{"product_id":"essays-on-archaeological-subjects-and-on-various-questions-connected-with-the-history-of-art-science-and-literature-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-9781108083485","title":"Essays on Archaeological Subjects; And on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science, and Literature in the Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108083485","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\"\u003e9781108083485, 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\"\u003e334 pages, 42 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.25 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, the Celtic languages and 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 2 contains articles on the medieval period, from language to architecture and satire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e13. On the ancient map of the world preserved in Hereford Cathedral, as illustrative of the history of geography in the middle ages\u003cbr\u003e 14. On the history of the English language\u003cbr\u003e 15. On the abacus, or mediaeval system of arithmetic\u003cbr\u003e 16. On the antiquity of dates expressed in Arabic numerals\u003cbr\u003e 17. Remarks on an ivory casket of the beginning of the fourteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 18. On the carvings of the stalls in cathedral and collegiate churches\u003cbr\u003e 19. Illustrations of some questions relating to architectural antiquities\u003cbr\u003e 20. On the origin of rhymes in mediaeval poetry, and its bearing on the authenticity of the early Welsh poems\u003cbr\u003e 21. On the history of the drama in the middle ages\u003cbr\u003e 22. On the literature of the troubadours\u003cbr\u003e 23. On the history of comic literature during the middle ages\u003cbr\u003e 24. On the satirical literature of the Reformation.\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":46266215235864,"sku":"9781108083485","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083485i_8338375b-ba4f-4613-888f-63f1b06c6ef7.jpg?v=1696751864","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-9781108083485","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}