Early Medieval England
Contrasting with Anglo-Saxon England, this includes topics and regions falling outside the areas of Anglo-Saxon settlement.
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Lindisfarne: The Cradle Island
Magnusson, Magnus
This eloquent and expertly told history of Lindisfarne is available once more. Newly revised, it tells the story of `Holy Island' from its earliest prehistoric inhabitants through to recent times. The main focus of the book is inevitably its role as a central place of Christian worship. The foundation of the first monastery by St Aidan, the role of St Cuthbert in the island's history and the impact of the Vikings feature prominently. An excellent ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.99
New Arthurian Encyclopedia
by Norris J. Lacy
An international team of over 130 authorities provide more than 1,200 entries on all aspects of the Arthurian legend - in literature, history, folklore, archaeology, art, music, and movies - tracing its progress from the origins of King Arthur in Dark Age ...
Paperback. Temporarily out of stock at publishers - will be delayed. Orders will be recorded. Price GB £22.50
Hardback. Price GB £73.00
Offa's Dyke
Hill, David
Offa's Dyke is not self-explanatory. The fact that 'a great green bank and ditch strides across the hills and vales of one of the pleasantest parts of these islands, the Welsh Marches' does not betray its purpose or its creator. Through survey work and excavation we know much more and, as this book discusses, we can now trace most of the 64 miles of earthworks stretching from Rushock Hill in the south to Truddyn near the Dee estuary. Based on ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.99
The Story of St. David of Wales
by Diana Leatham
The story of St. David and his role in the Welsh church. Leatham traces his likely celtic origins, the various myths with which he is asociated and the ways in which the saint has been commemorated. A facsimile reprint of the 1952 edition. 108p, 6 figs ...
Paperback. Price GB £6.50
They Built on Rock
by Diana Leatham
A facsimile reprint of this book which traces "The story of the men and women of the early Celtic church" - basically the potted biographies of ten early saints retold in an imaginative style. 236p, 12 illus (1948, Llanerch 1996) 1861430140 Pb ...
Paperback. Price GB £9.95
Sub-Roman Britain (AD 400-600): A gazetteer of sites
Snyder, Christopher A.
(BAR 247, 1996)
Paperback. Price GB £20.00
Early Middle Ages: World Architecture
Barral I Altet, X.
This well-illustrated and informative guide to the architecture of Europe between the 4th and 9th centuries argues that the early Middle Ages was not simply an intermediate period between Roman and Romanesque art but that it had its own distinct and ...
Hardback. Price GB £7.95
History of the Book Vol 2: 1100-1400
Morgan, Nigel
This large and fascinating volume contains a huge amount of information from differing perspectives on the medieval book in the last centuries prior to the invention of the printing press. Chapters cover aspects such as the technology of book production, ...
Price GB £95.00
Sovereign Fantasies: Arthurian Romance
Ingham, Patricia Clare
In this study Ingham uses the Arthurian romance literature of the 14th and 15th century to discuss the problems of identity and national unification during and after the Hundred Years War. She argues that Arthurian literature contained a fantasy of ...
Hardback. Price GB £42.95
Swein Forkbeard's Invasions
Howard, Ian
The reassessment of the years 991-1017 shows that history has treated Aethelred (the Unready) unfairly and has chosen to ignore much of the success and prosperity that he brought to England during his reign. Ian Howard studies the sources for this period, ...
Hardback. Price GB £45.00
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