The Tudors ruled England for little more than a century, yet no other royal dynasty has so impressed itself upon the nation's consciousness. Bluff King Hal and Good Queen Bess are part of English folklore and remain among the monarchs immediately recognizable to most people. In this personal rather than political history of the Tudors, Alison Plowden examines the origins of the family which ...

Manufacturer: Sutton Pub Ltd
Written By: Alison Plowden

For decades, the study of Scotland in the fifteenth century has focused on the complex relationships between crown and magnates. However, the importance of the chivalric ideal to the Scottish knightly class, and the use of chivalry as a political tool by the Stewart kings, has been overlooked by scholars. This book aims to fill this gap. It considers how chivalry was interpreted in ...

Manufacturer: Boydell Press
Written By: Katie Stevenson

Think of Norwich, and you may well think of Delia Smith, Alan Partridge or Coleman's mustard. What you may not know, is that until the 18th century, Norwich was England's second city. Throughout the middle ages, Norwich was one of the most populous and celebrated cities in England. Dominated by its castle and cathedral priory, it was the centre of government power in East Anglia, as well as an ...

Manufacturer: Hambledon & London

Manufacturer: Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Society
Written By: George Andrews Moriarty

Shropshire is Ellis Peters' county, the world of her medieval mysteries. In this book she takes the reader into the heart of the county, describing the Roman Road and revealing her connections with the town of Shrewsbury and the setting of the Benedictine Abbey featured in the Cadfael novels. She traces the history of the country through its border castles, Georgian country houses and old ...

Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing Limited
Written By: Ellis Peters

Manufacturer: Stenlake Publishing
Written By: Charles Lilley

Elizabeth I is one of England's most admired and celebrated rulers. She is also one of its most iconic. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the origins and development of the image and myths that came to surround the Virgin Queen. The essays question the prevailing assumptions about the mythic Elizabeth and challenge the view that she was unanimously celebrated ...

Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan

Volume 1 of this history ended with the chief and his followers dead on Flodden field. Volume 2 describes the Clan's recovery. Within five years Colin, 3rd Earl, was Vice-Regent and Lieutenant of the kingdom. Within five decades the Clan had extended their possessions to the Western Isles, reinforced their Highland dominance, and become the most powerful family in the nation. How they managed ...

Manufacturer: Edinburgh University Press
Written By: Alastair Campbell

Scotland's clans number nearly 200, each with its own set of tartans. This splendid guide illustrates the various tartans as it retells many of the histories of the clans and families. It begins with a brief overview of the clan system and the tradition of wearing tartan; the clans are then organized alphabetically, with special features on the major clans, such as the Stuarts, Camerons, ...

Manufacturer: Collins & Brown Ltd.
Written By: Iain Zaczek

Rowley Regis, now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, was for a long time a separate entity, being in succession a chapelry, a parish, an Urban District, and a borough. It was made up of a number of separate villages, which later developed into the towns of Tividale, Blackheath, Old Hill and Cradley Heath. The centre was Rowley Village, which remained rural until the mid-20th century, ...

Manufacturer: Phillimore & Co.
Written By: Edward Chitham