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Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
Life, Death and Commemoration
Edited by Steven Gunn and Linda Monckton
The Tudor king who never was: Arthur's life and death newly examined.
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The Autobiography of Gerald of Wales
Edited by H. E. Butler
Translated by H. E. Butler
The autobiography of Gerald of Wales, translated from the Latin, offers a compelling picture of medieval life.
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The Goodman of Paris (Le Ménagier de Paris)
A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by A Citizen of Paris, c.1393
Translated by Eileen Power
A first-hand view of life in medieval France, as seen through the eyes of an elderly man instructing his young wife.
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Edward the Confessor
The Man and the Legend
Edited by Richard Mortimer
The life and cult of Edward the Confessor are here fully reappraised.
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The Flower of Chivalry
Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War
Richard Vernier
Bertrand Du Guesclin was one of the great heroes of medieval France. His engaging, adventurous life story embodies all the drama and excitement of the Hundred Years War.
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Henry II: New Interpretations
Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill and Nicholas Vincent
New interpretations and evaluations of the reign of Henry II.
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Henry Plantagenet
Richard Barber
A study of Henry's character and of his considerable achievements as ruler.
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Lord of the Pyrenees: Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix [1331-1391]
Richard Vernier
Relates the colourful life of 'enlightened despot' Gaston III, count of Foix, an enigmatic and brilliant figure in a turbulent period.
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Charles the Bold
The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy
Richard Vaughan
Erudite but highly readable...An attractive and timely repackaging of an unrivalled classic of Burgundian studies. — MEDIUM AEVUM
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John the Fearless
The Growth of Burgundian Power
Richard Vaughan
The aims and personality of the second duke are illuminated, and the development of the Burgundian state during his ducal reign (1404-1419) charted. His supposed 'infernal pact' with the English and his assassination are examined; his activities in France are studied, as he exploited French resources for the benefit of Burgundy.
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Philip the Bold
The Formation of the Burgundian State
Richard Vaughan
A biography of Philip and a study of the emergence of the Burgundian state under his aegis in the years 1384-1404, paying particular attention to his crucial acquisition of Flanders. There is comprehensive analysis of how Philip's government worked.
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Philip the Good
The Apogee of Burgundy
Richard Vaughan
Philip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France - reflected in the final crucial phase of the Hundred Years War.
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Queen Isabel I of Castile
Power, Patronage, Persona
Edited by Barbara F. Weissberger
The Queen who shaped the music, literature, architecture, and painting of late medieval Spain.
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Robert 'Curthose'
Duke of Normandy [c.1050-1134]
William M. Aird
New biography of Robert 'Curthose', eldest son of William the Conqueror, whose failure to secure the kingdom of England has overshadowed his role in the success of the First Crusade in capturing Jerusalem.
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