(Part 2) Best products from r/MedievalHistory

I looked at the wiki on this lady, and then went to Amazon to check out biographies, and got the best rated one I saw. Promises to be a fascinating read, so thanks for the tip.

I have heard good things about both Goodwin's "Fatal Colours" and Sadler's "Towton" from friends more interested in these conflicts than I am.

Hicks' "Wars of the Roses" seems to want to be the authoritative go-to text for the subject.

This article has a perspective on age of criminal responsibility.

Google seems to offer a lot of results. The Ties that Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England appears to have some info, but its Google Books preview is pretty limited. Let me know if you want me to do a quick search of academic journals when I get home. This is an interesting question so I'd like to read up on it, too.

I absolutely loved both The Hundred Years War and Wars of the Roses both by Desmond Seward.

As freondlas pointed out, it really depends which time period you're interested in. For UK history this can roughly be divided into Anglo-Saxon England (pre 1066 and the Battle of Hastings) and Norman England (After 1066). That's a very rough breakdown/divide. If you want an academic but easy-to-read book I would suggest Julia Smith's Europe After Rome: 500-1000 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Europe-after-Rome-Cultural-500-1000/dp/0192892630) or if you want to get your nails into proper Anglo-Saxon work and primary sources (in translation) try Beowulf; it's a good read.

This is good, comprehensive, and not very expensive. https://www.amazon.com/Destruction-Greek-Empire-Edwin-Pears-ebook/dp/B00U36PP3S?ie=UTF8&qid=1465233014&ref_=sr_1_2&s=books&sr=1-2

It's also in paperback. It covers the end of the Latin occupation to the end of the empire.

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But since this is a primary source book, the whole thing makes for a marvelous read. I re-read it about once/year.

Reminds me a bit of this book. Which is utterly fantastic:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Cat-Massacre-Episodes/dp/0465012744

I'm not an expert, but I believe books were relatively rare things during this time period. Also, an extensive library during that time might seem quite small by today's standards. Only the well to do, universities, and monasteries would have significant libraries. The vast majority of people didn't own a book, not even a Bible or religious text. I'm basing this half-baked answer off of what I recall from Ian Mortimers's book http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Guide-Medieval-England/dp/1439112908

J. & F. Gies wrote many excellent books on castle and medieval life.

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Medieval-Castle-P-S-Paperback/dp/0062414798/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526373593&sr=8-1&keywords=life+in+a+medieval+castle

I just finished this... it was quite good.

The Narrators of Barbarian History showed up on another thread. Looks promising, although it's from 1991, so perhaps not the most current of readings.

Thank you for pointing this out. I ordered it today alongside Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner

Regarding robbery of Westminster Abbey in 1303...I'm eager to find a book depicting this tale. Paul Doherty's book has some tepid/mixed reviews...are there any other books about the event, novelized or other?

I really enjoyed Early Carolingian Warfare by Bernard Bachrach

https://www.amazon.com/Early-Carolingian-Warfare-Prelude-Empire/dp/0812221443

You've possibly already heard of it; how about Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman Cantor? I haven't read it, so I have no idea if it's good, considering how awful some of his later work can be. The reviews aren't horrible though.

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