Medieval Britain

ISBN: 9780748639588
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
This ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781849161602
Published by : Quercus
Macbeth is, for obvious reasons, among the most famous of Scotland's kings, but Shakespeare's portrayal bears almost no resemblance to the scant historical record. In this book Fiona Watson investigates what can be said about Macbeth and his wo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780857381606
Published by : Quercus
Macbeth is, for obvious reasons, among the most famous of Scotland's kings, but Shakespeare's portrayal bears almost no resemblance to the scant historical record. In this book Fiona Watson investigates what can be said about Macbeth and his wo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896460455
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This study examines the coding of violence and the aesthetic strategies that are employed in portraying combat scenes in a cropus of thirteenth to fifteenth century Welsh narratives, including the Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi, Culwch ac Owen, the s... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904607946
Published by : Birlinn Ltd
Drawing on the evidence of their charters and contemporary chronicles, this book spans the careers of seven successive earls at Dunbar from the period of the Norman Conquest of England to the eve of the Scottish Wars of Independence. It recreat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199560004
Published by : Oxford University Press
In The Foundations of Gentry Life, Peter Coss examines the formative years of the English gentry. In doing so, he explains their lasting characteristics during a long history as a social elite, including adaptability to change and openness to u... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780708321805
Published by : University of Wales Press
Wales is famed for its castles, and all of the main publicly accessible ones, are described in this fine guidebook. John Kenyon outlines the history of each castle, as well as describing and analysing the extant architecture, and how the castle... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848841239
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
"‘That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swolen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree-ox with the pudding in his belly, that reve... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781844159321
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Series: Campaign Chronicles

On 13 September 1356 near Poitiers in western France, the small English army of Edward, the Black Prince crushed the forces of the French King Jean II in one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years' War. Over the centuries... .... Learn More