourcebook, discover what Wyatt and Doc had to say about the events that made them famous. "One day six of the cowboys came into town and proposed to run it. The Earps were informed of their doings and they invited me to go over to where the cowboys were. One of the Earps said, Throw up your hands; we have come to disarm you. Instead of putting up their paws they put up their revolvers and began firing." -- Doc Holliday "Bullets were flying so fast that I could not keep track of them. Frank McLaury had given a yell when I shot him and made for the street with his hand over his stomach." -- Wyatt Earp

La gran historia del conflicto entre árabes y judíos: una superación de las narrativas enfrentadasDos narrativas irreconciliables han dibujado la historia del conflicto árabe-israelí: la sionista, que defiende el derecho de un pueblo judio maltratado a retornar a su patria ancestral y formar un Estado; y la palestina, que se opone a la ocupacion y denuncia la violencia infligida por los primeros. Asi, la propia historia resulta inseparable de la politica en un enfrentamiento en el que ambas facciones se identifican como victimas y en el que la autodeterminacion de una de ellas supone inevitablemente la negacion y el exilio de la otra. Sin embargo, Vecinos y enemigos ha logrado conjugar ambos relatos, desmontando sus mitos y contradicciones, y desde su publicacion en 2018 se ha erigido como el analisis historico mas riguroso, objetivo y completo que se haya elaborado hasta la fecha.Basandose en una amplia gama de fuentes, desde documentos desclasificados hasta historias orales y sus propios informes sobre el terreno, el presente libro es resultado de las mas de cuatro decadas que el periodista britanico Ian Black estuvo viviendo y trabajando como reportero en Israel y Palestina. Con la rendicion de Jerusalen ante las tropas britanicas y la llegada de los primeros colonos sionistas en 1917, o con las negociaciones de paz fallidas durante la segunda decada del siglo xxi, recorremos cien años de violencia continua y los eventos tragicos que definieron el presente y condicionan el futuro del conflicto mas polarizador de la era moderna. En un momento en que el abismo entre ambas sociedades sigue creciendo y la perspectiva de una solucion pactada no parece realista, entender esta historia es mas importante que nunca. Ian Black se basa en decadas de experiencia como periodista en Palestina e Israel para ofrecer un relato matizado y exhaustivo del centenario conflicto. Una evaluacion amena y justa de por que este enfrentamiento ha continuado sin tregua durante tanto tiempo. Rashid Khalidi, autor de Palestina

«A veces, no obstante, gracias a algún guiño del clima, a una asociación de ideas o a cierta alquimia del escenario, percibo en el aire del Estambul actual una traza de Venecia. Sobre todo de buena m

A través del ensayo, crónica y reportaje, este libro da cuenta de una radiografía de la historia de la radio en Chile, abarcando sus orígenes, principales figuras, múltiples formatos, así como su rol

Nicolás de Piérola, Victoria Santa Cruz, Abraham Valdelomar y Laura Bozzo son los abanderados de la blanquirroja en Perú bizarro. Juntos, pero nunca revueltos, ellos y muchos más conforman —mal que n

Para poder leer y comprender la Biblia, resulta hoy imprescindible conocer el mundo en el que se desarrollan los apasionantes relatos que allí se contienen. El presente libro, de lectura fácil pero de gran rigor cientifico, evoca precisamente ese mundo, condicionado por su peculiar realidad geografica (el Creciente Fertil) y enmarcado entre las antiguas civilizaciones de Mesopotamia, Egipto y Persia. Su autor, el Dr. Joaquin Gonzalez Echegaray, es un buen conocedor del Proximo Oriente por haber vivido y trabajado alli como arqueologo.El Creciente Fertil y la Biblia es una obra que durante años ha tenido gran acogida entre los estudiosos y el publico en general. Ahora sale de nuevo en una edicion moderna, completamente remozada y puesta al dia, en la que se recogen los ultimos estudios y descubrimientos sobre el tema.

Relación de los mártires de La Florida del P. F. Luis Jerónimo de Oré (c. 1619) es publicada por primera vez en el Perú en una edición modernizada y anotada por Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, e ilustrada con imagenes y mapas. En ella se narra la experiencia misionera en Norte America del ayacuchano Luis Jeronimo de Ore (1554-1630), uno de los miembros mas distinguidos de la primera generacion de intelectuales hispano-criollos del virreinato del Peru pertenecientes a la orden franciscana. Desde una perspectiva a la vez global y personal el autor defiende el derecho de España a permanecer en esas tierras tanto como da cuenta de la importancia de la labor de los franciscanos. El documento permite calibrar la dificultad de la catequizacion en la zona, el compromiso de Ore para llevarla a cabo y el impacto del colonialismo en America del Norte y del Sur. Caracterizada por una abarcadora vision historica y por la variedad de eventos contados desde detalles nauticos hasta el sacrificio de misioneros jesuitas y franciscanos, esta nueva edicion de la Relacion es de interes para el publico general y especializado, particularmente historiadores, criticos literarios y estudiosos de la religion, la cultura virreinal y los contactos en zonas fronterizas.

4x4 & AventurA Sentiu o chamado da estrada e sonha em explorar outros países ou acordar com o canto dos pássaros, respirar ar puro e apreciar a beleza da natureza. Este livro é a sua porta de entrada certa! Se voce e um iniciante ou um aventureiro experiente, encontrara aqui informaçes relevantes para viver aventuras memoraveis. Da escolha do veiculo ate a preparaço, desde as trilhas mais simples ate as expediçes mais desafiadoras. Este guia te ensina a base do que voce precisa saber para ficar bem no acampamento, trilha e viajem. Com uma linguagem clara e divertida, o autor te leva em uma jornada pelos bastidores dos 4x4, revelando de forma direta sem rodeios tecnicos, como identificar os melhores equipamentos, equipar seu veiculo, realizar manutençes basicas e a planejar suas viagens com segurança. Mas este livro vai alem dos veiculos. Voce tambem encontrara uma historia inspiradora, da travessia das Americas que levou dez anos, com imagens da epoca e conhecera as origens dos 4x4 e dos viajantes Overlanders. Comparativos, checklist e dicas praticas para planejar suas proprias expediçes. Uma leitura prazerosa, rica em conhecimento e boas risadas. A aventura te espera.

Fifty years after the Guildford bombings, the case remains profoundly relevant today. This new edition is completely updated and revised with startling new material. The Guildford Four endured 15 years behind bars for a crime they did not commit. The only evidence against them was their confessions extracted through intimidation and violence. Three Surrey police officers were acquitted of wrongdoing in 1993, but as this new edition reveals, there is testimony, never published, that corroborates evidence of far wider police malpractice. Time Bomb was central to the reopening of the case of the Guildford Four when it was published in 1988 exposing this egregious miscarriage of justice, and telling the chilling parallel story of the men actually responsible for the bombings, the London Active Service Unit, whose 1974-75 IRA campaign terrorised Britain. Profoundly relevant today, as Michael Mansfield identifies in his introduction, the case of the Guildford Four is essentially the prototype of the corruption and concealment scandals which have beset the UK, from the Stephen Lawrence case through to the Post Office scandal, and asks how we can galvanise reform. Every twist and turn needs to be lived by the reader page after page of compelling and mesmerising fact. As you proceed, the magnitude of these events strikes a sense of burning injustice. Michael Mansfield