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Verse and Voice in Byrd`s Song Collections of 1588 by Jeremy L. Smith 9781783274666
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $41.42As he grappled with the challenges of composing for various instrumental and vocal ensembles, William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), England's premier Renaissance composer, devoted considerable attention to... -
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 Eugene Costello 9781837651474
RRP: $58.48Booksplease Price: $45.79First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for... -
King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry by Gale R. Owen-Crocker 9781843831242
Booksplease Price: $187.41Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his... -
Changing Pedagogies for Children in Eighteenth-Century England by Michèle Cohen 9781837650699
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41Using pedagogy as a lens through which to explore issues of gender, social class, power and hegemony, Cohen's study makes a major new contribution to the study of education in eighteenth-century... -
Religious Conflict at Canterbury Cathedral in the Late Twelfth Century: The Dispute between the Monks and the Archbishops, 1184-1200 by James Barnaby 9781783277667
RRP: $224.25Booksplease Price: $128.29Documents a long-running dispute between the archbishops and monks of Canterbury throughout the 1180s and 1190s. For fifteen years the monks of Christ Church Canterbury waged a war against their... -
The Haskins Society Journal 30 - 2018. Studies in Medieval History by Laura L. Gathagan 9781783274857
RRP: $126.75Booksplease Price: $112.44This volume of the Haskins Society Journal demonstrates the Society's continued interest in a broad range of geographical contexts and methodological approaches to medieval history. Chapters include... -
The Purcell Compendium by Peter Holman 9781837652686
RRP: $146.25Booksplease Price: $123.90Ground breaking and comprehensive reference volume covering an extensive range of Purcell studies, including his life and works, his milieu and the reception of his music to the present. In the 30... -
The Painted Histories of the Welles-Ros Bible (Paris, BnF Fr.1): Scripture Transformed in Fourteenth-Century England by Kathryn A Smith 9781837652693
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $155.59A lavishly illustrated study of the Welles-Ros Bible, exploring its provenance, ownership, design and production. At some point between c.1366 and 1373, the noblewoman Maud de Ros, widow of the... -
For and Against Abelard: The invective of Bernard of Clairvaux and Berengar of Poitiers Rodney M Thomson 9781783275625
RRP: $126.75Booksplease Price: $123.32The famous letters of Bernard of Clairvaux attacking the philosopher Peter Abelard and a vituperative response to them are presented together for the first time. The late eleventh and twelfth... -
The Struggle for Mastery in Ireland, 1442-1540: Culture, Politics and Kildare-Ormond Rivalry by Dr Alan Kelly 9781837650521
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41A reassessment of the rivalry between the two great Anglo-Norman magnate families in late medieval and early modern Ireland, putting forward a new interpretation of events. The Fitzgerald Earls of... -
Anglo-Norman Studies XLVI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2023 Professor Stephen D. Church 9781837651047
RRP: $117.00Booksplease Price: $114.17"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King Considers the clerical friends of Ermengarde of Brittany, showing how these men enabled Ermengarde to fulfil both her duty and her desire to live... -
Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XXII by Kelly DeVries 9781837650705
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $165.83"The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The articles in volume 22 of the Journal of Medieval Military History range widely, not... -
Deviance and Marginality in Early Modern Scotland Allan Kennedy 9781837650224
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $160.00An exploration of the complex and multifaceted connection between deviant behaviour and social marginality in Scotland between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. During the early modern period... -
The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066 by Kelly Devries 9780851157634
RRP: $87.75Booksplease Price: $71.66This very accessible narrative...tells the story of "the first two important battles of 1066", Fulford Gate and Stamford Bridge, and of the leaders of the opposing English and Norwegian... -
Northern Landscapes - Representations and Realities of North-East England by Thomas Faulkner 9781843835417
Booksplease Price: $213.19How distinctive is the landscape of the North East of England? How far does its distinctive nature contribute to the region's regional identity? These are key questions addressed by this book... -
Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 - Blue Lights and Psalm-Singers by Richard Blake
Booksplease Price: $213.19The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact,... -
Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France: Marine Insurance, War and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV by Dr. Lewis Wade 9781837650217
Booksplease Price: $65.27This book closely analyses the rise and fall of Louis XIV's marine insurance institutions in Paris, which were central to the French monarchy's efforts to stimulate commerce, colonial enterprise and... -
Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine - A Biography of the Black Prince by Richard Barber 9780851156866
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $40.83Edward, prince of Wales and Aquitaine, known as the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history, victor of three great battles and a model of chivalry and courtesy. Behind this... -
Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages by P.h. Cullum 9781783273683
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $47.07The complex relationship between masculinity and religion, as experienced in both the secular and ecclesiastical worlds, forms the focus for this volume, whose range encompasses the rabbis of the... -
Coastal Trade and Maritime Communities in Elizabethan England by Leanna Brinkley 9781837651887
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61This book is the first modern analysis of the coasting trade in Elizabethan England. Drawing on a significant body of evidence, including evidence from the port books of Bristol, Southampton and... -
Charles Bridgeman (c.1685-1738): A Landscape Architect of the Eighteenth Century by Dr. Susan Haynes 9781837651177
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61An examination of the garden plans of eighteenth-century landscape architect Charles Bridgeman, shedding light on his artistic vision and contributions to English garden history. Charles Bridgeman... -
The British Country House Revival by Ben Cowell 9781837650583
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $138.98Fifty years ago, the future for country houses in Britain looked bleak. The Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition The Destruction of the Country House, which opened in October 1974, charted the loss... -
Dragons - The Modern Infestation by Pamela Wharton Blanpied 9780851156804
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $45.30Pre-medieval dragons are a staple of Western culture, familiar through bestiaries, folklore and the framework of meaning provided by the church. Dragons of the Modern Infestation, however, must be... -
Italian Opera Singing at the Time of Verismo: The Invention of the Modern Voice by Barbara Gentili 9781837650781
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41Connects discussions of vocality and operatic culture with broader aesthetic and cultural shifts in society. In the decades that span the turn of the twentieth century, the Italian tradition of... -
Collaborators, Rebels and Traitors: Dissenters from Frontiers React to the Indian Union by Awadhesh C. Sinha 9781837652402
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61Investigates attitudes toward and relationships with the Indian Union from those in frontier states, who at times rose up in opposition from centralized Indian powers. This book delves into the... -
Decoding Ambedkar: Ideas of Nation and Nation Building Vivek Kumar 9781837654284
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $140.44Revealing Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's enduring impact on sociology, social justice, and political thought. The book sets out a discourse on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's vast horizon of knowledge production. Through... -
Widows in European Economy and Society, 1600-1920 by Beatrice Moring 9781783271771
Booksplease Price: $213.192017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title "A terrific piece of work". JANE HUMPHRIES, Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford Widows are often... -
Gender, Memory and Documentary Culture, c.900-1300 by Laura L Gathagan 9781783277896
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $155.59Considers the role gender played in the production, use and preservation of documents. How was the world of medieval documentation and memory creation affected by gender? This question is central to... -
Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement by John Habron-James 9781783277964
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $139.76A landmark publication in Dalcroze studies that explores the music and movement teaching originated by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze as a diverse and living practice. Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze... -
Quakers in the British Atlantic World, c.1660-1800 by Esther Sahle 9781783275861
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $44.07The book studies the two largest Quaker communities in the early modern British Atlantic World, London and Philadelphia. It looks at the origins of the Society of Friends in mid seventeenth century... -
The History of the Norman People - Wace`s Roman de Rou by Wace 9781843830078
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $40.83Wace's Roman de Rou relates the origins of Normandy from the time of Rollo (Rou) to the battle of Tinchebray. It was commissioned by Henry II as a way of both celebrating the Norman past and... -
Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XXI by Kelly DeVries 9781783277506
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61"The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The twenty-first volume of the Journal of Medieval Military History begins with three... -
A Companion to Chivalry Dr Robert W Jones 9781837650071
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $47.23Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary tastes, art... -
Transnational Women Writers in the Wilmot Coterie, 1798-1840: Beyond Borders and Boundaries Dr Alexis Wolf 9781783277889
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41Highlights the centrality of non-canonical, middle-ranking women writers to the production of literature and culture in Britain, Ireland, Europe and Russia in the late eighteenth century. The Irish... -
Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain, 1707-1819: True Britons and Celtic Empires Dr Rhys Kaminski-Jones 9781837651955
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $139.76Reframes the study of Welsh cultural revivalism, highlighting transnational and imperial contexts. In the long eighteenth century, as Britain grappled with the aftermath of the 1707 Acts of Union and... -
Portraying the Guru: Art, Devotion and Identity in Sikhism Atsushi Ikeda 9781837652389
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61Brings to light the evolution of Sikh art from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Breaking fresh ground in the study of Sikh art, after the pioneering contributions of W.H. McLeod and B.N... -
The Universities of Scotland, Ireland, and New England during the British Civil Wars: Contested Seminaries Salvatore Cipriano 9781783277865
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $155.01Highlights the contested nature of higher education in the British Atlantic world between the Reformation and the Enlightenment Universities in the early modern period were powerful institutions in... -
Hanns Eisler and His Circle in Republican Spain: Music, Antifascism, War by Diego Alonso Tomás 9781837653188
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $47.23Studies the development and impact of Hanns Eisler's music and Marxist activism in the tensions of 1930s Spain, revealing the interplay of varied influences, ideology and antifascist propaganda... -
Anglo-Saxonism and the Idea of Englishness in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Dustin M. Frazier Wood
Booksplease Price: $188.00"A valuable addition to both our understanding of Anglo-Saxonism, and of eighteenth-century culture. Eloquently written, the book will be the key reference for any future understanding of the... -
Women and Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 1000 – 1500: Debating Identities, Creating Communities by Julie Hotchin 9781837650491
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $177.61New approaches to understanding religious women's involvement in monastic reform, demonstrating how women's experiences were more ambiguous and multi-layered than previously assumed. Over the last...