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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
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Danny Danziger, John Gillingham
On 15 June 1215, rebel barons forced King John to meet them at Runnymede. They did not trust the King, so he was not allowed to leave until his seal was attached to the charter in front of him. This was Magna Carta. It was a revolutionary document. Never before had royal authority been so fundamentally challenged. Nearly 800 years later, two of ...
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The Middle Ages
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John Gillingham (Text by), Antonia Fraser (Editor), Peter Earle (Text by)
This volume covers three centuries and a multitude of dramas, intrigue, loyalty, betrayal, courage, fortitude, cowardice and crime. The book opens with the Norman conquest, William I's bold excursion in 1066 that propelled a new dynasty to the throne of England.
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Richard I
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John Gillingham
In this new account of Richard the Lionheart's reign, John Gillingham scrutinises the king's fluctuating reputation over the centuries and provides a convincing revised interpretation. Neither a feckless knight-errant nor a neglectful king, Richard I was in reality a masterful and businesslike ruler. This paperback edition includes an updated ...
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The young Oxford history of Britain & Ireland
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M. J. Corbishley, Kenneth O. Morgan
This is a history of Britain and Ireland for young people, illustrated in colour and black and white, including contemporary documents, paintings and photographs, artefacts and archaeological sites. It is designed to bring to life the people, places and events of Britain and Ireland's history in one comprehensive and authoritative volume.
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Design for a New Europe
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John Gillingham
How did the process of European integration break down; how can it be repaired? In European Integration, 1950-2003, John Gillingham reviewed the history of the European project and predicted the rejection of the European constitution. Now the world's leading expert on the EU maps out a route to save the Union. The four chapters of this penetrating ...
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European Integration 1950-2003
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John Gillingham
Integration is the most significant European historical development in the past fifty years, eclipsing in importance even the collapse of the USSR. Yet, until now, no satisfactory explanation is to be found in any single book as to why integration is significant, how it originated, how it has changed Europe, and where it is headed. Professor ...
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The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in 15th Century England
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John Gillingham
Frequently remembered as a period of military history which both saw the French beat the English and then the English fight amongst themselves, traditional military historians have tended to pass over the period hastily, regarding it as an episode that wrecked England's military greatness. John Gillingham's highly readable history separates the ...
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The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in Fifteenth-Century England
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John Gillingham
An account of peace and conflict in 15th century England which emphasises the military over the political history of the Wars of the Roses.
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Coal, Steel, and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955: The Germans and French from Ruhr Conflict to Economic Community
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John Gillingham
This is the first large-scale historical investigation of the critical first stage of European integration, the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). John Gillingham discusses the thirty year Franco-German struggle for heavy industry mastery in Western Europe, describes the dreams and schemes of Jean Monnet, who designed the ...
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Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
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John Gillingham, Ralph A Griffiths
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. ...
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The life and times of Richard I
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John Gillingham
One of a series of books which has been updated and reissued, this looks at the life and times of Richard I.
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Richard the Lionheart
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John Gillingham
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The English in the Twelfth Century: Imperialism, National Identity and Political Values
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John Gillingham
Six of the greatest twelfth-century historians - William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Geoffrey Gaimar, Roger of Howden, and Gerald of Wales - are analysed in this collection of essays, focusing on their attitudesto three inter-related aspects of English history. The first theme is the rise of the new and condescending ...
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Anglo-Norman Studies 23: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2000
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John Gillingham (Editor)
Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2000
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War & Government in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of J. O. Prestwich
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John Gillingham (Editor), J C Holt (Editor)
This volume of essays to mark the seventieth birthday of J. O. Prestwich is concerned with two themes which Mr Prestwich has made particularly his own. It will be an important contribution to the literature on medieval war and military organisation, as well as to such subjects as crusading activity and royal finance. The majority of the essays ...
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The Kingdom of Germany in the High Middle Ages (900-1200)
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The Oxford History of Britain: Volume 2: The Middle Ages
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John Gillingham, Kenneth O Morgan (Editor), Ralph A Griffiths
In five paperback volumes, "The Oxford History of Britain" tells the story of Britain and her peoples over 2000 years, from the coming of the Roman legions in 55 BC to the present day. This volume concentrates on Britain during the medieval period. In the early Middle Ages, it depicts a saga of conquest punctuated by frequent defeats on French and ...
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Richard III: A Medieval Kingship
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John Gillingham (Editor)
No English king arouses stronger passions, for and against, than Richard III - and no king faced more determined opposition. Yet, in the 20th century, no king's posthumous reputation has been more staunchly defended, and his death in battle in 1485 has been widely perceived as marking the end of the Middle Ages. These passions and perceptions ...
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Peter Connolly (Editor), John Gillingham (Editor), John Lazenby (Editor)
The Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare provides a comprehensive guide to the battles and wars, commanders, tactics, formations, fortifications, and weapons of war in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, China, and Japan from the beginning of recorded history to the 16th century. More than 3,000 entries, written by expert military ...
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Richard III : medieval kingship
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John Gillingham
No king aroused, and continues to arouse, stronger passions - for and against - than Richard III. During his reign no king faced more determined opposition, yet in this century no king's posthumous reputation has been more staunchly defended. In interpreting the evidence, some of which was itself the product of the contemporary war of propaganda, ...
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The Autobiography of Gerald of Wales
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H E Butler (Editor), John Gillingham, C H Williams (Introduction by)
Gerald of Wales, the son of a Norman Baron and the grandson of a Welsh Princess, is one of the most gifted and entertaining of medieval writers. His autobiography, translated from the Latin, presents the story of an Archdeacon who, despite his passionate efforts, never became a Bishop; it is the self-revelation of a man as able and courageous as ...
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Medieval kingdoms : Alfred the Great-Henry VII
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John Gillingham
These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives of people of all kinds across the centuries, charting the great moments of social change and of discovery and invention. Find out how the "Magna Carta" came about, what it ...
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Cromwell : portrait of a soldier
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Wars of the Roses/Cassettes
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John Gillingham
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The United States and the Integration of Europe
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Francis H Heller (Editor), John R Gillingham (Editor)
Focusing on the '50s and '60s, "United States and the Integration of Europe" discuss European integration and the US role.
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