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Rosalind K. Marshall

Autor(a) de John Knox

23 Works 406 Membros 6 Críticas

About the Author

Image credit: Rosalind K. Marshall, author of "Elizabeth I" and "John Knox"

Obras por Rosalind K. Marshall

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1939
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Locais de residência
Scotland, UK
Educação
University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Ocupações
historian
Prémios e menções honrosas
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature

Membros

Críticas

Very readable biography of Scotland's Queens
 
Assinalado
GNSPbooks | Mar 13, 2020 |
Extensivel researched (23p of notes), and primarily from primary sources, this is a joy to read. Obviously it deals primarily with aristocratic women, of whom there is more writen history, the author has tried to cover as wide a range of social condtions as possible. Working in four time periods (to 1560, 1560-1707, 1707-1830, 1830-1930), and thematically within those allows for better comparison of the scattered source material. This makes for a stronger narrative, and ultimately a more readable work.… (mais)
½
 
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antisyzygy | Jun 14, 2009 |
A very interesting account of the daily life of a noble Scottish family in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Marshall for the most part achieves a very nice balance between the Hamilton family as an exemplar of a particular way of life and a particular social class in the early modern period, and as individual people. I would have liked slightly more quotations from the letters of the family, to bring them out slightly more as unique and separate people. Possibly also - and bear in mind that this is me saying this, so you know it must be required - slightly more of the economic history of the family. That said, this is still a great study of the period, and of the contemporary nobility's conception of their social roles and obligations.… (mais)
 
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siriaeve | Apr 26, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
23
Membros
406
Popularidade
#59,889
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
6
ISBN
45

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