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Early and medieval to 1485

  • Alfred the Greatby Jacob Abbott

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99

    A chronicle of one of the greatest Kings in history. Alfred the Great defended the Anglo-Saxons from the invading Vikings, as well as working to improve the legal system in his kingdom.The current Queen of England is a direct descendent of this fascinating man. more...

  • Das geistliche Schrifttum des Spätmittelaltersby Wolfgang Achnitz

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 391.00

    Volume 2 is introduced by an essay by Werner Williams and Regina D. Schiewer and covers German-language religious literature of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era up to 1500, with special emphasis on the topics Bible, Apocrypha, hagiography, liturgy and piety, catechesis, pastoral care, sermon, edification, theology/philosophy, monastic... more...

  • Thistle and Bambooby Shiona Airlie

    Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2010; US$ 40.00

    Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, Sir James Stewart Lockhart spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei — the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a China rapidly giving way to civil war. In her vivid... more...

  • A Brief History of Roman Britainby J.P. Alcock

    Constable & Robinson 2011; US$ 13.11

    In BC 55 Julius Caesar came, saw, conquered and then left. It was not until AD 43 that the Emperor Claudius crossed the channel and made Britain the western outpost of the Roman Empire that would span from the Scottish border to Persia. For the next 400 years the island would be transformed. Within that period would see the rise of Londinium, almost... more...

  • Anglo-Saxon Britainby Grant Allen

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99

    A fascinating look into what life was like in Britain at the beginning of the formation of the English people: the Anglo-Saxons. more...

  • King Arthur in Antiquityby Graham Anderson

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 44.95

    This original and compelling study argues against the traditional identification of Arthur as a king in Celtic Britain. Instead, Graham Anderson explores the evidence for two much older figures, known to classical writers as kings of Arcadia and Lydia, over a millenium before. He shows how these kings can be clearly connected with traditional Arthurian... more...

  • Missing Headlinesby Emeka Anyaoku

    Liverpool University Press 1997; US$ 55.00

    This 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...

  • An Archaeology Of The Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdomsby C. J. Arnold

    Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 48.95

    An Archaeology of the Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms is a volume which offers an unparalleled view of the archaeological remains of the period. Using the development of the kingdoms as a framework, this study closely examines the wealth of material evidence and analyzes its significance to our understanding of the society that created it. From our understanding... more...

  • Eleanor the Secret Queenby John Ashdown-Hill

    The History Press 2011; US$ 14.57

    When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainly, since those... more...

  • Richard III's 'Beloved Cousyn'by John Ashdown-Hill

    The History Press 2012; US$ 27.69

    In 1455 John Howard was an untitled and relatively obscure Suffolk gentleman. At the time of his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 he was Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Admiral and a very rich man (and the current Duke of Norfolk is his direct descendant). How had he attained these elevations? Through his service to the House of York,... more...