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Alastair Bruce, Julian Calder and Mark Cator.
Keepers of the Kingdom: The Ancient Offices of Britain.
Published London: Seven Dials/Cassell & Co., 2000 (hardback was Weidenfeld, 1999).
ISBN 1841880736;
ISBN-13 9781841880730.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in Italy.
Size: 231x278x18mm.
Page count: 224pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has the usual mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.50
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 1169g.

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Describes over 100 of England’s official functionaries, together with some account of their origins, associated rituals & traditions, and modern legacies. No specific medieval emphasis.

Contents: First steps — beginnings to 1150; Organizing chaos, 1150-1485; Reformation & fear 1485-1603; Uniting a kingdom 1603-1750; Growing an empire 1750-1901; Change of emphasis — 20th century.

Illustrations: throughout, colour
Maps & plans: no

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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