Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

Hacienda resident and Manchester legend DJ Paulette celebrates the highs, lows and lessons of a 30-year career at the forefront of UK dance music as a ground-breaking Black female DJ. -- .

Providing students with all the essential information required and a full definition of terms, this companion to Western European politics presents past events, prominent personalities, important dates, organizations and electoral information in an accessible, easy-to-read format.

What caused the UK's cost of living crisis, and how can we rebuild? Setting out the concept of liveability, this book argues that rather than focus on increasing wages, we need to make life more liveable through foundational services and social infrastructure. -- .

For millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. This book traces the lives of five women who fought against prejudice for their right to work in, enjoy and help save the earth's wild places. -- .

This collection of sources demonstrates the variety of evidence that survives of English women in all walks of life from the time of Edward I to the eve of the Reformation. An overview is included of current thinking about English medieval women below the level of the greater aristocracy.

This volume provides a collection of sources dealing with the role of noble women in medieval society. It highlights the significant role played by these women within their families, households, estates and communities and examines changes in their role and activities between 1066 and 1500.