1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778242903321

Autore

Holmes B. J.

Titolo

Solving cryptic crosswords / / B. J. Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : A&C Black, , 2005

©2003

ISBN

1-281-08816-1

9786611088163

1-4081-0170-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

793.732

Soggetti

Crossword puzzles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLEPAGE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENGLISH - WHAT MAKES THE LANGUAGE SO HANDY FOR CROSSWORDING; 3. THE BASIC TRICKS; 4. TYPES OF CLUE - COMPOUND & NESTING; 5. OTHER TYPES OF CLUE; 6. MORE ON THE SELECTION OF LETTERS; 7. COMPLICATIONS SET IN; 8. SUBSIDIARY TRICKS; 9. CONCLUSION; PRACTICE CLUES; ANSWERS; GLOSSARY

Sommario/riassunto

This title offers hundreds of examples to illustrate how crossword clues work and helps readers understand how crosswords are created and how to interpret the clues.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956906803321

Autore

Hanawalt Barbara A. <1941->

Titolo

Of good and ill repute : gender and social control in medieval England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771508-7

1-280-45314-1

1-4237-5940-0

0-19-802692-7

1-60256-641-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

305.5/12/0942

Soggetti

Social control - England - History

Society

Great Britain Civilization 1066-1485

Great Britain Social life and customs 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Of Good and Ill Repute"": The Limits of Community Tolerance; 2. Rituals of Inclusion and Exclusion: Hierarchy and Marginalization in Medieval London; 3. The Power of Word and Symbol: Conflict Resolution in Late Medieval London; 4. Fur-Collar Crime: The Pattern of Crime among the Fourteenth-Century English Nobility; 5. At the Margins of Women's Space in Medieval Europe; 6. Separation Anxieties in Late Medieval London: Gender in ""The Wright's Chaste Wife""; 7. The Host, the Law, and the Ambiguous Space of Medieval London Taverns

8. Whose Story Was This? Rape Narratives in Medieval English Courts9. Men's Games, King's Deer: Poaching in Medieval England; 10. Narratives of a Nurturing Culture: Parents and Neighbors in Medieval England; 11. ""The Childe of Bristowe"" and the Making of Middle-Class Adolescence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In eleven interrelated essays, this text explores the roles that community, family and society played in maintaining social control in



medieval England. The essays focus on gender, criminal behaviour, law enforcement, and much more.