William the Conqueror and Battle Abbey
William's persistent determination to build an abbey on the exact site of his victory at Hastings underlines its importance as a symbol of the Norman Conquest.
William's persistent determination to build an abbey on the exact site of his victory at Hastings underlines its importance as a symbol of the Norman Conquest.
Peter Burke considers the various works dealing with the Renaissance
by Chris Given-Wilson & Alice Curteis
Roger A. Mason on the myths and power of Scotland's line of kings
Simon Keynes examines the variety of books on Anglo-Saxon rulers.
Norman Macdougall explores the vicissitudes of James IV's reign; although regarded as a paragon amongst Scottish kings, his downfall owed much to his failings.
The murder of young Edmund de Pashley uncovered a family feud that illuminates the realities of late-medieval crime.
Mildred Budny gauges the scale and achievement of 11th-century art.
The trade guilds of Venice, explains Richard Mackenney, were organisations with a surprising amount of political and economic power in the patrician Renaissance city.