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Non-Fiction Books
Social History
A Gentry Community: Leicestershire in the 15th Century c.1422 – c.1485
Acheson, Eric
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Examines the gentry of Leicestershire as members of the social community, leaders of the government of the county, as family members and as individuals, with biographical notes on leading families.
Medieval Realms
Allison, Richard; Brown, Carole
Paperback
Published: 1990
Publisher: Folens
Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for activities.
New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol VII: c.1415 – c.1500
Allmand, Christopher (editor)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
New edition of the standard history of the medieval world. Sections deal with government, economic and social developments, spiritual, cultural and artistic life and the political history of individual countries (‘Lancastrian England’ by Edward Powell and ‘Yorkist and Early Tudor England’ by Rosemary Horrox).
Medieval Hunting
Almond, Richard
Hardback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
This book sets out to disprove some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was mainly an aristocratic and male-dominated sport. Indeed, hunting of varying kinds was enjoyed by all classes. B/W illustrations.
Life in Medieval England
Bagley, J J
Hardback
Published: 1960
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
Life in castle, village, town and monastery from Hastings to Bosworth.
Medieval People
Bagley, J J
Hardback
Published: 1978
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
Ten short biographies, showing how people from different social backgrounds lived and worked, including Richard Cely, Elizabeth Paston and Margaret Beaufort.
Tournaments: jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages
Barber, Richard; Barker, Juliet
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
On the origins of tournaments, their problems and pageantry, tournament armour, spectacle and danger, tournaments in northwest Europe, Germany, Italy and Spain; lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white.
Companion to English History: Middle Ages
Barnard, Francis Pierrepont (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1902
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Twelve chapters covering architecture, warfare, costume, heraldry, shipping, town life, country life, monasticism, commerce, education and art; illustrated in black and white.
Harlaxton Medieval Studies Vol XI: The Church and Learning in Late Medieval Society: Studies in Honour of Professor R B Dobson
Barron, Caroline M; Stratford, Jenny (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Shaun Tyas of Donnington
These papers explore the ways in which people studied and taught within the monasteries, the cathedrals and the universities between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, the spread of learning from these traditional centres into the parishes to lay men and women is also discussed. B/W illustrations.
Medieval London Widows 1300-1500
Barron, Caroline M; Sutton, Anne F (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: Hambledon Press
Collection of biographies of individual widows showing how it is possible to find the details of their lives, especially as widowhood allowed them economic and legal independence.
Trades and Crafts in Medieval Manuscripts
Basing, Patricia
Hardback
Published: 1990
Publisher: British Library
Medieval agriculture, trade, industry and the professions are described and illustrated with many pictures, some in colour, from illuminated manuscripts.
England from Chaucer to Caxton
Bennett, H S
Hardback
Published: 1952 reprint of 1928 edition
Publisher: Methuen & Company Limited
Life and manners at home, in village, town and church and on the road, illustrated by extracts from contemporary prose and poetry in original spelling.
Life on the English Manor: a study of peasant conditions 1150-1400
Bennett, H S
Paperback
Published: 1960 reprint of 1937 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Picture of the daily life of the people of rural England, very similar to their life in the 15th Century.
The Pastons and their England: studies in an age of Transition
Bennett, H S
Hardback
Published: 1986 reprint of 1932 2nd edition
Paperback
Published: 1991 reprint
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Everyday life in 15th Century England illustrated by extracts from the Paston Letters.
Life in a Medieval City illustrated by York in the Fifteenth Century
Benson, Edwin
Hardback
Published: 1920
Publisher: SPCK
Covering the buildings, the role of religion and the life of the people at work and at play.
Traditions and Transformations in Late Medieval England
Biggs, Douglas; Michalove, Sharon; Compton-Reeves A (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Brill
This collection of essays are revised and extended versions of papers delivered a conference on 15th Century studies held by the American Chapter of the Society. Topics include women and religion in late-medieval East Anglia, Margaret of Anjou and the Love Day of 1458, Elizabeth Woodville and her historians, Giles Daubeney as Chamberlain to Henry VII, the badges of Henry VII, the use of gunpowder in the Wars of the Roses. B/W illustrations.
Medieval Death: ritual and representation
Binski, Paul
Hardback
Published: 1996
Publisher: British Museum Press
Examines pagan and Christian attitudes to death, burial and the afterlife using archaeological and art historical sources.
The Medieval Cookbook
Black, Maggie
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: British Museum Press
Transcripts of 80 medieval recipes with versions adapted for modern cooking, accompanied by notes on medieval diet, feasting and herbal remedies; well illustrated.
Death in the Middle Ages: morality, judgement and remembrance
Boase, T S R
Hardback
Published: 1972
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Well-illustrated survey of the causes of death, of burial practices, monuments and memorials and of medieval man’s views of what came after death.
The Alien Communities of London in the 15th Century: the subsidy rolls of 1440 and 1483-4
Bolton, J L (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Richard III & Yorkist History Trust
Study of foreign immigrants: their geographical origins, their occupations and social organisation and Londoners’ attitudes to them.
The Medieval English Economy 1150-1500
Bolton, J L
Paperback
Published: 1988 reprint (first published in 1980)
Publisher: Dent
Clear introduction to the economic history of the period describing the population expansion and contraction, changes in agrarian society, varying fortunes of towns, industrial production, overseas trade and capital and credit.
Medieval English Clothmaking: an economic survey
Bridbury, A R
Hardback
Published: 1982
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Survey of all aspects of the cloth-making industry at a time when the export of ready-made cloth was becoming more important than the export of raw wool.
Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages
Britnell, Richard (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Five papers from the Society’s 1996 Canterbury Conference plus four others covering life in town and country, women, religious life and fashion.
The Medieval Idea of Marriage
Brooke, Christopher
Paperback
Published: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Study of marriage in the medieval world through the evidence of history, art, theology and literature.
Entertainment and Ritual 600-1600
Bucknell, Peter A
Hardback
Published: 1979
Publisher: Steiner & Bell
History of mystery and morality plays, pageantry, tournaments and country festivals.
Life in the Castle in Medieval England
Burke, John
Hardback
Published: 1978
Publisher: BCA
Well illustrated concise account of the rise and fall of the castle, daily life in the castle and surrounding area and of sieges and the decline of the castle.
The Early Tudors at Home 1485-1558
Burton, Elizabeth
Hardback
Published: 1976
Publisher: Allen Lane
Everyday life during the reigns of the first four Tudors.
Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain
Butler, Lionel; Given-Wilson, Chris
Hardback
Published: 1979
Publisher: Michael Joseph Limited
Introduction on the history of monastic orders in England, their buildings and daily life; with a gazetteer of 80 monastic sites giving brief histories and descriptions of the remains.
The Medieval Art of Love: objects and subjects of desire
Camille, Michael
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Laurence King
Explores the use of images in paintings and on beautiful objects for teaching men and women the art of love and looks at the symbolic and social settings of love and at love as an elite social code.
The Office and Personnel of the Post of Bridgemaster in York 1450-1499
Carpenter, C E
Typescript
Date: 1996
MA thesis, University of York
Examines the history and function of the post of Bridgemaster and the position of the bridgemasters in the civic and social hierarchy of York.
Locality and Polity: a study of Warwickshire landed society 1401-1499
Carpenter, Christine
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
On the nature and concerns of the gentry in Warwickshire with a chronological survey of political and social relationships among the land-owners; appendices list the local gentry.
Blood and Roses
Castor, Helen
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: Faber & Faber
An intimate and compelling family biography which traces the Pastons’ story across three generations, exploring their experiences of birth, marriage and death and the realities of their daily lives. Illustrated.
The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 – c.1450
Clark, John (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: Boydell Press, 2004
The role played by the horse in Medieval society, including horses in Medieval London. Archaeological finds and discussion on equipment used by medieval man with his horse. Illustrated.
Trade, Devotion and Governance: Papers in Later Medieval History
Clayton, Dorothy J; Davies, Richard G; McNiven Peter (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: Alan Sutton
A collection of essays first presented at the Conference of Recent Research in 15th Century History in Manchester in 1989.
The diverse set of topics includes patronage, status among merchants in 14th Century London, the function of the Maison Dieu, with emphasis on Yorkshire evidence; Italians in London and their influence on 15th Century trade; the recruitment of northerners for the war in France in 1415-50; when did Henry VI’s minority end?
Profession, Vocation and Culture in Later Medieval England: essays dedicated to the memory of A R Myers
Clough, C H (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1982
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Studies of the patronage of the visual arts, literature, education and religion by the merchant class, the episcopate and by various professions.
English Collegiate Churches
Cook, G H
Hardback
Published: 1959
Publisher: Phoenix House Limited
Different types of collegiate churches in the Middle Ages, including academic colleges, examples being Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. Fotheringhay is also included.
The English Medieval Parish Church
Cook, G H
Hardback
Published: 1970, reprint of 1954 edition
Publisher: Dent, 1970
On the origin and development of parish churches, their architecture, furnishing and decorations; illustrated with photographs and plans of many churches.
English Monasteries in the Middle Ages
Cook, G H
Hardback
Published: 1961
Publisher: Phoenix House Limited
On the origin and ideals of monastic life, the buildings and their functions and the various orders and their houses; illustrated with plans and photographs.
Medieval Chantries and Chantry Chapels
Cook, G H
Hardback
Published: 1947
Publisher: Phoenix House Limited
On different types of chantries, their origin and purpose; with descriptions of surviving examples in cathedrals, monasteries and parish churches; illustrated with photographs and plans.
Medieval Holidays and Festivals: a calendar of celebrations
Cosman, Madelaine Pelner
Hardback
Published: 1984
Describes medieval customs and ceremonies for each month of the year with suggestions for re-creating banquets and entertainments.
The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500
Coss, Peter
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Examines the position, status and image of ladies, their role within society and their relations both good and bad with their lords.
Life in the Middle Ages: Volume One – religion, folklore and superstition
Coulton, G G
Hardback
Published: 1910, 1928 edition in stock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Collection of extracts from medieval writers, translated into modern English, illustrating the three themes of religion, folklore and superstition.
Medieval Panorama: the English scene from Conquest to Reformation
Coulton, G G
Hardback
Published: 1938, 1945 reprint in stock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Survey of how people of all classes lived and thought.
The Medieval Village
Coulton, G G
Hardback
Published: 1925
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Old but still valuable work on the life of the peasants in the medieval period.
Letters of Medieval Women
Crawford, Anne (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
A delightful book incorporating letters of women from approximately 1200 – 1500. Organised into the different subjects of the letters: husbands/lovers, sons, parents, siblings, etc, the book demonstrates clearly that women were independent and capable people who didn’t just support their husbands but played an important part in the running of their family and estate business.
Although much of the style is formal, there are phrases to be found which hint at more personal emotions behind the writing.
The English Abbey: its life and work in the Middle Ages
Crossley, F H
Hardback
Published: 1935, 1943 reprint in stock
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
The monasteries: their daily life, organisation and administration and their buildings.
The Legacy of the Middle Ages
Crump, G C; Jacob, E F (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 1927
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Covering medieval religion, art, literature, philosophy, education, law and the fabric of society and government.
The Hound and the Hawk: the art of medieval hunting
Cummins, John
Hardback
Published: 1988
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Detailed description of hunting and hawking with the appropriate methods for each animal or bird and the various rituals and symbolism explained.
Concepts and Patterns of Service in the Later Middle Ages
Curry, Anne; Matthew, Elizabeth (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 2000
Publisher: The Boydell Press
A collection of essays taken from a conference held at the University of Reading in September 1998. Subjects include service and serfdom 1350-1500, preparation for service in the medieval church, graduate careers, household retinue of Henry V, English Crown, provinces and dominions in the 15th Century, the civil service in 15th Century France, ducal servants, service and tenure in late medieval Scotland 1314-1475.
Gentlemen Errant: being the journeys and adventures of four noblemen in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries
Cust, Mrs Henry
Hardback
Published: 1909
Published: John Murray
Includes Lev of Rozmital’s visit to England in 1466.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages
Cutts, Rev Edward L
Hardback
Published: 1872
Publisher: Virtue & Company Limited
Essays on the life of the religious, knights, minstrels and merchants, with woodcuts based on contemporary illustrations.
Death and Burial in Medieval England 1066-1550
Daniell, Christopher
Hardback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Uses historical, archaeological and literary sources to examine beliefs and procedures relating to death and burial.
Growing up in the Middle Ages
Davies, Penelope
Hardback
Published: 1972
Publisher: Wayland Publishers (Eye Witness Series)
Aimed at children. Covers all aspects of growing up, home life, schools and learning, noble children, apprentices, country children, recreation and entertainment.
Crime in Medieval Europe
Dean, Trevor
Hardback
Published: 2001
Publisher: Longman
Drawing on real life stories of ordinary men and women who often found themselves on the sharp end of the law, this book provides a fascinating insight into the history of victims, criminals and their punishment.
The History of Childhood
DeMause, Lloyd (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 1976
Published: Souvenir Press
Includes: ‘The Middleclass Child in Urban Italy 14th to early 16th Centuries’ and ‘The Child as Beginning and End: 15th and 16th Century English Childhood’.
England in the Fifteenth Century
Denton, Rev William
Hardback
Published: 1888
Publisher: George Bell & Sons
Social history, dealing with the conditions of the people, agriculture, travel, the nobility, etc.
The Making of Early and Medieval Britain: life and work to the close of the Middle Ages
Derry, T K and Blakeway, M G
Paperback
Published: 1968, 1973 edition in stock
Publisher: John Murray
Brief survey from the earliest inhabitants to the 15th Century, with sections on the manor, the town and the church.
The Church, Politics and Patronage in the Fifteenth Century
Dobson, Barrie (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1984
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Ten papers from a colloquium at the University of York in 1982 on the role of the church in late medieval society and state.
An Age of Ambition: English Society in the Late Middle Ages
Du Boulay, F R H
Hardback
Published: 1970
Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Limited
Changes in the economy brought changes in the class system, family life, and in attitudes towards authority and religion.
The Stripping of the Altars: traditional religion in England c.1400-c.1500
Duffy, Eamonn
Paperback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Yale University
Religious beliefs and practices of the late medieval ‘man in the pew’ and the changes brought by the break with Rome.
Royal Tombs of Medieval England
Duffy, Mark
Paperback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Tempus Publishing
A comprehensive guide to the ritual and mysticism which surrounded royal burials and which was so important to the medieval mind. Explanation of what medieval tombs show about the status and attitudes of the people buried in them. The book brings to life the beliefs, passion and individuality behind medieval death rites. Illustrated.
Courts, Counties and the Capital in the Later Middle Ages
Dunn, Diana E S (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1996
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Ten essays from a conference at Chester in 1994 on the themes of relations between local and central government and the court as the centre of culture and learning.
Everyday Life in Medieval England
Dyer, Christopher
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: Hambledon Press
Fifteen essays reprinted from various sources on settlement, standards of living, social relations and trade, mainly 13th to 15th centuries.
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: the people of Britain 850-1520
Dyer, Christopher
Paperback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Penguin
Medieval economy and how people earned an income in the Middle Ages, covering towns, commerce, industry and trade.
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: social change in England c.1200-1520
Dyer, Christopher
Paperback
Published: 1989, 1993 edition in stock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Looking at all levels of society from the nobility through town dwellers to peasants and paupers, this book examines how they obtained their income and how they spent it.
Harlaxton Medieval Studies Vol IX: Family and Dynasty in Late Medieval England
Eales, Richard; Tyas, Shaun (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Shaun Tyas
The papers in this book consider the aspirations and ideologies of royal and aristocratic families but also those of merchant and clerical families and the gentry. They explore how families stood together in times of adversity and the speed with which they rose to favour, only to fall as quickly. Individuals’ loyalty to the family is also explored, as is families’ to each other or to their class or king.
The Medieval Soldier: 15th century campaign life recreated in colour photographs
Embleton, Gerry; Howe, John
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: Windrow Greene
The life of a medieval soldier shown in colour photos of accurate re-constructions covering costume, weaponry, camp life, etc.
The Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England
Evans, Michael
Hardback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Hambledon & London
In this book Michael Evans gives an account of what is known about the deaths of all medieval English kings – natural, violent or accidental. He describes how contemporaries and later writers drew morals from such deaths and about the characters of individual kings, giving their deaths an imagery and symbolism lasting until the present day. Much fascinating detail is included plus personal information about the characters and attitudes of English kings and queens, giving an insight into the core of medieval society. B/W illustrations.
The Age of Plantagenet and Valois
Fowler, Kenneth
Hardback
Published: 1967, 1980 edition in stock
Publisher: Ferndale
Large format, well-illustrated survey of the Hundred Years War and the struggle for supremacy in Europe 1328-1498, the social and economic effects of the war, court patronage and the arts.
Peasants and Landlords in Later Medieval England
Fryde, E B
Paperback
Published: 1999
Publisher: Sutton
Social history looking at life through the eyes of both landlord and peasant. Overview of the decline of serfdom.
The Royal Bastards of Medieval England
Given-Wilson, Chris; Curteis, Alice
Paperback
Published: 1984
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
On sexual and marital customs and the changing status of royal bastards, with brief biographies of some of them.
‘Woman is a Worthy Wight’: women in English society circa 1200-1500
Goldberg, P J P (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Collection of eight essays on the role of women, covering marriage, work, estate management and piety.
Women, Work and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: women in York and Yorkshire c. 1300-1520
Goldberg, P J P
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Surveys the role of women in the economy and the part that marriage played in their lives.
Youth in the Middle Ages
Goldberg, P J P; Riddy, Felicity
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: The York Medieval Press
A collection of essays covering childhood and youth in the Middle Ages.
The Place of the Dead: Death and Remembrance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Gordon, Bruce; Marshal, Peter (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
A collection of essays concerning medieval attitudes to the dead. Individually the essays cover concerns such as the significance of the Black Death, the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations and interactions between the ‘elite’ and ‘popular’ culture. Social and cultural attitudes towards to the dead across Europe are explored by the various contributors, providing an insight into the way past societies understood themselves. B/W illustrations.
Two Families in the Wars of the Roses
Goyder, Rosemary
Paperback
Published: 1974
Publisher: Longman (Then and There Series)
Aimed at children. Story of the Pastons and the Stonors illustrates life in the late 15th Century.
Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306-1469 (Vol 3 in the ‘New History of Scotland’)
Grant, Alexander
Paperback
Published: 1984
Publisher: Edward Arnold
The evolution of a distinctively Scottish government, nobility, church and economy.
Town Life in the Fifteenth Century (2 Vols)
Green, Mrs J R
Hardback
Published: 1894
Publisher: Macmillan & Company Limited
Old but still useful account of town life and governance; includes chapters on the tailors guild of Exeter and the town councils of Southampton, Nottingham, Norwich, Lynn and Sandwich.
The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England
Gribben, Joseph A
Typescript
Dated: 1998
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge
History of English white canons and their way of life, based mainly on records of visitations by Bishop Richard Redman.
Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England
Griffiths, Ralph A (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1981
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Eight papers from a symposium at University College Swansea in 1979, including studies of rumour, propaganda and public opinion, 15th Century queens, and patronage in the towns and in the church.
The Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses
Hallam, Elizabeth (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1988
Publisher: Weidenfield & Nicolson/Guild Publishing
Extracts from contemporary accounts of events 1377-1485 (spelling modernised) with 100 short essays, giving background
information on people, politics, social and artistic history; large format, lavishly illustrated volume.
Food and Feast in Medieval England
Hammond, Peter William
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1993 Hardback, 1995 Paperback
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Well-illustrated survey of food production, preparation and consumption at different levels of society from peasant fare to the feasts of the nobility. Also covers nutrition and the adulteration of food.
Growing up in Medieval London: the experience of childhood in history
Hanawalt, Barbara A
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1993 Hardback, 1995 Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Uses material from court records, literary sources, etc to describe childhood and adolescence in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
Includes stories of fictional children’s lives based on archival sources.
The Ties that Bound: peasant families in medieval England
Hanawalt, Barbara A
Paperback
Published: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Vivid picture of the family and community life of medieval peasants, with new evidence from the records of coroners’ inquests.
City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe
Hanawalt, Barbara A; Reyerson, Kathryn L (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Essays on ceremonies as statements of political power, as pleas for divine intervention and as expressions of popular culture, with examples from England, Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands.
The Celys and their World: an English merchant family of the fifteenth century
Hanham, Alison
Hardback
Published: 1985
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The Cely family, the wool trade, medieval housekeeping, shipping, etc are illuminated through copious extracts from the Cely papers.
The Pre-Reformation Church in England 1400-1530
Harper-Bill, Christopher
Paperback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Longman, (Seminar Studies in History Series)
Concise introduction to the Church: bishops, clergy, religious orders, canon law, religious belief and practice; with an appendix of documents in modern spelling.
Life and Work of the People of England: a pictorial record from contemporary sources – 15th Century
Hartley, Dorothy; Elliott, M M
Hardback
Published: 1925
Publisher: BT Batsford
150 illustrations from 15th century sources show life at that period.
Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: the monastic experience (The Ford Lectures 1989)
Harvey, Barbara
Paperback
Published: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Account of daily life in the Abbey at Westminster, covering the monks’ charitable practices, their food and drink, their illnesses and deaths, their servants and corrodians and also throwing light on secular society.
The Dependent Cells of the Benedictine Monasteries of Medieval England: 1066-1540
Heal, Martin
Dissertation for the DPhil, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Date: 2001
Detailed study of daughter houses and independent cells of monasteries during the Middle Ages: their make up and relationship with mother house and neighbours, daily routine, their economy, constitution and finally their dissolution under Henry VIII.
The Pastons in Medieval Britain (History Eye Witness Series)
Heinemann
Hardback
Published: 1993
Publisher: Heinemann
Aimed at children. A colourfully illustrated book depicting life during the Wars of the Roses, quoting excerpts from the Paston Letters to give a flavour of the time.
Medieval Households
Herlihy, David
Paperback
Published: 1985
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Traces the growth of the concept of the family as a household unit and the changes in marriage and the relationship between parents and children.
Bastard Feudalism
Hicks, Michael
Paperback
Published: 1995
Publisher: Longman
New examination of the relationship between a lord and his household and retainers, its legality, how it operated in peace and war, in politics and local government and its demise in the 17th Century.
An Ordinance of Pottage: an edition of the 15th century culinary recipes in Yale University MS Beineck 163
Hietatt, Constance B (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Prospect Books
The recipes are transcribed in original spelling with a commentary and versions adapted for modern cooks.
England in the Age of Caxton
Hindley, Geoffrey
Hardback
Published: 1979
Publisher: Granada
A portrait of the age based on the comments, notebooks and account books of those who lived through it.
Stir Htt Well: a book of medieval refinements, recipes and remedies from a manuscript in Samuel Pepy’s library (Introduction by Delia Smith)
Hodgett, G A J (editor)
Hardback
Undated
Publisher: Mary Martin Books
Facsimile of the manuscript with transcription in modernised English: miscellany of recipes, charms, cures, household tips, hawking terms, etc.
Medieval Pageant
Holme, Brian
Hardback
Published: 1987
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Large format, with full-colour reproductions of illustrations from manuscripts and paintings showing the pageantry of royal occasions, tournaments, feasts, etc.
Fifteenth Century Attitudes: perceptions of society in late medieval England
Horrox, Rosemary (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Twelve essays, most given at the Society’s conference at York in 1990, on how different social groups saw themselves and were seen by others, on attitudes to the law, to the power of the ruler, to science, to education, to service, to religion and to death.
Fifteenth Century England
Hunt, Percival
Hardback
Published: 1962
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Presenting the life of ordinary people, and important ones, through quotations from contemporary documents.
The Palaces of Medieval England c. 1050-1550: royalty, nobility, the episcopate and their residences from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII
James, Thomas Beaumont
Hardback
Published: 1990
Publisher: Seaby
Palace living and an illustrated chronological survey of the palaces of the great.
The Collegiate Churches of England and Wales
Jeffrey, Paul
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: Robert Hale
A comprehensive guide to collegiate churches to be found in England and Wales. Colleges of priests were as important as monasteries in the medieval period and from them derived many of the older academic colleges we know today. In this book Paul Jeffery traces the history of these colleges from their origins in the Anglo Saxon period to their decline under Henry VIII.
He also covers individually the history and architecture of every example still standing. Illustrated.
Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives
Jones, Terry; Ereira, Alan
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: BBC Books
The lively accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, this book sets out to debunk all those popular misconceptions held about the Middle Ages and to portray a vibrant society teeming with individuality, intrigue and innovation. Illustrated.
English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages: XIVth Century
Jusserand, J J
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1889 Hardback and University Paperbacks, 1961 Paperback
Publisher: T Fisher Unwin
Social history of roads and of lay and religious travellers.
English Society in the Later Middle Ages 1348-1500 (Penguin Social History of Britain)
Keen, Maurice
Hardback
Published: 1990
Publisher: Allen Lane, the Penguin Press
Covers life in town and country, life of the nobility and the clerics, popular religion, the spread of literacy and the changes initiated by the Black Death.
Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages
Keen, Maurice
Hardback
Published: 1996
Publisher: The Hambledon Press
Collection of fourteen essays on the ideas of chivalry and the reality of warfare, military and heraldic law, tournaments, etc.
Origins of the English Gentleman: Heraldry, Chivalry and Gentility in Medieval England, c.1300-c.1500
Keen, Maurice
Paperback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Tempus Publishing
Maurice Keen explores how the definition of ‘gentleman’ slowly evolved throughout the late Middle Ages so that by the Renaissance it was not just knights and those who fought who could gain that title but lawyers, administrators and successful merchants. This reflected the changes in society and who was dominant in that society and these changes shaped the original idea of gentility which had a powerful influence on English social attitudes far beyond the Middle Ages. Illustrated.
The Medieval Realms
Kelly, Nigel
Paperback
Published: 1991
Publisher: Heinemann Educational, (Heinemann History Study Units)
Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for
activities.
The Yorkist Age: daily life during the Wars of the Roses
Kendall, Paul Murray
Hardback
Published: 1962 & 1967
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Limited
Sections on the Mayor, other important people, the Household, and the Wars of the Roses.
Medieval Merchants: York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages
Kermode, Jenny
Paperback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Explores the lives, work and attitudes of merchants living in these northern towns during the later Middle Ages, analysing their achievements in politics, attitudes towards religion, the family, wider network of friends and business acquaintances and the nature of the conduct of trade at every level.
Barley Hall: a day in a medieval town house
Kightly, Charles
Paperback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Wayland
Children’s book, describing a day in the life of the Snawsell family and their servants at Barley Hall in York in 1468, illustrated in colour.
Prejudice and Promise in 15th Century England
Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge
Hardback
Published: 1962 facsimile reprint of 1925 edition
Publisher: Frank Cass & Co Limited
The 1923 Ford Lectures: on 15th century history in Shakespeare’s plays, on private letters, on social life, on piracy, on London and on the Duke of Suffolk.
Medieval Travellers: The Rich and Restless
Labarge, Margaret Wade
Hardback
Published: 1982
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
The upper class travellers and the business of travelling are described, as well as their reasons for travelling: religion, politics, adventure, amusement or social contact. The importance of maintaining one’s position in the social hierarchy and its effect on travelling, whether alive or dead, is discussed, and individual accounts are given, using personal reports, chroniclers’ notices and financial accounts from across Europe.
Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance
Lacroix, Paul
Hardback
Published: circa 1874
Publisher: Bickers & Son
Covering all aspects of war and chivalry, and of religion from the liturgy and the clergy to charitable institutions and burial practices. Fully illustrated with engravings based on contemporary art.
Conflict and Stability in 15th Century England
Lander, J R
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1969 Hardback & Paperback, 1977 Paperback
Publisher: Hutchinson University Library
Account of certain aspects of 15th century life, illustrating the author’s view that it was a period of prosperity despite the civil wars.
Government and Community: England 1450-1509
Lander, J R
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1980
Publisher: Edward Arnold, (New History of England, Vol 1)
Covers both government and society and political history.
The Medieval Garden
Landsberg, Sylvia
Hardback
Published: 1996
Publisher: British Museum Press
Based on contemporary documents and illustrations, it describes different types of medieval gardens, the plants grown and the gardening procedures. Also describes recreations of six medieval gardens, with hints on making your own.
The Middle Ages
Lane, Peter
Hardback
Published: 1977
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
Aimed at children. Covers all aspects of medieval life, from the monarchy down to the peasant, including manor, church and town life. Gives suggestions for further research in the form of little exercises. B/W illustrations.
The Billesdon Award
Lang, Jennifer
Hardback
Published: 1984
Publishers: The Skinners and Merchant Taylors Companies
Illustrated booklet commemorating Mayor Billesdon’s settling of a dispute over precedence between the Skinners’ and the Merchant Taylor’s Companies in 1484.
Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500
Leyser, Henrietta
Paperback
Published: 2002
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Covering a thousand years of history, this book considers the problems and attitudes affecting women. Contemporary views on sex, marriage and motherhood plus work experience and life as a widow, for women of all classes. The intellectual and spiritual worlds of women are also explored.
Women in Urban Society in the 14th and 15th Centuries with particular reference to those of Middle Rank
MacDonald, Mairi R
Typescript
Dated: 1972
Study covering women’s education, marriage, work and position in society.
The Nobility of Later Medieval England: the Ford Lectures for 1953 and related studies
McFarlane, K B
Hardback
Published: 1973
Publishers: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
On the life, education and finances of the English nobility, also their rates of extinction and recruitment.
The English at Play in the Middle Ages
McLean, Teresa
Hardback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins
Describes monastic gardens, town gardens and castle and palace gardens and what was grown in them.
Landed Society in the Far North-West of England c.1332-1461
Marsh, John Patrick
Typescript
Dated: 2000
Dissertation for DPhil, University of Lancaster
In-depth study of landed society in the north-west of England. Definition of the region and the make-up of landed society within that region.
Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Martin, Rebecca
Paperback
Published: 1985
Publisher: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Catalogue for an exhibition on textiles in the Middle Ages at The Cleveland Museum of Art in early 1985 with an introduction
to the subject.
Medieval Realms 1066-1500
Mason, James
Hardback
Published: 1991
Publisher: Longmans Sense of History Series
Social and political history of the Middle Ages for primary school children, with illustrations, questions and ideas for activities.
Medieval Women and the Law
Menuge, Noel James (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 2000
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Collection of essays covering all aspects of women in society and how the law protected them, and their knowledge and use of it.
The English Noble Household 1250-1600: good governance and politic rule
Mertes, Kate
Hardback
Published: 1988
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Study of the organisation, membership and economic, political and social role of the households of the nobility and higher churchmen.
The Secular Spirit: life and art at the end of the Middle Ages
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Paperback
Published: 1975
Publisher: EP Dutton and co. inc. New York
Detailed, well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of objects of everyday life from c. 1300 to 1550.
Estrangement, Enterprise and Education in 15th Century England
Michalove, Sharon D; Reeves, A Compton (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Papers from a conference organised by the American Branch of the Society in 1995 on the hazards and opportunities of public and private service in an age of civil strife, and on the education of women.
The Spring Voyage: the Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458
Mitchell, R J
Hardback
Published: 1965
Publisher: John Murray
Account of a pilgrimage from Venice to Jerusalem, compiled from the travel diaries of some of the pilgrims.
England in the later Middle Ages 1307-1536
Myers, A R
Paperback
Published: 1952, 2nd edition 1963 in stock
Publisher: Pelican History of England
Concise history of the period covering both social and political aspects.
Medieval Families: Perspectives on Marriage, Household and Children
Neel, Carol (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: The University of Toronto Press
This book comprises essays by historians, art historians and literary scholars and covers social structures and functions and emotional characteristics of families in the Middle Ages. Presented in chronological order, topics covered include: surrogacy, choosing a partner, domestic ideals and social behaviour, incest and child abandonment.
English Schools in the Middle Ages
Orme, Nicholas
Hardback
Published: 1973
Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited
History of education and schools, both secular and religious, changes in the curriculum and the rise of literacy. Includes a list of (secular) schools founded 1066-1530.
From Childhood to Chivalry: the education of the English kings and aristocracy 1066-1530
Orme, Nicholas
Hardback
Published: 1984
Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited
Comprehensive study of the homelife, upbringing and education of the children of kings, nobles and gentry.
Medieval Children
Orme, Nicholas
Hardback
Published: 2001
Publisher: Yale University Press
Comprehensive study of the birth, childhood, homelife, upbringing and education of children of from all walks of life.
The Common Stream: 2000 years of the English village
Parker, Rowland
Paperback
Published: 1976
Publisher: Granada Publishing, 1976
Story of the birth and growth of a village (based on Foxton, Cambridgeshire) and of village life. Much of the book is on the medieval period.
Medieval Mothering
Parsons, John Carmie and Wheeler, Bonnie (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 1996
Publisher: Garland Publishing
A diverse collection of essays on the concept and reality of motherhood at all levels in the Middle Ages. Pregnant queens, Icelandic witches, abbesses, royal and aristocratic mothers, literary maternity, surrogate motherhood and even ‘maternal’ fathers are covered in this book. An interdisciplinary approach is given to the subject, providing something for everyone with any interest in medieval women or gender studies.
In a Monastery Garden
Peplow, Elizabeth; Peplow, Reginald
Hardback
Published: 1988
Publisher: David and Charles
Attractively illustrated history of gardens attached to religious houses and the plants they grew for food, drink and medicinal purposes; with some recipes and a guide to monastery gardens to visit.
Dress in the Middle Ages (translated from the French by Caroline Beamish)
Poponnier, Francoise and Mane, Perrine
Hardback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Yale University Press
Social history of costume: what clothes were made of and why; where materials came from and the different clothes according to age, sex, status and profession.
The Woman, the Parish, the City and her Will: an analysis of female testamentary evidence from two London parishes, All Hallows London Wall and St Lawrence Jewry, 1416-1558
Plager, Deborah S
Typescript
Dated: 1997
University of Reading MA thesis
Uses wills to study the differences between two London parishes and the lives, piety and economic status of some of their female parishioners.
The English Medieval Town
Platt, Colin
Hardback
Published: 1976
Publisher: BCA
Well-illustrated study of the growth and characteristics of towns in medieval England.
Medieval England: a social history and archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD
Platt, Colin
Hardback
Published: 1978
Published: BCA
Well-illustrated, broadly chronological survey, combining insights from both history and archaeology.
The Wars of the Roses
Pollard, A J (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 1995
Publisher: Macmillan Problems in Focus serie
Nine essays shedding new light on the sources, origins and effects of the Wars of the Roses, the personalities involved, and the political, religious and cultural background.
Medieval People
Power, Eileen
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1924 Hardback & 1938 Paperback
Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited
Illustrates aspects of social history through the lives of actual people, including a prioress, a 14th Century Paris housewife, a 15th Century merchant of the Staple and an Essex clothier in the reign of Henry VII.
Medieval Women (Edited by M M Postan)
Power, Eileen
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1975
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Essays on the position, education and lives of gentlewomen, working women and nuns.
The Wool Trade in English Medieval History
Power, Eileen
Hardback
Published: 1942
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Ford Lectures of 1939: covering sheep farming and wool production, and the development and organisation of the wool trade.
Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England
Rawcliife, Carole
Hardback
Published: 1995
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Examines the development and practice of medieval medicine, covering the prevalence of death and disease, the treatments used and the practitioners – physicians, surgeons and apothecaries.
Medieval Women in Southern England (reading Medieval Studies Vol 15)
Reading University
Paperback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Reading University
Five essays including ones on women as executrices of wills, women in London and the Howard and De Vere women as victims of attainder.
Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England
Reeves, Compton
Hardback
Published: 1995
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Survey of how medieval people used their leisure time – including the arts, sports and games, food and drink, religion.
Purveyors and Purveyance (Anthroscience Minigraph Series)
Reeves, Compton
Paperback
Published: 1993
Publisher: Foundations Press of Notre Dame
A-Z listing with descriptions and dates in office of the purveyors (ie suppliers of goods and services to the royal household) from Henry IV to Richard III.
The Medieval Monastery
Reeves, Marjorie
Paperback
Published: 1982
Publisher: Longmans Then and There Series
Describes daily life for medieval Benedictine monks, focusing on Rievaulx Abbey and Fountains Abbey.
Take a Thousand Eggs or More: a collection of fifteenth century recipes 2 volumes
Renfrow, Cindy
Spiral Bound Paperback
Published: 1998
Printed in USA
Recipes previously published in Two 15th Century Cookery Books, edited by T Austin and published by the Early English Text Society in 1888. Vol 1 gives the recipes in original spelling then in modernised spelling with versions adapted for modern cooking. Vol 2 has more recipes but without modern cooking instructions.
England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1992 Harlaxton Symposium
Rogers, Nicholas (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1994
Published: Paul Watkins Publishing
Fifteen papers on the religious, social and artistic history of the 15th Century.
Nobles and the Noble Life 1295-1500
Rosenthal, Joel T
Hardback
Published: 1976
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Extracts, in modernised spelling, from a variety of official documents reflecting all aspects of aristocratic life and behaviour.
Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth Century England
Rosenthal, Joel T
Hardback
Published: 1991
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Study of different family structures and organisation, eg fathers and sons, horizontal families, family networks, widowhood.
Families studied include the Scropes of Bolton and the family of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
The Purchase of Paradise: gift giving and the aristocracy 1307-1485
Rosenthal, Joel T
Hardback
Published: 1972
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Study of aristocratic charity: money for prayers, setting up chantries and other foundations, and other benevolent donations in wills.
Everyday Life in Medieval Times
Rowling, Marjorie
Hardback
Published: BT Batsford 1968, hardback, and Dorset Press, 1987, hardback
Describes the life of people of all classes and occupations.
Everyday Life of Medieval Travellers
Rowling, Marjorie
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Dorset Press
Journeys on land and sea, by every sort of traveller from kings to outlaws, merchants to pilgrims, craftsmen to entertainers.
Medieval English Medicine
Rubin, Stanley
Hardback
Published: 1974
Publisher: David & Charles
Survey of diseases and treatment, physicians and surgeons and medical practice.
Street Life in Medieval England
Salusbury, G T
Hardback
Published: 1948 (first published in 1939)
Publisher: Pen in Hand
On the repair of the streets, traffic problems, street cleaning and law and order.
Building in England down to 1540: A Documentary History
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
History of building and building techniques, tools and organisations. Original documents as illustrations.
England in Tudor Times: an account of its social life and industries
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Published: 1926, 1933 re-issue in stock
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
Covering life in the country, in the town and in the home, the church and adventure by land and sea.
English Life in the Middle Ages
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Published: 1927
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Covering life in the country, the town and at home, the church, education, literature, art and science, warfare, law and order.
English Trade in the Middle Ages
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Published: 1931
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1931, hardback
On the tools of trade, eg money and weights and measures, centres of trade, distribution of goods and exports and imports.
To the King’s Taste: Richard II’s (sic) book of feasts and recipes, adapted for modern cooking
Sass, Lorna J (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1975
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medieval recipes with versions for modern cooking.
Age of Chivalry: art and society in late medieval England
Saul, Nigel (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1992
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Nine essays on the artefacts of the period (13th and 14th Centuries), the society in which they were produced, the patrons who commissioned them and the ideals which inspired them.
English Court Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Scattergood, V J; Sherborne, J W (Editors)
Hardback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Duckworth
Ten papers from a seminar on whether the culture of late medieval England was a product of the court: covering education, patronage, crusades, architecture, paintings, manuscripts, literature and music.
The Vivendier: a 15th century French cookery manuscript
Scully, Terence (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Prospect Books
Transcription and translation of 66 recipes with a detailed commentary.
Childhood in the Middle Ages
Shahar, Shulamith
Hardback
Published: 1990
Publisher: Routledge
Study of family life and attitudes to children in all levels of society and the stages of childhood through birth, child-rearing and education.
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages (Pelican History of the Church Vol 2)
Southern, R W
Paperback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Penguin Books
A history of the medieval church and how it interacted with medieval society, concentrating on the social mechanisms of religious change during this period. The period covers 700 to 1520 and subjects include the Papacy, divisions in Christendom, the church order and religious orders. Charts and maps.
The English Medieval Minstrel
Southworth, John
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: The Boydell Press
History of minstrels and other entertainers from early days until the 15th and 16th Centuries.
Malleus Maleficarum: the hammer of witches (Translated by Montague Summers and edited with an introduction by Pennethorne Hughes)
Sprenger, Jacobus; Kramer, Heinrich
Hardback
Published: 1968
Publisher: Folio Society
One of the classic texts describing witchcraft and how to combat it, first published in 1486.
The Archaeology of Medieval England and Wales
Steane, John
Hardback
Published: 1985
Publisher: Croom Helm Limited
Shows how the surviving remains of buildings can extend our knowledge of medieval government, fortifications, religion,
communications, towns, countryside, housing, etc.
Men and Women of Plantagenet England
Stuart, Dorothy Margaret
Hardback
Published: 1932
Publisher: George G Harrap & Company Limited
Account of the lives of medieval people: knights and squires, peasants, craftsmen, merchants, priests, monks and nuns and women.
Pilgrimage: an image of medieval religion
Sumption, Jonathan
Hardback
Published: 1975
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Medieval people on pilgrimage: who, where, why and how?
I sing of a Maiden: The Story of the Maiden of the Mercers’ Company
Sutton, Anne F
Paperback
Published: 1997
Publisher: The Mercers Company
History of the use of The Maiden as an emblem by the Mercers’ Company.
A Merchant Family of Coventry, London and Calais: The Tates, c.1450-1515
Sutton, Anne F
Paperback
Published: 1998
Publisher: The Mercers Company
History of the Tate Family in the late 15th Century and early 16th Century.
The Hours of Richard III
Sutton, Anne F; Visser-Fuchs, Livia
Hardback
Published: 1990
Publisher: Alan Sutton for Richard III & Yorkist History Trust
Detailed examination into Richard III’s Book of Hours – the manuscript and ownership – with analysis into its contents and the light it sheds on Richard’s own piety.
Richard III’s Books: ideals and reality in the life and library of a medieval prince
Sutton, Anne F; Visser-Fuchs, Livia
Hardback
Published: 1997
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Detailed examination of the books owned by Richard III, giving insights into his character and interests, and also into the culture and reading habits of his time. Also looks at book production and circulation, and the books owned by his parents, by Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret of Burgundy.
Medieval Artisans: an urban class in late medieval England
Swanson, Heather
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Study of the trades of victualling, textiles, clothing, leather, metalwork and building and the relationship between artisans and
the merchant class.
The book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry (with an introduction by D B Windham Lewis)
Taylor, G S (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1930
Publisher: John Hamilton Limited
The Knight’s book of instructions for his daughters, with examples from scripture, the classics and contemporary tales;
spelling modernised.
Woman in Yorkist England
Tempelton, Darlene
Hardback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Ide House, Inc.
Brief study of women at all levels of society covering childhood, education, marriage and daily life.
Towns and Townspeople in the Fifteenth Century
Thomson, John A F (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1998
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Nine papers from a conference at Glasgow University in 1986, mainly on urban history topics.
The Transformation of Medieval England 1370-1529
Thomson, John A F
Paperback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Longmans Foundations of Modern Britain Series
Covering environment and economy, the nation of England, politics, government and the church and education, with useful
statistical appendices.
Cheshire and the Tudor State: 1480-1560
Thornton, Tim (editor)
Hardback
Published: 2000
Publisher: The Boydell Press, Studies in History New Series
Political and economic history of the Palatinate of Chester in the late 15th and early 16th Centuries.
Social Attitudes and Political Structures in the Fifteenth Century
Thornton, Tim (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 2000
Publisher: Sutton Publishing, Fifteenth Century Series No. 7
Collection of essays giving an overview of English society in the fifteenth century, the influence of the Church and the interaction of monarchy with Parliament and the regions.
The Merchant Class of Medieval London 1300-1500
Thrupp, Sylvia L
Paperback
Published: 1948, 1962 paperback in stock
Publisher: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, The University of Michigan Press
Scholarly study of London merchants, their daily lives and economic and social position.
Illustrated English Social History, Vol 1: Chaucer’s England and the early Tudors
Trevelyan, G M
Paperback
Published: 1942, 1964 paperback in stock
Publisher: Pelican
The history of a people with the politics left out, illustrated in black and white.
The Knight and the Merchant
Uden, Grant
Hardback
Published: 1965
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Outlines the contrasting careers of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers and William Caxton which cover many aspects of medieval society.
Women in the Medieval Town (Translated from the German by Shila Marnie)
Uitz, Erika
Hardback (missing at present)
Published: 1990
Publisher: Barrie and Jenkins?
Research on the Continent shows women town dwellers fighting for education, a voice in political and religious affairs and more rights in trade and within the family. Lavishly illustrated mainly from Continental sources.
The Medieval Scene 787-1485
Unstead, R J
Hardback
Published: 1970
Publisher: A&C Black Limited, (England: a history in four books –Book One)
Social and political history for primary school children. Illustrated in colour.
Years of the Sword: a pictorial history 1300-1485
Unstead, R J
Hardback
Published: 1972
Publisher: Macdonald
Social and political history for primary school children. Illustrated in colour.
Illustrated Letters of the Paston family: Private Life in the 15th Century
Virgoe, Roger (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Selection of letters, in modernised spelling, interspersed with short essays on 15th Century life, people, social history, etc. Lavishly illustrated.
Private Life in the 15th Century: Illustrated Letters of the Paston family
Virgoe, Roger (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1989
Publisher: Macmillan London Limited
Selection of letters, in modernised spelling, interspersed with short essays on 15th Century life, people, social history, etc. Lavishly illustrated.
English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages
Ward, Jennifer C
Paperback
Published: 1992
Studies of noblewomen as daughters and heiresses, wives and mothers, widows in charge of their estates and as religious benefactors.
Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500
Ward, Jennifer C (Translator and Editor)
Paperback
Published: 1995
Collection of extracts from contemporary documents (in modern spelling) illustrating the lives and roles of noblewomen within their families, their households and their communities.
King Richard’s Gloucester: Life in a medieval town
Waters, Gwen
Paperback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Gloucester Reprints
Describes secular and religious life in Gloucester at the time when Richard III granted a charter to the city.
The Golden Age of Richard III: an exhibition on the twin themes of Richard III and the medieval town
Watkins, Malcolm
Hardback & Paperback
Published: 1983
Detailed catalogue of the exhibition at Gloucester City Museum in 1983.
The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England
Wheatley, Abigail
Hardback
Published: 2004
Publisher: York Medieval Press
Evidence from contemporary literature and art reveals the castle’s place at the heart of medieval culture, as an architecture of ideas every bit as sophisticated as the church architecture of the period. Colour plates.
England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium
Williams, Daniel (Editor)
Hardback
Published: 1987
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Twenty-three papers on a variety of literary, art historical, biographical and political history topics.
Life in Tudor England
Williams, Penry
Hardback
Published: 1964 & 1969
Publisher: Batsford Puttnam
Everyday life of every class of society during a period of great change from the England of the Yorkists to the Elizabethan era.
Women and Religion in Medieval England
Wood, Diana (Editor)
Paperback
Published: 2003
Publisher: Oxbow Books
These papers discuss the religious devotion and spiritual life of medieval women from all classes, not just the religious orders and aristocracy. They consider the influence of the church on the lives of women and the influence that women had on the life and worship of the medieval church. B/W illustrations and maps.
The Derbyshire Gentry in the Fifteenth Century
Wright, Susan M
Hardback
Published: 1983
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Study of how the gentry made and spent their money, ran their homes and families and of their relations with central and local government.
Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f. 7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.