Medieval
Life in a Mediaeval City
A short and gentle overview of mediaeval life in a large city. It lightly covers the class structure of society, local government, guilds, p…
The Thirteenth
It cannot but seem a paradox to say that the Thirteenth was the greatest of centuries. To most people the idea will appear at once so prepos…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times offers a sweeping narrative of France's rich and complex past, crafted by the esteemed h…
A Short History of Mediaeval Italy
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …
Tristan and Iseult
This is the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult. It is a tale of love, honour, intrigue, betrayal and jealousy, ending ultimately in trag…
Fountains Abbey
The story of Fountains Abbey, one of England's most famous medieval monasteries, from its foundation in the twelfth century to its suppressi…
The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire
The present work is intended as a comprehensive account of medieval times, drawn up on the same lines as The Cambridge Modern History but wi…
England In The Middle Ages
A short study examining the historical framework of England from the period of the Norman Conquest to the end of the fifteenth century.The p…
Medieval Contributions to Modern Civilisation
The mediaeval contributions to modern civilisation, which are the theme of this book, are twofold.There is the contribution of the idealised…
The Story of Coventry
Nowadays best known for its bombing in WWII, the English city of Coventry was founded in the early Middle Ages. Earl Leofric and his wife La…