Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England.

Islam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world supremacy

The story of the crusades has been told and retold in Western histories-but invariable from Western perspectives. Carole Hillenbrand's fresh interpretation drew on Islamic sources that describe the crusades from a Muslim point of view.

Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, the author explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples.

The true importance of cathedrals during the Anglo-Norman period is here brought out, through an examination of the most important aspects of their history.

In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade. Half a century later, Joinville accompanied the French king, Louis IX, on crusade to Egypt and the Near East. This book offers narratives of these campaigns and provides insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders.

Cities and Solidarities charts the ways in which the study of individuals and places revitalises our understanding of urban communities as dynamic interconnections of solidarities in pre-modern Europe. Combining theoretical frameworks with digital methodologies, this volume sheds new light on the socio-economic conditions, the form

Golding investigates the Norman Conquest from a number of perspectives, examining the dynamics of colonisation and the wide-ranging effects of the Norman settlement. Revised, updated and expanded, this new edition of an established text now incorporates the latest research and contains more on key areas such as towns, gender and the peasantry.

In this book Norman Housley, one of the most distinguished historians of the medieval period, provides an introduction to the complex history of crusading. * Steers readers through the key debates in this popular area of medieval history. * Draws on the author's 30 years' experience of crusading scholarship.

This collection offers a holistic understanding of the impact of both crusading and settlement on the literary cultures of Latin Christendom.

Crusading was a central theme in early medieval European history and this book covers all the expeditions which took place between the First Crusade in 1096 and the final retreat from Palestine in 1291.

"First published 2002 by Pearson Education."

An astonishingly assured, convincing and gripping one-volume history of the Crusades to the Holy Land

This is the first book-length study into crusading against Christians, examining this complex phenomenon from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries and across numerous regions, from France to Russia and from southern Italy to the Baltic.

The debate on the Norman Conquest is still ongoing. Because of the interest that has been shown in the subject of conquest and its aftermath, interpretations have been numerous and conflicting; students bewildered by controversies may find this book a useful guide through the morass of literature.

An exciting, fresh look at one of the most important questions of medieval scholarship - the decline of serfdom and its implications.

In 1806, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of judgement, because 'like the day of judgement, its decisions are unalterable'.