Medieval Britain
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The Irish-Scottish World in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
David Ditchburn (Editor); Peter Crooks (Editor); Sean Duffy (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781846826351
Published by : Four Courts Press
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In this volume, the proceedings of the 2nd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the invasion of Ireland by Edward, brother of King Robert Bruce of Scotland), a host of experts here explore crucial aspects of Irish–S... .... Learn More -
Aristocratic Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in the Fourteenth Century: The Life of Lucy de Thweng (1279-1347) [Hardback]
Bridget Wells-Furby (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783273676
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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The Yorkshire heiress, Lucy de Thweng, was married as a child to her first husband but later divorced him, entered into an adulterous relationship with another man, was forced into marriage to a second husband, and then, after a period of widowhoo... .... Learn More -
The Earl, the Kings, and the Chronicler: Robert Earl of Gloucester and the Reigns of Henry I and Stephen [Hardback]
Robert B. Patterson (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780198797814
Published by : Oxford University Press
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The Earl, The Kings, And The Chronicler is the first full length biography of Robert (c.1088-1147), grandson of William the Conqueror and eldest son of King Henry I of England (1100-35), who could not succeed his father because he was a bastard. I... .... Learn More -
Interpreting Medieval Effigies: A Regional Study in Archaeology and Potential [Hardback]
Brian Gittos (Author); Moira Gittos (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £32.00
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 -
The Fifteenth Century XVI: Examining Identity [Hardback]
Linda Clark (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783273614
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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The vitality and diversity of research into the late medieval period are exemplified by the contents of this volume. A central theme is the medieval Church: examinations of the process of ordination; the parishioners of Dartford in Kent and the in... .... Learn More -
The Black Prince and the Grande Chevauchée of 1355 [Hardback]
Mollie M. Madden (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783273560
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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On 19 September 1356 Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, and his
Anglo-Gascon army defeated Jean II of France at the Battle of Poitiers. The victory
was the culmination of an expedition which had begun in England in 1355, and... .... Learn More -
Annals of Dunstable Priory [Hardback]
Harriett Webster (Editor); David Preest (Editor)
£75.00ISBN: 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 -
The Cult of Thomas Becket: History and Historiography through Eight Centuries [Hardback]
Kay Brainerd Slocum (Author)
£115.00ISBN: 9781138103283
Published by : Routledge
Series: Sanctity in Global Perspective
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On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, generating a widespread cult which endured until the reign of Henry VIII in th... .... Learn More -
Brothers York: An English Tragedy [Hardback]
Thomas Penn (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 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 -
Proctors for Parliament: Clergy, Community and Politics, c.1248-1539. (The National Archives, Series SC 10): Volume II: 1377-1539 [Hardback]
Phil Bradford (Editor); Alison K. McHardy (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 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
