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Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred until the Twelfth Century by David A. E. Pelteret 9780851158297
Booksplease Price: $47.44"At last a major topic in early medieval English history has found its author, who deals with it comprehensively and systematically."ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW "A landmark teatment...immensely enriches... -
From Kings to Warlords - The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages by Katharine Simms 9780851157849
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $22.71The Norman invasion of Ireland (1169) did not result in a complete conquest, and those native Irish chieftains who retained independent control of their territories achieved a recovery of power in... -
How a King Plays: 64 Chess Tips from a Kid Champion by Oliver Boydell
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593451267Author Oliver BoydellFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint -
Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 by Geoff Egan
Booksplease Price: $50.46Description and discussion of over two thousand brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other accessories found in archaeological digs in London, and dating from the period 1150-1450... -
Records of the Medieval Sword Ewart Oakeshott 9780851155661
Booksplease Price: $36.80The origins, development and use of the two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, from the great migrations to the Renaissance. Forty years of intensive research into the specialised... -
Shoes and Pattens Francis Grew 9781843832386
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $30.28The best scholarship focused on shoes and everyday dress accessories from the Middle Ages. Indispensable. SPECULUM Until recently, very little was known about medieval shoes. Glimpses in... -
The Sacred Isle - Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland by Daithi O Hogain 9780851158563
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.56The first modern study of prehistoric religion in Ireland to draw on the combined evidence of archaeology, literature and folklore to illuminate practice and belief from the earliest human habitation... -
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England Professor Gale R. Owen-Crocker 9781843835721
RRP: $34.83Booksplease Price: $31.61Splendid . . . the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. . . . Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon. . . . A wise and scholarly... -
Church Bells and Bell-Ringing - A Norfolk Profile by Paul Cattermole
Booksplease Price: $37.48A case study of the development of bell-ringing in one county, Norfolk, from the earliest records through to the present day, revealing much which is of general, as well as local, interest. A new... -
The History of William Marshal by Nigel Bryant 9781783273034
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $28.80The career of William Marshal (1146/7-12), who rose from being the penniless, landless younger son of a middle-ranking nobleman to be regent of England in the minority of Henry III, is one of the... -
The Age of Sutton Hoo: The Seventh Century in North-Western Europe M. O. H. Carver 9780851153612
Booksplease Price: $47.69Comparative studies on the age of Sutton Hoo (5c - 8c) with English and European focus, plus summary of the latest site excavations. `The Sutton Hoo `princely' burials play a pivotal role in any... -
Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $31.77Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with general overview. This beautifully illustrated work fills a gap in the literature in English on the... -
Beethoven's Conversation Books Volume 5: Nos. 44 to 59 (October 1823 to March 1824) Theodore Albrecht 9781837651023
Booksplease Price: $66.71A complete new edition of Beethoven's conversation books, in 12 volumes, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of... -
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Legends of Arthur by Richard Barber 9780851158372 [USED COPY]
RRP: $67.00Booksplease Price: $3.31This anthology shows the diversity of the Arthurian legends and their many sources by presenting contrasting versions of the stories of Arthur, Gawain, Tristan and other medieval Arthurian heroes -... -
Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500 by Mark Bailey 9781843835295
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $38.99The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the... -
The English in the Twelfth Century - Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values by John Gillingham 9781843834250
Booksplease Price: $40.75Defining essays on questions of newly-emerging English nationalism and the political importance of chivalric values and knightly obligations, as perceived by contemporary historians. Six of the... -
Leper Knights - The Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544 by David Marcombe 9781843830672
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $28.06One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in... -
Jews in Medieval Britain: Historical, Literary and Archaeological Perspectives Patricia Skinner (Contributor) 9781843837336
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $30.28Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13. Britain's medieval Jewish community arrived with the Normans in 1066 and was expelled... -
Trees in Anglo-Saxon England - Literature, Lore and Landscape by Della Hooke 9781843838296
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $22.71A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined Anglo-Saxon landscape. Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and... -
Composers` Intentions? - Lost Traditions of Musical Performance by Andrew Parrott 9781783270323
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $41.57Essays on musical performance practice by an acknowledged expert in the field. These selected essays by conductor Andrew Parrott reflect the thinking behind some four decades of his... -
Saint Patrick by David Dumville 9780851157337
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $28.46Extremely scholarly and contains many important studies... impossible to do justice to the depth of scholarship which is on display here. BRITANNIA Anyone working on Britain and Ireland in the... -
The Rameau Compendium by Graham Sadler 9781783271924
Booksplease Price: $36.98This book is the most authoritative and up-to-date source of quick reference on the Baroque composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) This book is the most authoritative and... -
The Wonder of the North - Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal by Mark Newman
RRP: $60.30Booksplease Price: $55.30A history and tour of this exceptionally beautiful designed landscape in North Yorkshire. Dubbed "the Wonder of the North" in 1732, the National Trust's Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Estate... -
King John - New Interpretations by Stephen D. Church 9780851159478
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $41.57The most recent ideas and arguments from leading historians of John's reign. The reign of King John (1199-1216) is one of the most controversial in English history. When he succeeded to Richard... -
Humphrey Burton: In My Own Time - An Autobiography by Humphrey Burton
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $21.98This long-awaited autobiography is a must-read for classical musical enthusiasts and those fascinated by some of the twentieth century's star performers. It also offers unique insights into the... -
That Jealous Demon, My Wretched Health: Disease, Death and Composers Jonathan Noble (Royalty Account) 9781783272587
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $36.82Despite much triumph in adversity, illness fuelling composition is a misconception. The health - and especially deaths - of composers excite controversy. Was Mozart really poisoned? Did... -
Saints` Cults in the Celtic World by Steve Boardman
Booksplease Price: $34.72Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies. The way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, ethnic and... -
Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medi - Time and Topography by Tom Williamson 9781783270552
Booksplease Price: $37.25The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be strongly influenced by the natural environment and geographical features. The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the development of... -
Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 - Reality and Popular Myth by Cathryn J. Pearce 9781843835554
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $26.16Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Highly Commended in Class 6 - Non-Fiction: History and Creative Arts of the Holyer an Gof... -
Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch 9780851153605
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $25.75Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women. Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first... -
Hornblower`s Historical Shipmates - The Young Gentlemen of Pellew`s Indefatigable by Heather Noel-Smith 9781783270996
RRP: $46.90Booksplease Price: $31.54A fascinating account of varied careers, providing a rich snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were... -
The Rule of the Templars - The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar by J.M. Upton-Ward 9780851157016
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $22.71Both monastic rule and military manual, the Rule is a unique document and an important historical source. The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the... -
Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age by Fiona Edmonds
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $28.93WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic... -
Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764 Richard Barber 9780851157535
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $26.79A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Bestiaries are a particularly characteristic product of medieval England, and give a unique... -
A Short History of Parliament - England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland by Clyve Jones 9781843837176
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $40.16A comprehensive history of parliament in the British Isles from the earliest times, covering all aspects of parliament as an institution. A Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive... -
Medieval St Andrews: Church, Cult, City Professor Michael H Brown (Customer) 9781783275977
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $41.57First extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in medieval Scotland. Its importance remains readily apparent in the buildings... -
Murder on the Middle Passage: The Trial of Captain Kimber Professor Nicholas Rogers (Royalty Account) 9781783274826
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $32.45How the death of a fifteen-year-old girl aboard the slave ship Recovery shook the British establishment. On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Bristol slave ship Recovery, was denounced in... -
European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution Ewart Oakeshott 9781843837206
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $29.15The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the... -
The Temple Church in London - History, Architecture, Art by David Park 9781783272631
RRP: $36.17Booksplease Price: $36.13First full-length survey of the Temple Church, from its foundation in the twelfth century to the Second World War. Founded as the main church of the Knights Templar in England, at their New Temple... -
The Scottish Middle March, 1573-1625 - Power, Kinship, Allegiance by Anna Groundwater 9781843838388
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $25.75A new investigation of James I and VI's policy in the troubled Border region between England and Scotland. The Scottish Borders experienced dramatic change on James VI's succession to the throne...