{"product_id":"essays-on-archaeological-subjects-and-on-various-questions-connected-with-the-history-of-art-science-and-literature-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-9781108083478","title":"Essays on Archaeological Subjects; And on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science, and Literature in the Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108083478","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEssays on Archaeological Subjects\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnd on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science, and Literature in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor the essays in this two-volume 1861 work, Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Wright (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108083478, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 87 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThomas Wright (1810–77), antiquarian, archaeologist and historian, wrote many works on all his areas of interest, including several reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. He was the first excavator of the Roman city of Wroxeter, wrote on the history of Ludlow and of Cambridge, and was interested in ethnology, folklore, Old English, and etymology. This two-volume collection of his essays was published in 1861: he selected them 'to embrace in some manner the whole field of our own primeval history and that of the Middle Ages'. The subjects range from the excavation of tumuli in Yorkshire to the history of drama in the Middle Ages. Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies, as well as the remains and artefacts uncovered by his own and others' excavations. Volume 1 considers prehistoric finds, aspects of Roman Britain, and the Anglo-Saxon and late medieval period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. On the remains of a primitive people in the south-east corner of Yorkshire\u003cbr\u003e 2. On some ancient barrows, or tumuli, opened in East Yorkshire\u003cbr\u003e 3. On some curious forms of sepulchral interment found in East Yorkshire\u003cbr\u003e 4. Treago, and the large tumulus at St Weonard's\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the ethnology of South Britain at the period of the extinction of the Roman government in the island\u003cbr\u003e 6. On the origin of the Welsh\u003cbr\u003e 7. On Anglo-Saxon antiquities, with a particular reference to the Faussett Collection\u003cbr\u003e 8. On the true character of the biographer Asser\u003cbr\u003e 9. Anglo-Saxon architecture, illustrated from illuminated manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e 10. On the literary history of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Britons, and of the Romantic Cycle of King Arthur\u003cbr\u003e 11. On saints' lives and miracles\u003cbr\u003e 12. On antiquarian excavations and researches in the middle ages.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266214023448,"sku":"9781108083478","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083478i_60b07f15-b0f2-4046-9289-dd0d90ee2515.jpg?v=1696751861","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/essays-on-archaeological-subjects-and-on-various-questions-connected-with-the-history-of-art-science-and-literature-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-9781108083478","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}