Gladiators At The Guildhall

Author : Nick Bateman
Publisher : Museum of London Archaeological Service
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gladiators at the Guildhall written by Nick Bateman and published by Museum of London Archaeological Service. This book was released on 2000 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a hundred years people had searched for the Roman amphitheatre of London. In 1988, during a dig at the City's medieval Guildhall, the astonishing discovery was made. The curving stone walls of the arena and timber beams for the seating tiers confirmed that the gladiators' place of spectacle - lost for over 1500 years - had finally been found. The amphitheatre lay abandoned for centuries until - when little more than a hollow in the landscape - it became the site of a Viking trading settlement. The dig revealed some of the most complete remains of 11th-century timber houses to be found anywhere in Europe - showing how London thrived under King Cnut and the Danes. These simple buildings gave way to the first Guildhall, which evolved into a complex building at the political and economic heart of the medieval City. Gladiators at the Guildhall tells a tale of archaeological discovery, and of a place that resounds with the clash of Roman gladiators, the clamour of vikings bartering with merchants from Byzantium, and the chanting of medieval priests as Dick Whittington is elected mayor for the third time.

Author : M. C. Bishop
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508186340
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gladiators written by M. C. Bishop and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladiators have been the subject of fascination and legend for centuries, whether they were fighting fellow gladiators, exotic animals, or participating in hunts. Readers will be engrossed in the history of this potentially deadly sport, its development, and its rise and fall. This tell-all text covers the wide variety of warriors who took part in this vicious combat, their armor, weapons, and their lives including their stardom, the less-than-glamorous, and the gruesome. This enlightening resource also features the equipment, weapons, and armor that made for the most grisly entertainment, bringing crowds to their feet, in both horror and delight.

Author : Roger Dunkle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317905210
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gladiators written by Roger Dunkle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and the inevitability of Roman justice for criminals and those foreigners who had dared to challenge the empire's authority. Though we might see these games as bloodthirsty, cruel and reprehensible condemning any alien culture out of hand for a sport that offends our sensibilities smacks of cultural chauvinism. Instead one should judge an ancient sport by the standards of its contemporary cultural context. This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans. It will answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like? How did the Romans view gladiators? How were gladiator shows produced and advertised? What were the different styles of gladiatorial fighting? Did gladiator matches have referees? Did every match end in the death of at least one gladiator? Were gladiator games mere entertainment or did they play a larger role in Roman society? What was their political significance?

Author : Graham Greenglass
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526715430
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guildhall - City of London written by Graham Greenglass and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever comprehensive history, guide and companion to the Guildhall, City of London.After the Romans deserted Londinium, where and when does Londons history restart? The answer lies within the highly visible, but rarely seen, ceremonial centre of the City of London: Guildhall.This fascinating complex of government buildings is central to Londons development, from Saxon times to the 21st century. It is the scene of royal banquets and historic trials, home to one of Londons finest art galleries and archive to the nations most comprehensive library of London books.Roman Londons only amphitheatre lies beneath, visible today and publicly accessible for the first time in seventeen hundred years. The City of London Police Museum relocated in 2016 to a larger, newly designed, accessible space within Guildhall Library.A history of Guildhall was last published in the 1920s. It was heavily bombed in 1940 and this will be the first book to record Guildhalls remarkable architectural and cultural resurrection since the end of the war. Photographs and images previously unpublished will be included and for the first time this book will also feature a comprehensive guide to Guildhalls many publicly accessible areas.Only one British building hosts banquets for British monarchs and visiting heads of state: Guildhall. Only one London building has a continuous story since Roman London: Guildhall. Only one building has governed the City and still directs its future: Guildhall. This illustrated history and companion to one of Londons most important and oldest buildings will prove indispensible to all interested in Londons history.

Author : David Gaimster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351546600
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Reformation,1480-1580 written by David Gaimster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally the Reformation has been viewed as responsible for the rupture of the medieval order and the foundation of modern society. Recently historians have challenged the stereotypical model of cataclysm, and demonstrated that the religion of Tudor England was full of both continuities and adaptations of traditional liturgy, ritual and devoti

Author : Anne Lancashire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521632782
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Civic Theatre written by Anne Lancashire and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Christopher Thomas
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300095166
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's Archaeological Secrets written by Christopher Thomas and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional archaeologists have been working in the city of London, and revealing its secrets, since the early 1970s. This book celebrates more than three decades of discovery and draws on research and excavations carried out by the Museum of London Archaeology Service. With hundreds of photographs, maps and plans, this volume presents a thematic overview of London's history covering a number of important sites and finds. Chapters explore the landscape and topography of the city, London's rivers and especially riverfront, its infrastructure of streets, bridges, sewers, railways and the underground, trade and industry in the city, domestic housing and everyday life, entertainment, religion and the disasters that befell the city including fire and disease. A fascinating insight into London's hidden history.

Author : Gregory Holyoake
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398117048
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paved with Gold written by Gregory Holyoake and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating true story of one of the most recognisable names in British folklore - Richard 'Dick' Whittington.

Author : Robert Wynn Jones
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445691361
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flower of All Cities written by Robert Wynn Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.

Author : Francesco Bandarin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118383966
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconnecting the City written by Francesco Bandarin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Urban Landscape is a new approach to urban heritage management, promoted by UNESCO, and currently one of the most debated issues in the international preservation community. However, few conservation practitioners have a clear understanding of what it entails, and more importantly, what it can achieve. Examples drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide – from Timbuktu to Liverpool Richly illustrated with colour photographs Addresses key issues and best practice for urban conservation