Medieval Britain
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Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce [Hardback]
David Cornell (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780300145687
Published by : Yale University Press
This new reconstruction of the Battle of Bannockburn has proved more controversial than most. The key claims which have provoked debate and censure are that the battle was brief, perhaps only an hour long, and that the Scottish troops could hav... .... Learn More -
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages [Hardback]
R. R. Davies (Author)
£58.00ISBN: 9780199542918
Published by : Oxford University Press
This is the final work by Rees Davies, and continues his achievements in widening the focus of medievalists to consider the British Isles as a whole. In it he looks at lordship in the long fourteenth century (1272-1422), focusing in particular ... .... Learn More -
Owain Glyndwr [Paperback]
T D Breverton (Author)
£15.99ISBN: 9781848683280
Published by : Amberley Publishing
A nicely written narrative biography of Owain Glyndwr which aims to bring his achievements to a wider audience. Its a cracking story of heroic resistence, with no fewer than six English invasions sent to supress the rebellion and successfully ... .... Learn More -
Medieval Welsh Settlement and Territory: Archaeological Evidence from a Teifi Valley Landscape [Paperback]
Jemma Bezant (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9781407304427
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study examines the landscape of west Wales during the reign of Rhys ap Gruffydd (1155-1197), using GIS tp look at patterns of settlement and territoriality, and in particular analysing the impact of "Normanization" in terms of change and c... .... Learn More -
Scarborough: a History [Hardback]
T. Pearson (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9781860775680
Published by : Phillimore & Co Ltd
The site of a Bronze Age barrow and settlement, and later an impressively sized Roman signal station, Scarborough saw the period of its greatest importance in the Middle Ages, when it became one of the most prosperous of England's northern port... .... Learn More -
The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy 1491-1499 [Paperback]
Ian Arthurson (Author)
Regular Price: £12.99
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9780750939898
Published by : Sutton Publishing Ltd
Arthurson combines historical detail - including contemporary documents, paintings and engravings - with an extremely readable narrative style, in this reconstruction of the background and full course of the Warbeck conspiracy to dethrone Henry... .... Learn More -
A History of Bishop's Cleeve and Woodmancote [Paperback]
David Aldred (Author)
Regular Price: £15.99
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9781848687271
Published by : Amberley Publishing
This book tells the story of Bishop's Cleeve and Woodmancote over a period of 12,000 years. The archaeological record, the written record and people's memories have been skilfully interwoven to create the first comprehensive histo... .... Learn More -
Mediaeval Colchester's Lost Landmarks [Paperback]
John Ashdown-Hill (Author)
Regular Price: £14.99
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9781859836866
Published by : Breedon Books
A well-illustrated guide to Colchester's surviving medieval fabric, as well as a reconstruction of the city's medieval layout and lost buildings. Archival work is further used to paint a picture of the daily lives of its medieval ... .... Learn More -
The March of Wales 1067-1300: A Borderland of Medieval Britain [Paperback]
Max Lieberman (Author)
£17.99ISBN: 9780708321157
Published by : University of Wales Press
This concise book offers an excellent introduction to the Marcher lordships which emerged after the Norman Conquest and were crystallised by the conquest of Wales by Edward I. Max Lieberman examines the pecularities of the marcher lords, who d... .... Learn More -
Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles [Hardback]
Michael Brown (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9780748633326
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
The Battle of Bannockburn is almost certainly the most famous event in Scottish history, when the far smaller force of Robert Bruce achieved an overwhelming victory over the English force of Edward II which included significant numbers of mount... .... Learn More