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Archangels & Archaeology
Geoffrey Ginn
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Description for Archangels & Archaeology
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
A spiritualist, mystic, historian and lifelong collector of antiquities, J. S. M. Ward (18851949) embodied the cultural turmoil of an age of collapsing empires, religious fragmentation and world war. The Abbey Folk Park he started in 1934 at New Barnet, north of London, was an innovative history museum where Wards interest in esoteric heritage, world cultures and the occult attracted much attention. Unfairly disgraced in a sensational court case in May 1945, he and his followers departed England for Cyprus in self-imposed exile, along with his stunning collection of artefacts. After Wards death, both the community and his collection moved ... Read more
A spiritualist, mystic, historian and lifelong collector of antiquities, J. S. M. Ward (18851949) embodied the cultural turmoil of an age of collapsing empires, religious fragmentation and world war. The Abbey Folk Park he started in 1934 at New Barnet, north of London, was an innovative history museum where Wards interest in esoteric heritage, world cultures and the occult attracted much attention. Unfairly disgraced in a sensational court case in May 1945, he and his followers departed England for Cyprus in self-imposed exile, along with his stunning collection of artefacts. After Wards death, both the community and his collection moved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845194932
SKU
V9781845194932
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About Geoffrey Ginn
Geoffrey Ginn teaches modern British history and heritage studies in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia. A member of the Board of the Queensland Museum, his research interests encompass cultural and urban history in British and colonial settings.
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