Handbook of Dates For Students of British History

Name: Handbook of Dates For Students of British History
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ISBN: 9780521778459

ISBN-10: 052177845X

ISBN-13: 9780521778459

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: C. R. Cheney, Michael Jones

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A Handbook of Dates is an unrivalled reference book for historians. It provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD 500 to 2100. It describes the calendars and other systems used for dating purposes in England from Roman times to the present, including regnal years. Lists of Easter dates, saints days, popes, rulers of England and the Roman calendar are also given. In this updated and expanded edition, edited by Professor Michael Jones, the introductory materials for each set of tables has been revised. New tables for legal chronology, old and new style dates, Celtic Easter,…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Preface to the new edition; Preface to the original edition (1945); 1. Reckonings of time; 2. Rulers of England and regnal years; 3. List of Popes; 4. Saints' days and festivals used in dating; 5. Legal chronology; 6. The Roman calendar; 7. Celtic and Roman (Alexandrian) Easter Days, AD 400-768; 8. Calendars for all possible dates of Easter AD 400-2100; 9. Easter Days according to old style, AD 400-1752; 10. Easter Days according to new style, AD 1583-2100; 11. The English calendar for 1752; 12. Dates of adoption of Gregorian calendar in Europe; 13. The French Revolutionary calendar; Index.