Frederic William Maitland 
Domesday Book and Beyond [PDF ebook] 
Three Essays in the Early History of England

The fifteen articles republished here exemplify the many directions Robert Black”s research in Renaissance studies has taken. The first five studies look at Renaissance humanism, in particular at it …

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why a …

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? W …

So much about the society that is now emerging in the twenty-first century bears an astonishing resemblance to the most prominent features of what we call the classical world – its institutions, its …

Originally published in 1990. Well-annotated bibliographical entries cover works on history, religion, medicine, philosophy, law and literature in western Europe from about the third century A.D. thr …

"Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq Volume 2" by Henry Hunt offers readers a captivating glimpse into the life and times of one of Britain’s most influential political figures. Written by Henry Hun …

First published in 2001. From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and pollical ideas. But, in certain areas of sexual tolerance and inventivenes …

An extraordinary tale, much-neglected by historians, of courage, bravery and eventual tragedy which took place during the First World War in the Middle East. It is the story of a small group of peopl …

An earlier book in this series told the story of the Industrial Revolution which took place between the years 1760 and i860. It was a revolution resulting from the introduction of a new form of power …

First published in 1967, Volumes I to VI of a set of Raphell Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. …