For verifying dates (from other traditions) with the Christian era. Giving an account of the chief systems used by various nations; with easy methods for determining the corresponding dates. By John J.....

The author of this work, Stan Hudson, was born in 1887. He lived all his life in Malmesbury, apart from serving in France in the Great War. It was his great love and knowledge of Malmesbury which, wit.....

The Chronicle of Melrose separates into two distinct parts; a first part which is clearly based on Anglo-Saxon sources, and a second which contains original material, and which dates from around the t.....

Historia Gruffud vab Kenan describes the genealogy and life of Gruffudd, who became prince of Gwynedd, and who died in 1137. He was probably born in 1055, and in Dublin, where he was also reared. .....

Alfred Rimmer's book was first published in 1875, illustrated by seventy-two wood engravings. The present paperback is a facsimile reprint of that edition......

Chronicle of John, Prior of Hexham 1130 - 1154, Acts of King Stephen & Battle of the Standard, 1135 - 1139, The Chronicle of Jordan Fantosme of the War between the English and the Scots, (1173, 1174)......

The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester is valuable as a record of historic events covering the years 450 A.D to 1117A.D. The 'continuation' of Florence's history, also included in this volume, covers .....

During the period often called the Dark Ages, the native British had been forced westwards by the invading Angles and Saxons. Nennius, probably a monk at Bangor in North Wales, put together this histo.....

Until quite recently King Ine of Wessex has been overshadowed by the almost mythological Alfred who was ‘great, perfect’ and beyond all criticism. Modern reassessment of Alfred tends to s.....

A facsimile reprint of the English translation of John of Fordun by Felix, J. H. Skene, edited by William F. Skene, first published at Edinburgh in 1872 as part of the Historians of Scotland series. T.....

This is as much a book about the early history and scenery of the North Berkshire Downs around White Horse Hill and the Vale of the White Horse, as it is about King Alfred, A potted biography of Alfre.....

William of Malmesbury is generally regarded as the most astute and reliable of the mediaeval historians. His history of the Norman period is among the most important of his writings, for the events h.....

The Kings Before The Norman Conquest translated from the Latin by J. Stevenson, contains books I and II of William of Malmesbury's celebrated 'History of the Kings' from the British kings Vortigern an.....

A facsimile reprint of the Camden Society edition of 1844, this volume extends from the earliest traditions of our history to the dose of the Anglo-Saxon period. The spelling and language of this edit.....

Vol 1 Part 1 ( 447-1066) Vol 1 Part 2 (1066-1170) Vol 2 Part 1 (1170-1215) Vol 2 Part 2 (1215-1235).....

Fac. of 1869 Vol 1 Part 1 ( 447-1066).....

Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History comprises the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235. It was formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris. This first paperback volume covers the e.....

Fac. of 1869 Vol 2 Part 1 (1170-1215).....

Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History comprises the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235. It was formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris. This first paperback volume covers the e.....

Simeon of Durham's history of the Church of Durham includes a detailed and connected account of the fortunes and migrations of the monks of St.Cuthbert, from the introduction of Christianity into Nort.....

Little is known about Simeon of Durham himself. The only firm date we have, is 1104, for he was present at the opening of St. Cuthbert's tomb. His ‘History’ spans the period from 616 to 1.....

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Annals of Ireland from the earliest period to AD.1408 Translated into English in A.D.1627 by Conell Mageoghagan and edited by Denis Murphy First published in Dublin in 1896 Facsimile reprint 1993 This.....

VOL 1 Part 1 (732-1154) VOL 1 Part 2 (1155-1180) VOL 2 Part 1 (1181-1192) VOL 2 Part 2 (1192-1201).....

The Annals of Roger of Hoveden were intended as a continuation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History. They consist of a first part, commencing in 732 and concluding in 1154, which is reproduced in this pap.....

The Annals of Roger of Hoveden were intended as a continuation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History. They consist of a first part, commencing in 732 and concluding in 1154, and a second part from 1155 to .....

Facsimile of 1853. Each Volume sold separately......

The Annals of Roger of Hoveden were intended as a continuation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History. They consist of a first part, commencing in 732 and concluding in 1154, which is reproduced in this pap.....

Tigernach hua Braein was a learned abbot of Clonmacnois, Ireland, who died in the year 1088. Of the Annals ascribed to him there are now extant only the following fragments: 1). From the time of the .....

Adam's chronicle includes a detailed account of the last parliament of Richard II, and his fall and deposition. His personal share in the events which culminated in Richard's deposition render his acc.....

Henry of Huntingdon appears to have been born in or near Lincoln towards the end of the eleventh century. He was one of our earliest national historians, and his Chronicle presented here is the most v.....

The Chronicle of Lanercost was probably compiled from oral and written material in Lanercost Priory, and put together in a form making it suitable as an appendix or continuation of the Annals of Roger.....

This fifteenth-century Chronicle spans the period from 1089 to 1483. It is entitled The Chronicle of London because each year commences with the election of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the Metropo.....

The Chronicle of Perth is a wide-ranging manuscript, penned by several hands between c.1590 and c.1668. Its chief feature is a register of local and national events, and the authors deliberately evoke.....

A facsimile reprint of the Camden Society edition of 1850......

As it is impossible to understand the affairs of England without reference to those of Normandy with which they stand in intimate relation, so it is impossible to understand the affairs of Normandy wi.....

The historical documents making up this collection were written in the vernacular language in the reign of Edward IV by eye witnesses of the events they describe. The value of these chronicles is unde.....

William of Newburgh was born in the first year of the reign of King Stephen, that is December 1135, or 1136. He describes himself as "William, a canon of Newborough", - a priory of Black or Augustinia.....

The contents of this book include the Kentish laws (of Ethelbert, Hlotherne and Eadric, and Wihtred), The laws of Ine and Alfred, the laws of Edward and Guthrum, and the laws of Edward the Elder and o.....

A. J. Robertson's book of 1925 is being reprinted in facsimile in two paperback volumes, part one from Edmund to Canute, and part two from William I to Henry I. The cover of part one shows Ethelwold a.....

A. J. Robertson's book of 1925 is being reprinted in facsimile in two paperback volumes, part one from Edmund to Canute, and part two from William I to Henry I. The cover of part one shows Ethelwold a.....

In August 1355, Sir Thomas Gray was Edward III's constable of Norham Castle, situated on the Tweed, just within the English border, when he sallied forth with only fifty men into an ambush prepared by.....

A Contribution to Mediaeval Military History, based on original documents. This book by John E. Morris was first published in 1901. It is a scholarly study and, despite its age, still an important an.....

The Worcester Liber Albus provides us with glimpses of life in a great Benedictine monastery in the fourteenth century. James Wilson's book was first published in 1920, and this paperback is a facsimi.....

The first 13 years of Edward Ivth. Facsimile of Camden edition of 1839 ( NOTE: There is another more recent edition but probably out of print. Edited by James Orchard Halliwell......