Mark Connelly
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199278602
- eISBN:
- 9780191707056
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278602.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great War. It tests the current theories about the British Army in the ...
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This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great War. It tests the current theories about the British Army in the war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians. In recent years, a fascinating reassessment of the combat performance of the British Army in the Great War has stressed the fact that the British Army ascended a ‘learning curve’ during the conflict resulting in a modern military machine of awesome power. Research carried out thus far has been on a grand scale with very few examinations of smaller units. This study of the battalion of the Buffs has tested these theoretical ideas. The central questions addressed in this study are: the factors that dominated the officer-man relationship during the war; how identity and combat efficiency was maintained in the light of heavy casualties; the relative importance of individual characters to the efficiency of a battalion as opposed to the ‘managerial structures’ of the BEF; the importance of brigade and division to the performance of a battalion; the effective understanding and deployment of new weapons; the reactions of individual men to the trials of war; and the personal and private reactions of the soldiers' communities in Kent. This book adds a significant new chapter to our understanding of the British army on the Western Front, and the way its home community in East Kent reacted to experience. It reveals the way in which the regiment adjusted to the shock of modern warfare, and the bloody learning curve the Buffs ascended as they shared the British Expeditionary Force's march towards final victory.Less
This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great War. It tests the current theories about the British Army in the war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians. In recent years, a fascinating reassessment of the combat performance of the British Army in the Great War has stressed the fact that the British Army ascended a ‘learning curve’ during the conflict resulting in a modern military machine of awesome power. Research carried out thus far has been on a grand scale with very few examinations of smaller units. This study of the battalion of the Buffs has tested these theoretical ideas. The central questions addressed in this study are: the factors that dominated the officer-man relationship during the war; how identity and combat efficiency was maintained in the light of heavy casualties; the relative importance of individual characters to the efficiency of a battalion as opposed to the ‘managerial structures’ of the BEF; the importance of brigade and division to the performance of a battalion; the effective understanding and deployment of new weapons; the reactions of individual men to the trials of war; and the personal and private reactions of the soldiers' communities in Kent. This book adds a significant new chapter to our understanding of the British army on the Western Front, and the way its home community in East Kent reacted to experience. It reveals the way in which the regiment adjusted to the shock of modern warfare, and the bloody learning curve the Buffs ascended as they shared the British Expeditionary Force's march towards final victory.
Cynthia J. Van Zandt
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195181241
- eISBN:
- 9780199870776
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181241.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
The epilogue briefly summarizes the book's argument and examines William Claiborne's 1677 petition for the return of Kent Island. It argues that the seventeenth-century colonial American world had ...
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The epilogue briefly summarizes the book's argument and examines William Claiborne's 1677 petition for the return of Kent Island. It argues that the seventeenth-century colonial American world had changed dramatically and irrevocably by the 1670s, by which time the extraordinary influence of intercultural alliances along the Atlantic seaboard had largely passed. By then the Susquehannocks no longer played such a pivotal role in alliances linking peoples from Iroquoia to the Chesapeake Bay.Less
The epilogue briefly summarizes the book's argument and examines William Claiborne's 1677 petition for the return of Kent Island. It argues that the seventeenth-century colonial American world had changed dramatically and irrevocably by the 1670s, by which time the extraordinary influence of intercultural alliances along the Atlantic seaboard had largely passed. By then the Susquehannocks no longer played such a pivotal role in alliances linking peoples from Iroquoia to the Chesapeake Bay.
Steven K. Green
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195399677
- eISBN:
- 9780199777150
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195399677.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity, Religion and Society
This begins a three-chapter discussion of legal disestablishment, of the development and decline of the maxim that Christianity formed part of the common law. It traces the origins of the maxim in ...
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This begins a three-chapter discussion of legal disestablishment, of the development and decline of the maxim that Christianity formed part of the common law. It traces the origins of the maxim in higher-law notions, British common law, and Puritan legal codes. It discusses the influence of jurists William Blackstone, Joseph Story, and James Kent and the maxim’s early application in blasphemy and Sunday law cases. The chapter argues that the maxim influenced early legal attitudes toward understandings of disestablishment.Less
This begins a three-chapter discussion of legal disestablishment, of the development and decline of the maxim that Christianity formed part of the common law. It traces the origins of the maxim in higher-law notions, British common law, and Puritan legal codes. It discusses the influence of jurists William Blackstone, Joseph Story, and James Kent and the maxim’s early application in blasphemy and Sunday law cases. The chapter argues that the maxim influenced early legal attitudes toward understandings of disestablishment.
Solomon Schimmel
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195188264
- eISBN:
- 9780199870509
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195188264.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter analyzes the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, the belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus, and the theology and practices of serpent‐handling sects. This chapter points out the ...
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This chapter analyzes the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, the belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus, and the theology and practices of serpent‐handling sects. This chapter points out the irrationality and circularity of the ‘proofs’ for ‘biblical inerrancy’ put forth by the evangelical Protestant theologian, Grudem. It then examines the claims of the fundamentalist Craig for the historicity of the physical resurrection of Jesus, and the views of the philosopher Flew, the New Testament scholar Ehrman, and the psychologist Kent, who provide naturalistic, non‐miraculous explanations for the origin and spread of the belief in Jesus' resurrection. The chapter, using Ralph Hood's concept of ‘intratextuality’ examines how members of the Pentecostal Church of God (Of Prophecy) sect, led by Hensley, derive from the Bible a mandate to handle venomous snakes in order to prove their Christian faith, and explains why their way of reading and interpreting the Bible makes no sense.Less
This chapter analyzes the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, the belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus, and the theology and practices of serpent‐handling sects. This chapter points out the irrationality and circularity of the ‘proofs’ for ‘biblical inerrancy’ put forth by the evangelical Protestant theologian, Grudem. It then examines the claims of the fundamentalist Craig for the historicity of the physical resurrection of Jesus, and the views of the philosopher Flew, the New Testament scholar Ehrman, and the psychologist Kent, who provide naturalistic, non‐miraculous explanations for the origin and spread of the belief in Jesus' resurrection. The chapter, using Ralph Hood's concept of ‘intratextuality’ examines how members of the Pentecostal Church of God (Of Prophecy) sect, led by Hensley, derive from the Bible a mandate to handle venomous snakes in order to prove their Christian faith, and explains why their way of reading and interpreting the Bible makes no sense.
MARK CONNELLY
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199278602
- eISBN:
- 9780191707056
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278602.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter shows that throughout the war the Buffs maintained close contact with its host community in East Kent regardless of the fact that the demographic complexion of the battalions altered ...
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This chapter shows that throughout the war the Buffs maintained close contact with its host community in East Kent regardless of the fact that the demographic complexion of the battalions altered during the conflict. This was reciprocated by the civilian communities of East Kent which continued to view the men in the trenches as ‘their boys’. Communication was maintained via a continual interchange of information. This regular communication reflected the pride felt by the communities of East Kent for the Buffs, and ensured a high profile for the regiment throughout the war. In the immediate post-war period the Buffs and the people of East Kent came together to commemorate and remember their dead in pride and sorrow through the creation and production of a variety of memorials. These memorials then linked the military community the men, both dead and living, had found in the Buffs with their families and homes.Less
This chapter shows that throughout the war the Buffs maintained close contact with its host community in East Kent regardless of the fact that the demographic complexion of the battalions altered during the conflict. This was reciprocated by the civilian communities of East Kent which continued to view the men in the trenches as ‘their boys’. Communication was maintained via a continual interchange of information. This regular communication reflected the pride felt by the communities of East Kent for the Buffs, and ensured a high profile for the regiment throughout the war. In the immediate post-war period the Buffs and the people of East Kent came together to commemorate and remember their dead in pride and sorrow through the creation and production of a variety of memorials. These memorials then linked the military community the men, both dead and living, had found in the Buffs with their families and homes.
Cynthia J. Van Zandt
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195181241
- eISBN:
- 9780199870776
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181241.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the importance of the intercultural alliance formed between the Susquehannocks and Virginia colonist William Claiborne in the 1630s, centered around Claiborne's base at Kent ...
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This chapter examines the importance of the intercultural alliance formed between the Susquehannocks and Virginia colonist William Claiborne in the 1630s, centered around Claiborne's base at Kent Island. It puts the alliance in context by considering the Susquehannocks' search for a suitable European ally and trading partner through the first three decades of the 17th century. The Susquehannocks sought European allies and trading partners as part of their strategy against the Five Nations Iroquois. In the end, the Susquehannock-Claiborne alliance was thwarted by intra-English colonial rivalries rather than by intercultural pressures. Maryland claimed Kent Island, expelled Claiborne, and unsuccessfully tried to ally with the Susquehannocks. Despite its relatively short life, the Susquehannock-Claiborne alliance held long-lasting and far-reaching consequences.Less
This chapter examines the importance of the intercultural alliance formed between the Susquehannocks and Virginia colonist William Claiborne in the 1630s, centered around Claiborne's base at Kent Island. It puts the alliance in context by considering the Susquehannocks' search for a suitable European ally and trading partner through the first three decades of the 17th century. The Susquehannocks sought European allies and trading partners as part of their strategy against the Five Nations Iroquois. In the end, the Susquehannock-Claiborne alliance was thwarted by intra-English colonial rivalries rather than by intercultural pressures. Maryland claimed Kent Island, expelled Claiborne, and unsuccessfully tried to ally with the Susquehannocks. Despite its relatively short life, the Susquehannock-Claiborne alliance held long-lasting and far-reaching consequences.
MARK CONNELLY
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199278602
- eISBN:
- 9780191707056
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278602.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter focuses on the importance of internal cohesion in a battalion. During the course of the Great War, the East Kent Regiment along with the entire British army faced the huge task of trying ...
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This chapter focuses on the importance of internal cohesion in a battalion. During the course of the Great War, the East Kent Regiment along with the entire British army faced the huge task of trying to maintain internal cohesion in the most difficult circumstances. The flood of volunteers, later supplemented with conscripts, mostly lacked any type of military experience; they had to be moulded rapidly into efficient fighting units and made to understand and respect the ways of the army. However, the army was pragmatic enough to realise that it also had to change and modify its approach in order to maintain general harmony and effectiveness in a time of such unprecedented emergency. In addition, heavy casualties meant that battalions were rebuilt, sometimes almost from scratch, several times over. The medal rolls reveal that some 35,000 men passed through the Buffs during the course of the war. In these circumstances, the task of re-establishing an identity both survivors and fresh drafts could accept and rally round was a challenging one. Understanding how the regiment reacted to these conditions is vital to an overall analysis of its performance during the Great War.Less
This chapter focuses on the importance of internal cohesion in a battalion. During the course of the Great War, the East Kent Regiment along with the entire British army faced the huge task of trying to maintain internal cohesion in the most difficult circumstances. The flood of volunteers, later supplemented with conscripts, mostly lacked any type of military experience; they had to be moulded rapidly into efficient fighting units and made to understand and respect the ways of the army. However, the army was pragmatic enough to realise that it also had to change and modify its approach in order to maintain general harmony and effectiveness in a time of such unprecedented emergency. In addition, heavy casualties meant that battalions were rebuilt, sometimes almost from scratch, several times over. The medal rolls reveal that some 35,000 men passed through the Buffs during the course of the war. In these circumstances, the task of re-establishing an identity both survivors and fresh drafts could accept and rally round was a challenging one. Understanding how the regiment reacted to these conditions is vital to an overall analysis of its performance during the Great War.
Bernard Capp
- Published in print:
- 1989
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201151
- eISBN:
- 9780191674822
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201151.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter discusses the Kent rebellion and the naval revolt of 1648. Rebellion in Kent began when the county committees tried to suppress the petition calling for a personal treaty between King ...
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This chapter discusses the Kent rebellion and the naval revolt of 1648. Rebellion in Kent began when the county committees tried to suppress the petition calling for a personal treaty between King Charles and the Parliament and the disbanding of the army. When the Kent rebels occupied Sandwich, letters calling upon officers and men to join the revolt were quickly dispatched to every ship in the Downs. This sparked off a mutiny aboard the flagship, the Constant Reformation. The mutineers refused to allow the newly appointed Rainborough back on board, took control of the remaining ships in the Downs, and demanded the return of the earl of Warwick. The mutineers then sent a declaration justifying their actions to the Admiralty Commissioners, endorsing their petition for a personal treaty and the disbanding of the army.Less
This chapter discusses the Kent rebellion and the naval revolt of 1648. Rebellion in Kent began when the county committees tried to suppress the petition calling for a personal treaty between King Charles and the Parliament and the disbanding of the army. When the Kent rebels occupied Sandwich, letters calling upon officers and men to join the revolt were quickly dispatched to every ship in the Downs. This sparked off a mutiny aboard the flagship, the Constant Reformation. The mutineers refused to allow the newly appointed Rainborough back on board, took control of the remaining ships in the Downs, and demanded the return of the earl of Warwick. The mutineers then sent a declaration justifying their actions to the Admiralty Commissioners, endorsing their petition for a personal treaty and the disbanding of the army.
David Manning
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195182392
- eISBN:
- 9780199851485
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182392.003.0037
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
The folk tunes collection in this chapter differs from most of those hitherto printed in the Folk-Song Journal in that, while former collections have been gathered from one county, the present tunes ...
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The folk tunes collection in this chapter differs from most of those hitherto printed in the Folk-Song Journal in that, while former collections have been gathered from one county, the present tunes represent no less than seven: Essex, Norfolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Kent, and even London. It is not suggested that the tunes grouped under the counties are their exclusive property; indeed, the more wonderful fact elicited from the search for folk songs is that the same tune may be heard, with hardly any variation, in Norfolk, Sussex, or Yorkshire. This proves more than anything the fundamental character of the genuine folk song. It will be noticed that a large proportion of the tunes in this collection are modal in character—Dorian, Aeolian, or Mixolydian. The chapter suggests that the Mixolydian and Dorian tunes are more characteristic of agricultural districts, while Aeolian tunes belong more to towns, and to trades such as fishing and cobbling.Less
The folk tunes collection in this chapter differs from most of those hitherto printed in the Folk-Song Journal in that, while former collections have been gathered from one county, the present tunes represent no less than seven: Essex, Norfolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Kent, and even London. It is not suggested that the tunes grouped under the counties are their exclusive property; indeed, the more wonderful fact elicited from the search for folk songs is that the same tune may be heard, with hardly any variation, in Norfolk, Sussex, or Yorkshire. This proves more than anything the fundamental character of the genuine folk song. It will be noticed that a large proportion of the tunes in this collection are modal in character—Dorian, Aeolian, or Mixolydian. The chapter suggests that the Mixolydian and Dorian tunes are more characteristic of agricultural districts, while Aeolian tunes belong more to towns, and to trades such as fishing and cobbling.
Mark Weston Janis
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199579341
- eISBN:
- 9780191722653
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579341.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, Legal History
This chapter reopens the early 19th-century treatises of James Kent and Henry Wheaton, the first Americans to systematically describe and analyze international law. It remarks on the importance that ...
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This chapter reopens the early 19th-century treatises of James Kent and Henry Wheaton, the first Americans to systematically describe and analyze international law. It remarks on the importance that both authors assigned to the law of nations, and explores why Kent and Wheaton paid such homage to Hugo Grotius and what they saw as the Dutch jurist's Protestant fashioning of what Wheaton called ‘the international law of Christendom’. The international law of Kent and Wheaton was a law necessarily limited to a circle of like-minded states bound by a common tradition of culture, law, and morals, a characterization which departed from Grotius's own universalistic preferences. It is argued that Kent and Wheaton rejected the universalism in the Grotian tradition for two of the very reasons that motivated them to emphasize international law in the first place. First, like the Founding Fathers, they were anxious to use the law of nations to secure the recently won independence and sovereignty of the United States. Second and more originally, Kent and Wheaton sought to answer new positivist critiques of international law by John Austin and to affirm the efficacy of international law in international relations. Finally, it is argued that in so doing, Kent and Wheaton were not guilty of the sins of legalism-moralism sometimes ascribed by George Kennan and other ‘realists’ to American international lawyers in general. Rather Kent and Wheaton presaged a realism about international law that would later characterize some, though not all, Americans who came to practice and profess the discipline.Less
This chapter reopens the early 19th-century treatises of James Kent and Henry Wheaton, the first Americans to systematically describe and analyze international law. It remarks on the importance that both authors assigned to the law of nations, and explores why Kent and Wheaton paid such homage to Hugo Grotius and what they saw as the Dutch jurist's Protestant fashioning of what Wheaton called ‘the international law of Christendom’. The international law of Kent and Wheaton was a law necessarily limited to a circle of like-minded states bound by a common tradition of culture, law, and morals, a characterization which departed from Grotius's own universalistic preferences. It is argued that Kent and Wheaton rejected the universalism in the Grotian tradition for two of the very reasons that motivated them to emphasize international law in the first place. First, like the Founding Fathers, they were anxious to use the law of nations to secure the recently won independence and sovereignty of the United States. Second and more originally, Kent and Wheaton sought to answer new positivist critiques of international law by John Austin and to affirm the efficacy of international law in international relations. Finally, it is argued that in so doing, Kent and Wheaton were not guilty of the sins of legalism-moralism sometimes ascribed by George Kennan and other ‘realists’ to American international lawyers in general. Rather Kent and Wheaton presaged a realism about international law that would later characterize some, though not all, Americans who came to practice and profess the discipline.
Andrew Burnett and Marion Archibald
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780197262788
- eISBN:
- 9780191754210
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197262788.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
John Kent FBA, Keeper of Coins and Medals in the British Museum from 1983 to 1990, was the world's leading authority on the coinage of the late Roman Empire and presented the coinage of that ...
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John Kent FBA, Keeper of Coins and Medals in the British Museum from 1983 to 1990, was the world's leading authority on the coinage of the late Roman Empire and presented the coinage of that complicated period in a modern and systematic way. He published The Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) volumes VIII and X. Kent studied the Merovingian coins from the Sutton Hoo Mound 1 ship burial and was able to provide evidence towards a revised interpretation of the mound's historical context. Obituary by Andrew Burnett and Marion Archibald.Less
John Kent FBA, Keeper of Coins and Medals in the British Museum from 1983 to 1990, was the world's leading authority on the coinage of the late Roman Empire and presented the coinage of that complicated period in a modern and systematic way. He published The Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) volumes VIII and X. Kent studied the Merovingian coins from the Sutton Hoo Mound 1 ship burial and was able to provide evidence towards a revised interpretation of the mound's historical context. Obituary by Andrew Burnett and Marion Archibald.
Cecilia A. Hatt (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198270119
- eISBN:
- 9780191600609
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198270119.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature
This chapter provides a short overview of the main events in Fisher's life, notably his association with Henry VII's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, which led to the development of various ...
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This chapter provides a short overview of the main events in Fisher's life, notably his association with Henry VII's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, which led to the development of various foundations within Cambridge University, including St John's College. As a theologian as well as bishop of Rochester, John Fisher engaged in anti‐Lutheran controversy in Latin and English. His opposition to Henry VIII's divorce made him unpopular at court and he was implicated in the Nun of Kent affair. He refused to swear to the Act of Supremacy and his trial and execution for treason followed in June 1535.Less
This chapter provides a short overview of the main events in Fisher's life, notably his association with Henry VII's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, which led to the development of various foundations within Cambridge University, including St John's College. As a theologian as well as bishop of Rochester, John Fisher engaged in anti‐Lutheran controversy in Latin and English. His opposition to Henry VIII's divorce made him unpopular at court and he was implicated in the Nun of Kent affair. He refused to swear to the Act of Supremacy and his trial and execution for treason followed in June 1535.
Andrew Burnett and Roger Bland
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264348
- eISBN:
- 9780191734250
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264348.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson (1918–2006), a Fellow of the British Academy, spent his career at the British Museum, where he rose to be Keeper of the Department of Coins & Medals. He was the ...
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Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson (1918–2006), a Fellow of the British Academy, spent his career at the British Museum, where he rose to be Keeper of the Department of Coins & Medals. He was the leading British expert in Roman numismatics of his generation. Carson was a prolific scholar and his bibliography runs to more than 350 items. He had been set high standards by his mentor, Harold Mattingly, who served as Curator of Roman coins at the British Museum from 1910 to 1947. But perhaps Carson's most influential contribution to the study of Roman coins lay in the work he carried out in collaboration with John Kent. As Curator of Roman coins at the British Museum, it was perhaps inevitable that Carson should take an interest in the coins of the British usurpers Carausius and Allectus, and he published a series of papers on their coinages. Carson had an international reputation: he was actively involved in the organisation of international numismatic congresses from the 1950s.Less
Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson (1918–2006), a Fellow of the British Academy, spent his career at the British Museum, where he rose to be Keeper of the Department of Coins & Medals. He was the leading British expert in Roman numismatics of his generation. Carson was a prolific scholar and his bibliography runs to more than 350 items. He had been set high standards by his mentor, Harold Mattingly, who served as Curator of Roman coins at the British Museum from 1910 to 1947. But perhaps Carson's most influential contribution to the study of Roman coins lay in the work he carried out in collaboration with John Kent. As Curator of Roman coins at the British Museum, it was perhaps inevitable that Carson should take an interest in the coins of the British usurpers Carausius and Allectus, and he published a series of papers on their coinages. Carson had an international reputation: he was actively involved in the organisation of international numismatic congresses from the 1950s.
Bernard Capp
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199641789
- eISBN:
- 9780191744228
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641789.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This introduces the themes of the book by examining the very local culture war waged in the 1640s and 1650s between the fierce puritan minister Richard Culmer and his defiant parishioners in the Kent ...
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This introduces the themes of the book by examining the very local culture war waged in the 1640s and 1650s between the fierce puritan minister Richard Culmer and his defiant parishioners in the Kent parish of Minster. It then surveys long-standing pressures for reform by puritans and humanists in Elizabethan and early Stuart England, in opposition to their opponents’ values of ‘good fellowship’, self-indulgence, and display. It charts new laws on the Sabbath, drunkenness, and sexual offences, and looks at the godly discipline imposed in local communities where puritans had already gained the upper hand. The introduction ends with a summary of the reform measures passed by the Long Parliament in the 1640s, resuming the agenda that had been blocked by Charles I.Less
This introduces the themes of the book by examining the very local culture war waged in the 1640s and 1650s between the fierce puritan minister Richard Culmer and his defiant parishioners in the Kent parish of Minster. It then surveys long-standing pressures for reform by puritans and humanists in Elizabethan and early Stuart England, in opposition to their opponents’ values of ‘good fellowship’, self-indulgence, and display. It charts new laws on the Sabbath, drunkenness, and sexual offences, and looks at the godly discipline imposed in local communities where puritans had already gained the upper hand. The introduction ends with a summary of the reform measures passed by the Long Parliament in the 1640s, resuming the agenda that had been blocked by Charles I.
Nigel Saul
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199215980
- eISBN:
- 9780191710001
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215980.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
Cadaver, or ‘transi’, monuments were a phenomenon of northern Europe in the period after the Black Death. This chapter argues that while cadavers found niche markets among the Lancastrian elite, the ...
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Cadaver, or ‘transi’, monuments were a phenomenon of northern Europe in the period after the Black Death. This chapter argues that while cadavers found niche markets among the Lancastrian elite, the townsmen of eastern England, and the clergy of Kent and East Anglia, they were never more than a minority taste. Any attempt to interpret their significance must look at the variety of influences which shaped the taste of individual patrons. Among these might be tastes in personal piety, an interest in the ars moriendi literature, and traditions of family commemoration. The chapter suggests that the iconography of cadaver tombs, so far from morbid, played on the familiar themes of bodily resurrection and salvation of the soul.Less
Cadaver, or ‘transi’, monuments were a phenomenon of northern Europe in the period after the Black Death. This chapter argues that while cadavers found niche markets among the Lancastrian elite, the townsmen of eastern England, and the clergy of Kent and East Anglia, they were never more than a minority taste. Any attempt to interpret their significance must look at the variety of influences which shaped the taste of individual patrons. Among these might be tastes in personal piety, an interest in the ars moriendi literature, and traditions of family commemoration. The chapter suggests that the iconography of cadaver tombs, so far from morbid, played on the familiar themes of bodily resurrection and salvation of the soul.
Ann Hughes
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199251926
- eISBN:
- 9780191719042
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199251926.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter demonstrates how Edwards’s place as a lecturer in Christ Church, in the heart of revolutionary London, enabled him to produce Gangraena. His links with London Presbyterian clergy, with ...
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This chapter demonstrates how Edwards’s place as a lecturer in Christ Church, in the heart of revolutionary London, enabled him to produce Gangraena. His links with London Presbyterian clergy, with the Westminster Assembly, the London Common Council, and the Stationers’ Company brought him oral evidence, letters, and other manuscript sources. The accuracy of Edwards’s picture of religious divisions in London and in the provinces (particularly Kent and Essex), and his description of the New Model Army are assessed by comparing his version with that in other sources.Less
This chapter demonstrates how Edwards’s place as a lecturer in Christ Church, in the heart of revolutionary London, enabled him to produce Gangraena. His links with London Presbyterian clergy, with the Westminster Assembly, the London Common Council, and the Stationers’ Company brought him oral evidence, letters, and other manuscript sources. The accuracy of Edwards’s picture of religious divisions in London and in the provinces (particularly Kent and Essex), and his description of the New Model Army are assessed by comparing his version with that in other sources.
Richard Holton
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199214570
- eISBN:
- 9780191706547
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214570.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Philosophers frequently draw a distinction between cases standard temptation, that does not impugn agency, and addictive temptation, that does. This chapter concedes that there is an important ...
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Philosophers frequently draw a distinction between cases standard temptation, that does not impugn agency, and addictive temptation, that does. This chapter concedes that there is an important distinction between the two cases, but argues that it had been misconceived. First, following empirical work by Rachel Karniol and Dale Miller, it argues that succumbing to standard temptation typically involves a judgment shift: by a cognitive dissonance effect, the agent comes to value the tempting alternative over the others. Second, it argues that addictive temptations are not irresistible; rather, following, and developing, empirical work by Kent Berridge, it is argued that they involve a decoupling of judgment and wanting. The upshot is two-fold. First, that since both of these features may be present to a greater or lesser extent, the distinction between standard and addictive temptation is not an exclusive one: many cases may involve some of each. Second, in neither case will judgment be powerful to resist temptation. Resistance must come from some other source.Less
Philosophers frequently draw a distinction between cases standard temptation, that does not impugn agency, and addictive temptation, that does. This chapter concedes that there is an important distinction between the two cases, but argues that it had been misconceived. First, following empirical work by Rachel Karniol and Dale Miller, it argues that succumbing to standard temptation typically involves a judgment shift: by a cognitive dissonance effect, the agent comes to value the tempting alternative over the others. Second, it argues that addictive temptations are not irresistible; rather, following, and developing, empirical work by Kent Berridge, it is argued that they involve a decoupling of judgment and wanting. The upshot is two-fold. First, that since both of these features may be present to a greater or lesser extent, the distinction between standard and addictive temptation is not an exclusive one: many cases may involve some of each. Second, in neither case will judgment be powerful to resist temptation. Resistance must come from some other source.
Kathleen Cooke
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204404
- eISBN:
- 9780191676246
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204404.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This chapter looks at the experience of English nuns during the dissolution of the monasteries in England during the 16th centuries. It focuses on the case of Margaret Vernon the prioress of Little ...
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This chapter looks at the experience of English nuns during the dissolution of the monasteries in England during the 16th centuries. It focuses on the case of Margaret Vernon the prioress of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It relates that when her priory was to be dissolved she sought the advice of Thomas Cromwell, who later secured for her the abbacy of Malling in Kent which was much larger than Little Marlow. When Malling was eventually suppressed towards the end of 1538, Vernon retired on the very comfortable pension of fifty British pounds a year.Less
This chapter looks at the experience of English nuns during the dissolution of the monasteries in England during the 16th centuries. It focuses on the case of Margaret Vernon the prioress of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It relates that when her priory was to be dissolved she sought the advice of Thomas Cromwell, who later secured for her the abbacy of Malling in Kent which was much larger than Little Marlow. When Malling was eventually suppressed towards the end of 1538, Vernon retired on the very comfortable pension of fifty British pounds a year.
I. M. W. Harvey
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201601
- eISBN:
- 9780191674952
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201601.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
The circumstances of the duke of Suffolk's death caused the frightening rumour to go about Kent that the king intended to take retribution by turning the county into a wild forest. This fear appears ...
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The circumstances of the duke of Suffolk's death caused the frightening rumour to go about Kent that the king intended to take retribution by turning the county into a wild forest. This fear appears to have been the spark which set alight the already evident discontent in Kent and drew the county into rebellion. With Jack Cade as their leader, the insurgents were gathering at meeting-places such as Somerden, Calehill, and Blackheath by June 1950. On the day that men from eastern Kent were gathered outside Canterbury, men from districts nearer London had already reached Middlesex. The grievances and fears behind the uprising were drawn up into written bills of complaint at varying stages of revolt. The compilers of this bill were complaining that the king should restore to himself the Crown revenues he had granted away. The remaining complaints were concerned with the extortions and grave abuses of office of royal household men and their colleagues who held positions in the county administration.Less
The circumstances of the duke of Suffolk's death caused the frightening rumour to go about Kent that the king intended to take retribution by turning the county into a wild forest. This fear appears to have been the spark which set alight the already evident discontent in Kent and drew the county into rebellion. With Jack Cade as their leader, the insurgents were gathering at meeting-places such as Somerden, Calehill, and Blackheath by June 1950. On the day that men from eastern Kent were gathered outside Canterbury, men from districts nearer London had already reached Middlesex. The grievances and fears behind the uprising were drawn up into written bills of complaint at varying stages of revolt. The compilers of this bill were complaining that the king should restore to himself the Crown revenues he had granted away. The remaining complaints were concerned with the extortions and grave abuses of office of royal household men and their colleagues who held positions in the county administration.
I. M. W. Harvey
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201601
- eISBN:
- 9780191674952
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201601.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter focuses on the outcome of Cade's rebellion. Judged in terms of the objectives set out by Cade's followers themselves, the rebellion of 1450 achieved scarcely anything whatsoever. In only ...
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This chapter focuses on the outcome of Cade's rebellion. Judged in terms of the objectives set out by Cade's followers themselves, the rebellion of 1450 achieved scarcely anything whatsoever. In only two areas of grievance can any positive outcome be measured. In 1450, a commission of inquiry was granted in Kent to investigate the abuses the county had complained of, and some amendment came in the matter of the king's finances. The Act of Resumption of 1451 did go some way towards answering the insurgents' cry that the king should live of his own. In all other respects, the rebels' bills of petition remained unanswered or were remedied only after decades. It would not be until some fifty years later that the inconvenience of long cross-country journeying to the sessions of peace was removed from the inhabitants of the South-East.Less
This chapter focuses on the outcome of Cade's rebellion. Judged in terms of the objectives set out by Cade's followers themselves, the rebellion of 1450 achieved scarcely anything whatsoever. In only two areas of grievance can any positive outcome be measured. In 1450, a commission of inquiry was granted in Kent to investigate the abuses the county had complained of, and some amendment came in the matter of the king's finances. The Act of Resumption of 1451 did go some way towards answering the insurgents' cry that the king should live of his own. In all other respects, the rebels' bills of petition remained unanswered or were remedied only after decades. It would not be until some fifty years later that the inconvenience of long cross-country journeying to the sessions of peace was removed from the inhabitants of the South-East.
