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A History of British Trade Unionism by Keith Laybourn
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This work offers an examination of the emergence and decline of the British trade union movement. From small and ineffectual beginnings to a force to be reckoned with, Laybourn presents a timely history of a movement linked inherently to the social and political strata of the UK.
Age of the Picts by W. A. Cummins
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Black Death by Philip Ziegler
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Between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death killed at least one third of Europe's population. Philip Ziegler's classic account traces the course of the virulent epidemic through Europe and its dramatic effect on the lives of those whom it afflicted. First published nearly forty years ago, it remains definit ...Show more
Britain on the Breadline - A Social and Political History of Britain, 1918-1939 by Keith Laybourn
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A social and political history of Britain 1918-1939. Includes the General Strike, the collapse of the 1931 Labour government, the rise of British Fascism and the Spanish Civil War.
Edward IV - A Source Book by Keith Dockray
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Edward IV (1461-83), so often overshadowed by his younger brother and eventual successor Richard III is a controversial figure in his own right. Was he a lazy and licentious lightweight who much preferred his mistresses to his minsters and had little taste for the arduous day-to-day businsess of governm ...Show more
Elizabethan Progress - The Queen's Journey into East Anglia, 1578 by Zillah M. Dovey
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A complete and detailed account of one of Elizabeth I's progresses - the great state tours around a particular part of the kingdom. The author uses contemporary documents to study a single, but typical, long progress, covering the court servants' preparations, the stops en route and, in parallel, the wo ...Show more
English Country House Party by Phyllida Barstow
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During the golden age of English country house entertaining, from the death of Prince Albert in 1861 to the outbreak of World War I, invitations passed back and forth among members of the aristocracy, with the great houses of England providing splendid settings for house parties which ranged from long w ...Show more
Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future - A Study in Medieval Millennialism by Marjorie Reeves
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Joachim of Fiore has been described as the most singular and fascinating figure of mediaeval Christendom. This title explores his unique understanding of history and looks at the powerful influence of his ideas.
Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England by Carole Rawcliffe
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From a social context and using contemporary sources, this text explains how the medical profession (physicians, surgeons and apothecaries) developed and functioned in late medieval England. Against a backdrop of high morality, widespread disease and persistent problems of public health, it considers wh ...Show more
Medieval Queenship by John Carmi Parsons (Editor)
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In the SUTTON ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACKS series and originally published in 1994, a collection of essays on the subject of the queens of mediaeval Europe.
The End of the House of Lancaster by R. L. Storey
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The Wars of the Roses were central to 15th-century English history. Their cause lay both deep in the constitution of the Lancastrian kingship and closer to the surface in Henry VI's personal weaknesses.
The History of the Housewife, 1650-1950 by Una A. Robertson
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Throughout history, effort, enterprise and energy have been expended by women in the ways of the household: cooking, cleaning, lighting, heating and laundrywork. This detailed study looks at the changing role of the housewife, investigating how, over three centuries, women fulfilled their domestic tasks ...Show more
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