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Horsler, Val

Living the past / English Heritage Val Horsler ; photography by Derry Brabbs - [London] : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2003] - 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- How to experience the past -- The Romans in Britain -- Saxons, Vikings and Normans -- Medieval life -- Tudors, Stuarts and the civil war -- Life in Geogian times -- The Victorian age -- The early 20th century -- Useful names and addresses

An authoritative guide to living history, covering hundreds of re-enactment events, from battles to royal progresses, medieval feasts to Saxon village life. Together with Britain's great living history museums, they reveal the practical activities that defined our ancestors' lives.

ISBN: 9780297843122 . 9780297843122 . £20.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Historical reenactments--Great Britain
History.
Social & cultural history
European history
History

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History