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England For more on the history of England in the Middle Ages, try these books and articles... Norman Davies, The Isles (Macmillan, 1999) An attempt to look at the development of Britain in a broader context, and one which challenges the traditional, Anglocentric, view of British history A. Grant, K.J. Stringer and P.K. O'Brian (eds), Uniting the Kingdom? (Routledge, 1995) A collection of essays from historians in many areas of interest that addresses how the United Kingdom developed, from Roman times to the modern period. Some very readable chapters on medieval and early modern developments. John Guy, Tudor England (Oxford University Press, 1990) One of the best and most readable accounts of the period c.1460-1603 Nigel Saul (ed.), The Oxford Book of Medieval England (Oxford University Press, 2000) An overview that takes account of recent research in the English history to 1485. Includes sections on national identity and popular literature. Simon Schama, A History of Britain I (BBC, 2000) A well-written and illustrated work, which focuses on the impact of England upon the history of the British Isles For more on historic monuments in England, try the English Heritage website

Ireland For more on the history of Ireland in the Middle Ages, try these books... Art Cosgrove (ed.), A New History of Ireland vol II: Medieval Ireland, 1169-1534 (Clarendon Press, 1993) Sean Duffy, Ireland in the Middle Ages (Macmillan, 1997) Steven G. Ellis, Ireland in the Age of the Tudors, 1447-1603 (Longman, 1998) T. W. Moody (ed.), A New History of Ireland vol III: Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691 (Clarendon Press, 1991) And for more on medieval castles and other historic building in Ireland, visit the Irish heritage website

Scotland For more on the history of Scotland in the Middle Ages, try these books and articles... Gordon Donaldson, James V-VII: The Edinburgh History of Scotland, III (Oliver and Boyd, 1965) Gordon Donaldson, All the Queen's Men: Power and Politics in Mary Stewart's Scotland (Batsford, 1983) Keith Durham and Angus McBride, The Border Reivers (Osprey, 2000) George Macdonald Fraser, The Steel Bonnets (Harper Collins, 1989) Alexander Grant, Independence and Nationhood (Edinburgh University Press, 1991) John Marsden, The Illustrated Border Ballads: The Anglo-Scottish Frontier Ranald Nicholson, Scotland in the Later Middle Ages: Edinburgh History of Scotland, II (Oliver and Boyd, 1974) J.A.F. Thompson, 'Scots in England in the Fifteenth Century', Scottish Historical Review, 79, no. 207 (April 2000) Jenny Wormald, Mary Queen of Scots (Tauris Parke, 2000) For more on Scottish records, visit SCRAN For more on historic monuments in Scotland, visit the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Wales For more on the history of Wales in the Middle Ages, try these books... R. R. Davies, Conquest, Coexistence and Change: Wales 1063-1415 (Oxford, 1987) Glanmor Williams, Recovery, Reorientation and Reformation: Wales c.1415-1642 (Oxford, 1987)

France For more on the history of France in the Middle Ages, try these books... D. Bates and A. Curry, England and Normandy in the Middle Ages (London, 1994) C. Cruickshank, Henry VIII and the Invasion of France (Stroud, 1990) R. Neillands, The Hundred Years' War (London, 1990) F.M. Powicke, The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204): Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire (Manchester, 1913, reprinted 1999) C.J. Rogers, The Wars of Edward III: Sources and Interpretations (Woodbridge, 1999)