Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

This modernized extract from The Great Chronicle of London covers the reign of England's first Tudor king, Henry VII (1485-1509). It gives an eye-w...

The Incas built one of the largest empires of the ancient world. The sheer scale makes their achievement truly remarkable. At its zenith it extende...

The new research in this biography solves the riddle of the disappearance of Joanna of Flanders early in the Hundred Years War, a leader described ...

In a time when men fought and women stayed home, Nicholaa de la Haye held Lincoln Castle against all-comers. Not once, but three times, earning her...

Weir perfectly combines the dramatic colour and timing of an historical novelist with the truth to fact of a scrupulous historian The TimesBritains...

This companion volume to the exhibit examines the multicultural city of Fustat, capital of medieval Egypt and predecessor to modern Cairo. It explo...

This boxed set of two encyclopedias charts the rise and fall of the ancient American empires - including the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Olmec and Zapo...

By turning off the main highway and discovering old routes, some of which have been travelled for thousands of years, you will see Ireland in an en...

Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming ...

Many Anglo-Saxon kings are familiar. AEthelred the Unready is one, yet less is written of his wife, who was consort of two kings and championed one...

The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarka...

'An authoritative study of one of history's most feared and successful armies...May concludes this definitive study by tracing the Mongol legacy to...

Joan of Arcs life and death mark a turning point in the destiny both of France and England and the history of their monarchies. It is a great shame...

Queens Cartimandua and Boudica were both Celtic noblewomen, recorded by classical writers as part of a tradition of women who showed particular cou...

Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation is the first full-length biography of the queen at the centre of the some of the most dramatic e...