Antiquarianisms. by Anderson, Benjamin

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Leon Battista Alberti : master builder of the Italian Renaissance / Anthony Grafton. by Grafton, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…His Lost City: Alberti the Antiquary --…”
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Pugin : a Gothic passion / edited by Paul Atterbury & Clive Wainwright. by Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852

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E.W. Godwin : aesthetic movement architect and designer / Susan Weber Soros, editor ; Catherine Arbuthnott [and others]. by Godwin, E. W. (Edward William), 1833-1886

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Medieval studies and the ghost stories of M.R. James / Patrick J. Murphy. by Murphy, Patrick J., 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Terror and error -- Recasting the antiquary -- Ex cathedra -- A desideratum of wings -- To the curious -- Afterword : professions of reticence.…”
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Connections. by Warren, Austin, 1899-1986

Table of Contents: “…--The marvels of M. R. James, antiquary.--A. C. Benson and his friends.--Paul Elmer More.…”

Printing the Middle Ages / Siân Echard. by Echard, Siân

Table of Contents: “…Form and rude letters : the representation of Old English -- The true history of Sir Guy (and what happened to Sir Bevis?) -- Aristocratic antiquaries : Gower on Gower -- Bedtime Chaucer : juvenile adaptations and the Medieval canon -- Froissart's not French (or Flemish) : the travels of a Medieval history.…”
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The Arthur of medieval Latin literature : the development and dissemination of the Arthurian legend in medieval Latin / edited by Siân Echard.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature; The Chroniclers of Early Britain; Arthur in Early Saints' Lives; Geoffrey of Monmouth; Geoffrey and the Prophetic Tradition; Latin Historiography after Geoffrey of Monmouth; Glastonbury; Arthurian Latin Romance; Arthur and the Antiquaries; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.…”
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Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / Bonnie Effros. by Effros, Bonnie, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Map and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Antiquaries, Historians, and Archaeologists: Creating a Cultural Context for Early Medieval Graves; 2. …”
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English biography in the seventeenth century : a critical survey / Allan Pritchard. by Pritchard, Allan

Table of Contents: “…. -- Lives of writers: scientists and antiquaries. -- Lives of the poets. -- Brief lives: Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood. -- Brief lives: John Aubrey. -- Biography as family history. -- Roger North: lives of the Norths.…”
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The idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901 : remembering, forgetting, deciphering, and renewing the past / John D. Niles. by Niles, John D.

Table of Contents: “…The impact of the Norman conquest -- The discovery of Anglo-Saxon England in Tudor times -- British antiquaries and the Anglo-Saxon past -- The founding of a discipline 1600-1700 -- A period of consolidation 1700-1800 -- The Romantics and the discovery of Old English verse -- The triumph of philology -- Old English studies in North America -- Anglo-Saxon England and the empire.…”
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Walter Scott and the Limits of Language / Alison Lumsden. by Lumsden, Alison

Table of Contents: “…"Living in a world of death" : Scott's narrative poems -- Speaking my language : Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary -- "Dying words and last confessions" : The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Lost in translation : Ivanhoe, The Fortunes of Nigel and Peveril of the Peak -- "Narrative continued" : Redgauntlet and Chronicles of the Canongate -- Last words : Count Robert of Paris, Reliquiae Trotcosienses and Castle Dangerous.…”
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Robert Recorde Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation / by Jack Williams. by Williams, Jack

Table of Contents: “…A Chronology -- Part I: ‘Profite and Commoditie’: the Practitioners -- Introduction -- Robert Recorde and William Herbert Earl of Pembroke -- The Affair at Clonmines -- The Physician -- Part II: Intrinsic Worth -- Introduction -- The Grounde of Artes -- The Pathway to Knowledg -- The Castle of Knowledge -- The Whetstone of Witte -- Antiquary and Linguist -- Readers and Publisher -- Part III: Retrospect and Prospects -- Retrospect and Prospects -- His Will and His Religion.…”
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The Archaeological Imagination. by Shanks, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Debatable Lands; A Northern Stage; Relics and Witnesses; Durat Opus Vatum; The Antiquary; Roman Boots; Itinerary and Natural History; The Living and the Dead; Media, Representation, and Mise-en-Scène; Topology and Time; Collectors and Conservators; 3. …”
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American antiquities : revisiting the origins of American archaeology / Terry A. Barnhart. by Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: historicizing the origins of American archaeology -- American antiquities: a grand theme for speculation -- Rediscovering the mounds: scientific enquiry and the westward movement -- Antiquaries, ideas, and institutions: more testimony from the mounds -- A dialectical discourse: constructing the mound builder paradigm -- American archaeology: an infant science emerges -- Origin, era, and region: an expanding field of archaeological enquiry -- Archaeology as anthropology: the coming of the curators and professors.…”
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Performing Ruins by Simon Murray. by Murray, Simon

Table of Contents: “…Ruins in Context - Context in Ruins -- 3. Performing the Antiquary: Classical Ruins in the Greek Imaginary -- 4. …”
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Possible Scotlands : Walter Scott and the story of tomorrow / Caroline McCracken-Flesher. by McCracken-Flesher, Caroline

Table of Contents: “…The problem of Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering, and a Scot(t)ish theory of Worth -- Circulating Scotlands: telling, tellers, and tales in The antiquary, The tale of old mortality, and The heart of mid-lothian -- Chancing Scotland: playing for de-valuation in The fortunes of Nigel and at the King's visit (1822) -- Performing other/wise: The Talisman and Woodstock -- Telling over: the value of an audience for Malachi Malagrowther and Chrystal Croftangry -- Making meaning beyond the ending: Castle dangerous and Walter Scott's last words.…”
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Cambridge Street-Names : Their Origins and Associations / Ronald Gray and Derek Stubbings ; With Illustrations by Virén Sahai. by Gray, Ronald D.

Table of Contents: “…; Prehistoric; Roman; Anglo-Saxon; Medieval; Barnwell; Town and gown; The beginning of the University; The Reformation; The Renaissance and science; The Civil War; The eighteenth century; War against Napoleon; George IV and his wife; Queen Victoria s reign; The British Empire; Coprolite mining; Coal, corn and iron; Brewers; Trams and buses; Nineteenth-century historians, antiquaries and lawyers; Nineteenth-century scientists; Nineteenth-century bishops and clergy; Architects.…”
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Writing local history / John Beckett. by Beckett, John

Table of Contents: “…9780719029509; 9780719029509; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; I Introduction; II The origins of local history; III Antiquaries at large: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; IV The parish and the town; V Local history marginalised; VI Local history and national history, 1880-1945; VII W.G. …”
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History, medicine, and the traditions of Renaissance learning / Nancy G. Siraisi. by Siraisi, Nancy G.

Table of Contents: “…Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university -- 7. Beyond Europe -- Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge.…”
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