 | England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075-1225 (New Oxford History of England) by Robert Bartlett
Buy new: £23.75 / Used from: £20.19 If you only buy one book on 12th century England, make it this one.
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 | Shaping Medieval Landscapes: Settlement, Society, Environment by Tom Williamson
One of the most up-to-date studies of medieval landscape archaeology.
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 | The History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £7.06 An absolute classic. Rackham's knowledgeable, opinionated and always highly readable.
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 | Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England C. 1200-1520 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks): Social Change in England C. 1200-1520 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) by Christopher Dyer
Buy new: £20.89 / Used from: £24.25 An essential reference work.
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 | Medieval Housing (Archaeology of Medieval Britain) by Jane Grenville
Buy used from: £15.00 An excellent introduction to the topic.
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 | The Countryside of Medieval England by ASTILLE
Buy used from: £17.50 A little dated now, but still the best archaeological book on medieval agriculture.
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 | Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape, Archaeology and Local History by Michael Aston
Buy new: £20.48 / Used from: £17.90 The British landscape from the Stone Age to the present, and how to decipher it.
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| English society in the early Middle Ages (1066-1307) (Pelican history of England series;vol.3) by Doris Mary Stenton
Buy used from: £0.01 Dated, but inexpensive and highly readable - and small enough to slip into a coat pocket.
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 | Rural England: An Illustrated History of the Landscape (Illustrated Histories)
Buy used from: £10.19 An good general survey from some of the leading experts.
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| English Heritage Book of Wharram Percy: Deserted Mediaeval Village (English Heritage) by Maurice Beresford
Buy used from: £32.00 If you're interested in medieval villages, there's no escaping Wharram Percy.
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| Rural Settlement in Britain (Studies in Historical Geography) by Brian K. Roberts
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £7.58 Village layouts from the acknowledged master of the field.
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| A Medieval capital and its grain supply: Agrarian production and distribution in the London region c.1300 (Historical geography research series)
Almost impossible to find - but well worth the effort. Packed with statistics on grain yields, nutrition, transport costs and more.
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 | Domesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) by Alecto Historical Editions
Buy new: £17.50 / Used from: £9.58 Domesday studies are fraught with perils, but there's no denying the book's importance. This has the complete text, translated into English..
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 | The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Buy used from: £3.25 Because you sometimes need a break from textbooks. Twee and shallow, yes, but also fun...
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