History

ISBN: 9789004335622
Published by : Brill
Series: Northern World
Volume: 81
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In Iceland's Relationship with Norway c.870 - c.1100: Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of Icelandic society from the earliest settlements to the twelfth century. Through a series of thematic studies, the book... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780851158419
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

ISBN: 9781526711502
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781445662046
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Aethelflaed, eldest daughter of Alfred 'the Great', has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, renowned for her heroic struggle agains... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300208337
Published by : Yale University Press
A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004342354
Published by : Brill
Series: Northern World
Volume: 78
This volume is an introduction to Sturla Thordarson (1214-1284), a leading figure in thirteenth-century Iceland. Sturla Thordarson is one of only a handful of thirteenth-century Icelandic historians to be known by name, and he is certainly one of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781527206199
Published by : David Horovitz
This book seeks to investigate in detail the period leading up to the battle of Tettenhall, to analyse early accounts of the conflict, to identify the possible battlefield site, and to consider the roles of AEthelred and AEthelflaed. It also consi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785704659
Published by : Oxbow Books
Rosemary Cramp's influence on the archaeology of early Medieval Britain is nowhere more apparent than in these essays in her honour by her former students. Monastic sites, Lindisfarne and Whithorn, are the inspiration for Deirdre O'Sullivan's and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781441143891
Published by : Bloomsbury
There is a vigorous debate on the exact beginnings of the Crusades, as well as a growing conviction that some practices of crusading may have been in existence, at least in part, long before they were identified as such. The Prehi... .... Learn More