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History: Suggested Readings: History 345

This guide contains links to suggested readings for various History classes. While these readings aren't mandatory, they can be useful for getting a better understanding of historical events.

The Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Military Institutions on the Eve of the Norman Conquest by C. Warren Hollister
ISBN: 9780585278063
Publication Date: 1962-01-01
Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest. by Loyn, H. R.
Call Number: HC254 .L6
Publication Date: 1963
Campaigns of the Norman Conquest by Matthew Bennett
ISBN: 9781135979027
Publication Date: 2014-05-22
The Norman Conquest by Hugh M. Thomas
ISBN: 9780742538405
Publication Date: 2007-10-15
From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta by Christopher Daniell
ISBN: 9781136356971
Publication Date: 2013-10-08

The Hundred Years War

Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War by J. A. Wagner
ISBN: 9780313083976
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War by Anne Curry (Editor); Michael Hughes (Editor)
ISBN: 0851153658
Publication Date: 1994-11-01
Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War
ISBN: 9781283870450
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War by Peter Hoskins
ISBN: 9781473834323
Publication Date: 2018-12-21
The Hundred Years War a wider focus by Kagay, Donald J.
Publication Date: 2005
The Wars of Edward III by Clifford J. Rogers
ISBN: 0851156460
Publication Date: 2000-02-10

King Henry, King John, and the Magna Charta

Henry II a medieval soldier at war, 1147-1189 by Hosler, John D.
Publication Date: 2007
The King and Becket by Pain, Nesta
Publication Date: 1966
Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 by Matthew Strickland
ISBN: 9780300219555
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
King John by Graham E. Seel
ISBN: 9780857285287
Publication Date: 2012-08-01
Magna Carta a commentary on the Great Charter of King John : with an historical introduction by McKechnie, William Sharp
Publication Date: 1960
Magna Carta by Ralph Turner
ISBN: 9781317873952
Publication Date: 2016-09-17

English Reformation

Cranmer & the Reformation under Edward VI by Smyth, Charles Hugh Egerton
Call Number: BR375 .S6
Publication Date: 1926
The English Reformation by A. G. Dickens
Call Number: BR375 .D5 1991
ISBN: 0271007982
Publication Date: 1991-09-15
The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Call Number: BR375 .M288 2001
ISBN: 9780333921395
Publication Date: 2000-12-20
The Impact of the English Reformation, 1500-1640 by Peter Marshall
Call Number: BR375 .I55 1997
ISBN: 0340677082
Publication Date: 1997-05-02
Five Women of the English Reformation by Paul F. M. Zahl
Call Number: BR375 .Z34 2001
ISBN: 0802838251
Publication Date: 2001-07-01

The Glorious Revolution

Oliver Cromwell by Martyn Bennett
ISBN: 1280518359
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
1688 by Steven C. A. Pincus
ISBN: 9780300156058
Publication Date: 2009-09-29
The English Civil War by Peter Gaunt
ISBN: 9780857723857
Publication Date: 2014-05-09
The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 by Ronald Hutton
ISBN: 9780203361870
Publication Date: 2003-09-02
The history of the Rebellion a new selection by Seaward, Paul
Publication Date: 2009

The Crusades

England and the Crusades, 1095-1588 by Christopher Tyerman
ISBN: 0226820122
Publication Date: 1988-07-27
Chivalry in Medieval England by Nigel Saul
ISBN: 9780674063693
Publication Date: 2011-10-15
Richard I by John Gillingham
ISBN: 9780300183917
Publication Date: 1999-12-11
Medieval England, 500-1500: A Reader by Amt, Emilie
ISBN: 9781487594749
Publication Date: 2018

English Colonization

The East India Company by Brian Gardner
Call Number: DS465 .G34 1972
ISBN: 0841501246
Publication Date: 1972-01-01
Sir Walter Raleigh by Robert Lacey
Call Number: DA86.22.R2 L3 2000
ISBN: 1842120891
Publication Date: 2001-06-30
The European Struggle to Settle North America by Margaret F. Pickett; Dwayne W. Pickett
Call Number: E101 .P54 2011
ISBN: 9780786459322
Publication Date: 2011-02-08
A Case Study of Ireland and Galicia's Parallel Paths to Nationhood by Eva Roa White
ISBN: 9780773411814
Publication Date: 2004-01-01