History
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The Prehistory of the Crusades [Paperback]
Burnam W. Reynolds (Author)
£21.99ISBN: 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 -
The Power of Place: Rulers and Their Palaces Landscapes Cities and Holy Places [Hardback]
D. W. Rollason (Author)
£41.95ISBN: 9780691167626
Published by : Princeton University Press
The Power of Place explores the nature of power--the power of kings, emperors, and popes--through the places that these rulers created or developed, including palaces, cities, landscapes, holy places, inauguration sites, and burial places. Ranging... .... Learn More -
God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Reynald de Chatillon [Hardback]
Jeffrey Lee (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781782399254
Published by : Atlantic Books
In 2010, a parcel bomb was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over America. The device was intercepted before the plan could be put into action, but what puzzled investigators was the name of the... .... Learn More
Manors and Markets: Economy and Society in the Low Countries 500-1600 [Paperback]
Bas J. P. Van Bavel (Author)
£28.99ISBN: 9780198783756
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Low Countries;an area roughly embracing the present-day Netherlands and Belgium;formed a patchwork of varied economic and social development in the Middle Ages, with some regions displaying a remarkable dynamism. Manors and Markets charts the ... .... Learn More
Medieval Powys: Kingdom, Principality and Lordships, 1132-1293 [Hardback]
David Stephenson (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £48.00
ISBN: 9781783271405
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Powys, extending over north-east and central Wales, was one of three great medieval Welsh polities, along with Gwynedd to the north and Deheubarth (south-west), occupying nearly a quarter of the country. However, it has been somewhat neglecte... .... Learn More
The Hundred Years War Vol 4: Cursed Kings [Paperback]
Jonathan Sumption (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9780571274567
Published by : Faber Book Services
Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval... .... Learn More
Mercenaries to Conquerors: Norman Warfare in the Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Mediterranean [Hardback]
Paul Brown (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781473828476
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a generation these men would have seized control of Apulia, Cal... .... Learn More
John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Constantinople c.1175-1237 [Paperback]
Guy Perry (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9781316620298
Published by : Cambridge University Press
John of Brienne's progress, from mid-ranking knightly status to king of Jerusalem and, later, Latin emperor of Constantinople, traces one of the most remarkable careers in the entire medieval period. But how and why did he achieve such height... .... Learn More
Credit and Debt in Medieval England c.1180-c.1350 [Paperback]
Phillipp Schofield (Author); Nicholas Mayhew (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781842170731
Published by : Oxbow Books
The essays in this volume look at the mechanics of debt, the legal process, and its economics in early medieval England. Beneath the elevated plane of high politics, affairs of the Crown and international finance of the Middle Ages, lurked huge nu... .... Learn More
The Captivity of John II, 1356-60: The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France [Hardback]
Neil Murphy (Author)
£37.99ISBN: 9781349949885
Published by : Palgrave
This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in th... .... Learn MoreORDER ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1226 734350 Fax: +44 (0)1226 734438 Oxbow Books, 47 Church St., Barnsley, S70 2AS GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1865 241249 Fax: +44 (0)1865 794449 Oxbow Books, The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, OX4 1JE © 2012 Oxbow Books. All Rights Reserved.
