First published in 1984, The Royal Bastards of Medieval England establishes a list of royal bastards in medieval England
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This book examines the nature of the family in medieval society, and why illegitimacy, which was so much condemned in th
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At its height in the thirteenth century, an estimated one fourth of the land area of England came under the special juri
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The distinction between the forest and the trees is fundamental to this study, for the royal forest of medieval England
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Since 1066 when William the Conqueror took the throne, English and Scottish kings have sired at least 150 children out o
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How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law
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From King Athelstan to Queen Elizabeth II, this deck of all 59 English monarchs effortlessly tells a story that spans mo
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A history of ideas in action, The Medieval Foundations of England covers a period of a thousand years of historical deve
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