The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649

The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649
Author: Cheryl A. Fury
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 1843836890

Investigates the lives of common sailors engaged in commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, and naval actions during Tudor and Stuart periods.

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Author: Edwin Radford
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1996-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780760702284

Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.