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Leper Knights

The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544

By: David Marcombe

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Leper Knights

The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544

By: David Marcombe

This book explores the important contribution of the English branch of the Order of St Lazarus, which by 1300 managed a considerable estate from its chief preceptory at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire.

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Boydell Press

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1843830671

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9781843830672

Elizabeth Woodville

Mother of the Princes in the Tower

By: David Baldwin

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Elizabeth Woodville

Mother of the Princes in the Tower

By: David Baldwin

Elizabeth Woodville is a historical character whose life no novelist would ever have dared invent. She has been portrayed as an enchantress, as an unprincipled advancer of her family's fortunes and a plucky but pitiful queen in Shakespeare's histories. She has been alternatively championed and vilified by her contemporaries and five centuries of historians, dramatists and novelists, but what was she really like? In this revealing account of Elizabeth's life David Baldwin sets out to tell the story of this complex and intriguing woman. Was she the malign influence many of her critics held her to be? Was she a sorceress who bewitched Edward IV? What was the fate of her two sons, the 'Princes in the Tower'? What did she, of all people, think had become of them, and why did Richard III mount a campaign of vilification against her? David Baldwin traces Elizabeth's career and her influence on the major events of her husband Edward IV's reign, and in doing so he brings to life the personal and domestic politics of Yorkist England and the elaborate ritual of court life.

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226

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The History Press

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0752468979

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9780752468976

Power in Tudor England

By: David Loades

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Power in Tudor England

By: David Loades

England was the most centralised state in medieval Europe. The Tudors built on this situation to reduce still further the provincial power of the nobility, and to eliminate the remaining jurisdictional franchises. But sixteenth century England was not monolithic, nor homogeneous. There were still strong local identities, both political and culture, and the Tudors achieved success by working through the local elites, rather than against them.

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192

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349250481

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9781349250486

Pilgrimage [2 volumes]

From the Ganges to Graceland, An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Linda Kay Davidson,David M. Gitlitz

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Pilgrimage [2 volumes]

From the Ganges to Graceland, An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

By: Linda Kay Davidson,David M. Gitlitz

Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.

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802

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1576075435

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9781576075432

Elizabeth I

A Life

By: David Loades

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Elizabeth I

A Life

By: David Loades

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A&C Black

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1852855207

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9781852855208

Leper Knights

The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544

By: David Marcombe

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Leper Knights

The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544

By: David Marcombe

One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the twelfth century. The Order of St Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishments across Western Europe to provide essential support for its hospitaller and military vocations. This book explores the important contribution of the English branch of the order, which by 1300 managed a considerable estate from its chief preceptory at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire. Time proved the English Lazarites to be both tough and tenacious, if not always preoccupied with the care of lepers. Following the fall of Acre in 1291 they endured a period of bitter internal conflict, only to emerge reformed and reinvigorated in the fifteenth century. Though these late medieval knights were very different from their twelfth-century predecessors, some ideologies lingered on, though subtly readapted to the requirements of a new age, until the order was finally suppressed by Henry VIII in 1544. The modern refoundation of the order, a charitable institution, dates from 1962. The book uses both documentary and archaeological evidence to provide the first ever account of this little-understood crusading order.DAVID MARCOMBE is Director of the Centre for Local History, University of Nottingham.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851158935

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9780851158938

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