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[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]

Pictures from “A Short History of the English People” by J. R. Green M.A., Macmillan, 1902. This book was first published in 1874, and was very successful. I have the illustrated edition, which was edited posthumously by his widow; this is a reissue of the 1892 edition as far as I can tell from the Impressions page. John Richard Green was an English historian (1837 – 1883). I also have England by the same author.

Title: A Short History of the English People

Author: Green, J. R.

Published by: Macmillan

City: London

Date: 1902

Total items: 13

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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[picture: A Banquet]

A Banquet

A medieval feast! Two people are seated behind a table laden with food; at either side a person (a servant or slave perhaps) kneels and hands food to one of the seated figures. Between the two seated figures (perhaps a king and queen) another person holds a goblet, or perhaps a flask of wine; whether this person is a servant [...] [more...]

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[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]

Front Cover, A Short History of the English People

Green buckram. My copy is bound in four separate volumes.

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[picture: Silver Cup.]

Silver Cup.

From barrow of Gorm and Thyra, Jutland.
Worsaae, “Industrial Arts of Denmark.” [more...]

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[picture: Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,]

Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,

A lady and a young man playing “draughts” from an early fourteenth century manuscript (MS. Roy. 2 B. vii). [more...]

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[picture: John Wyclif]

John Wyclif

“John Wyclif (portrait at Knole)” [more...]

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Pictures from “A Short History of the English People” by J. R. Green M.A., Macmillan, 1902. This book was first published in 1874, and was very successful. I have the illustrated edition, which was edited posthumously by his widow; this is a reissue of the 1892 edition as far as I can tell from the Impressions page. John Richard Green was an English historian (1837 – 1883). I also have England by the same author.


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