Medieval Britain
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Victory at Poitiers: The Black Prince and the Medieval Art of War [Hardback]
Christian Teutsch (Author)
Regular Price: £19.99
Special Price: £7.95
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 -
Late-Medieval Popular Preaching in Britain and Ireland [Hardback]
Alan J. Fletcher (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 9782503523910
Published by : Brepols
Sermons and preaching played a key role in forming the religious mentality and outlook of many late medieval men and women. Yet the practice of preaching depended on many variables: the nature and disposition of the audience, the competence of ... .... Learn More -
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