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Anglo-Norman

England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225
by Robert Bartlett
This is an authoritative and comprehensive account of what life was like in England at a time when the country was more closely tied with Europe than ever before. Securely based on a wide range of sources, the study explores the ways in which the foreign kings controlled almost every aspect of life with a strict social order. Thematic sections discuss politics, lordship and government, the aristocracy, warfare, the rural economy, towns and trade, ...
Paperback. Price GB £21.00
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England
by Robin Fleming
A substantial examination of the legal material inherent in Domesday Book. The author, having scrutinized the terms for actions both legal and illegal, argues for a partly judicial reason for the holding of the Domesday inquest, and stresses that it presents the scholar with a vivid insight into the workings of the Anglo-Norman court. Accordingly, it is posited that much was still in dispute at the end of the reign of William the Conqueror, with ...
Paperback. Price GB £38.00

The Aristocracy of Norman England
by Judith A. Green
This book attempts a more rounded picture of the changes in the ruling elite of England after the Norman conquest, but only where such a picture can be justified from contemporary sources. Therefore topics such as the aristocracy's Norman estates, the great ecclesiastics, the lower social ranks, kinship and marriage are discussed, but much greater detail is given to Norman land settlement, based on the Domesday evidence, and to the relationship ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.00
Hardback. Price GB £80.00

Canterbury and the Norman Conquest: Churches, Saints and Scholars, 1066-1109
edited by Richard Eales and Richard Sharpe
Examines the supremacy of Canterbury within the English church; its Anglo-Saxon origins, its state during the period of the Nrman conquest, and the means by whic its communities kept hold of their influence despite the changes imposed by the conquerors. 182p, 16 pls (Hambledon 1995)
Hardback. Price GB £50.00

Bates, David
An illustrated edition of Bates' accessible and straightforward biography of William, first published in 1989. A thematic introductory discussion, which asks why Normandy is always willing to celebrate William when England is not, is followed by a chronological investigation of events. The Conquest is only one part of the book. Bates argues that William, `an extremely effective ruler, who was not an especially appealing man', ruled all of his ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.99

Domesday Book: Berkshire Domesday Book: Berkshire
Morris, Ian
Domesday Book: Berkshire
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £8.25, Our Price GB £2.95
Hardback. Price GB £14.00

Domesday Book: Gloucestershire Domesday Book:Gloucestershire
Morris, John
Domesday Book:Gloucestershire
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £10.00, Our Price GB £3.95

Domesday Book: Staffordshire Domesday Book:Staffordshire
Morris, John
Domesday Book:Staffordshire
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £7.00, Our Price GB £2.95

Domesday Book: Surrey Domesday Book:Surrey
Morris, John
Domesday Book:Surrey
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £7.00, Our Price GB £2.95

William Rufus
by Frank Barlow
First published in 1983, this is a new edition of a highly detailed but very readable biography of William II. Rufus was part of an extremely colourful family and, although he was often an underdog in childhood, his strength of personality ensured that he ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.95