The wars and revolutions of seventeenth-century Ireland established in power a ruling class of Protestant landowners whose culture and connexions were...
During the final century of the Anglo-Saxon state, the use of written English reached remarkable heights. Yet, while the make-up and contents of the...
The cultural remains of England's abbeys and priories have always attracted scholarly attention but too often they have been studied in isolation...
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the history of the numerous houses of monks, canons and nuns which existed in the medieval...
St Francis of Assisi is one of the most admired figures of the Middle Ages - and one of the most important in the Christian church, modelling his life...
London's News Press shows that seventeenth-century England was very much part of a European-wide news community. The book presents a new print history...
The years between 1258 and 67 comprise one of the most influential periods in the Middle Ages in England. This turbulent decade witnessed a bitter...
`Required reading for all those interested in the history of North-East England'. ANTHONY FLETCHER. In November 2004 the people of...
The rich history of the German rabbinate came to an abrupt halt with the November Pogrom of 1938. The need to leave Germany became clear and many...
The English 'Old Poor Law' was the first national system of tax-funded social welfare in the world. It provided a safety net for hundreds of thousands...