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Anglo-Norman

Summoning St Michael: Early Romanesque Towers in Lincolnshire
by David Stocker and Paul Everson
The earliest Romanesque towers of Lincolnshire constitute one of the most remarkable groupings of architectural remains at parish level, of the era of the Norman conquest of England. Forming west towers to a series of ordinary parish churches rather than parts of cathedrals or great monastic institutions, they are a distinctive feature of a number of the county's towns and villages. They have been variously described - as a group or individually ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth
translated by Andrew Dalby
The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth is a didactic poem in Anglo-Norman which surveys a host of practical matters, ranging from childbirth and our passage through life, to estate management and life in fields, workshops, to activities in the home, the kitchen and the dining-hall, to the flora and fauna (and even the weather) of thirteenth-century England. Its didactic purpose was to teach the French language, in other words, it was not so much ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.99

Anglo-Norman Studies 29: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2006
edited by C.P. Lewis
A particular area of interest in this volume is the landscape and economy of late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England, with papers on castles, deer parks, marshlands, fisheries and taxation. 227p b/w illus (Boydell 2007)
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £45.00, Our Price GB £12.95

The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Siciliy
by Gordon S Brown
The success of the Normans in southern Italy and Siciliy is deeply overshadowed by post-1066 events in England, but it is an equally interesting story of the take-over of a land full of opportunity and adventure. Gordon Brown brings to the forefront of his discussion the events of the early stages of Norman advances into the area, their struggles against Pope Leo, against the Byzantine Empire and the Arab rulers of Sicily. The story is one of ...
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Norman Stone Castles (1) British Isles 1066-1216
by Christopher Gravett
The Normans are remembered in history for being among the earliest and greatest of castle-builders. This book celebrates the Norman architectural legacy and the attempts of the Norman kings to consolidate their new kingdom in the British Isles through implanting strong fortified enclaves at strategic points, such as coastal areas, road and river crossings, or in areas of social unrest. Christopher Gravett describes the main features of the ...
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La Normandie et l'Angleterre au Moyen Age
edited by Pierre Bouet and Véronique Gazeau~
Ten years on from a colloquium held at Reading University on the study of Anglo-Norman exchange in the Middle Ages, a subsequent conference reviewed what had changed and presented new research on the subject. Published entirely in French, although including both French and English scholars, this volume publishes seventeen papers, with an introduction and conclusion from the 2001 colloquium held at Cerisy-la-Salle. Contributors include: Pierre ...
Paperback. Price GB £28.99

The Story of Domesday Book
edited by R W H Erskine and Ann Williams
First published in 1987, this collection of specialist studies on Domesday Book has now been reprinted. Some of the most familiar names in Domesday studies examine the production of Domesday, its manuscripts, scribes and annotations as well as assess what this unique document reveals about Anglo-Norman society, economy and government. The sixteen papers, therefore, include historical and archaeological studies as well as those which focus on the ...
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Harold and William: The Battle for England 1064-1066
by Benton Rain Patterson
Beginning with Harold Godwinson's disastrous mission to Normandy in the summer of 1064, this is a vivid blow-by-blow account of the events that culminated in the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. Patterson's narrative is packed with incidental details and diversions, describing the sequence of history-making incidents from both Norman and Saxon points of view, and reflecting the author's journalistic career as a writer for The New York ...
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Normans in their Histories
by Emily Albu
From the Vikings onwards, the achievements of Northmen and Normans were subjects for Norman chroniclers and historians. Emily Ablu examines the triumphant progress of the Normans across Europe to England, Italy, Sicily and the Frankish kingdoms of the East, as they were presented in the dramatic works of Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Wace and other romance historians as well as the Orderic Vitalis and the Gesta Normannorum Ducum. The study ...
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The Normans
by Trevor Rowley
Aimed at the general reader, this is a book examining the origins of the Normans, their impact on Anglo-Saxon England, the relationship between England and Normandy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and the creation of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Trevor Rowley uses up-to-date archaeological and historical evidence in examining the Normans and their achievements. 224p, 40 b/w pls (Tempus 1999, new Pb edn 2009)
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