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  • For Her Good Estateby Frances A. Underhill

    Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 105.00

    For 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...

  • Mistress of the Monarchyby Alison Weir

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.00

    BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide and excerpts from Allison Weir's The Lady in the Tower and Mary Boleyn . Acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life the extraordinary tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain. Born in the mid-fourteenth century, Katherine... more...

  • Eleanor of Aquitaineby Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

    Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 30.00

    In addition to being queen consort of both Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, she was also the mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England. more...

  • Agincourtby Juliet Barker

    Little, Brown and Company 2008; US$ 9.99

    Waged almost six centuries ago, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates. It is the classic underdog story, and generations have wondered how the English--outmanned by the French six to one--could have succeeded so bravely and brilliantly. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Juliet Barker paints a gripping narrative of the October 1415 clash between... more...

  • An Age of Transition?by Christopher Dyer

    Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 48.99

    Christopher Dyer examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. Using new sources of evidence, he demonstrates that important structural changes after 1350 built on the commercial growth of the thirteenth century. He shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of... more...

  • The Historical Literature of the Jack Cade Rebellionby Alexander L. Kaufman

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 99.95

    Accounts of Jack Cade's 1450 Rebellion, each inherently different and highly subjective, form the dominant entry in the London chronicles of the Fifteenth Century. In the first study of the primary documents related to the Cade Rebellion, Alexander L. Kaufman demonstrates how the chroniclers produced multiple representations of the event, and how... more...

  • The Last Knightby Norman F. Cantor

    Free Press 2010; US$ 25.00

    There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. It was a world in transition, soon to be replaced by the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration -- and... more...

  • Medieval Intrigueby Ian Mortimer

    Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 29.95

    In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness of the Lancastrian claim to the throne in 1399 and the origins of the idea of the royal pretender. Central to this book is his ground-breaking approach... more...

  • The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2by Colin Richmond

    Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 38.00

    Individual and compelling study of the famous Paston letters, by a highly original scholar. more...

  • The World of the Stonorsby Elizabeth Noble

    Boydell & Brewer 2009; US$ 90.00

    The Stonor letters and papers are second in quantity only to the Paston letters. Nevertheless, while studies of the parvenu Pastons of Norfolk abound, no historian has used the Stonor archive to write about this significantly longer-established gentry fam more...