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This book charts the extraordinary rise of the Neville family to their leading position on the local and national stage.......more

Text in French Cette Provence tant visitée chaque année, pour son soleil, ses calanques, ses odeurs d’été, détient un au......more

The first major landscape study of Viking Age to Early Christian settlement patterns in Iceland based on archaeological ......more

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The emergence of radical thought and politics in Europe is often traced back to the 17th century and the English Civil W......more

The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice, written towards the end of the 6th century, is a key text in the history of late......more

To define the culture of the Christian communities of early Islamic Spain, it is vital to study its origins in the Visig......more

This study is a vital reassessment of neglected medieval ruler King Carloman, who is so often found in the shadow of Cha......more

A study of the intellectual and professional self-consciousness of university theologians between the Middle Ages and th......more

In the history of Christianity, the so-called ’Church Fathers’ hold an immensely important place. This title, which we n......more

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A critical edition of the historical work of Leo the Deacon (latter half of the 10th - early 11th century), which covers......more

Until a few decades ago, our understanding of medieval Rome was essentially based on information taken from written sour......more

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We all love a good murder story. Historian and author Annie Whitehead has collated around 100 cases in Anglo-Saxon Engla......more

The thirteenth-century manuscript The Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles is the earliest surviving piece of hi......more

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In the era from 1000 to 1250, Europe underwent momentous social changes--including a growth in literacy and the emergenc......more

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Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years. Arthur and the Languages of Britain ......more

This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the very f......more

In The Eye of the Mind, Maria Grazia Bartolini investigates how early modern Ukrainian preachers prompted their listener......more

Ilkhanid Capital Cities studies the capital cities founded by the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran during the Ilkhanid period (125......more

Ideology remains one of the most used yet rarely defined concepts in Byzantine and Medieval Serbian Studies. Focusing on......more

A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 ’Learned, entertaining and highly appr......more

Explores the unique appreciation and conception of bears in medieval culture. For medieval people, bears were not object......more

Explore the history of an ancient site of pilgrimage: the healing waters of the Lourdes of Wales. This is the first scho......more

Medieval saints were thought to be able to provide miraculous cures for a wide variety of illnesses, and about one tenth......more

Reframes Cabot and Columbus within centuries of Atlantic trade and exploration. What did John Cabot and Christopher Colu......more

Between Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World offers the first dedicated examination of the phenomenon of rebe......more

The Age of Liutprand provides a thematic analysis of Lombard Italy in the pivotal early part of the 8th century. It surv......more

How medieval English towns built, sustained, and reimagined the lifelines of urban life. In the bustling market towns an......more

A new and accessible translation of Hariulf’s History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic commun......more

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In viewing Galloway from the wider context of the northern British mainland, Irish Sea and wider Hebridean zone, it has ......more

The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations......more

"In my youth, those Britons called English were taken as the most timid of barbarians. Today they are a very bellicose p......more

This book tells the story of the ’Charity’ of Montpellier, a city-wide distribution of alms held once a year from the th......more

Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial......more

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This textbook explores vital networks and relationships among geographies and cultures that shaped medieval societies. D......more

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Letter writing in the Northumbrian Kingdom offers the first comprehensive study of Northumbria’s vibrant epistolary cult......more

The literature on Islamic political thought utilises a methodology whose typical characteristic is the arbitrary use of ......more

A wounded and teenaged Harald Hardrada fled Norway in 1030 following the death of his half-brother King Olaf II at the B......more

What historically has been called the Dark Ages since the 14th century has proved to be less dark than previously though......more

Daughters of kings were often used to seal treaty alliances and forge peace with England’s enemies. Princesses of the Ea......more

Translated from the medieval French, this book is a landmark English-language version of the work of Gilles le Bouvier. ......more

This book presents an English translation of King Alfonso X of Castile-León’s municipal law code, a companion to his mon......more

A beautifully illustrated and accessible account of the medieval crusades. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusade......more

World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. Th......more

World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. Th......more

Warfare was a defining feature of the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian (r. 527-565). His extensive military campaign......more

Italian merchants played a pivotal role in the international trade of England and the Low Countries during the late Midd......more

Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were......more

Treasures of the Vikings explores the material culture of this raiding people, who plundered artefacts, treasure and wea......more

A consideration of the allegory of Christ the Divine Physician in medical and religious writings. Discourses of physical......more

In The Triumph of Christianity Redescribed, Éric Rebillard argues that the appearance of Christian signs and practices i......more

Providing the first edited text, translation and commentary of two Renaissance dream-narrative satires, this edition she......more

At the intersection of medieval religion and medicine. Prince Louis, son of Charles II of Anjou, died at age twenty-thre......more

Through a series of innovative perspectives, this book examines how early modern Irish townspeople experienced the urban......more

As pauperism and begging dramatically increased throughout Europe in the sixteenth century, poverty began to be treated ......more

In the Middle Ages, hell was useful because it was vaguely defined. Canonical scriptures scarcely mention hell, leaving ......more

The Carolingian South turns the Frankish world upside down by taking as its subject the lands of the Carolingian empire ......more

An exploration of the letters from the First Crusade, yielding evidence for a number of reinterpretations of the movemen......more