Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Early Medieval Europe
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The Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Southern Britain AD 450-650: Beneath the Tribal Hidage [Hardback]
Sue Harrington (Author); Martin Welch (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782976127
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Tribal Hidage, attributed to the 7th century, records the named groups and polities of early Anglo-Saxon England and the taxation tribute due from their lands and surpluses. Whilst providing some indication of relative wealth ... .... Learn More -
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The Saints of Gwynedd [Hardback]
Molly Miller (Author)
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ISBN: 9780851151144
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This study of the age of saints in North Wales is primarily concerned to establish, by means of carefully assembled lists, a basic set of tools for research for those concerned with this difficult but intriguing period of Welsh hi... .... Learn More -
Patterns of Folklore [Hardback]
Hilda Ellis Davidson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859910422
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The four main essays in this collection look at folklore in relation to myth, history, literature and man's past, tracing the patterns that seem to repeat themselves but without imposing any preconceived generalisations of the kin... .... Learn More -
A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches [Hardback]
John Hines (Author)
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ISBN: 9780851156798
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Square-headed brooches were among the most costly and elaborate forms of female dress jewellery for many Germanic peoples in the fifth and sixth centuries AD; Scandinavian in origin, they are spread widely over England and wester... .... Learn More -
King Arthur's Round Table [Hardback]
Martin Biddle (Author)
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ISBN: 9780851156262
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
In 1976 the great wooden Round Table was temporarily removed from the wall of Winchester Castle's Great Hall providing historians and scientists, assembled by Martin Biddle, with an opportunity to make a thorough examination of it. Biddle and ... .... Learn More -
St Mary's Church Deerhurst, Gloucestershire: Fieldwork, Excavations and Structural Analysis, 1971-1984 [Hardback]
Philip Rahtz (Editor); Lorna Watts (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780851156873
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
St Mary's Church, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, is one of the most famous Anglo-Saxon churches in the country, incorporating much of a complete Anglo-Saxon building, with a complex pre-Conquest history of additions and alterat... .... Learn More -
Italian Arthurian Literature I: Italian Arthurian Literature I [Hardback]
Gloria Allaire (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859916455
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Italian text with facing English translation of the Tristano panciatichiano , a 14th-century compilation of Arthurian legends, in both prose and verse, from Florence that has never previously been edited. The text is preceded by a brief introduc... .... Learn More -
Acton Court: The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house [Paperback]
Kirsty Rodwell (Author); Robert Bell (Author)
Regular Price: £80.00
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ISBN: 9781873592632
Published by : English Heritage
In 1535 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visited Acton Court in southern Gloucestershire, the home of the favoured courtier Nicholas Poyntz. Built in the 13th century, on an older structure, by the Acton family, the moated manor was transformed by N... .... Learn More -
The Anglo-Saxon World [Hardback]
Nicholas Higham (Author); Martin J. Ryan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300125344
Published by : Yale University Press
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours ... .... Learn More