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Anglo-Saxon England #34: Anglo-Saxon England by Malcolm Godden Publisher Comments Ideas about Anglo-Saxon history and the importance of combining skills from many disciplines are at the centre of this volume.... (read more) List Price $209.25 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover 
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The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury by John Butler Publisher Comments In January 1888, workmen excavating the eastern crypt of Canterbury Cathedral uncovered the ancient bones of a tall, middle-aged man whose skull had seemingly been cleft by a sword. Could these be the remains of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Celtic Britain by Homer Sykes Publisher Comments Journey into mysterious Celtic landscapes, and view the fascinating artifacts they bequeathed us. Over 120 photographs take you from Cornwall, through England and Wales, and up to Scotland. Visit little-known locations from pre-Celtic times, ruined cells... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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English Heritage Book of Roman Britain by Martin Millett Publisher Comments How the Roman system influenced the politics, art, religion, and general way of life of the native peoples of Britain after the Claudian invasion of AD 43. Despite the richness of archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence, what actually occurred... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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King Arthur Chivalry & Legend by Anne Berthelot Synopsis A text which explores the reasons and the history of why the legend of King Arthur still continues to appeal, including new approaches in modern fiction and film. If Arthur had existed, he would have lived in the Dark Ages and by the 12th century he was... (read more) Your price: $1.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King by Ian W Walker Synopsis Until now, King Harold Godwineson's claim to fame was that he was shot through the eye with an arrow and died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Known mainly for this defeat, his true status and achievements have been overshadowed. Ian Walker contends... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The King's Parliament of England (Historical Controversies) by George O Sayles Publisher Comments Among England's many contributions to western civilization, the development of a workable democracy is easily the most important. And while democratic institutions have been adopted by other than English - a creation of centuries of trial and error. A... (read more) List Price $20.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford Publisher Comments For more than nine hundred years the Bayeux Tapestry—one of the world's greatest historical documents and artistic achievements—has preserved the story of one of history's greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire C.1300-1520 by P J P Goldberg Publisher Comments This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and Yorkshire, but also utilizes evidence from other parts of... (read more) List Price $178.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens by Lisa Hilton Publisher Comments England's medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very center of power--the king's bed. From Matilda of Flanders, William the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Richard and John: Kings at War by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments Legend and lore surround the history of kings Richard and John, from the ballads of Robin Hood and the novels of Sir Walter Scott to Hollywood movies. Frank McLynn has returned to the original sources to discover what Richard and John, the warring sons... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Troubadour's Song by David Boyle Publisher Comments Chronicles the events surrounding the capture and release of King Richard I during the twelfth-century Third Crusade, describing the ransom delivered by Eleanor of Aquitaine that represented one quarter of England's wealth and the subsequent legend that... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $8.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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England in the Reign of Edward III (Medieval Textbooks Series) by Scott L Waugh Publisher Comments The reign of Edward III is usually remembered for his stirring victories over the French and Scots. Yet these triumphs occurred against a domestic backdrop of economic upheaval, crime, high taxation and the Black Death. Edward's ability to pursue his... (read more) List Price $77.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction by John Blair Publisher Comments John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $8.28 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Very Short Introductions #18: The Anglo-Saxon Age by John Blair Publisher Comments John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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King Alfred: Burnt Cakes and Other Legends (06 Edition) by Horspool Publisher Comments When the BBC ran a poll in 2001 to name the greatest Briton, Alfred, a ninth-century monarch, was the only king to make the top 20. Also the only English sovereign to be called "the Great," Alfred used to be remembered as much through folklore as... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Blood & Roses by Helen Castor Publisher Comments The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and thousands of the men who followed them met violent deaths.... (read more) Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill the... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During England's Tumultuous Civil War by Helen Castor Publisher Comments In a span of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. The Wars of the Roses tore England asunder, yet until now... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery by Terry Jones Publisher Comments In this spectacular work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Chaucer was... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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