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Sandwich - The 'Completest Medieval Town in England'
Oxbow Books 2010; US$ 35.00To the casual visitor of today, Sandwich appears as simply a small inland market town on the bank of a modest river. But locals and historians have long known that in the Middle Ages it was a strategic and commercial seaport of great significance, trading with northern Europe and the Mediterranean and growing prosperous on this business. The medieval... more...
Bond Men Made Free
Taylor and Francis 2003; 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... more...
England in the Later Middle Ages
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, 900-1300
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, 1153-1165
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...
Britannia
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95This book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain: Cunobelin and Verica. Within a few generations of their reigns, after one died and the other had fled, Rome?s ceremonial centres had been transformed into the magnificence of Roman towns with monumental public buildings... more...
Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
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...
Joan of Arc and Richard III
Oxford University Press 1991; US$ 36.00Joan of Arc and Richard III are prominent historical figures, but the myths surrounding them have always obscured their accomplishments. This study clarifies their historical contributions by combining traditional biography with original material on their social and political backgrounds. more...
For Her Good Estate
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 105.00For Her Good Estate recounts the trials and triumphs of a fourteenth-century English noblewoman. Elizabeth de Burgh led a tumultuous early life: an arranged marriage, an abduction leading to a clandestine second marriage, a forced third marriage to a man who died a traitor. Afterwards, empowered by a vow of chastity to insure her independence, Elizabeth... more...
Missing Headlines
Liverpool University Press 1997; US$ 55.00This Book is about a common humanity, and the Commonwealth's role in its promotion. Emeka Anyaoku's themes developed here were foreshadowed in his acceptance speech to the Heads of Government who had elected him as Commonwealth Secretary-Genral. more...









