OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
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Published in a handy A-Z format here you will find accounts of well known haunting as well as many previously undiscovered locations. The author also attempts to provide fresh knowledge & personal accounts of new & traditional stories. Bunty Austin has always been fascinated by ghosts & on a trip to Anglesey years ago she was overwhelmed by the wealth of ghost stories associated with the area. Ghost stories had been passed down from generation to generation stories about haunted houses & ghost sightings were collected together to form a wealth of folklore over the years; from the lady of Park Lodge to the haunted lane. Anglesey Ghosts invites you to join Bunty Austin on a ghostly tour of the area. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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This is an introduction for students & lay readers on the Anglican tradition of doing theology. This book seeks to explain the ways in which Anglicans have sought to practise theology in their various contexts. It is a clear insightful & reliable guide which avoids technical jargon & roots its discussions in concrete examples. The book is primarily a work of historical theology which engages deeply with key texts & writers from across the tradition (e.g. Cranmer Jewel Hooker Taylor Butler Simeon Pusey Huntington Temple Ramsey & many others). As well as being suitable for seminary courses it will be of particular interest to study groups in parishes & churches as well as to individuals who seek to gain a deeper insight into the traditions of Anglicanism. While it adopts a broad & unpartisan approach it will also be provocative & lively. Doing Theology" introduces the major Christian traditions & their way of theological reflection. The volumes focus on the origins of a particular theological tradition its foundations key concepts eminent thinkers & historical development. The series is aimed readers who want to learn more about their own theological heritage & identity: theology undergraduates students in ministerial training & church study groups." ...

The seven centuries of the Anglo-Saxon period in England roughly AD 4001100 were a time of extraordinary & profound transformation in almost every aspect of its culture culminating in a dramatic shift from a barbarian society to a recognizably medieval civilization. This book traces the changing nature of that art the different roles it played in Anglo-Saxon culture & the various ways it both reflected & influenced the changing context in which it was created. From its first manifestations in the metalwork & ceramics of the early settlers Anglo-Saxon art displays certain inbuilt & highly distinctive stylistic & iconographic features. Despite the many new influences which were regularly absorbed & adapted by Anglo-Saxon artists & craftsmen these characteristics continued to resonate through the centuries in the great manuscripts ivories metalwork & sculpture of this inventive & creative culture. This book highlights the character leitmotifs & underlying continuities of Anglo-Saxon art whilst also placing it firmly in its wider cultural & political context. ...

The Anglo-Saxon period stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world & ends with the Norman takeover of Engl&. Between these epochal events many of the contours & patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work N. J. Higham & M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide-ranging as historical genetics paleobotany archaeology literary studies art history & numismatics. The result is the definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world enhanced with a rich array of photographs maps genealogies & other illustrations. The Anglo-Saxon period witnessed the birth of the English people the establishment of Christianity & the development of the English language. With an extraordinary cast of characters (Alfred the Great the Venerable Bede King Cnut) a long list of artistic & cultural achievements (Beowulf" "the Sutton Hoo ship-burial" finds the " Bayeux Tapestry") & multiple dramatic events (the " Viking invasions" the " Battle of Hastings") the Anglo-Saxon era lays legitimate claim to having been one of the most important in Western history." ...

outstanding.. .one of the most valuable contributions ever made to our knowledge of the history of our own land English Historical Review This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. Professor Stenton examines the development of English society from the growth of royal power to the establishment of feudalism after the Norman Conquest. He also describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon church including the Conversion of the various English kingdoms & the unification of Britain by the kings of Mercia & completed by the kings of Wessex. Drawing on many diverse examples-place-names coins & charters wills & pleas archaeology & the laws of the Anglo-Saxons-the result is a fascinating insight into this period of English history. ...

Beowulf The Battle of Maldon The Dream of the Rood The Wanderer & The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They & many other treasures are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles laws & letters charters & charms & above all superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans & yet within two hundred years had become Christians to such effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour & for a time the heart of European civilization. Kevin Crossley-Holland places poems & prose in context with his skilful interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon world; his translations have been widely acclaimed & of Beowulf the poet Charles Causley has written the poem has at last found its translator. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

This survey an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history & religious cultural social legal & economic themes are woven in. Throughout the book the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles charters manuscripts & coins works of art archaelogical remains & surviving buildings. The nature of power & kingship role of wealth rewards conquest & blood-feud in the perennial struggle for power structure of society the development of Christianity & the relations between church & secular authority are discussed at length while particular topics are explored in 19 picture essays"." ...