Now in its fifth edition, this hugely successful text remains as vivid and readable as ever. Frank Barlow illuminates every aspect of the Anglo-Norman world, bu

Medieval castles have traditionally been examined as feats of military engineering & tools of feudal control. This book presents a different perspective, by exp

Bridges the gap between the brief coverage of the events in textbooks of English history and whole books on each, which students often lack both the money and t

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