England's sixty or so Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals are among its most iconic buildings and attract thousands of worshippers and visitors every year. Yet though much has been written about th
This compilation of school exercises will be a valuable primary source for professional historians interested in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe, especially in England. It will also be
Orme (history, U. of Exeter, the UK) presents his translations of a wide-ranging collection of 15th-century English childrens's verse, introducing each section and including clarifying comments. The l
An expert on childhood in the Middle Ages presents a treasury of children's verse dating back to the 1400s, in a tribute to the era's lesser-known tradition of using lullabies, riddles, tongue twister
Children have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages there were hundreds of schools, supporting a highly literate society. This book traces their history from the R
"This is a history of children in England from Anglo-Saxon times to the sixteenth century - the first of its kind." Starting at birth, it shows how they were named and baptised, and traces the signifi
Religious history is the focus of this volume, which covers the development of Christianity in the county from its Romano-British origins up to the Elizabethan Church Settlement of 1559; it provides
Death, burial, and the commemoration of the dead have been much studied by historians in recent years, but far less has been done to make available the sources on which these studies are based. This b
