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A handbook of dates : for students of British history / edited by C.R. Cheney

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Royal Historical Society guides and handbooks ; no.4Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2000 (2004 printing)]Edition: 2nd ed. / revised by Michael JonesDescription: xvii, 246 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521770958 .
  • 9780521770958 .
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Partial contents:
Reconings of time -- Rulers of England and regnal years -- List of popes -- Saint's days and festivals used in dating -- Legal chronology -- The Roman calendar -- Celtic and Roman (Alexandrian) Easter days, AD 400-768 -- Calendars for all possible dates of Easter, AD 400-2100 -- Easter days according to old style, AD 400-1752 -- Easter days according to new style, AD 1583-2100 -- The English calendar for 1752 -- Dates of adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Europe -- The French revolutionary calendar
Summary: This text is a reference book for professional historians and the general enthusiast. It provides tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Reconings of time -- Rulers of England and regnal years -- List of popes -- Saint's days and festivals used in dating -- Legal chronology -- The Roman calendar -- Celtic and Roman (Alexandrian) Easter days, AD 400-768 -- Calendars for all possible dates of Easter, AD 400-2100 -- Easter days according to old style, AD 400-1752 -- Easter days according to new style, AD 1583-2100 -- The English calendar for 1752 -- Dates of adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Europe -- The French revolutionary calendar

This text is a reference book for professional historians and the general enthusiast. It provides tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100.

Previous ed.: London : Royal Historical Society, 1945

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