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Medieval England

Author : Edmund King

Publisher :

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 26,38 MB

Release : 2005

Category : History

ISBN :

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Medieval England presents the political and cultural development of English society from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Wars of the Roses. It is a story of change, progress, setback, and consolidation, with England emerging as a wealthy and stable country, many of whose essential features were to remain unchanged until the Industrial Revolution. Edmund King traces his chronicle through the lives of successive monarchs, the inescapable central thread of that epoch. The momentous events of the times are also recreated, from the compiling of the Domesday Book, through the wars with the Scots, the Welsh, and the French, to the Peasants' Revolt and the disastrous Black Death.



A Brief History of Britain 1066 - 1485

Author : Nicholas Vincent

Publisher : Robinson

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 50,70 MB

Release : 2017-12-05

Category : History

ISBN : 9781845293963

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From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England's language, culture, politics and law were transformed. Over the next four hundred years, under royal dynasties that looked principally to France for inspiration and ideas, an English identity was born, based in part on the struggle for control over the other parts of the British Isles (Scotland, Wales and Ireland), in part on rivalry with the kings of France. From these struggles emerged English law and an English Parliament, the English language, English humour and England's first overseas empires. In this thrilling and accessible account, Nicholas Vincent not only tells the story of the rise and fall of dynasties, but investigates the lives and obsessions of a host of lesser men and women, from archbishops to peasants, and from soldiers to scholars, upon whose enterprise the social and intellectual foundations of Englishness now rest. This the first book in the four-volume Brief History of Britain which brings together some of the leading historians to tell our nation's story from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to the present day. Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story-telling, it is the ideal introduction for students and general readers.



Atlas of Medieval Britain

Author : Christopher Daniell

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 264 pages

File Size : 20,65 MB

Release : 2020-04-28

Category : History

ISBN : 1000082733

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Christopher Daniell's Atlas of Medieval Britain presents a sweeping visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485. Annotated throughout with clear commentary, this volume tells the story of the British Isles, and makes visually accessible the varied and often complex world of the Middle Ages. The Atlas depicts the spatial distribution of key events and buildings between 1066 and 1485, as well as providing the relevant Anglo-Saxon background. Charting the main political, administrative and religious features of medieval society, the maps also locate cultural landmarks such as the sites of mystery plays, universities and specific architectural styles. Topics covered include: Iron Age and Roman occupation Anglo-Saxons and Vikings changing political scenarios within England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland religious framework, including diocesan boundaries, monasteries and friaries government, society and economy. Complete with recommended further reading, this volume is an indispensable reference resource for all students of medieval British history.



The Norman Conquest

Author : Hugh M. Thomas

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 40,5 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780742538405

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Exploring the successful Norman invasion of England in 1066, this concise and readable book focuses especially on the often dramatic and enduring changes wrought by William the Conqueror and his followers. From the perspective of a modern social historian, Hugh M. Thomas considers the conquest's wide-ranging impact by taking a fresh look at such traditional themes as the influence of battles and great men on history and assessing how far the shift in ruling dynasty and noble elites affected broader aspects of English history. The author sets the stage by describing English society before the Norman Conquest and recounting the dramatic story of the conquest, including the climactic Battle of Hastings. He then traces the influence of the invasion itself and the Normans' political, military, institutional, and legal transformations. Inevitably following on the heels of institutional reform came economic, social, religious, and cultural changes. The results, Thomas convincingly shows, are both complex and surprising. In some areas where one might expect profound influence, such as government institutions, there was little change. In other respects, such as the indirect transformation of the English language, the conquest had profound and lasting effects. With its combination of exciting narrative and clear analysis, this book will capture students interest in a range of courses on medieval and Western history.



Death and Burial in Medieval England 1066-1550

Author : Christopher Daniell

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 17,60 MB

Release : 2005-06-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1134666373

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Bringing together knowledge accumulated from historical, archaeological and literary sources, Daniell paints a vivid picture of the entire phenomenon of medieval death and burial. A big contribution to medieval and early modern studies.



Who's who in Early Medieval England, 1066-1272

Author : Christopher Tyerman

Publisher : Stackpole Books

Page : 472 pages

File Size : 48,4 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780811716376

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A collective biography of English royalty, writers, politicians and artists of the early medieval period from 1066-1272.



The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England

Author : Nigel Saul

Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 23,73 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780192893246

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A comprehensive introduction to medieval England surveying the years from the departure of the Roman legions to the Battle of Bosworth.



Invasion, Plague and Murder Britain 1066-1485

Author : Aaron Wilkes

Publisher : Folens Limited

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 36,5 MB

Release : 2003-09

Category : History

ISBN : 9781843034056

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A new approach to studying Britain from 1066 to 1485 with this lively and informative history text book for 11 to 14-year olds. Suitable for mixed abilities, it provides the knowledge and skills combined with an entertaining style to learn and build history skills. Contains clear objectives for students and includes taskwork that develops literacy, numeracy and thinking skills. History was never so entertaining!



Anglo-Norman Castles

Author : Robert Liddiard

Publisher : Boydell Press

Page : 442 pages

File Size : 30,99 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780851159041

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Wide-ranging studies offer an in-depth analysis of castle-building 11th - 12th centuries and place castles within their broader social and political context. The castles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries remain among the most visible symbols of the Anglo-Norman world. This collection brings together for the first time some of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from experts in history, archaeology and historic buildings. Castles remain a controversial topic of academic debate and here equal weight is given to seminal articles that have defined the study of the subject while at the same time emphasising newer approaches to the fortresses of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. The studies in this volume range from discussions of the residential and military role of the castle to architectural symbolismand royal attitudes to baronial fortification. The result is a survey that offers an in-depth analysis of castle-building during the eleventh and twelfth centuries but which also places Anglo-Norman castles within their broader social, architectural and political context. Contributors: ANN WILLIAMS, RICHARD EALES, DEREK RENN, LAWRENCE BUTLER, ROBERT HIGHAM, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, R.ALLEN BROWN, CHARLES COULSON, SIDNEY PAINTER, FREDERICK C. SUPPE, GRANT G. SIMPSON, BRUCE WEBSTER, J.R. KENYON, THOMAS McNEILL, T.A. HESLOP, PHILIP DIXON, PAMELA MARSHALL, JOHN BLAIR, CHARLES COULSON, ROBERT LIDDIARD



The Ties that Bound

Author : Barbara A. Hanawalt

Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 40,8 MB

Release : 1986

Category : History

ISBN : 9780195045642

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Barbara A. Hanawalt's richly detailed account offers an intimate view of everyday life in Medieval England that seems at once surprisingly familiar and yet at odds with what many experts have told us. She argues that the biological needs served by the family do not change and that the ways fourteenth- and fifteenth-century peasants coped with such problems as providing for the newborn and the aged, controlling premarital sex, and alleviating the harshness of their material environment in many ways correspond with our twentieth-century solutions. Using a remarkable array of sources, including over 3,000 coroners' inquests into accidental deaths, Hanawalt emphasizes the continuity of the nuclear family from the middle ages into the modern period by exploring the reasons that families served as the basic unit of society and the economy. Providing such fascinating details as a citation of an incantation against rats, evidence of the hierarchy of bread consumption, and descriptions of the games people played, her study illustrates the flexibility of the family and its capacity to adapt to radical changes in society. She notes that even the terrible population reduction that resulted from the Black Death did not substantially alter the basic nature of the family.