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A Handbook of Pictorial History

A Handbook of Pictorial History

by Henry W. Donald

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Author
Donald, Henry W.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs
Subject
Costume -- Great Britain -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46433
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46433
Release Date
July 27, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HANDBOOK OF PICTORIAL HISTORY.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.THE STONE AGE.
  5. 5.THE BRONZE AGE.
  6. 6.PREHISTORIC POTTERY AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
  7. 7.THE ROMAN WALL.
  8. 8.ROMAN POTTERY, Etc.
  9. 9.ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN LONDON.
  10. 10.ROMAN ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN.
  11. 11.ROMAN ARMS, Etc.
  12. 12.SAXON WEAPONS.
  13. 13.SAXON COSTUME, A.D. 460-A.D. 1066.
  14. 14.ANGLO-SAXON ARCHITECTURE.
  15. 15.SAXON CUSTOMS.
  16. 16.SAXON FARMING.
  17. 17.SAXON ANTIQUITIES.
  18. 18.DANISH VESSELS, Etc.
  19. 19.NORMAN CUSTOMS.
  20. 20.NORMAN ARMS AND ARMOUR.
  21. 21.THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.
  22. 22.EARLY NORMAN ARCHITECTURE.
  23. 23.LATER NORMAN ARCHITECTURE.
  24. 24.NORMAN CASTLES.
  25. 25.NORMAN SEALS AND COINS.
  26. 26.THE JOUST AND TOURNAMENT.
  27. 27.ENGLISH ARCHERS.
  28. 28.EARLY CANNON.
  29. 29.A 15th CENTURY SHIP.
  30. 30.BRASSES.
  31. 31.HERALDRY.
  32. 32.THE TUDOR NAVY.
  33. 33.PLANTAGENET COSTUME.
  34. 34.MAIL ARMOUR.
  35. 35.EARLY ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE.
  36. 36.MIXED MAIL AND PLATE ARMOUR.
  37. 37.LANCASTRIAN AND YORKIST PERIODS. — MALE COSTUMES. — FEMALE COSTUMES. — PLATE ARMOUR. — DECORATED ARCHITECTURE.
  38. 38.TUDOR PERIOD. — MALE COSTUMES. — FEMALE COSTUMES. — PLATE ARMOUR. — PERPENDICULAR ARCHITECTURE.
  39. 39.STUART PERIOD (To William III.). — MALE COSTUMES. — FEMALE COSTUMES. — ARMS AND ARMOUR.
  40. 40.ANNE, GEORGE I. AND GEORGE II. — MALE COSTUMES. — FEMALE COSTUMES.
  41. 41.GEORGE III. — MALE COSTUMES. — FEMALE COSTUMES. — THE MONASTIC ORDERS.
  42. 42.GENERAL PLAN OF A MONASTERY.
  43. 43.THE FRIARS AND CANONS. — THE CANONS.
  44. 44.MILITARY MONASTIC ORDERS.
  45. 45.ECCLESIASTICAL COSTUMES AND VESTMENTS.
  46. 46.PILGRIMS.

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