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Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World
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. Cathedrals dominated …
Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans
First English translation of key chronicle for study of the rise of the Normans. This is the first English translation of a powerful work of semi-imaginary history which gave the …
The History of the Kings of Britain
Text and translation of key Arthurian text - a major source for scholars. Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, the first …
Perceptions of Femininity in Early Irish Society
An examination of how the feminine was viewed in early medieval Ireland, through a careful study of a range of texts. Was femininity in early Irish society perceived as weak and …
The Present and the Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles
A new analysis of a vital source for the history of Ireland and Scotland in the middle ages. Ireland has the most substantial corpus of annalistic chronicles for the early period …
Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom
WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ranging connections …
Kings, Currency and Alliances
Historians, numismatists and philologists consider fundamental aspects of 9c political and economic history. The ninth century was a period of upheaval in England, as the kingdoms …
Journal of Medieval Military History
Ten papers, on campaigns, biographies, military hardware, fortifications and interpreting medieval records. The second issue of this new undertaking broadens its geographical and …
Regency in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
A study of the actions and responsibilities of those taking temporary power during the minority of a monarch. Three monarchs of Scotland (James V, Mary Queen of Scots, and James …
The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland
A nuanced approach to the role played by clerics at a turbulent time for religious affairs. From the early percolation of Protestant thought in the sixteenth century through to the …
Personal Names and Naming Practices in Medieval Scotland
A landmark of scholarship on medieval Scotland. Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow. Personal names can provide a rich and often overlooked window into medieval society, …
Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Castile
First full investigation in English into the role played by chivalric ideology, and its violent results, in late medieval Castile. The Kingdom of Castile in the late Middle Ages …