{"product_id":"medieval-britain-a-very-short-introduction-9780192854025","title":"Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction","description":"A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction to Medieval Britain\u003c\/em\u003e covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Out of the turbulence came stronger senses of identity in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Yet this was an age, too, of growing definition of Englishness and of a distinctive English cultural tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Gillingham \u003c\/strong\u003etaught history at the London School of Economics, University of London, from 1965 to 1998. His previous publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Angevin Empire\u003c\/em\u003e (Edward Arnold, 1981); \u003cem\u003eRichard Coeur de Lion\u003c\/em\u003e (Noesis, Paris, 1996), awarded the Prix Guillaume le Conquérant for 1997; \u003cem\u003eRichard I\u003c\/em\u003e (Yale University Press, 1999); \u003cem\u003eThe English in the Twelfth Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Boydell Press, 2000); \u003cem\u003eThe Angevin Empire\u003c\/em\u003e (revised edition of 1981 edition) is forthcoming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRalph A. Griffiths has been Professor of Medieval History, University of Wales, Swansea, since 1982. His previous publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Principality of Wales in the later Middle Ages, Vol. I, South Wales, 1277-1536\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Wales Press, 1972); \u003cem\u003eThe Reign of King Henry VI\u003c\/em\u003e (Benn and California University Press, 1981; 2nd edn Sutton 1998); \u003cem\u003eThe Making of the Tudor Dynasty\u003c\/em\u003e, with R. S. Thomas (Sutton and Humanities Press, 1985; revised edn 1993); \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy\u003c\/em\u003e, with J. Cann\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692616388882,"sku":"9780192854025","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5bac3a5a-7b2d-45cd-8ca9-2e1562b63607.jpg?v=1734129559","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medieval-britain-a-very-short-introduction-9780192854025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}