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Indians of the Andes - Aymaras and Quechuas (Hardcover): Harold Osborne Indians of the Andes - Aymaras and Quechuas (Hardcover)
Harold Osborne
R8,619 Discovery Miles 86 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand miles along the Pacific coast to the fringes of the tropical interior. In twenty millennia the Indians of the Andes had had no cultural contacts with the Old World yet they had already passed independently through stages of development usually associated with the Neolithic Age and had achieved a degree of technical and artistic excellence. In four centuries of contact there has of course been appreciable acculturation and osmosis. Originally published in 1952.

Byzantium at War AD 600-1453 (Hardcover): John Haldon Byzantium at War AD 600-1453 (Hardcover)
John Haldon
R3,899 Discovery Miles 38 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book traces the 800-year history of Byzantium. From the early uncertain years of the Empire, to the triumphal period when its wealth attracted Viking and Asian warriors to join its armies, and finally to the death of Byzantium's last emperor in 1453, the Empire's military history is laid bare.

The Two Cities - Medieval Europe 1050-1320 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Malcolm Barber The Two Cities - Medieval Europe 1050-1320 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Malcolm Barber
R4,112 Discovery Miles 41 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published to wide critical acclaim in 1992, "The Two Cities" has become an essential text for students of medieval history. For the second edition, the author has thoroughly revised each chapter, bringing the material up to date and taking the historiography of the past decade into account.
"The Two Cities" covers a colorful period from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante. It encompasses the Crusades, the expansionist force of the Normans, major developments in the way kings, emperors and Popes exercised their powers, a great flourishing of art and architecture and the foundation of the very first universities. Running through it is the defining characteristic of the high Middle Ages--the delicate relationship between the spiritual and secular worlds. In medieval times, these two essential elements of life were seen as the two 'cities' of the title, they could not be divided but there was constant tension between them.
This survey provides all the facts and background information that students need, and is defined into straightforward thematic chapters. It makes extensive use of primary sources, and makes new trends in research accessible to students. Its fresh approach gives students the most rounded, lively and integrated view of the high Middle Ages available.

Leading the Way to Heaven - Pastoral Care and Salvation in the Carolingian Period (Paperback): Carine van Rhijn Leading the Way to Heaven - Pastoral Care and Salvation in the Carolingian Period (Paperback)
Carine van Rhijn
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The grass-roots approach allows for a better understanding of religion as it shows how it encompassed all spheres of daily life. By exploring how pastoral care took shape at the local levels of society, the volume is useful in showing how the ideal of leading everybody to salvation was a central element of Carolingian culture. This will be useful for all students and scholars who are interested in the ecclesiastical history of Europe in the Carolingian period. The various sections on the roles of the priest, such as priests as experts, shows how well-educated local priests did not only know how to baptise and preach, but could also advise on matters concerning health, legal procedure and even the future, which provides a more detailed and nuanced view of the role of the priest in this period.

From Christians to Europeans - Pope Pius II and the Concept of the Modern Western Identity (Paperback): Nancy Bisaha From Christians to Europeans - Pope Pius II and the Concept of the Modern Western Identity (Paperback)
Nancy Bisaha
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing an intellectual biography of Pope Pius II, this book offers an understanding of the formation of the concept of ‘European’ ensuring students studying the formation of modern Europe, intellectual history and the history of early modern political thought, and cultural studies have a better understanding of how this concept was formed and disseminated. This volume will be in demand for students of a wide range of topics because it will demonstrate to them how important it is to understand how and when this concept of ‘Europe’ and being ‘European was formed to better understand the later revolutions, slave trade, Empire building and wars. This book is authored by Nancy Bisaha who has expertise on Renaissance humanism and identity and has authored another book Pope Pius II. It contains close readings of his letters, orations, histories, autobiography, and other works.

Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought - Historiographical Problems, Fresh Interpretations, New Debates... Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought - Historiographical Problems, Fresh Interpretations, New Debates (Hardcover)
Chris Jones, Takashi Shogimen
R4,054 Discovery Miles 40 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and Renaissance history and political thought. Recent scholarship on medieval and Renaissance political thought is witness to tectonic movements. These involve quiet, yet considerable, re-evaluations of key thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas and Machiavelli, as well as the string of lesser known "political thinkers" who wrote in western Europe between Late Antiquity and the Reformation. Taking stock of thirty years of developments, this volume demonstrates the contemporary vibrancy of the history of medieval and Renaissance political thought. By both celebrating and challenging the perspectives of a generation of scholars, notably Cary J. Nederman, it offers refreshing new assessments. The book re-introduces the history of western political thought in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the wider disciplines of History and Political Science. Recent historiographical debates have revolutionized discussion of whether or not there was an "Aristotelian revolution" in the thirteenth century. Thinkers such as Machiavelli and Marsilius of Padua are read in new ways; less well-known texts, such as the Irish On the Twelve Abuses of the Age, offer new perspectives. Further, the collection argues that medieval political ideas contain important lessons for the study of concepts of contemporary interest such as toleration. The volume is an ideal resource for both students and scholars interested in medieval and Renaissance history as well as the history of political thought.

Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran - A Persian Renaissance (Hardcover): George E. Lane Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran - A Persian Renaissance (Hardcover)
George E. Lane
R4,215 Discovery Miles 42 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


An account of the re-emergence of Persia as a world player and the reassertion of its cultural, political and spiritual links with Turkic Lands, this book opposes the way in which, for too long, the whole period of Mongol domination of Iran has been viewed from a negative standpoint. Though arguably the initial irruption of the Mongols brought little comfort to those in its path, this is not the case with the second 'invasion' of the Chinggisids. This study demonstrates that Hülegü Khan was welcomed as a king and a saviour after the depredations of his predecessors, rather than as a conqueror, and that the initial decades of his dynasty's rule were characterised by a renaissance in the cultural life of the Iranian plateau.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203417879

The Godwins - The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty (Paperback): Frank Barlow The Godwins - The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty (Paperback)
Frank Barlow
R1,225 Discovery Miles 12 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a fascinating story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the grandest noble families in medieval England set against the backdrop of Viking raids and the Norman Conquest of 1066. Among the most famous families in English history was that of the Earl Godwin of Wessex ,whose most famous son was King Harold. KEY TOPICS: This is the history of the powerful Godwin dynasty, from the mystery of their ancestral origins and background, to their rise to power under King Cnut, and their opportunism and accumulation of wealth under his successors. Frank Barlow charts the family through to Harold - the last Anglo-Saxon king - and finally the crowning of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest. It was a period of violent upheaval in English history with Viking attacks and the conquest of England by Danish kings. The author unravels the gripping history of a feuding family that nevertheless determined the course and fortunes of all the English. MARKET: For those interested in Medieval, British or Scandinavian history.

Nomads and their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe - Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs (Hardcover, New Ed): Peter B. Golden Nomads and their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe - Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs (Hardcover, New Ed)
Peter B. Golden
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The western steppelands of Central Eurasia, stretching from the Danube, through the modern Ukraine and southern Russia, to the Caspian, have historically been the meeting ground of Inner Asian pastoral nomads and the agrarian societies of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. This volume deals, firstly, with the interaction of the nomads with their sedentary neighbours - the Kievan Rus' state and the medieval polities of Transcaucasia, Georgia in particular - in the period from the 6th century to the advent of the Mongols. Second, it looks at questions of nomadic ethnogenesis (Oghuz, Hungarian, Qipchaq), at the evolution of nomadic political traditions and the heritage of the Turk empire, and at aspects of indigenous nomadic religious traditions together with the impact of foreign religions on the nomads - notably the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. A number of articles focus on the Qipchaqs, a powerful confederation of complex Inner Asian origins that played a crucial role in the history of Christian Eastern Europe and Transcaucasia and the Muslim world between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Tamerlane and the Jews (Hardcover): Michael Shterenshis Tamerlane and the Jews (Hardcover)
Michael Shterenshis
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book provides a general introduction to the history of Jewish life in 14th century Asia at the time of the conqueror Tamerlane (Timur). The author defines who are the Central Asian Jews, and describes the attitudes towards the Jews, and the historical consequences of this relationship with Tamerlane. Left alone to live within a stable empire, the Jews prospered under Tamerlane. In founding an empire, Tamerlane had delivered Central Asia from the last Mongols, and brought the nations of Transoxonia within the orbit of Persian civilisation. The Central Asian Jews accepted this spirit and preserved it until modern times in their language and culture.

Women and the Family in Chinese History (Hardcover): Patricia Ebrey Women and the Family in Chinese History (Hardcover)
Patricia Ebrey
R4,221 Discovery Miles 42 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, Patricia Buckley. In the essays she has selected for this fascinating volume, Professor Ebrey explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems as practices and ideas intimately connected to history and therefore subject to change over time. The essays cover topics ranging from dowries and the sale of women into forced concubinary, to the excesses of the imperial harem, excruciating pain of footbinding, and Confucian ideas of womanly virtue.
Patricia Ebrey places these sociological analyses of women within the family in an historical context, analysing the development of the wider kinship system. Her work provides an overview of the early modern period, with a specific focus on the Song period (920-1276), a time of marked social and cultural change, and considered to be the beginning of the modern period in Chinese history.
With its wide-ranging examination of issues relating to women and the family, this book will be essential reading to scholars of Chinese history and gender studies.

Europe - A Cultural History (Paperback, 4th edition): Peter Rietbergen Europe - A Cultural History (Paperback, 4th edition)
Peter Rietbergen
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Fully revised, updated and extended to include the momentous developments of 2020, this fourth edition of Peter Rietbergen's highly acclaimed Europe: A Cultural History is a major and original contribution to the study of Europe. The book examines the structures of culture in this part of Eurasia from the beginnings of human settlement on to the genesis of agricultural society, of greater polities, of urban systems, and the slow transitions that resulted in a (post-)industrial society and the individualistic mass culture of the present. Using both economic and socio-political analytical concepts, the volume outlines cultural continuity and change in Europe through the lenses of literature, the arts, science, technology and music, to show the continent's ever-changing identities. In a highly readable style, it expertly contextualizes such diverse and wide-ranging topics as Celtic society, the Roman legal system, the oppositions between 'elite' and 'popular' culture in pre-industrial Europe, Michelangelo's world-view, the interaction between the Enlightenment and Romanticism, the growth of a society of time and money, the appeal of fascism and other totalitarian ideologies, and the ways the songs of Sting express late twentieth-century thinking. Structured both chronologically and thematically, the text is distinctive in the attention consistently paid to the many ways Europe has been formed through its contacts with non-European cultures, especially those of Asia and the Americas. This edition concludes with an epilogue that discusses the ways Europe's recent past - including the long-term efforts at further unification, and the various forms of opposition against it - has been both interpreted and misinterpreted; the importance of globalization; and the major challenges facing Europe in the present, amongst which are the consequences of the pandemic of 2020. With a wide selection of illustrations, maps, excerpts from primary sources and even lyrics from contemporary songs to support its arguments, the text remains the definitive cultural history of Europe for both the general reader and students of European history and culture.

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century (Hardcover): Michael Hicks English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century (Hardcover)
Michael Hicks
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century is a new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history. Michael Hicks explores the standards, values and principles that motivated contemporary politicians, and the aspirations and interests of both dukes and peasants alike.
Hicks argues that the Wars of the Roses did not result from fundamental weaknesses in the political system but from the collision of exceptional circumstances that quickly passed away. Overall, he shows that the era was one of stability and harmony, and that there were effective mechanisms for keeping the peace. Structure and continuities, Hicks argues, were more prominent than change.

Guild and State - European Political Thought from the Twelfth Century to the Present (Paperback, Revised Ed.): Antony Black Guild and State - European Political Thought from the Twelfth Century to the Present (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
Antony Black
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Guild and State examines the values of social solidarity and fraternity that emerged from medieval guilds and city-communes, and the effect of traditional corporate organization of labor on socioeconomic attitudes and theories or the state. What ordinary guildsmen and townsmen thought about these issues can be gleaned from chronicles, charters, and reported slogans. But in tracing attitudes toward the guilds of early Germanic times to today's equivalent -- trade unions -- a distinction must be made between popular "ethos" and learned "philosophy."

In Europe, from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, the corporate organization of labor and of town-market communities developed side-by-side with the ideals of personal liberty, market freedom, and legal equality. Both affected the ideology of the European commune and city-state in specific and discernible ways. Self-governing labor organizations and civil freedom developed together as coherent practices. The values of mutual aid and craft honor on the one hand, and of personal freedom and legal equality on the other, formed the moral infrastructure of our civilization. Alternate ideals balanced, harmonized, and even cross-fertilized one another -- as in the principle of freedom of association.

Contrary to preconceptions, however, corporate values were seldom expressed philosophically in the Middle Ages. Political theory and the world of learning from the start emphasized liberal values. It was only after the Reformation that guild and communal values found expression in political theory. Even then only a few philosophers acknowledged that solidarity and exchange -- the poles around which the values of guild and civil society,respectively, rotate -- are not opposites but complementary, and attempted to weave these together into a texture as tough and complex as that of urban society itself.

The Enlightenment and industrialization led to an apotheosis of liberal values. Guilds disappeared and were only in part replaced by labor unions; the values of market exchange have since been in the ascendant -- though Hegel, Durkheim, and more recently, advocates of liberal corporatism maintain the possibility of a symbiosis between corporate and liberal values. In Guild and State there emerges an alternative history of political thought, which will be fascinating to the general as well as the specialist reader.

Early Medieval Hum and Bosnia, ca. 450-1200 - Beyond Myths (Hardcover): Danijel Dzino Early Medieval Hum and Bosnia, ca. 450-1200 - Beyond Myths (Hardcover)
Danijel Dzino
R4,057 Discovery Miles 40 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores social transformations which led to the establishment of medieval Hum (future Herzegovina) and Bosnia in the period from ca. 450 to 1200 AD using the available written and material sources. It follows social and political developments in these historical regions from the last centuries of Late Antiquity, through the social collapse of the seventh and eighth centuries, and into their new medieval beginnings in the ninth. Fragmentary and problematic sources from this period were, in the past, often used to justify modern political claims to these contested territories and incorporate them into the 'national biographies' of the Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), or to support the 'Yugoslavizing' and other ideological discourses. The book goes beyond ideological and national mythologemes of the past in order to provide a new historical narrative that brings more light to this region placed on the frontiers of both the medieval West and the Byzantine empire. It provides a new views of the period between ca. 450 and 1200 for the parts of Western Balkans and Eastern Adriatic, brings the most recent local historical and archaeological research to the Anglophone readership, and contributes to the scholarship of the late antique and early medieval Mediterranean with study of very poorly known area. The book is intended for academic audience interested in history and archaeology of the Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages, but also to all those interested in general history of Herzegovina, Bosnia, Dalmatia and the Balkans.

The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): David Arnold The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
David Arnold
R3,897 Discovery Miles 38 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


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Gender and Holiness - Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (Hardcover): Sam Riches, Sarah Salih Gender and Holiness - Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (Hardcover)
Sam Riches, Sarah Salih
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends that the pursuit of holiness can destabilise binary gender itself. Though saints may be classified as masculine or feminine, holiness may also cut across gender divisions and demand a break from normally gendered behaviour. This work of interdisciplinary cultural history includes contributions from historians, art historians and literary critics and will be of interest not only to medievalists, but also to students of religion and gender in any period.

Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 (Hardcover, annotated edition): Ann Rosemary Christys Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Ann Rosemary Christys
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way her history was written by Muslim historians. This book reconsiders these Christians through their own words, both in Latin and Arabic, allowing a fresh perspective on their history that integrates it into the history of Europe in the Early Middle Ages.

Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers (Hardcover): G.R. Evans Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers (Hardcover)
G.R. Evans
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Focussing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers is an accessible introduction to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview. Including such diverse figures as Bede and Wyclif, each entry presents a biographical outline, a list of works and a summary of their main theories, alongside suggestions for further reading. Chronologically arranged, and with an introductory essay which presents important themes in context, this volume is an invaluable reference tool for all students of Medieval Europe.

The Hundred Years War (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Robin Neillands The Hundred Years War (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Robin Neillands
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Hundred Years War is a lively survey, re-creating the vigour of this turbulent epoch stretching from 1152 to 1453. The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a war which brought fundamental change in two medieval societies, and ushered in the Renaissance.
The story of the conflict, its causes, battles, political struggles and consequences are told with colour and detail. This revised edition brings the scholarship on the conflict up to date and adds a new postscript examining the armies of the era.

The Rise of Universities - Charles Homer Haskins (Paperback, New Ed): Charles Homer Haskins The Rise of Universities - Charles Homer Haskins (Paperback, New Ed)
Charles Homer Haskins
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At the time of its publication in 1923, Charles Homer Haskins' The Rise of Universities was considered remarkable for its erudition, succinctness, and balance. The historian Theodor Mommsen described it as "a work which has remained unsurpassed in the conciseness and vividness of its account." Eight decades after its appearance, it remains fresh and informative. It has not been surpassed, and is as invaluable as ever.

Haskins traces the rise of the mediaeval university as one phase of the intellectual awakening in Europe in the late Middle Ages, in an effort to broaden our understanding of "the ancient and universal company of scholars." In the depth and breadth of its analysis, there is no better portrait of universities during their infancy in the Middle Ages. With great detail and precision, Haskins describes the university's curriculum, teaching, teachers, and students. Drawing deeply on his knowledge as one of the leading mediaeval scholars of his day, he provides an exceptionally vivid picture of student life of the time, through his analysis of their manuals, letters, and poetry. The Rise of Universities goes far beyond its central subject to offer a broad description of the social conditions in which universities took root and flourished. At the same time, one cannot read Haskins without seeing the influences of the mediaeval university on contemporary institutions of higher learning. The Rise of Universities reminds us that the university has not only been a crucible fostering intellectual inquiry and creativity, but continues after eight hundred years to be a center of teaching and learning.

In his new introduction, Lionel S. Lewis develops Haskins' passing observationthat "the university of the twentieth century is the lineal descendant of mediaeval Paris and Bologna, " and considers the question of why universities came into being at the particular time in history when they did. The Rise of the Universities will be of interest to educators and students who wish to better understand the institutions in which they have lived, taught, and been taught.

Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150-1500 (Hardcover, New edition): Alan V. Murray Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150-1500 (Hardcover, New edition)
Alan V. Murray
R4,508 Discovery Miles 45 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume represents a major contribution to the history of the Northern Crusades and the Christianization of the Baltic lands in the Middle Ages, from the beginnings of the Catholic mission to the time of the Reformation. The subjects treated range from discussions of the ideology and practice of crusade and conversion, through studies of the motivation of the crusading countries (Denmark, Sweden and Germany) and the effects of the crusades on the countries of the eastern Baltic coast (Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Prussia and Lithuania), to analyses of the literature and historiography of the crusade. It brings together essays from both established and younger scholars from the western tradition with those from the modern Baltic countries and Russia, and presents in English some of the fruits of the first decade of historical scholarship and dialogue after the collapse of the Iron Curtain. The depth of treatment, diversity of approaches, and accompanying bibliography of publications make this collection a major resource for the teaching of the Baltic Crusades.

Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades - Society, Landscape and Art in the Holy City under Frankish Rule (Hardcover): Adrian J.... Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades - Society, Landscape and Art in the Holy City under Frankish Rule (Hardcover)
Adrian J. Boas
R3,486 Discovery Miles 34 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


On 15 July 1099 the Crusaders conquered Jerusalem beginning an innovative and prosperous Frankish rule over the city, which lasted a little over a hundred years and ended with the Khwarizmian conquest in 1244. This time of Crusader rule can be considered one of the most important in the history of Jerusalem. Through systematic renovation and repopulation, the Crusaders transformed a provincial town into the capital city of an eponymous kingdom: the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Adrian Boas's combined use of historical and archaeological evidence together with first-hand accounts written by visiting pilgrims results in a multi-faceted perspective of Crusader Jerusalem. This book will serve both as a scholarly account of this city's archaeology and a useful guide for the interested reader to a city at the centre of international and religious interest and conflict today.

The Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops - A Critical Edition and Translation of the 'Gesta Episcoporum Neapolitanorum'... The Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops - A Critical Edition and Translation of the 'Gesta Episcoporum Neapolitanorum' (Hardcover)
Luigi Andrea Berto
R4,044 Discovery Miles 40 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the history of Naples and its relationship with its neighbours and will appeal to students of history and diplomatic history / By including the Latin text and English translations of these works, this book will appeal to those who wish to use these primary sources / This book will appeal to those interested in the history of the Church in Italy.

A Chronology of Medieval British History - 1307-1485 (Paperback): Timothy Venning A Chronology of Medieval British History - 1307-1485 (Paperback)
Timothy Venning
R1,235 Discovery Miles 12 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307-1485 is a year-by-year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments in the states within the British Isles from 1307-1485. The book uses a range of primary sources to provide a detailed and comprehensive narrative of events as they occurred. Throughout, the dating and accuracy of the records are identified, and problems of interpretation highlighted. The result is both a narrative of developments in parallel and inter-connected polities, and an 'epitome' of source material. Where exact data is difficult to come by or problematic on account of the political bias of the sources, this is evaluated and various options in interpretation referenced along with any recent developments in study and interpretation by academic experts. Using a chronological framework and dividing the material into separate sections for each state or region each year to allow for easy cross-referencing, A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307-1485 is ideal for students of medieval British and European history.

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