Royal Historical Society Reference library
The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)
... Historical Society Founded in 1868 ; granted the title ‘Royal’ in 1887 . It promotes the study of history by publishing historical material, supporting conferences and lectures, and offering grants and prizes. Its papers appear annually as Transactions . It amalgamated with the Camden Society in 1897 , and now publishes the Camden...
Royal Australian Historical Society Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian History
... Australian Historical Society , founded in Sydney 1901 , is the parent body of a network of local historical societies in NSW. Similar societies were subsequently formed in the other states ( see historical societies ). The charter of the society is to promote interest in the study of Australian history, particularly the history of NSW, which it does through its publications: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , first published in 1901 , and the magazine History . The society has greatly raised awareness of history at a popular level....
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Welsh Local and Family History Quick reference
D. Huw Owen
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...Presbyterian Church of Wales), and L. Madden (ed.), Methodism in Wales ( 2003 ). Historical societies within the main Churches of Wales publish journals annually, and these promote an awareness of records which are frequently of considerable relevance for family and local historians. The Transactions of the Historical Society of the Welsh Baptists have been published since 1906 . The corresponding publications of other religious historical societies include those of the Presbyterian Church of Wales ( 1916 ), the Welsh Independents ( 1923 ), and...
The Antiquarian Tradition Quick reference
David Hey
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...to the Middle Ages. The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts was established in 1869 and the British Record Society in 1888 ; the Index Library of the British Record Society began immediate publication with a calendar of Northamptonshire and Rutland wills, and in the following year with the first of many volumes relating to the records in the Public Record Office. The Rolls Series, the Camden Society , the Hakluyt Society , the Harleian Society , the Pipe Roll Society , the Selden Society , and the Huguenot Society , together with the county...
Viewing Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...experienced by the first art societies in determining the tone and organization of their exhibitions, and regulating their enthusiastic viewers, were practical manifestations of their need to revise fundamental notions of the place and function of art in Britain. The Society of Artists went through an administrative mitosis in 1768 , with one faction staying on to become the Incorporated Society of Artists and a group of dissenting artists leaving to form the inner circle of the Royal Academy of Arts. The Royal Academy initially seemed to answer the...
Scottish Local and Family History Quick reference
David moody
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...societies, the Roxburghe, was founded in 1812 , and the 19th century saw the publication of most of the meagre extant medieval records of burgh and monastery . Most of the societies are now defunct, but publication of primary sources is continued by the Scottish History Society and the Scottish Record Society. A bibliography of published records is provided by David and Wendy Stevenson , Scottish Texts and Calendars ( 1987 ). Antiquarians had an abiding interest in sites and buildings. The (standing) Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical...
Irish Local and Family History Quick reference
Kevin Whelan
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...island. The best‐written Irish local history has come from the historical geographers. Estyn Evans's Mourne County ( 1951 ) is the classic example and is a compelling expression of how a well‐developed sense of place can enrich the historical consciousness. Notable recent exponents include Willie Smyth (on Tipperary), Patrick O’Connor (on Limerick), and Paddy Duffy (on Monaghan). A recent project that adds to this tradition is the Irish Historic Towns Atlas under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy. So far, fascicles have appeared on Athlone,...
43b The History of the Book in Southeast Asia (2): The Mainland Reference library
Jana Igunma
The Oxford Companion to the Book
... MSS and folding books were produced for a variety of purposes in Buddhist monasteries and at the royal and local courts in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. The production of MSS was regarded as an act to gain merit. They provided teaching material and handbooks for monks and novices, as well as Buddhist literature and historical works to read to the lay people during religious ceremonies. MSS were also important for history writing (by demand of the royal or local courts), the transcription of oral tradition, and the production of professional manuals...
Introduction: Muslim Activist Intellectuals and Their Place in History Reference library
John L. Esposito and John O. Voll
Makers of Contemporary Islam
... the principles of Muslim government remained unchanged. 32 Within this historical framework, the ulama emerged as part of the established structure of authority in Muslim societies. This means that the “ulama establishment” developed as something different from simply being the people of knowledge, acting as “intellectuals,” in Muslim societies. By the era of the peak power of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, the “official” ulama were a...
Architecture Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...artefacts, models, and plaster casts, and annually sent its top student to Rome for five years.) From 1809 onwards there were regularly published criticisms of the Royal Academy's failings and numerous proposals for reform. For example, the young Thomas Leverton Donaldson ( 1795–1885 ), future President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, founded the Architectural Students' Society in 1817 and petitioned for extended library hours and a School of Architecture. Soane did permit Academy students to study from his own private collections, and on...
Domestic Buildings Quick reference
Malcolm Airs
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...in three volumes between 1816 and 1820 under the title The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore are an opulent testament to royal taste in the Regency period and a valuable historical record in their own right. Inventories provide an important source for understanding the interiors of the early country house, and the publications of the Furniture History Society such as Lindsay Boynton (ed.), The Hardwick Hall Inventories of 1601 ( 1971...
Population Levels and Trends Quick reference
David Hey
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...at this time was the study of geographical mobility , which was advanced by the publication of E. G. Ravenstein , ‘The Laws of Migration’, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society , 48 ( 1885 ), which categorized various stages of migration and emphasized that most people travelled relatively short distances. Ravenstein's model has proved of lasting worth. Major advances in the study of historical demography were made in the second half of the 20th century. An early attempt at an overall view of the population of the Middle Ages was J. C. Russell , ...
Kinship and Kingship: The Early Monarchy Reference library
Carol Meyers
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...as we shall see, the accounts of conspicuous wealth and grandeur, even if royal hyperbole, contain details of architectural and artifactual style that are rooted in the visual vocabulary of royal courts in the early Iron II period. Mentioning the Bible's reports of the early kings' building projects brings us to a second major source of information, archaeology, that we shall consider more fully below. Recent archaeological surveys, for example, do confirm the historical value of topographical details and place-names in the narratives of 1 and...
Local and Regional History: Modern Approaches Quick reference
David Hey
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...of local history. First and foremost should be the historical analysis of particular societies and their activities, studied as an entity and in relation to the wider world of their times; such societies must be understood in their geographic contexts. The second approach should be topographical: the study of landscapes and the interplay between man and his environment, revealed by both visual and documentary evidence. The third concern is with all the families that together constitute the local society that is being studied. The fourth is with regional...
Women Local and Family Historians Quick reference
Joan Thirsk
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...women, increasingly after 1900 , became editors of single volumes for local record societies (see E. L. C. Mullins , Texts and Calendars: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications (Royal Historical Society, 1958) . Some women were almost certainly effective agitators for the setting up of county record societies; one can suspect this in cases where the editor of the first volume in the series is a woman (as in the case of Rose Graham and the Oxfordshire Record Society, 1919 ; Madeleine Hope Dodds and the Newcastle upon Tyne Records Committee...
Music Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...( 1774–1858 ) undoubtedly produced fine examples of the genre, a serious link with the glorious cathedral and madrigal traditions; but this proved no basis for national revival. More promising initiatives were a summer English Opera House ( 1816 ), the Royal Academy of Music ( 1823 ), and the Philharmonic Society's ‘trials’ of new compositions: here Cipriani Potter could confidently challenge foreign symphonists such as Ferdinand *Ries and Louis Spohr ( 1784–1859 ). However, the only really enduring British contribution was made by a group of foreign-born ...
Bitter Lives: Israel in and out of Egypt Reference library
Carol A. Redmount
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...from Bashan, Ben-Ozen, took the Egyptian name Ramses-em-Per-Re and served as chief royal herald, fan bearer on the right of the king, and first royal butler under Rameses II. Successful Asiatics in Egypt assimilated totally. They adopted Egyptian names and portrayed themselves in Egyptian style and dress. Often the only hint of their foreign origin was their Semitic name. Most powerful of all were two Asiatics who rose to unprecedented heights in Egyptian society. One, named Bay, has been known for many years. At the end of Dynasty 19, a period...
1700 to the Present Reference library
Ronald Clements
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
...cosmology set the primary task. Alongside this historical, rather than cosmological, issues began progressively to become the centre of biblical research. Theology itself became historically oriented to such an extent that historical reconstructions shaped the form of theological enquiry. Central among such questions were those relating to the life and person of Jesus of Nazareth. In line with this the preparation in the Old Testament for the advent of the Messiah became increasingly focused on its historical, rather than its theological, character. Instead...
