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UNINA9910778242903321 |
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Autore |
Holmes B. J. |
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Titolo |
Solving cryptic crosswords / / B. J. Holmes |
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London, [England] : , : A&C Black, , 2005 |
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©2003 |
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1-281-08816-1 |
9786611088163 |
1-4081-0170-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 p.) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9910956906803321 |
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Autore |
Hanawalt Barbara A. <1941-> |
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Of good and ill repute : gender and social control in medieval England |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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0-19-771508-7 |
1-280-45314-1 |
1-4237-5940-0 |
0-19-802692-7 |
1-60256-641-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Social control - England - History |
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Great Britain Civilization 1066-1485 |
Great Britain Social life and customs 1066-1485 |
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Previously issued in print: 1998. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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In eleven interrelated essays, this text explores the roles that community, family and society played in maintaining social control in |
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medieval England. The essays focus on gender, criminal behaviour, law enforcement, and much more. |
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