History

ISBN: 9781873592946
Published by : English Heritage
Founded by Benedict Biscop in the late 7th century, the twin monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow achieved an international reputation through the writings of Bede. Destroyed in the mid 9th century the house was refounded in the 11th and survives ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842172131
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843840381
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Arthurian romance flourished in medieval Germany, but the pre-eminence of Wolfram von Eschenbach has perhaps overshadowed some of his successors. This book focuses on Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois, the later thirteenth-century Arthurian roma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898281313
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
This work examines the largely untold story of English sea power prior to the Norman Conquest. The author illuminates the much-neglected period 871 to 1100, an age when English rulers deployed naval resources, first against Norse Invaders, and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843831327
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume publishes the proceedings of the 27th Battle Conference held in 2004. Twelve papers approach Norman history, in England and on the Continent, from a variety of perspectives, drawing on chronicles and other literary and documentary sour... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843831167
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume presents the proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Charles Homer Haskins Society held at Cornell University in 2002. The ten papers cover such topics as: medieval emotional communities; Alcuin and Willibrod; English identity... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780752433431
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
The medieval interest in saintly relics is well known, but there are also medieval stories and shrines associated with the relics of BritainÆs Arthurian past.



In this original look at the world of Arthur, the authors show how t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781403966704
Published by : Palgrave
It has long been assumed that the Bayeux Tapestry was produced in England which is why George Breech's proposal that it was made in the Loire Valley will not sit pretty with many scholars. This book presents evidence to support Beech's claims that... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843840619
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes, in two senses. First is the role of Fortune itself, often personified and consistently instrumental, in accounts of Arthur's court an... .... Learn More