Farmer, Sharon. The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris
by Farmer, Sharon.
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Farmer, Sharon. The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris: Artisanal Migration, Technological Innovation and Gendered Experience. University of Pennsylvania Press 2017 Hardcover in DJ Like New/Like New Unused Octavo 354 pp “Sharon Farmer analyzes the evidence concerning the medieval silk industry, adding new perspectives to our understanding of medieval French history, luxury trade, labor migration, intercultural exchange, and gendered work.”
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English, Stephen. Mercenaries in the Classical World to the Death of Alexander.
by English, Stephen.
$ 27.00“It will examine the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the period down to the death of Alexander the Great, who employed them and why, and will also look at the social and economic pressures that drove tens of thousands to make a living of fighting for the highest bidder, despite the intense dangers of the ancient battlefield. “
Alison Keith and Jacqueline Fabre-Serris . Women and War in Antiquity.
by Alison Keith and Jacqueline Fabre-Serris .
$ 42.00“The martial virtues of courage, loyalty, cunning, and strength were central to male identity in the ancient world, and antique literature is replete with depictions of men cultivating and exercising these .”virtues on the battlefield. In Women and War in Antiquity, sixteen scholars reexamine classical sources to uncover the complex but hitherto unexplored
Garza, Randal. Understanding Plague : Medical Imaginative Texts Medieval Spain.
by Garza, Randal.
$ 22.00“Such a study concerning Spain has been conspicuously absent until now. The present investigation is among the first to bring together information that documents the pernicious behavior of the disease in Spain and to demonstrate how it changed the societies it afflicted. Studying the medical and imaginative texts of medieval Spain, reveals that the disease did, in fact, help change the perceived role of the medical practitioner, the idea of public health, and the portrayal of death and dying.”
Susan Johnston and Bernard Wailes. Dun Ailinne : Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975.
by Susan Johnston and Bernard Wailes.
$ 42.00Susan Johnston and Bernard Wailes. Dun Ailinne : Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975. University of Pennsylvania 2007 Maroon cloth hardcover with gold lettering. Like New Unused Quarto 232 pp Figural drawings in text. CD in back
Cashtown During the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863
by Suzanne Mickley Youngblood
$ 17Cashtown During the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863 was compiled and written by Cashtown resident Suzanne Mickley Youngblood in advance of the 150th anniversary of the battle, in 2013.
The Rock Top Book Shop, located in Cashtown, PA, has received permission to reprint this long out of print book.
History of Ricketts’ Battery – Battery F, 1st PA Light Artillery
by Dr. Richard A. Sauers & Peter Tomasak
$ 20A “new” history of Battery F, 1st PA Light Artillery.
There was no original history of the battery written by any of the veterans. As far as a regimental history goes – this one is as solid as any written. Well illustrated with portraits and maps, and indexed.
Immortal Captives – 600 Confederate Officers and the US PoW Policy
by Mauriel Phillips Joslyn
$ 20In 1864, a number of Union prisoners were used as human shields in Charelston, SC. In retaliation, a number of Confederate prisoners were placed on Morris Island, SC, to deter Confederate shelling. Those officers became known as “The Immoral 600”
History of the First New York “Lincoln” Cavalry
by WIlliam H. Beach, 1st Lt.
$ 50The First New York Cavalry was recruited in 1861 and served for the entire Civil War. They served in the East, and spent time in the Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia areas.
Civil War Memoir of Philip Dangerfield Stephenson
by Edited by Nathaniel Hughes, Jr.
$ 20Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier who served with the 13th Arkansas Infantry and the 5th Company of the famed Washington Artillery.
(First Edition) reprinted by LSU Press in 1998
“This book is recommended as a picture of service in the Army of Tennessee, penned by a veteran of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and literary ability.”