Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

For a medieval English king, delegation was a necessary evil; and nowhere more necessary nor more potentially disastrous than on the Anglo-Welsh ...

The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - fi...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A lasting work of social history THE TIMES ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A lasting work of social history THE TIMES ...

Intended as a sequel to Rome in the Eighth Century (Cambridge, 2020), this survey of the material culture of the city of Rome spans the period from...

Discover the real story behind The Dig, streaming now on Netflix, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes The objects unearthed in 1939 from an...

Godwin and his family dominated English politics for almost half a century, establishing themselves as the most influential and powerful dynasty in...

King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to th...

The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this centur...

A critical examination of the life and legacy of Charles IV. Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, has been called one of the most le...

A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making m...

An expansive consideration of charms as a deeply integrated aspect of the English Middle Ages.   Katherine Storm Hindley explores words at their mo...

From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic Medieval Life series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readable...

'To provide splendid settings for their displays of majesty, kings had great halls built, and none more so than Rufus' William II, or William Rufu...

This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Romeone of the most important European cities in the medieval imaginationin late Mi...

This collection of essays studies the movement of texts in the Mediterranean basin in the medieval period from historical and philological perspect...

This is the first complete and accessible English translation of two major source textsTinctors Invectives and the anonymous Recollectiothat arose ...

This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Romeone of the most important European cities in the medieval imaginationin late Mi...

English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution traces the development of a new type of scribal culture in England that emerged early ...

Dürer's Lost Masterpiece tracks the history of a turning point in the career of the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), when he st...

Recognised on its first appearance as the most comprehensive single-volume guide to The Canterbury Tales yet produced, this third edition brings th...