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Medieval Britain by John Gillingham
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British ...Show more
The Angevin Empire by John Gillingham
Category: History | Series: A\Hodder Arnold Publication
At its greatest extent, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. For fifty years it was the dominant political entity and English and French history were inextricably woven together. This study looks at how these disparate territories came together, how they were ruled, and ...Show more
The EU - An Obituary by John R. Gillingham
Category: Politics
Is Brexit the beginning of the end for the EU? Fully updated and revised, this new edition of John R. Gillingham's swingeing study explains why the European Union is so profoundly unsuited to the modern political economy. In a devastating historical account of political failure, he takes readers back t ...Show more
William II: The Red King by John Gillingham
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out hunting, perhaps through accident or perhaps murder. But, as John Gillingham makes clear in this elegant book, as the son and successor to William the Conqueror it was William Rufus who had t ...Show more
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