Medieval Britain

ISBN: 9781789253269
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Historic Towns Atlases
Volume: 7
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The latest volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas covers the internationally-renowned city of Oxford. Famed for its university and its many outstanding historic buildings, the volume presents in mapped form the history of its topographical dev... .... 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: 9781789253061
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was discovered in 1867 and first excavated in 1869 by two local antiquaries, Edgar and Henry Dumbleton, who published their findings over the next four years. In 1988 dendrochronological dates... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198823377
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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The Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum is one of the major contemporary narratives of the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. It covers the dramatic half century from 1364-1413, including the later years of the ailing Edward III (who died in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198844426
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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Since the mid-twentieth century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown and aristocratic landholders. Such studies, however, neglect to consider that England after the Bl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781783274185
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Studies in Celtic History
Volume: Volume 38
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The early-twelfth-century Book of Llandaf is rightly notorious for its bogus documents - but it also provides valuable information on the early medieval history of south-east Wales and the adjacent parts of England. This study focuses on its 159 c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783273997
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Anglo-Norman Studies
Volume: Volume 41
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This year's volume continues to demonstrate the vitality of scholarship in this area, across a variety of disciplines. There is a particular focus on the material culture of the Norman Conquest of England and its aftermath, from study of horses an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789252309
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds, found during the restoration of the Perpendicular Great Cloister of Christ Church, Canterbury, as architectural screens constructed around 1173. It proposes that the scree... .... Learn More