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Collections For A History Of The Ancient Family Of Bland

Collections For A History Of The Ancient Family Of Bland

Carlisle, Nicholas

Paperback

Genealogy & HeraldryGeneral ReferenceBritish History

ISBN10: 9354508758
ISBN13: 9789354508752
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 326
Weight: 1.67
Height: 0.68 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Where does a family begin: in a manor roll, a marriage licence, a shield on a church wall? Collections For A History Of The Ancient Family Of Bland gathers the paper trail with care and conviction. Names, dates, alliances, and inheritances. Nicholas Carlisle, a leading voice in Victorian antiquarian scholarship, brings together an antiquarian genealogy collection that reads as both a family history reference book and a historical pedigree compilation. Centred on Bland family genealogy, it follows connections across English gentry lineages, drawing on heraldry and pedigrees and the kinds of British county history sources that underpin serious historical work. The result is a genealogy research reference with real narrative pull: land, lineage, and the social fabric that binds medieval England families to the shifting world of early modern British genealogy. For local history researchers, it offers a grounded starting point; for the curious reader, it opens a vivid window onto how identity was recorded, claimed, and remembered. As a document of its era, this volume reflects the discipline and ambitions of nineteenth-century scholarship, preserving evidence that later archives, reforms, and losses have often scattered. It also belongs on the shelf of classic-literature collectors who value the craft of compilation and the authority of primary-led enquiry. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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