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The Peak District, with its gentle limestone White Peak and the
wilder more dramatic gritstone Dark Peak, is a superb walking area.
Explore the district with these 20 walks, all of which are 5 miles
or under in length and can easily be completed in less than 3
hours. This guide, produced in co-operation with the Ramblers and
featuring Ordnance Survey mapping, is the perfect way to really
appreciate the stunning scenery of the Peak District. INCLUDES: 20
easy to follow walks which can be completed in 3 hours and under.
Each walk has a detailed 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map with the
route clearly marked plus a detailed description of the route. The
walks have been chosen with issues like parking and refreshments in
mind to make life easy for families. Packed with colour photographs
of scenes you will see along the walk. The perfect guide for
afternoon walks near to Chesterfield, Sheffield, Matlock, Buxton
and Macclesfield.
Over 400 recent finds associated with horses and excavated in
London, from the utilitarian to the highly decorated, illustrated
and discussed. Whether knight's charger or beast of burden, horses
played a vital role in medieval life. The wealth of medieval finds
excavated in London in recent years has, not surprisingly, included
many objects associated with horses. This catalogue illustrates and
discusses over four hundred such objects, among them harness,
horseshoes, spurs and curry combs, from the utilitarian to highly
decorative pieces. London served by horse traffic comes vividly in
view. The introductory chapter draws on historical as well as
archaeological sources to consider the role of the horse in
medieval London. It looks at the price of horses and the costs of
maintaining them, the hiring of 'hackneys' forriding, the use of
carts in and around London, and the work of the 'marshal' or
farrier. It discusses the evidence for the size of medieval horses
and includes a survey of finds of medieval horse skeletons from
London. It answersthe key questions, how large a 'Great Horse' was,
and why it took three horses to pull a cart. This is a basic work
of reference for archaeologists and those studying medieval
artefacts, and absorbing reading for everyone interested in the
history of the horse and its use by humankind. JOHN CLARK is
Curator (Medieval) at the Museum of London.
An exceptional reference work to pilgrim and secular badges of the
middle ages. This is the first major catalogue in English devoted
to medieval badges. These fascinating objects provide us with a
guide to the popularity of different cults and pilgrim centres,
supplying evidence of the sometimes arduous journeys not only to
famous and far-off sanctuaries like Compostela, but to native
shrines such as that of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury, or the
tombs of local, unofficial saints. Often mass-produced and sold in
tens of thousands, pilgrim souvenirs offer pointers to fashion in
contemporary precious jewellery. The secular badges include a
wealth of non-religious imagery, playful and amatory, satirical,
celebratory and heraldic. Illustrating nearly 800 items ofpopular
medieval jewellery, the catalogue contained within the book
describes previously unpublished finds retrieved from datable
archaeological London waterfront deposits, and provides the basis
of a chronological framework for future excavations. BRIAN SPENCER
was the Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, with special
responsibility for the Museum's collection of medieval everyday
objects.
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