A HANDBOOK OF DATES FOR STUDENTS OF BRITISH HISTORY - NEW EDITION

Cheney, C. R. (edited. ) Jones, Michael (Revised. )

ISBN 10: 0521770955 / ISBN 13: 9780521770958

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2000

About this Item

Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 4. Hardback without dustjacket; ink name and sticker to paste-down and endpaper, otherwise very good in marked black cloth boards.; This is an updated and expanded edition of the study first published 1945. User-friendly tables for the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It describes the calendars and other systems used for dating purposes in England from Roman times to the present. With lists of Easter dates, saints' days, popes, rulers of England and the Roman calendar. Tables; +xviipp.; 246 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A HANDBOOK OF DATES FOR STUDENTS OF BRITISH HISTORY - NEW EDITION
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521770955
• ISBN 13: 9780521770958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

A Handbook of Dates provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables that allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It includes lists of Easter dates, saints' days, popes, rulers of England and the Roman calendar. In this updated and expanded edition, Michael Jones has edited or revised the explanatory sections and added new tables, for example on old and new style dates and Celtic Easter. A Handbook of Dates is an unrivaled reference tool for historians.

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