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23990 results in Ancient history

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Ancient and Pre-modern Economies of the North American Pacific Northwest

Ancient and Pre-modern Economies of the North American Pacific Northwest
  • Anna Marie Prentiss
  • Published online:
    29 March 2023
    Print publication:
    27 April 2023
  • This Element provides an overview of pre-modern and ancient economies of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The region is widely known for its densely occupied semisedentary villages, intensive production economies, dramatic ritual life, and complex social relations. Scholars recognize significant diversity in the structure of subsistence and goods production in the service of domestic groups and institutional entities throughout the region. Here, domestic and institutional economies, specialization, distribution, economic development, and future directions are reviewed. The Element closes with thoughts on the processes of socio-economic change on the scales of houses, villages, and regional strategies.

Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England
  • The Local Courts in Kent, 1460-1560
  • Karen Jones
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    23 March 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2006
  • First full-length study of the relations between gender and crime in late medieval England.

Fourteenth Century England III
  • Edited by W. Mark Ormrod
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    21 March 2023
    Print publication:
    25 March 2004
  • The annual volume of new work on all aspects of the fourteenth century, including England's overseas interests, from English and American scholars.

North-East England, 1569-1625
  • Governance, Culture and Identity
  • Diana Newton
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    18 March 2023
    Print publication:
    17 August 2006
  • This study of England's north-eastern parts examines counties Durham and Northumberland as well as Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with its central theme the extent to which the county gentry and urban elites possessed a sense of regional identity. It concentrates on these elites' social, political, religious and cultural connections which extended beyond the purely administrative jurisdictions of the county or town. By concentrating on a series of seismic changes in the area - the demise of its great regional magnates, the rapid upsurge of the coal industry and the union of the crowns - it offers a distinctive chronological coverage, from the latter half of the sixteenth century through to the early seventeenth century. Old stereotypes of the north-eastern landed elites as isolated and backward are overturned while their response to state formation reveals their political sophistication. Traditional views of the religious conservatism of the north-eastern parts are reassessed to demonstrate its multi-faceted complexion. And contrasting cultural patterns are analysed, through ballad literature, the cult of St Cuthbert and increasing exposure to metropolitan 'civility' to reveal a series of sub-regions within the north-eastern reaches of the kingdom.

A Companion to the Anglo-Norman World
  • Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill, Elisabeth M. C. van Houts
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    17 March 2023
    Print publication:
    01 January 2002
  • England and Normandy functioned as a united kingdom for a hundred and fifty eventful years, both culturally and politically. Studies survey the fortunes of the kingdom and the duchy, their exploits in the North Sea political arena, and the parallel Norman achievement in the Mediterranean.

Urban Life in the Distant Past
  • The Prehistory of Energized Crowding
  • Michael E. Smith
  • Published online:
    15 March 2023
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023
  • In this book, Michael Smith offers a comparative and interdisciplinary examination of ancient settlements and cities. Early cities varied considerably in their political and economic organization and dynamics. Smith here introduces a coherent approach to urbanism that is transdisciplinary in scope, scientific in epistemology, and anchored in the urban literature of the social sciences. His new insight is 'energized crowding,' a concept that captures the consequences of social interactions within the built environment resulting from increases in population size and density within settlements. Smith explores the implications of features such as empires, states, markets, households, and neighborhoods for urban life and society through case studies from around the world. Direct influences on urban life – as mediated by energized crowding-are organized into institutional (top-down forces) and generative (bottom-up processes). Smith's volume analyzes their similarities and differences with contemporary cities, and highlights the relevance of ancient cities for understanding urbanism and its challenges today.

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