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A Handbook of Dates
For Students of British History
This is a revised version of an unrivalled small reference work for working historians.
C. R. Cheney (Edited by), Michael Jones (Edited by)
9780521778459, Cambridge University Press
Paperback, published 6 April 2000
268 pages, 107 tables
22.8 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.425 kg
'… magic little book …' The Week
A Handbook of Dates is an unrivalled reference book for historians. It provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It describes the calendars and other systems used for dating purposes in England from Roman times to the present, including regnal years. Lists of Easter dates, saints' days, popes, rulers of England and the Roman calendar are also given. In this updated and expanded edition, edited by Professor Michael Jones, the introductory materials for each set of tables has been revised. New tables for legal chronology, old and new style dates, Celtic Easter, adoption of Gregorian style, and the French Revolutionary calendar have been added, while the existing Anglo-Saxon regnal lists have been significantly revised. A Handbook of Dates is an essential tool for all researchers in British history.
Preface to the new edition
Preface to the original edition (1945)
1. Reckonings of time
2. Rulers of England and regnal years
3. List of Popes
4. Saints' days and festivals used in dating
5. Legal chronology
6. The Roman calendar
7. Celtic and Roman (Alexandrian) Easter Days, AD 400–768
8. Calendars for all possible dates of Easter AD 400–2100
9. Easter Days according to old style, AD 400–1752
10. Easter Days according to new style, AD 1583–2100
11. The English calendar for 1752
12. Dates of adoption of Gregorian calendar in Europe
13. The French Revolutionary calendar
Index.
Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]