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Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $37.03This definitive biography of England's Henry IV reassesses the adversities of his reign, his ruthlessness and extravagance, and his previously unrecognized successes"This wonderful biography of the... -
Fourteenth Century England II by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41This new series is to be published in alternate years with Thirteenth Century England, providing a forum for the most recent research into the political, social, economic, ecclesiastical and cultural... -
Fourteenth Century England VI by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41Fourteenth Century England has quickly established for itself a deserved reputation for its scope and scholarship and for admirably filling a gap in the publication of medieval studies. HISTORY ... -
The Royal Bastards of Medieval England Chris Given-Wilson 9781032635224
RRP: $58.48Booksplease Price: $54.19First published in 1984, The Royal Bastards of Medieval England establishes a list of royal bastards in medieval England, and discusses their roles in the history of the period. The authors describe... -
The Royal Bastards of Medieval England by Chris Given-Wilson 9781032635217
RRP: $204.75Booksplease Price: $178.52First published in 1984, The Royal Bastards of Medieval England establishes a list of royal bastards in medieval England, and discusses their roles in the history of the period. The authors describe... -
Chronicles: The Writing of History in Medieval England by Chris Given-Wilson 9781852855833
Booksplease Price: $72.29The priorities of medieval chroniclers and historians were not those of the modern historian, nor was the way that they gathered, arranged and presented evidence. Yet, if we understand how they... -
Continuatio Eulogii: The Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, 1364-1413 by Chris Given-Wilson
Booksplease Price: $233.16The Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum is one of the major contemporary narratives of the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. It covers the dramatic half century from 1364-1413, including the... -
Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker: A Life of Thomas Arundel Chris Given-Wilson 9780300286403
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $44.23An authoritative biography of Thomas Arundel, the English archbishop who overthrew a king Thomas Arundel was a pivotal figure in English politics at the turn of the fifteenth century. His career... -
Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400: The Reign of Richard II by Chris Given-Wilson 9780719035272
Booksplease Price: $45.90This collection of sources covers one of the most controversial and shocking episodes in medieval English history, the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his... -
The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages: The Fourteenth-Century Political Community by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $74.82First Published in 2004. Four things dominated the life of the mediaeval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this book is concerned. It encompasses the... -
You Must Endure: The Lancashire Loyals in Japanese captivity, 1942-1945 by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $15.07The time was 7.40 p.m., the date 15 February 1942. The light was fading fast, the Allied forces were encircled, and the bombardment was relentless, as Singapore fell to the Japanese. Discarding... -
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1 - IX: Henry V. 1413-1422 by Chris Given-Wilson
Booksplease Price: $214.17A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The rolls of parliament were the official... -
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs): The Terrors of Kingship by Christopher Given-Wilson
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $11.74'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness'The reign... -
Ruling Fourteenth-Century England - Essays in Honour of Christopher Given-Wilson by Remy Ambuhl 9781783274352
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $178.19Essays exploring how England was governed during a tumultuous period. The twin themes of power and authority in fourteenth-century England, a century of transition between the high and late... -
Fourteenth Century England XII by James Bothwell
RRP: $165.75Booksplease Price: $159.41Essays offer a lively snapshot of important topics. The essays presented here draw on a number of different approaches and perspectives to address and illuminate key aspects and issues of the... -
Fourteenth Century England XI by David Green
Booksplease Price: $187.41The fruits of new research on the politics, society and culture of England in the fourteenth century. The essays collected here engage with many of the most important themes and subjects of the... -
The Royal Minorities of Medieval and Early Modern England by Charles Beem 9780230608665
Booksplease Price: $91.14This study covers the history of the underage male kings of England, examining their historical relationship to one another and assessing their collective impact on the political and constitutional... -
The Fifteenth Century XVII: Finding Individuality Linda Clark 9781783275229
RRP: $126.75Booksplease Price: $123.32This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The essays collected here cast light on the factors that made or... -
Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England by Lisa Benz St. John 9781349294831
Booksplease Price: $218.63This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and... -
Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England by Lisa Benz St. John 9780230112858
Booksplease Price: $216.20This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and... -
Thirteenth Century England VI - Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 1995 by Michael Prestwich
Booksplease Price: $189.09`An indispensable series for anyone who wishes to keep abreast of recent work in the field'. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW Volume VI of Thirteenth Century England sees a new impetus behind this biennial... -
The Problem of Labour in Fourteenth-Century England by James Bothwell
Booksplease Price: $144.24Attitudes towards `labour', in the wake of the Black Death, shown to range from early protest literature to repressive authoritarianism. At the very moment that the image of the honest labourer... -
Edward II by Seymour Phillips
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $39.00The latest definitive biography in the acclaimed Yale English Monarchs series Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his... -
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages by Rees Davies 9780199542918
Booksplease Price: $214.15It is well known that political, economic, and social power in the British Isles in the Middle Ages lay in the hands of a small group of domini-lords. In his final book, the late Sir Rees Davies... -
The Age of Edward III by J. S. Bothwell
Booksplease Price: $187.41Fresh perspectives on many facets - political, social, legal, military, and diplomatic - of the reign of one of the most important late medieval kings. With a sharp focus on high politics, this is... -
Creativity, Contradictions and Commemoration in the Reign of Richard II: Essays in Honour of Nigel Saul by Jessica Lutkin 9781783276172
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $163.43Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined. The reign of Richard II is well known for its political turmoil as well as its literary and artistic innovations, all areas explored... -
Barbour`s Bruce and its Cultural Contexts - Politics, Chivalry and Literature in Late Medieval Scotland by Steve Boardman 9781843843573
Booksplease Price: $187.41Fresh approaches to one of the most important poems from medieval Scotland. John Barbour's Bruce, an account of the deeds of Robert I of Scotland (1306-29) and his companions during the so-called... -
Lust for Liberty: The Politics of Social Revolt in Medieval Europe, 1200-1425 by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr. 9780674030381
Booksplease Price: $88.82Lust for Liberty challenges long-standing views of popular medieval revolts. Comparing rebellions in northern and southern Europe over two centuries, Samuel Cohn analyzes their causes and forms,... -
A Country Merchant, 1495-1520: Trading and Farming at the End of the Middle Ages by Christopher Dyer 9780199214242
RRP: $316.88Booksplease Price: $215.38Around 1500 England's society and economy had reached a turning point. After a long period of slow change and even stagnation, an age of innovation and initiative was in motion, with enclosure,... -
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $26.77SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 BY THE GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'A gripping, complex and sensational story, told with calm narrative command .....