Student`s history of england from the earliest times to the death of queen victoria, Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Автор: Christopher Rawson Название: Stories of Dragons ISBN: 0746080743 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780746080740 Издательство: Usborne Рейтинг: Цена: 5270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Three hilarious, original tales of some not-so-scary mythical fire-breathing beasts. Each title is vividly illustrated, and is clearly laid out with speech bubbles to aid the narrative flow. Developed in conjunction with reading experts at the University of Surrey.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: A Student`s History of England ISBN: 1357736681 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781357736682 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 45070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: Illustrated English History ISBN: 1356736157 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781356736157 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 39170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: Illustrated English History ISBN: 1145312705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781145312708 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22760.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: The Thirty Year`s War: 1618-1648 ISBN: 1646066715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646066711 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 17400.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
One of the most complete histories of this inter-Christian war, fought mainly in the heartland of present-day Germany, in which up to 40 percent of the population was killed.
Written not as a dry history but rather as a highly-engrossing story, this classic work--which set the standard for all later histories--starts with an explanation of the religious conflict between Catholic and Protestant in Germany, and explains how this dispute then spiralled out of control into what became the most devastating European war of all time.
It shows how the first violent act--committed by Protestants in Prague against Catholic officials--was followed by a general Protestant uprising. Although they initially gained a number of victories against a hastily-assembled Catholic army, the Protestants fell into a dispute between their Calvinist and Lutheran components. This dissension allowed the Catholics to gain the upper hand and drive the Protestants out of Bohemia, killing all men of weapon-bearing age in the process--an act which set the standard for the rest of the bloody conflict.
As the book relates, foreign powers--both Protestant and Catholic--sent invading armies to support their allied religious factions, and soon troops from Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, and France were involved.
The war carried on for 30 years, exacting a toll which utterly devastated Germany. For example, W rttemberg lost three-quarters of its population during the war, while Brandenburg lost half. The male population was even more deeply affected: about half of all German men were killed.
"Outrages of unspeakable atrocity were committed everywhere. Human beings were driven naked into the streets, their flesh pierced with needles, or cut to the bone with saws. Others were scalded with boiling water, or hunted with fierce dogs. The horrors of a town taken by storm were repeated every day in the open country. Even apart from its excesses, the war itself was terrible enough.
"When Augsburg was besieged by the imperialists, after their victory at N rdlingen, it contained an industrious population of 70,000 souls. After a siege of seven months, 10,000 living beings, wan and haggard with famine, remained to open the gates to the conquerors . . .
"The losses of the civil population were almost incredible. In a certain district of Thuringia which was probably better off than the greater part of Germany, there were, before the war cloud burst, 1,717 houses standing in nineteen villages. In 1649, only 627 houses were left. And even of the houses which remained many were untenanted. The 1,717 houses had been inhabited by 1,773 families. Only 316 families could be found to occupy the 627 houses."
Completely reformatted, reset and indexed. Fifteen new illustrations.
Автор: , Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: Oliver Cromwell ISBN: 1507744625 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781507744628 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13780.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Oliver Cromwell, the future Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was born at Huntingdon on April 25, 1599, receiving his baptismal name from his uncle, Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchingbrooke, a mansion hard by the little town. It was at Huntingdon that the father of the infant, Robert Cromwell, had established himself, farming lands and perhaps also adding to his income by the profits of a brewhouse managed by his wife, Elizabeth-a descendant of a middle-class Norfolk family of Steward-originally Styward-which, whatever writers of authority may say, was not in any way connected with the Royal House of Scotland."I was," said Cromwell in one of his later speeches, "by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the nation, and-not to be overtedious-I did endeavour to discharge the duty of an honest man in those services to God and His people's interest, and to the Commonwealth." The open secret of Cromwell's public life is set forth in these words: -his aim being: first, to be himself an honest man; secondly, to serve God and the people of God; and thirdly, to fulfil his duty to the Commonwealth. In this order, and in no other, did his obligations to his fellow-creatures present themselves to his eyes. For the work before him it could not be otherwise than helpful that his position in life brought him into contact with all classes of society.What powers and capacities this infant-or indeed any other infant-may have derived from this or the other ancestor, is a mystery too deep for human knowledge; but at least it may be noted that the descent of the Cromwells from Sir Richard Williams, the nephew of Thomas Cromwell, the despotic Minister of Henry VIII., brought into the family a Welsh strain which may have shown itself in the fervid idealism lighting up the stern practical sense of the warrior and statesman.Of Oliver's father little is known; but his portrait testifies that he was a man of sober Puritanism, not much given to any form of spiritual enthusiasm-very unlike his elder brother, Sir Oliver, who had inherited not only the estate, but the splendid ways of his father, Sir Henry Cromwell-the Golden Knight-and who, after running through his property, was compelled to sell his land and to retire into a more obscure position. As the little Oliver grew up, he had before his eyes the types of the future Cavalier and Roundhead in his own family. So far as parental influence could decide the question, there could be no doubt on which side the young Oliver would take his stand. His education was carried on in the free school of the town, under Dr. Beard, the author of The Theatre of God's Judgments Displayed, in which a belief in the constant intervention of Providence in the punishment of offenders was set forth by numerous examples of the calamities of the wicked. Though Oliver afterwards learned to modify the crudeness of this teaching, the doctrine that success or failure was an indication of Divine favour or disfavour never left him, and he was able, in the days of his greatness, to point unhesitatingly to the results of Naseby and Worcester as evidence that God Himself approved of the victorious cause.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: The Thirty Years` War 1618-1648 ISBN: 1499394446 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781499394443 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gardiner Samuel Rawson Название: Illustrated English History, B.C. 55-A.D.[1886], Volume 2 ISBN: 1354578880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781354578889 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 40400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
