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The final roar of the Viking Age ー and the battle that changed Europe forever. On 25 September 1066, the armies of two worlds met near a quiet river in Yorkshire. On one side stood Harald Hardrada,……続きを見る

Das letzte Aufbäumen des Wikingerzeitalters ー und die Schlacht, die Europa für immer veränderte. Am 25. September 1066 trafen sich die Armeen zweier Welten an einem stillen Fluss in Yorkshire. Auf ……続きを見る

Am 8. Juni 793 n. Chr. geschah das Undenkbare. Eine Gruppe nordischer Krieger stürmte die heilige Insel Lindisfarne, brannte ihr Kloster nieder und zerstörte den Frieden des christlichen Europas. Wa……続きを見る

Jahrhundertelang beherrschte der Ritter das Schlachtfeldーgepanzert, beritten und scheinbar unbesiegbar. Dann trat eine einfache Waffe aus Holz und Sehne auf: der englische Langbogen. Bei Crécy, Poi……続きを見る

For centuries, the knight ruled the battlefieldーarmored, mounted, and seemingly invincible. Then came a simple weapon of wood and string: the English longbow. At Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt, its……続きを見る

What really happened on the fields of northern France in August 1346? The Battle of Crécy was more than a clash of armies. It marked a decisive moment in medieval warfare, when English archers confr……続きを見る

Was geschah wirklich auf den Feldern Nordfrankreichs im August 1346? Die Schlacht von Crécy war mehr als ein Zusammenstoß zweier Heere. Sie markierte einen entscheidenden Moment der mittelalterliche……続きを見る

Why is Henry VIII remembered as England’s most infamous king? Was he truly a ruthless tyrant who destroyed his queens out of cruelty and desireーor a ruler shaped by dynastic pressure, religious uph……続きを見る

Warum gilt Heinrich VIII. als einer der berüchtigtsten Könige Englands? War er ein grausamer Tyrann, der seine Ehefrauen aus Lust und Willkür beseitigteーoder ein Herrscher, der unter dynastischem D……続きを見る

York is one of the most continuously inhabited cities in Britain ー Roman fortress, Anglo-Saxon royal center, Viking capital, Norman stronghold, medieval ecclesiastical powerhouse, Tudor administrat……続きを見る

York ist eine der am kontinuierlichsten bewohnten Städte Britanniens ー römische Festung, angelsächsisches Machtzentrum, Wikingerhauptstadt, normannische Verwaltung, mittelalterliches Kirchenzentrum……続きを見る

The untold story of a remarkable neighbourhood and the battle to define modern London. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Seven Dials was one of London’s most diverse neighbourhoods, home to migrant an……続きを見る

A gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore. In this ground-breaking book, two leading experts provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present. Owen Davies……続きを見る

Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the na……続きを見る

In 1880, Griffith Evans, an army veterinary surgeon in India, made the seminal discovery that blood parasites – then universally considered benign – were pathogenic. Spurned by peers and colleagues,……続きを見る

Celtic Wales is about the beginnings of Wales and how the period from the Iron Age to medieval times helped shape and define the modern nation of Wales. Early Wales has a spectacular archaeological,……続きを見る

The Battle of Waterloo has become synonymous with the word "defeat" but who lost, and why was it important? In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba, and in a space of 100 days took power……続きを見る

William Shakespeare is one of the most recognizable names in the world. Regardless of country, language, age, or gender, people are familiar with the Bard's work and his contributions to literature,……続きを見る

The Normans in France and England left a rich legacy in historiography and literature, which is the subject of this volume. Dr van Houts first deals with the Scandinavian inheritance, which together……続きを見る

In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big ……続きを見る

When Great Britain took the moral high ground and banned its lucrative export of opium from Imperial India to China, it unleashed a century of criminality. Where America's misguided Prohibition of a……続きを見る

Being a copper at the yard was definitely an exciting time for the author, John Woodhouse, but it did take it's toll on social and family life. From east end detective, to the Bomb Squad in London's……続きを見る

' Fascinating and illuminating – this book takes you on a trip to the seaside and back into the depths of the Ice Age, walking in the steps of our distant ancestors.' - Professor Alice Roberts Norfo……続きを見る

This book is a study of the representation of the Persian empire in English drama across the early modern period, from the 1530s to the 1690s. The wide focus of this book, encompassing thirteen dram……続きを見る

Taking you through the year day by day, The Scarborough Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the town. Ideal for……続きを見る

This book revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from Edinburgh's fascinating history, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dipp……続きを見る

Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, according to the Guardian 'one of the great English comic artists of the twentieth century', this is an unmissable treasure for lovers of London and of design. Arran……続きを見る

During his lifetime, the Jesuit priest Robert Persons (1546-1610) was arguably the leading figure fighting for the re-establishment of Catholicism in England. Whilst his colleague Edmund Campion may……続きを見る

This book is an innovative, interdisciplinary study of the nature of design as a form of communication within and across Britain and its empire in the long nineteenth century. In this period, Britai……続きを見る

For the last 800 years coroners have been important in England's legal and political landscape, best known as investigators of sudden, suspicious, or unexplained death. Against the background of the……続きを見る