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Armsbearing and the Clergy in the History and Canon Law of Western Christianity
The history of the vexed relationship between clergy and warfare is traced through a careful examination of canon law. In the first millennium the Christian Church forbade its …
Reformation and Religious Identity in Cambridge, 1590-1644
A new investigation into the nature and identity of the Church of England on the eve of the Civil War. The character of the English Church at the end of the sixteenth and beginning …
Contesting Orthodoxies in the History of Christianity
Examines the pursuit of orthodoxy, and its consequences for the history of Christianity. Christianity is a hugely diverse and quarrelsome family of faiths, but most Christians have …
Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century
An analysis of the politics of eleventh-century Wales. The eleventh century was a time of political change throughout the British Isles, and especially so in Wales. Dr Maund …
The Durham Liber Vitae and its Context
The several thousand names recorded here cast light on how the church in Northumbria interacted with contemporary lay and ecclesiastical society over six hundred years. The Durham …
English Caroline Script and Monastic History
An analysis and study of Caroline script from 200 years of ecclesiastical and secular records reveals important historical detail relating to late Anglo-Saxon England. Caroline …
St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation
All aspects of the cult of St David, patron saint of Wales, are examined in this wide-ranging volume. The cult of St David has been an enduring symbol of Welsh identity across more …
Britannia and the Bear
A compelling new narrative about how two Great Powers of the early twentieth century did battle, both openly and in the shadows Decades before the Berlin Wall went up, a Cold War …
Revelation Restored: The Apocalypse in Later Seventeenth-Century England
An analysis of the nature of apocalyptic and millennial beliefs that reveals concerns prominent in England in the early seventeenth century had not abated after 1660. Revelation …
The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry
Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge …
Rural Society and the Anglican Clergy, 1815-1914
A vivid and accessible reappraisal of the frequently uneasy relationship between the Victorian clergyman and his congregation. The conduct of divine service was only one item on …
The King's Irishmen: The Irish in the Exiled Court of Charles II, 1649-1660
A novel study of the political, religious, and cultural worlds of the principal Irish figures at the exiled court of Charles II Shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's …