Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

Recent research into the texts, practices, and visual culture of late medieval devotional life in western Europe has clearly demonstrated the centr...

The first biography in many years of Henry III The son and successor of Bad King John, Henry III reigned for 56 years from 1216, the first child...

Æthelstan was perhaps the most important king of tenth-century England, but we know very little about him, and he has no modern biography. Sarah Fo...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackEdward I (1272-1307) is one of the most ...

Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Politics of Entry explores the hi...

This is the first complete modern edition of the early charters of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey, one of the most important of the English medieval mona...

A key theme in this collection of thirteen essays is the creative tension between the Carolingian dynasty and its aristocratic followers across 250...

This is a study of royal government in the southern counties of the principality of Wales between the beginning of Edward Is conquest in 1277 and H...

Northumberland was one of the greatest influences on the development of Christianity in Europe. Stan Beckensall guides the reader in words and full...

Spain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as...

This book examines the part played by monks of Mount Athos in the diffusion of Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. It focuse...

I know there are but few steps between the prisons and graves of princes Charles I The experience of exile and captivity, usually in war, was not ...

The date was Good Friday, April 23rd in the Year of Our Lord 1014. The most ferocious battle ever fought in Ireland was about to begin... In the t...

Who was Merlin? Is the famous wizard of Arthurian legend based on a real person? In this book, Merlin's origins are traced back to the story of Lai...

A small English expeditionary force in Northern France battling to reach the coast before being cut off by an enemy superior in numbers and equipme...

Viking is such a vivid word, steeped in imagery and blood. The Viking Age began and ended in England. Its first act in AD 789 was a murder on a bea...