Product Description: Recent books in the field have tended to dazzle the reader with the latest research. A lot is left unsaid, however, leaving dangerous holes for the newcomer. This clear textbook helps the reader to establish an idea of how the medieval world (from c...read more

Product Description: Covering the period c.1530-c.1760, this book analyzes the aims, facilities and achievements across all levels of institutional and informal education in England. Attention is given to the education situation in the rest of the British Isles, as well as western Europe and North America...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The North-South divide in England is rooted in prehistory and attested throughout recorded time in widely varied sources. This book traces its development from earliest times and provides a corrective to the popular notion that the divide only originated with the Industrial Revolution...read more