1st Edition

Northern Europe International Dictionary of Historic Places

Edited By Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger Copyright 1996

    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.

    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-Rhône, 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-Rhône, 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-Württemberg, Germany); Chapter 18 Basel (Switzerland); Chapter 19 Bath (Avon, England); Chapter 20 Les Baux-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, 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

    Biography

    Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger