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Ancient history
Women of the Cousins' War
By Philippa Gregory
Paperback
Published 13-Sep-2012
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The fascinating companion volume to the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's bestselling Cousins' War series
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Worlds of Arthur
By Guy Halsall
Hardback
Published 14-Feb-2013
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The story of King Arthur - probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary of medieval kings.
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Woven into the Earth
By Else Ostergaard
Hardback
Published 20-Nov-2004
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Recounts the story of Norlund's excavation in the context of other Norse textile finds in Greenland. This book describes what the finds tell us about the materials and methods used in making the clothes. It is useful for students of medieval archaeology, Norse society and textile history.
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Borgias
By Mary Hollingsworth
Hardback
Published 29-Sep-2011
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A lavishly illustrated chronicle of one of history's most notorious ruling dynasties.
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Norman Conquest
By Richard Huscroft
Paperback
Published 04-Feb-2009
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Stripping of the Altars
By Eamon Duffy
Paperback
Published 11-Mar-2005
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Late Medieval English Church
By G W Bernard
Hardback
Published 18-May-2012
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The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. This book looks at the structure of the church, the nature of royal control over it, the clergy and bishops, the intense devotion and deep-rooted practices of the laity, anti-clerical sentiment, and the prevalence of heresy.
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History of Wales
By John Davies
Paperback
Published 25-Jan-2007
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Strarting from the Ice Ages, this account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. It spans prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in the late twentieth century, offering a history of an enduring people.
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City of Fortune
By Roger Crowley
Paperback
Published 02-Aug-2012
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Tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure.
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For Honour and Fame
By Nigel Saul
Paperback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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The world of medieval chivalry is at once glamorous and violent, alluring yet alien. This title charts the introduction of chivalry by the Normans, the rise of the knightly class as a social elite, the fusion of chivalry with kingship in the fourteenth century and the influence of chivalry on literature, religion and architecture.
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