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Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon England by Christopher Gravett 9781841761336
RRP: $33.13$27.50Very few battles of the medieval period can be regarded as decisive but Hastings was certainly one of them. Fought on 14th October 1066 between Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson, king of England, the outcome irrevocably changed the course of... -
Great Harry's Navy: How Henry VIII Gave England Sea Power by Geoffrey Moorhouse
RRP: $21.43$14.43Ground-breaking history of how King Henry VIII created England's navyIt was Henry VIII who began the process of making England a first-rate sea-power. He inherited no more than seven warships from Henry VII, yet at his own death the King's Navy had 53... -
Medieval Mercenaries by William Urban 9781848328549
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of... -
Offa and the Mercian Wars by Chris Peers 9781526711502
RRP: $29.23$21.35In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the... -
Byzantine Fortifications: Protecting the Roman Empire in the East by Kontogiannis, Nikos D
RRP: $48.75$41.63The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, in particular widespread fortifications, was essential for its defence. Yet this aspect of its history is... -
The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages by Michael Eisenberg
RRP: $87.75$71.66The papers in this book present, for the first time, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. These scholarships have attracted ancient writers and generals and nowadays... -
The Fortress Kingdom: The Wars of Aethelflaed and Edward the Elder, 899-927 by Paul Hill 9781399010610
RRP: $48.75$34.36In this the second part of his four-volume military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill follows the careers of thelfl d, Alfred the Great's eldest daughter, and Edward the Elder, Alfred's eldest son, as they campaigned to expand... -
Mysteries of the Norman Conquest: Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066 by Allred, Robert 9781399088039
RRP: $48.75$34.36Recent challenges to the traditional site of the Battle of Hastings have led to a surge of interest in the events surrounding England's most famous battle. This, in turn, has increased speculation that the titanic struggle for the English crown in 1066... -
To Follow in Their Footsteps: The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages by Nicholas L. Paul
RRP: $62.40$54.74When the First Crusade ended with the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, jubilant crusaders returned home to Europe bringing with them stories, sacred relics, and other memorabilia, including banners, jewelry, and weapons. In the ensuing decades, the memory... -
The Knights Templar by Helen J. Nicholson
RRP: $31.10$30.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891684Author Helen J. NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Medieval Handgonnes: The First Black Powder Infantry Weapons by Sean McLachlan 9781849081559
RRP: $31.18$25.99In the early 14th century, a new weapon entered the arsenals of European armies. This first generation of black powder weapons put fear into the heart of the enemy and in 1453 Ottoman cannon succeeded in pummelling the once-impregnable walls of... -
Landscapes of the Norman Conquest by Rowley, Trevor 9781526724281
RRP: $48.75$34.36For a long time, the Norman Conquest has been viewed as a turning point in English history; an event which transformed English identity, sovereignty, kingship, and culture. The years between 1066 and 1086 saw the largest transfer of property ever seen in... -
Mircea the Old: Father of Wallachia, Grandfather of Dracula by A.K. Brackob 9781592110018
RRP: $48.65$39.51One of the greatest leaders in Romanian history, Mircea the Old comes to life in this new book. Although his grandson, Vlad the Impaler, has acquired much greater international fame, Mircea the Old was the most significant ruler to sit on the throne of... -
The First and Second Italian Wars 1494-1504: Fearless Knights, Ruthless Princes and the Coming of Gunpowder Armies by Julian Romane 9781526750518
RRP: $48.75$35.14The First and Second Italian Wars describes the course of military operations and political machinations in Italy from 1494 to 1504/. The narrative begins with the French conquest of much of Italy. But the French hold collapsed. The second French... -
Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe by Georgios Theotokis
RRP: $48.75$38.73Warfare has been central to European history for millennia; Twenty Battles that Shaped Medieval Europe examines the strategy, military and equipment and battle-tactics of European armies in the Middle Ages. Its fundamental aim is to stimulate the... -
Mercenaries to Conquerors by Paul Brown 9781473828476
$52.18When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a few generations, by force of arms, some of these men and other later... -
Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry: The Secrets of History's Most Famous Embriodery Hiden in Plain Sight by Arthur Wright 9781526741103
RRP: $48.75$35.14The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the entire panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books portraying the Tapestry... -
The Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight by Clive Hart
$51.50The medieval mounted knight was a fearsome weapon of war, captivating and horrifying in equal measure, they are a continuing source of fascination. They have been both held up as a paragon of chivalry, whilst often being condemned as oppressive and... -
The Battle of Carham: A Thousand Years On by Neil McGuigan
RRP: $58.50$40.17Very little is known about the battle of Carham, fought between the Scots and Northumbrians in 1018. The leaders were probably Mael Coluim II, king of Scotland, and Uhtred of Bamburgh, earl or ealdorman in Northumbria. The outcome of the battle was a... -
Early Medieval Militarisation by Ellora Bennett 9781526171801
RRP: $48.75$42.08The societies of ancient Europe underwent a continual process of militarisation, and this would come to be a defining characteristic of the early Middle Ages. The process was neither linear nor mono-causal, but it affected society as a whole,... -
The Battles That Created England 793-1100: How Alfred and his Successors Defeated the Vikings to Unite the Kingdoms by Arthur C Wright
RRP: $48.75$34.36In popular imagination the warfare of the Early Middle Ages is often obscure, unstructured, and unimaginative, lost between two military machines, the Romans' and the Normans', which saw the country invaded and partitioned. In point of fact, we have a... -
Armies of the Vikings, AD 793 1066: History, Organization and Equipment by Esposito, Gabriele 9781399008396
RRP: $39.00$28.65Viking warriors were feared by their contemporaries and their ferocious reputation has survived down to the present day. This book covers the military history of the Vikings from their early raiding to the final failure of their expansionist ambitions... -
Armies of the Normans 911–1194: Organization, Equipment and Tactics by Gabriele Esposito 9781399047401
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Norman story began in 911, when a frightened French king (Charles III ‘the Simple’) gave land on the Channel coast to the Viking leader Rollo in return for adopting Christianity and helping repel other Viking marauders. Rollo and his fellow Norsemen... -
Armies of the Crusaders, 1096–1291: History, Organization, Weapons and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito 9781399067447
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Crusades were among the most astonishing historical events that took place during the Middle Ages. After centuries of relative isolation following the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe looked again towards the Middle East in search of lands to... -
The Battles of King Arthur by Sullivan, Tony 9781399015301
RRP: $48.75$35.14The ninth century Historia Brittonum is the first source that mentions Arthur and lists twelve battles, including the famous Badon Hill. Much ink has been spilt debating the identity and location of Arthur. This book will demonstrate that some of the... -
Geoffroy of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne: His Life and Memoirs of the Fourth Crusade by Theodore Evergates 9781501773495
RRP: $78.00$67.70Geoffroy of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne by Theodore Evergates traces the remarkable life of Geoffroy of Villehardouin (c. 1148-c. 1217) from his earliest years in Champagne through his last years in Greece after the crusade. The fourth son of a... -
The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings: Volume 4 by Jonathan Sumption 9780812223880
$114.37Jonathan Sumption's Cursed Kings is the eagerly anticipated fourth volume in what Allan Massie has called "one of the great historical works of our time." Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed... -
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History by Jay Rubenstein
RRP: $70.18$60.29In 1099, the soldiers of the First Crusade, summoned by the Pope and gathered from throughout Christendom, took Jerusalem. As the news of this victory spread throughout Medieval Europe, it felt nothing less than miraculous and dream-like, to such an... -
John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom by Camil Muresanu 9781592110117
RRP: $97.40$79.33The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawing the attention of the... -
The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX by William Chester Jordan
$57.93The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military expeditions against Islam are well documented, but there was... -
Warfare in the Age of Crusades: Europe by Brian Todd Carey 9781526730176
RRP: $48.75$34.36Warfare in the Age of Crusades: Europe explores in fascinating detail the key campaigns, battles and sieges that shaped the crusading period in Europe during the Middle Ages, giving special attention to military technologies, tactics and strategies. Key... -
Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad the Impaler by Kurt Treptow 9781592110094
RRP: $97.40$80.11Dracula - the fifteenth-century Romanian prince, also known as Vlad the Impaler [?epe?], is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. This book includes a wide range of studies on the life and times of Vlad III Dracula by leading... -
In the Manner of the Franks: Hunting, Kingship, and Masculinity in Early Medieval Europe by Eric J. Goldberg
$175.77Eric J. Goldberg traces the long history of early medieval hunting from the late Roman Empire to the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V, in a hunting accident in 987. He focuses chiefly on elite men and the changing role that hunting played in... -
In In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades by Lars Brownworth 9781909979505
$27.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979505Author Lars BrownworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingDimensions(mm) 220mm * 126mm * 16mm -
The Anglo Saxon Conquest of England by Jim Storr 9781804512982
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512982Author Jim StorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Fighting Essex Soldier: Recruitment, War and Society in the Fourteenth Century by Christopher Thornton 9781909291881
RRP: $37.03$32.41The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of men involved in warfare on land and sea. This book draws upon new research to identify and analyze these soldiers at all social... -
Living by the Sword: Weapons and Material Culture in France and Britain, 600–1600 by Kristen Brooke Neuschel 9781501752124
RRP: $44.83$38.22Sharpen your knowledge of swords with Kristen B. Neuschel as she takes you through a captivating 1,000 years of French and English history. Living by the Sword reveals that warrior culture, with the sword as its ultimate symbol, was deeply rooted in... -
1453: the Conquest of Constantinople: 2016 Medieval Warfare Special Edition by Dirk van Gorp 9789490258108
RRP: $29.23$18.25The 2014 Medieval Warfare Special issue is entirely dedicated - all 84 pages - to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. It's like a normal issue, except it'll have more pages, more articles, more maps and more illustrations! Medieval Warfare Special 2014:... -
The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX by William Chester Jordan 9780691190112
RRP: $68.25$53.06The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military expeditions against Islam are well documented, but there was... -
The Thirteenth Century: A World History by Richard Bressler 9781476671857
RRP: $70.18$57.72The 13th Century (1200-1300AD) was a fascinating era in World History. Genghis Khan established the largest contiguous land empire in history. The Magna Carta was drafted. Marco Polo travelled through Asia and European influence expanded across the...