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England's Second Reformation: The Battle for the Church of England 1625-1662
Hardback,
30/09/2021,
£34.99
£31.49
This compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the Church of England and demonstrates how, rather than a destructive aberration, this period is integral to (and indeed the climax of) England's post-Reformation history.
In the Midst of the Kingdom: The Royalist War Effort in the North Midlands, 1642-1646
Paperback,
05/04/2021,
£29.95
£26.96
The book both creates a new and complete narrative of the war in the region, and analyses the administrative structures of the rivals. It also analyses the command structure and regiments under the command of Henry Hastings, Lord Loughborough.
Grace and Conformity: The Reformed Conformist Tradition and the Early Stuart Church of England
Hardback,
00/07/2021,
£64.00
£57.60
Sacraments, Ceremonies and the Stuart Divines: Sacramental Theology and Liturgy in England and Scotland 1603-1662
Paperback,
23/08/2018,
£44.99
£40.49
Woodsmoke and Sage: The Five Senses 1485-1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World
Hardback,
31/08/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
A material culture book that celebrates the way the Tudors experienced the world through their five senses, the first book of its kind
Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640: Turning the World Upside Down
Paperback,
01/11/2018,
£31.99
£28.79
Community Transformed: The Manor and Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower 1500-1620
Paperback,
06/06/2002,
£36.99
£33.29
The sequel to McIntosh's acclaimed work Autonomy and Community: The Royal Manor of Havering, 1200-1500.
Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World: Revisiting the Sources
Paperback,
18/11/2021,
£28.99
£26.09
Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe
Paperback,
30/12/2021,
£28.99
£26.09
Wonderful to Relate: Miracle Stories and Miracle Collecting in High Medieval England
Hardback,
09/11/2010,
£60.00
£54.00
Drawing on fresh work in the social sciences, Rachel Koopmans offers a new model for understanding how medieval miracle stories were generated, circulated, and replicated within an oral environment. She argues that the miracle collection became a defining genre of the high medieval period.
The Household Roll of Eleanor de Montfort, Count - British Library, Additional MS 8877
Hardback,
15/05/2020,
£60.00
£54.00
Edition with English translation of a document shedding huge light on one of the most important figures of her time.
English Houses 1300-1800: Vernacular Architecture, Social Life
Paperback,
10/06/2010,
£32.99
£29.69
Johnson applies his popular and engaging style to The English House, investigating the past of the thousands of old structures we see across the UK. Focusing on historical and social aspects of the houses and the people who lived in them, this book brings to life how our homes changed over the centuries to reflect our priorities.
Lived Experience in the Later Middle Ages: Studies of Bodiam and Other Elite Landscapes in South-Eastern England
Paperback,
31/01/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
Medici
Hardback,
05/10/2017,
£35.00
£31.50
A fresh telling of the rise and fall of the House of Medici, the family that dominated political and cultural life in Florence for three centuries.
Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince
Paperback,
20/10/1996,
£19.99
£16.00
`...excellent study of the prince's career. A first-class synthesis of the entire literature of this subject.' BRITISH BOOK NEWS
Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince: from contemporary letters, diaries and chronicles, including Chandos Herald's Life of the Black Prince
Paperback,
01/01/1979,
£16.99
£15.00
Letters, reports, campaign diaries and the chronicles of Geoffrey le Baker and Chandos Herald document the life and dazzling exploits of the legendary Black Prince.
Image of Edward the Black Prince in Georgian and Victorian England: Negotiating the Late Medieval Past
Hardback,
15/09/2017,
£60.00
£30.00
Studies the manifestations of Edward the Black Prince in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Land and Family: Trends and Local Variations in the Peasant Land Market on the Winchester Bishopric Estates, 1263-1415
Paperback,
01/09/2010,
£18.99
£17.09
Medieval peasant families are closely identified with the land to which they had a hereditary right, especially in periods of land scarcity. This book concerns the tension between the contrasting trends in the study of village life, showing how they were affected by changes over time and place.
Bread and Ale for the Brethren: The Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, 1260-1536
Paperback,
01/09/2012,
£18.99
£17.09
By 1300, England and other West-European countries had undergone a significant degree of commercialisation. More and more communities, both urban and rural, depended on an efficient network of local markets to obtain the goods they needed, in particular for their food.
Short History of the Reformation
Paperback,
30/04/2018,
£14.99
£10.00
Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against sale of indulgences, fragmented the Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities.
Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650
Paperback,
14/11/2017,
£11.99
£10.79
The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution
Short History of the Hundred Years War
Paperback,
18/12/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.
William Tyndale: A Very Brief History
Hardback,
19/10/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Concise historical introduction to William Tyndale and his continuing influence on the world and how we see it.
After Lavinia: A Literary History of Premodern Marriage Diplomacy
Hardback,
09/05/2017,
£48.00
£43.20
In medieval and early modern Europe, marriage treaties were a perennial feature of the diplomatic landscape. In After Lavinia, John Watkins traces the history of the practice, focusing on the unusually close relationship between diplomacy and literary production in Western Europe from antiquity through the seventeenth...
Exile and Religious Identity, 1500-1800
Hardback,
01/05/2014,
£130.00
£117.00
Exile was a central feature of society throughout the early modern world. For this reason the contributors to this volume see exile as a critical framework for analysing and understanding society at this time.
Anna of Denmark and Henrietta Maria: Virgins, Witches, and Catholic Queens
Hardback,
23/10/2017,
£79.99
£71.99
This book examines how early Stuart queens navigated their roles as political players and artistic patrons in a culture deeply conflicted about the legitimacy of female authority.
Lost Kings: Lancaster, York and Tudor
Hardback,
01/08/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
The majority of these young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating "what-ifs" of the houses of York and Tudor.
Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort
Paperback,
02/06/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts.
In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
Paperback,
14/11/2013,
£9.99
£8.99
What went on behind closed doors in the Tudor Court? Comprehensive coverage of all the major Tudors: Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's various mistresses, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.
Richard III: The Road to Leicester
Paperback,
15/01/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
The perfect illustrated introduction to the life, death and recent rediscovery of Richard III
Anne Neville: Richard III's Tragic Queen
Paperback,
10/04/2014,
£10.99
£9.89
The real story of the 'Kingmaker's Daughter'. Published to coincide with the reburial of Richard III
Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire
Hardback,
15/11/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
THE biography of the most alluring, important and enigmatic of Henry VIII's six wives, Anne Boleyn.
Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings
Paperback,
15/06/2015,
£9.99
£8.00
Discover the true story of Richard III's mother, one of her era's great survivors
Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance
Paperback,
10/11/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
When Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted, but it was the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Wydeville, who captured his heart. A new assessment of the tumultuous life of the real White Queen and her husband.
Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife
Hardback,
15/10/2016,
£25.00
£22.50
A stunning new full-length biography of Queen Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's wife of over twenty years. The first ever written by a female historian and to concentrate on Catherine as a Tudor woman, rather than a pawn of in the dynastic power plays of men.
Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife
Paperback,
15/10/2017,
£18.99
£17.09
A stunning new full-length biography of Queen Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's wife of over twenty years. The first ever written by a female historian and to concentrate on Catherine as a Tudor woman, rather than a pawn of in the dynastic power plays of men.
Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Women's Stories
Paperback,
01/11/2016,
£10.99
£9.89
The story of the six wives of Henry VIII from the viewpoint of the women themselves.
On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials of Magnificence at the Stuart Court
Hardback,
05/01/2016,
£40.00
£36.00
Henry V: pocket GIANTS
Paperback,
29/11/2013,
£6.99
£6.29
Henry V is the best-known military hero in English history: better known than Marlborough or Wellington, or his grandfather, Edward III. He has participated in television documentaries on Henry V and Richard III as well as contributed to History Today and BBC History Magazine.
King John: England, Magna Carta and the Making of a Tyrant
Paperback,
28/01/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
A definitive new life of King John
King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta
Paperback,
07/01/2016,
£10.99
£9.89
The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. John's rejection of the charter led to civil war and foreign invasion, bringing his life to a disastrous close.
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