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The Pastons: A Family In The Wars Of The Roses (First Person Singular)
by Richard Barber

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Within three generations (1426 to 1485), and through the dark and dangerous years of the Wars of the Roses, the Pastons established themselves as a family of consequence, both in their native Norfolk and within court circles. Ambitious and highly mobile - read more
Brief Lives (First Person Singular)
by John Aubrey

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John Aubrey was born in 1626. At the age of 26, he inherited a family estate encumbered with debt, and finally went bankrupt in the 1670s. From then on he led a sociable, rootless existence. At his death in 1697, he left a mass of notes and manuscripts. T read more
The Haskins Society Journal 14: 2003. Studies In Medieval History
by Stephen Morillo

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The latest volume of the Haskins Society Journal presents recent research on the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Viking and Angevin worlds of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and includes topics ranging from emotional communities in the middle ages, English read more
The Evolution Of Norman Identity, 911-1154
by Nick Webber

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During the period 911-1154, a newly-constituted people came to control not only a Frankish duchy, but also the kingdoms of England and Sicily. This people, composed of Scandinavian settlers and Frankish natives, came to be known as the Normans. This book read more
Medieval Clothing And Textiles I
by Gale R. Owen-crocker Robin Netherton

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Medieval Clothing and Textiles is a new peer-reviewed annual journal publishing original research on any aspects of dress and cloth throughout the Middle Ages. It is interdisciplinary, with papers representing such fields as social and economic history, h read more
King Harold Ii And The Bayeux Tapestry (Pubns Manchester Centre For Anglo-Saxon Studies)
by Gale R. Owen-crocker

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Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the lon read more
The Cross Goes North: Processes Of Conversion In Northern Europe, Ad 300-1300
by Martin Carver

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In Europe, the cross went north and east as the centuries unrolled: from the Dingle Peninsula to Estonia, and from the Alps to Lapland, ranging in time from Roman Britain and Gaul in the third and fourth centuries to the conversion of peoples in the Balti read more
William Camden: A Life In Context
by Wyman H. Herendeen

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William Camden (1551-1623) was one of the most notable historians of the Elizabethan period; his works include Britannia the first description of Britain county by county. A herald by profession, he moved in the literary and political circles of London in read more
Anglo-Norman Studies 27: Proceedings Of The Battle Conference 2004
by John Gillingham

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This volume contains the usual wide range of topics, and offers some unusual and provocative perspectives, including an examination of what the evidence of zooarchaeology can reveal about the Conquest. The other subjects discussed are the battle of Alen o read more
Franz Schubert: Music And Belief
by Leo Black

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During six decades since Leo Black, a former BBC Chief Producer for radio music, first experienced Schubert, historians and analysts have replaced old stereotypes of the Bohemian artist and unselfconscious creator with a picture of a difficult man in diff read more
The Siege Of Malta, 1565: Translated From The Spanish Edition Of 1568 (First Person Singular)
by Francisco Balbi Di Correggio

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This is the history of one of the great battles of the world, written by a private soldier who was an eye-witness. The siege of Malta was a crucial moment in the long struggle between Islam and Christendom for domination of the Mediterranean, fought out b read more
The Chronica Maiora Of Thomas Walsingham (1376-1422)
by James G. Clark

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Translated by David Preest with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk at St Albans Abbey, a royal mona read more
The Autobiography Of Gerald Of Wales
by C. H. Williams H. E. Butler John Gillingham

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Gerald of Wales, the son of a Norman Baron and the grandson of a Welsh Princess, has long been regarded as a great Welsh patriot and as one of the most gifted and entertaining of medieval writers. His historical works on Wales and Ireland have long been a read more
Leadership In Medieval English Nunneries (Studies In The History Of Medieval Religion)
by Valerie G. Spear

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This book is an examination of the late medieval English nunnery superior as a power broker. Based primarily upon historical records of sixteen female houses in the period from 1280 to 1540, it addresses leadership models, questions of social identity and read more
The Brus Family In England And Scotland 1100-1295
by Ruth M. Blakely

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Robert de Brus, the 'conquisitor of Cleveland, Hartness and Annandale', who came into England among the followers of Henry I, was also a close companion and mentor of David I, king of Scots. The lands he acquired from both kings were divided between his s read more
Lords And Communities In Early Medieval East Anglia
by Andrew Wareham

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East Anglian warriors, monks and peasants toiled, fought and prayed during the tenth and eleventh centuries in order to establish the medieval landscape of East Anglia constructed around great royal abbeys, castles and manor houses. This book discusses th read more
Pastoral Care In Late Anglo-Saxon England (Anglo-Saxon Studies)
by Francesca Tinti

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The tenth and eleventh centuries saw a number of very significant developments in the history of the English Church, perhaps the most important being the proliferation of local churches, which were to be the basis of the modern parochial system. Using evi read more
Beyond The Notes : Journeys With Chamber Music
by Susan Tomes

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In this widely acclaimed volume, Susan Tomes, a rare example of a leading musician who writes about the craft of performance, describes her experience of twenty years of rehearsal, concerts and recording. Her performing life has been centred on chamber mu read more
The Artillery Of The Dukes Of Burgundy, 1363-1477 (Armour And Weapons)
by Kelly Devries Robert Douglas Smith

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The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy created, in little more than a century, a fabulously wealthy and independent state. Their centralised control and chancellery have bequeathed to us a vast treasure trove of documents, including accounts and inventories of read more
The Bigod Earls Of Norfolk In The Thirteenth Century
by Marc Morris

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The Bigods were one of the most powerful and important families in thirteenth-century England. They are chiefly remembered for their dramatic interventions in high politics. Roger III Bigod [c. 1209-70] famously led the marc read more