‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or…
This book offers an alternative view on the well-trodden path of attempting to identify the site of the fabled last stand of…
This important publication is the first study of medieval agriculture in Wales to be produced in many years, and as such offers…
In England we are so surrounded by brick, much of our cities and towns being built out if it, that we are…
The tidal reach of the River Thames is the longest archaeological site in Britain, its rhythmically rising and falling waters exposing a…
This book increases understanding of the travel networks of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Using a range of sources, it discusses the…
Your reviewer has to admit that he may lack entire objectivity when it comes to this book as he is thanked in…
From Roman temples dedicated to Mithras to Anglo-Saxon stone crosses, Newcastle’s Great North Museum: Hancock explores an array of beliefs and ways…
In this book, the history of Yorkshire from prehistory to present day is told through the lens of the conflicts that occurred…
This slim book offers an interesting introduction to Roman gardens, the mythology and history behind them, and the details of their…
The rather modest avowed aim of this book is to ‘present a series of snapshots of drinking establishments through the ages’, and…