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  • Marks of Opulence

    The Why, When and Where of Western Art 1000–1914 (Text Only)

    by Colin Platt ...
    A sweeping, beautifully written history of artistic patronage from 1000 to the present day by a Wolfson Prize-winning historian.‘Marks of Opulence’ is a magisterial survey of European art and artistic patronage from 1000 until the birth of modernism. Tracing the history from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains, through the catastrophic effects of plague in the 14th-century, to the ... Read more

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  • Medieval Southampton

    The Port and Trading Community, A.D. 1000–1600

    by Colin Platt ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Medieval Culture, Society, & Religion
    Originally published in 1973, this book examines the urban community of Southampton through its early and formative years. Southampton is one of the most interesting and important medieval towns, because of its position as a ‘gateway’ between England and the Continent. The author uses both historical and archaeological evidence to establish the characteristics of an emergent burgess class: its ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Medieval England

    A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD

    by Colin Platt ...
    By drawing equally on the work of historians and archaeologists, Colin Platt puts forward a view of English medieval society in which there is much that is new and unexpected. Medieval England brings together a wide range of themes, from castle and palace to peasant hovel, from the great cathedrals and monasteries to the parish churches and `alien' cells. The book is fully illustrated, the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • King Death

    The Black Death And Its Aftermath In Late-Medieval England

    by Colin Platt ...
    This illustrated survey examines what it was actually like to live with plague and the threat of plague in late-medieval and early modern England.; Colin Platt's books include "The English Medieval Town", "Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600" and "The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social History" which won the Wolfson Prize for 1990. This book is ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Great Rebuildings Of Tudor And Stuart England

    Revolutions In Architectural Taste

    by Colin Platt ...
    Rural England's Great Rebuilding of 1570-1640, first identified by W.G. Hoskins in 1953, has been vigorously debated ever since. Some critics have re-dated it on a regional basis. Still more have seen Great Rebuildings around every corner, causing them to dismiss Hoskins's thesis. In this first full-length study of the rebuilding phenomenon, Colin Platt, an accomplished architectural and social ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

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    by Barney Sloane ...
    The Black Death of 1348–49 may have killed more than 50% of the European population. This book examines the impact of this appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documentary sources alongside archaeological evidence, a remarkably detailed picture emerges of the arrival, duration and public response to this epidemic and subsequent fourteenth-century ... Read more

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  • The Great Plague of London

    by Stephen Porter ...
    Plague has been the most feared disease across Europe since the Black Death in the 1340s. Dreaded because of the scale of the mortality and its sheer foulness, its periodic outbreaks had a devastating impact. London’s last and most destructive attack came in 1665, when, according to Bishop Gilbert Burnet, ‘a most terrible plague broke out, that depopulated the city of London, ruined the trade of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Wars Of The Roses

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    A problem-focused and clearly organized survey of the dynastic strife and crisis of medieval government in 15th century England. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 2, 1550–1730

    by Thomas Bartlett ...
    Series series The Cambridge History of Ireland
    This volume offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of early modern Ireland and situates these discussions in global and comparative contexts. The opening chapters focus on 'Politics' and 'Religion and War' and offer a chronological narrative, informed by the re-interpretation of new archives. The ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Henry VII

    by Alexander Grant ...
    Series series Lancaster Pamphlets
    The importance of Henry VII is the subject of heated debate. Did his reign mark the start of a new era, or was its prevailing characteristic continunity with the past? The pamphlet: · emphasizes the lasting political stability established during the reign · demonstrates the difference between Henry's policies and those of the Yorkists · shows how successors built on Henry's legacy · argues that ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • A Short History of the Wars of the Roses

    Revised Edition

    by David Grummitt ...
    Series series Short Histories
    Now in its second edition, A Short History of the Wars of the Roses is an accessible history of the English civil wars of the mid-15th century. It offers a comprehensive account of the major political events, detailing the 30-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, and analysing the formal clashes of royalist and rebel armies, such as the battles at St Albans, Towton, and ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Charles I

    by Richard Cust ...
    Charles I was a complex man whose career intersected with some of the most dramatic events in English history. He played a central role in provoking the English Civil War, and his execution led to the only republican government Britain has ever known. Historians have struggled to get him into perspective, veering between outright condemnation and measured sympathy.Richard Cust shows that Charles I ... Read more

    $55.99 USD