Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

Swept up in the religious fervour surrounding the First Crusade, Christo leaves his home and joins the Armies of the faithful. Uncertain if he will...

This book explores the Skelligs, Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful Atlantic islands, and focuses particularly on Skellig Michael, a famous UNES...

This volume contributes to a deeper understanding of the different forms of ecclesiastical articulation in early medieval Spain. While traditional ...

The oldest illustrated manuscript in Dutch contains a 13th-century Rijmbijbel (Rhymed Bible) by Jacob van Maerlant, a biblical paraphrase in paired...

This book covers Anglo-Saxon history from the reign of Edward the Elder and Aethelstan up to the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066....

This book covers Anglo-Saxon history from the reign of Edward the Elder and Aethelstan up to the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066....

The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richards last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight kno...

The longbows story is, in large part, Englands story, and Robert Hardy tells it wonderfully. Bernard CornwellThe late Robert Hardy was famous thro...

Despite the multidirectional nature of modern research, the interpretation of the political history of thirteenth-century England has remained lock...

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

The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire vividly to life, capturi...

Contesting the Middle Ages is a thorough exploration of recent arguments surrounding nine hotly debated topics: the decline and fall of Rome, the V...