International dictionary of historic places

Author(s)

• Ring, Trudy
• Salkin, Robert
• La Boda, Sharon

Bibliographic Information

International dictionary of historic places

editor, Trudy Ring ; associate editor, Robert M. Salkin ; photo editor, Sharon La Boda

Fitzroy Dearborn, 1995-1996

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5

Note

Vol. 1: Americas -- v. 2: Northern Europe -- v. 3: Southern Europe -- v. 4: Middle East and Africa -- v. 5: Asia and Oceania

Essays on the history of 1,000 historic places

Vol. 4: commissioning editors, K.A. Berney, Trudy Ring ; project editor, Noelle Watson ; researchers and copyeditors, Peggy Kulling, Mary F. McNulty, W. Michele Simmons, Elizabeth Dolly Weber ; photo editors, Christopher Hudson, Sharon La Boda

Vol. 5: editors, Paul E. Schellinger, Robert M. Salkin ; photo editors, Christopher Hudson, Sharon La Boda ; commissioning editors, K.A. Berney, Trudy Ring

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9781884964008

Description

This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4]

Table of Contents

Historic Places by Country, Editor's Note, Contributors, The Dictionary A-Z, Index.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9781884964015

Description

First published in 1996. Volume 2 of the International Dictionary of Historical Places covers Northern Europe (British Isles to Russia), out of a set of five. The dictionary spans from Aachen to Ypres and includes an index by country. This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
• Chapter 2 Agincourt (Pas-de-Calais, France)
• Chapter 3 Aigues-Mortes (Gard, France)
• Chapter 4 Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhone, France)
• Chapter 5 Alba Iulia (Alba, Romania)
• Chapter 6 Albi (Tarn, France)
• Chapter 7 Amboise (Indre-et-Loire, France)
• Chapter 8 Amesbury (Wiltshire, England): Stonehenge
• Chapter 9 Amsterdam (North Holland, Netherlands)
• Chapter 10 Angers (Maine-et-Loire, France)
• Chapter 11 Anglesey/Holyhead (Gwynedd, Wales)
• Chapter 12 Arles (Bouches-du-Rhone, France)
• Chapter 13 Armagh (Armagh, Northern Ireland)
• Chapter 14 Augsburg (Bavaria, Germany)
• Chapter 15 Auschwitz (Bielsko, Poland)
• Chapter 16 Avignon (Vaucluse, France)
• Chapter 17 Baden-Baden (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
• Chapter 18 Basel (Switzerland)
• Chapter 19 Bath (Avon, England)
• Chapter 20 Les Baux-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhone, France)
• Chapter 21 Bayeux (Calvados, France)
• Chapter 22 Berlin (Germany)
• Chapter 23 Biskupin (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
• Chapter 24 Blenheim (Bavaria, Germany)
• Chapter 25 Bordeaux (Gironde, France)
• Chapter 26 Bosworth Field (Leicestershire, England)
• Chapter 27 Bruges (West Flanders, Belgium
• Chapter 28 Brussels (Brabant, Belgium)
• Chapter 29 Budapest (Pest, Hungary)
• Chapter 30 Caernarvon (Gwynedd, Wales)
• Chapter 31 Cambridge (Cambridgeshire, England)
• Chapter 32 Canterbury (Kent, England)
• Chapter 33 Carcassonne (Aude, France)
• Chapter 34 Carnac (Morbihan, France)
• Chapter 35 Cashel (Tipperary, Ireland)
• Chapter 36 Cesis (Latvia)
• Chapter 37 Chambord (Loir-et-Cher, France)
• Chapter 38 Chartres (Eure-et- Loir, France)
• Chapter 39 Chester (Cheshire, England)
• Chapter 40 Chichester/Fishbourne (West Sussex, England)
• Chapter 41 Chinon (Indre-et-Loire, France)
• Chapter 42 Cirencester (Gloucestershire, England)
• Chapter 43 Clonmacnois (Offaly, Ireland)
• Chapter 44 Cluny (Saone-et-Loire, France)
• Chapter 45 Colchester (Essex, England)
• Chapter 46 Compiegne (Oise, France)
• Chapter 47 Copenhagen (Denmark)
• Chapter

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9781884964022

Description

This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4]

Table of Contents

Historic Places by Country, Editor's Note, Contributors, The Dictionary, Index, Notes on Contributors

Volume

v. 4 ISBN 9781884964039

Description

This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4]

Table of Contents

Historic Places by Country, Editor's Note, Contributors, The Dictionary, Index, Notes on Contributors

Volume

v. 5 ISBN 9781884964046

Description

From the Taj Mahal to the Parthenon, from Gettysburg to Heidelberg, from Beacon Hill to Tower Hill, from the Great Wall to Hadrian's Wall, from Jerusalem to Kyoto, the International Dictionary of Historic Places presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include: location, description, and site office details; and a 3,000 to 4,000 word essay that provides a full history of the site and the condition of the site today. An annotated Further Reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry.

Volume

: set ISBN 9781884964053

Description

From the Taj Mahal to the Parthenon, from Gettysburg to Heidelberg, from Beacon Hill to Tower Hill, from the Great Wall to Hadrian's Wall, from Jerusalem to Kyoto, the International Dictionary of Historic Places presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include: location, description, and site office details; and a 3,000 to 4,000 word essay that provides a full history of the site and the condition of the site today. An annotated Further Reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry.

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Details

• NCID: BA24703993
• ISBN:
  • 1884964052
  • 1884964001
  • 188496401X
  • 1884964028
  • 1884964036
  • 1884964044
• LCCN: 94032327
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: 5 v.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 203.3
  • NDC8 : 203.3
  • LCC : CC135
  • DC20 : 973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Historic sites