Manufacturer: Atria
Written By: John F Baker

This book is the first on the history of English seals by the foremost scholar on the subject. It will be of interest not only to students of art history and archaeology, but on account of the legal, political, social and cultural insights it provides, also to general historians of the Middle Ages. The author examines the seal as evidence of the authenticity of a document, where it performs a ...

Manufacturer: David Brown
Written By: Heslop

Scotland has possibly the most complete and best-kept set of vital records and other documents on the planet. Given both this and the extraordinary worldwide Scottish diaspora (approximately 28 million people can claim Scottish ancestry), the lack of a really thorough guide to Scottish genealogy is a significant gap. Bruce Durie's book bridges that gap with authority and provides a ...

Manufacturer: The History Press
Written By: Bruce Durie

Noted family history authors Szucs and Smith make genealogy easy. Stripped of genealogical details that so often clutter up beginner's books, this guide to family history takes a generational approach to helping readers start their own family tree.

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Loretto Dennis Szucs, Juliana Szucs Smith

Manufacturer: Four Courts Press
Written By: Anthony Malcomson

The Internet has made learning about one’s ancestors easier than ever. But it’s also given family researchers a tsunami of websites to navigate and explore, and that can cause confusion. Which ones are trustworthy, and which will leave them empty-handed? This friendly, easy-to-use guide helps would-be genealogists sort through the clutter, strike gold, and unearth the secrets of their ...

Manufacturer: Sterling
Written By: Brad Schepp, Debra Schepp

Manufacturer: Southern Historical Pr
Written By: Robert Scott Davis

Manufacturer: Four Courts Press

This publication represents the first true examination of the Roman Navy as an independent arm of the military. Though many may perceive the Roman Empire as a primarily land based organisation, an empire forged by the formidable legions of infantry, the truth is that the Roman Empire was as much a maritime empire as that of the British in the nineteenth century, and in fact the Roman Navy was the ...

Manufacturer: Boydell Press
Written By: Michael Pitassi

`Sheds considerable new light on the nature, development and functions of the orders in a key phase of their history, and goes a long way to explaining how such archaic institutions could flourish in a culture that is commonly thought anti-traditional and especially hostile to the "middle ages"'. Professor JONATHAN BOULTON, University of Notre Dame. This is the first comprehensive study to set ...

Manufacturer: Boydell Press
Written By: Antti Matikkala