Medieval Britain

ISBN: 9781789251289
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This innovative study examines and analyses the wealth of evidence provided by the monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including some of very high sculptural merit. More than 200 examples survive from th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843838135
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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The priory at Dunstable was founded by Henry I, and was a house of Augustinian canons; it stood in close proximity to the royal house at Dunstable, also founded by Henry I and used regularly in the twelfth century by his successors. In 1204, the h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846146909
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
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In early 1461, a seventeen-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, and claimed the crown of England as Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York. It was a time when old certainties had been shredded: by popu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780907239819
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Canterbury & York Society
Volume: v. 108
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In the middle ages clergy of all ranks, from archbishops to parochial clergy, sent proctors to parliament, whether as representatives of constituency groups - diocesan clergy and cathedral chapters - or substitutes for those expected to attend in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785709845
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book is the culmination of the author’s lifelong interest in the Roman to medieval transition in England and in the analysis of the historic landscape of Wessex. It begins with a focused, referenced, and critical exploration of the thorny, bu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783273140
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
From the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Latin Christendom was increasingly focussed, both institutionally and culturally, on Rome and the papacy. A key element of these changes was a growing concern with the provision of pastoral care and the sta... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781786832641
Published by : University of Wales Press
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This is a study of royal government in the southern counties of the principality of Wales between the beginning of Edward I's conquest in 1277 and Henry VIII's `act of Union'. This reprinted edition of the book, first published in 1972, includes a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783273003
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Compiled from the records of a survey of the kingdom of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085, Domesday Book is a key source for the history of England. However, there has never been a critical edition of the text and so, despite o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153772
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Henry V (1413-22) is widely acclaimed as the most successful late medieval English king. In his short reign of nine and a half years, he re-imposed the rule of law, made the crown solvent, decisively crushed heresy, achieved a momentous victory at... .... Learn More