Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of England

England and its Rulers is an updated and expanded edition of a classic introduction to medieval England, covering the period from the reign of William the Conqueror to Edward I. This edition includes a new chapter on family and gender roles, alongside revisions throughout to enhance the narrative flow. Further reading sections contain the most up-to-date sources, making it a...

Politics Without Democracy provides an entertaining and highly original view of how Britain made a peaceful transition to representative democracy—a change characterised in other countries by convulsive and bloody civil strife. Professor Bentley takes the reader into the minds of the politicians of the day, men such as Wellington, Peel, Disraeli, Salisbury, and Asquith, as they and their colleagues did...