Bøger af Frank Barlow

This biography of Edward the Confessor, first published in 1970, aims to rescue the image of the King from what the author sees as myth and bogus scholarship. Disentangling fact from legend, the text recreates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Normans.

The theme of this text is the feudal kingdom of England and the men who made it. The author attempts to recreate the background of a distant period.

This portrait of the Anglo-Scandinavian world is supplementary reading for 2nd/3rd year undergraduate courses in Medieval British history and the Norman Conquest. Set against the backdrop of Viking raids and the Norman Conquest of 1066, the book unravels the history of a feuding family that determined the course and fortunes of all the English.

This third volume on Exeter extends the coverage from 1046 through to the middle of the 13th century. A large number of charters of various types relating to Exeter and its dependant foundations. An edition of each text is provided with notes and English summaries.