New releases from University of Hertfordshire Press
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Lichfield and the Lands of St Chad
Author: Andrew Sargent
Format: Hardback
This book focuses on the period from the seventh to eleventh centuries that witnessed the rise and fall of Mercia, the great Midland kingdom, and, later, the formation of England.
Passing Through
Author: Fabian Hiscock
Format: Paperback
Fabian Hiscock considers the dramatic technological and economic changes of the last decade of the eighteenth century as it played out in western Hertfordshire, focusing in particular on just one of the many innovations of the time: the Grand Junction Canal, created to connect the Midlands with London.
Peasant Perspectives on the Medieval Landscape
Author: Susan Kilby
Format: Hardback
This compelling new study forms part of a new wave of scholarship on the medieval rural environment in which the focus moves beyond purely socio-economic concerns to incorporate the lived experience of peasants.
Shaping the Past
Editor: Evelyn Lord , Nicholas R. Amor
Format: Hardback
The essays in this Festschrift are offered as a token of esteem and affection by colleagues, friends and students of David Dymond. They consist of new research on aspects of local history from the medieval period to the twentieth century, with a particular focus on Eastern England.