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Bond Men Made Freeby Rodney Hilton
Routledge 1977; US$ 38.95Rodney Hilton's account of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 remains the classic authoritative text on the 'English Rising'. Hilton views the revolt in the context of a genral European pattern of class conflict. He demonstrates that the peasant movements that disturbed the Middle Ages were not mere unrelated outbreaks of violence but had their roots in common economic and political conditions and in a recurring conflict of interest between peasants and landowners. Now with a new introduction byu Christopher Dyer, this survey will remain the leading source for students of medieval English peasantry. more...
English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Centuryby Michael Hicks
Routledge 2002; US$ 36.95A new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history. more...
King Arthur in Antiquityby Graham Anderson
Routledge 2003; US$ 128.00Although King Arthur's identity is so frequently debated, he is almost always set somewhere in the Celtic Britain of the Early Christian Era. This original and wide-ranging study argues that the roots of the Arthur legend are to be found in classical antiquity and that the traditional British Arthur is a much later imitation. Graham Anderson examines hitherto neglected evidence for two much older figures, known to classical writers as early kings of Arcadia and Lydia, who supposedly flourished more than a millennium earlier than traditional accounts suggest. He outlines the correspondence between these ancient kings and the traditional Arthurian characters and adventures, exhuming an ancient Gawain-figure, an ancient Lady of Shalott and a predecessor... more...
England in the Later Middle Agesby Maurice Keen
Routledge 2003; US$ 39.95First published to wide critical acclaim in 1973, England in the Later Middle Ages has become a seminal text for students studying this diverse, constantly changing period. The second edition of this book, while maintaining the character of the more...
Britain and Ireland, 900-1300by Brendan Smith
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 49.00There is a growing interest in the history of relations between the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish as the United Kingdom and Ireland begin to construct new political arrangements. This book brings together the latest work on how these relations developed in the middle ages. more...
Restoration and Reform, 1153-1165by Graeme J. White; Rosamond McKitterick; Christine Carpenter; Jonathan Shepard
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 45.00This book, covering the close of Stephen's reign (1135-54) and the early phase of Henry II's (1154-89), examines the government of England in the aftermath of civil war. It suggests that the extent of 'anarchy' under Stephen has been exaggerated as 'restoration' gave way to 'reform'. more...
Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017by Ian Howard
Boydell & Brewer 2003; US$ 85.00From the battle of Maldon in 991 during the reign of Æethelred II, England was invaded by Scandinavian armies of increasing size and ferocity. Swein Forkbeard, king of Denmark, played a significant part in these invasions, which culminated in the domination of England and the long reign of his son, Cnut. This analysis of the invasions demonstrates that Æthelred's relationship with the Scandinavian armies was more complex and interesting than has previously been supposed and that Swein himself was a sophisticated politician bent on laying the foundations for a great northern empire. more...
Medieval Britainby John Gillingham
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 8.95This history covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France. As senses of identity in Scotland, Wales and Ireland strengthened, this was also an age of growing Englishness and of a distinctive English cultural tradition. more...
Britanniaby John Creighton
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 39.95Examining the kings' legacy in the creation of the Roman province of Britannia, this book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain on the eve of the Roman conquest. more...
Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Rosesby John A. Wagner
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 85.00This encyclopaedia dissects the period of the Wars of the Roses, the dynastic duel between the houses of Lancaster and York. It provides hundreds of essay-length entries, alphabetically arranged, paying particular attention to the military aspects of the conflict. more...