A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles

A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles
Author: J. F. D. Shrewsbury
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2005-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521022477

How the black rat introduced the bubonic plague into Britain, and the subsequent effects on social and economic life.

The Origins of Hertfordshire

The Origins of Hertfordshire
Author: Tom Williamson
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781905313952

This book examines the history of Hertfordshire from late prehistoric times to the thirteenth century.

Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England

Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England
Author: Steven J. Gunn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199659834

Annotation This volume reconstructs the lives of Henry VII's new men - low-born ministers with legal, financial, political, and military skills who enforced the king's will as he sought to strengthen government after the Wars of the Roses, examining how they exercised power, gained wealth, and spent it to sustain their new-found status.