Well researched and highly detailed, there was lots to learn here about the daughters of Edward I. I found this a fascinating read.
NetGalley, Janelle Womsley
Well researched and highly detailed, there was lots to learn here about the daughters of Edward I. I found this a fascinating read.
NetGalley, Janelle Womsley
"A lively text with a clear structure, weaving detailed observation of the physical evidence with the documentary evidence, spells out the architectural history up to the 1960s. Photographs of outstanding quality complement the text: the author is justly recognised as perhaps the finest photographer of medieval architecture of our generation."
Medieval Archaeology - January 2024
"A lively text with a clear structure, weaving detailed observation of the physical evidence with the documentary evidence, spells out the architectural history up to the 1960s. Photographs of outstanding quality complement the text: the author is justly recognised as perhaps the finest photographer of medieval architecture of our generation."
Medieval Archaeology - January 2024
"[T]his is a fascinating volume, both for reading and for dipping into. If you're interested in the history of people, rather than the history of dates, this is an essential addition to your collection."
Army Rumour Service - March 2024
"[T]his is a fascinating volume, both for reading and for dipping into. If you're interested in the history of people, rather than the history of dates, this is an essential addition to your collection."
Army Rumour Service - March 2024
"The Norse sorceress is the most comprehensive published volume on ritual practitioners in pre-Christian Scandinavia, revisiting existing knowledge and narratives, providing useful catalogues of small finds and proposing new directions for future research. It is a must for those interested in the intersections between myth, belief, practice, human and non-humans."
Antiquity - September 2024
"The Norse sorceress is the most comprehensive published volume on ritual practitioners in pre-Christian Scandinavia, revisiting existing knowledge and narratives, providing useful catalogues of small finds and proposing new directions for future research. It is a must for those interested in the intersections between myth, belief, practice, human and non-humans."
Antiquity - September 2024
"It represents a magnificent effort to bring a focus on medieval bridges and is presented in a form that will be of interest to local historians as well as the passing traveller."
The Local Historian - September 2024
"It represents a magnificent effort to bring a focus on medieval bridges and is presented in a form that will be of interest to local historians as well as the passing traveller."
The Local Historian - September 2024
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England's Medieval Navy 1066-1509
We are accustomed to think of England in terms of Shakespeare's 'precious stone set in a silver sea', safe behind its watery ramparts with its naval strength resisting all invaders. To the English of an earlier period – from the 8th to the 11th centuries – such a notion would have seemed ridiculous. The sea, rather than being a defensive wall,… Read more...
On the 25th October 1415 Henry Vs small and dispirited Anglo/Welsh Army destroyed a vast French Army at Azincourt. This programme looks at not just this iconic battle immortalised by Shakespeare and many other authors but the campaign that led up to this final great English victory of the 100 Years War when the Yeoman of England reigned supreme on… Read more...
On 11 July 1346 the Anglo/Welsh army of Edward III started to disembark in the bay at St Vaast in the Cotentin Peninsula. In a period of 12 months this army won 3 major battles Caen, Blanchtaque and Crecy and captured Calais, which would remain in English hands until 1558 a thorn in the side of France. This campaign was the first major chapter in the… Read more...
