The world-shaking forced evictions of English peasants during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are treated by most historians as largely a 'Tudor myth'. Fo

Centred on close scrutiny of the royal commission of 1517 - 'England's Second Domesday' - this study reveals how capitalism began, grew and thrived on widesprea

The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling

In this comprehensive synthesis canvassing the peoples, economies, religion, languages, and political leadership of medieval Britain, Carpenter weaves together

This anthology brings together medieval documents and narratives illustrative of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of England during the Mid