Chronology of British History, 500-1500
Domestic Life and the Medieval Household. 1. Anglo-Saxon Wills ; 2. Account Rolls and Domestic Activity ; 3. Information on Domestic Life from Coroners' Rolls; 4. Household Goods Described in Later Medieval Wills ; 5. Medieval Cookery ; 6. Medieval Medical Care ; 7. Welsh Hospitality (Twelfth Century)
Education and Professional Training. 8. The Education of an Anglo-Saxon Prince: Asser, Life of Alfred (ca. 890) ; 9. The Education of a Scottish Monk: The Life of St. Kentigern (fl. Late Sixth Century) ; 10. The Education of a Knight: William Marshal (ca. 1144-1219) ; 11. Learning to Manage Estates and Manors: The "Rules of Saint Robert" (Thirteenth Century) ; 12. Educating the Gentry and the Urban Elites
Economic Life. 13. An Anglo-Saxon Marriage Contract ; 14. Early Accounting Methods in the Twelfth Century: The Pipe Rolls ; 15. Finances and the Jews of England ; 16. Doing Business and Regulating Trade in the City of London
Religious Life and Religious Conflict. 17. Tithing in Early Medieval Ireland (ca. 750) ; 18. Monastic Grant of King Cnut (before 1035) ; 19. Lay Patronage: Founding Monastic Houses (1204) ; 20. Conflict in Medieval Ireland: The Cistercians in the Thirteenth Century ; 21. Christians and Jews in Medieval England: Growing Conflict ; 22. Christian Orthodoxy, Christian Heresy: Responses to "Lollardy" in the Fifteenth Century
Politics, Law, and Administration. 23. Adjudication of Disputes and Other Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Law (Eleventh Century) ; 24. Two Royal Images: King William II "Rufus" of England and King Malcolm III "Canmore" of Scotland ; 25. Charters of Liberties before Magna Carta: King John and the Jews (1201) ; 26. Reforming the Kingdom in the Thirteenth Century: The Parliament of Oxford (1258) ; 27. Anglo-Irish Relations in the Fourteenth Century: The Remonstrance of the Irish Chiefs against English Rule to Pope John XXII (1317) ; 28. Anglo-Irish Diplomacy in Aid of Irish Tenants (1319) ; 29. Anglo-Scottish Relations in the Fourteenth Century: The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) ; 30. King Robert Bruce and Diplomacy in Scotland (1321).
Warfare, Conquest, and Diplomacy. 31. King Alfred, War, and Diplomacy (Ninth Century) ; 32. King Athelstan and the Battle of Brunanburh (937) ; 33. Two Views of the Battle of Hastings (1066) ; 34. The Competing Reigns of King Stephen and Empress Matilda and the Siege of Newbury (1153) ; 35. Conflict and Consolidation in Scotland (Twelfth Century) ; 36. King Edward of England and Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of North Wales (1275-1278) ; 37. Edward I in Scotland, Prisoners of War, and the Countess of Buchan (1306)
Crime, Disorder, and Deviance. 38. Crime and Violence in Early and Later Medieval Scotland (Eighth and Thirteenth Centuries) ; 39. The Development of English Courts of Law in the Thirteenth Century: Courts in Eyre and Local Complaints (1256) ; 40. Conflicts between and among Welsh and English after the Edwardian Conquest: The Welsh Assize Roll, 1277-1284 ; 41. Examples of Crimes Prosecuted in Local Courts: Gaol Delivery Rolls (Fourteenth Century) ; Death and Misadventure: Examples from the Coroners Rolls (Fourteenth Century) ; 43. Chronicles of the Great Rising of 1381
Popular Culture and Literature. 44. The Irish Claim Earliest Christian Adherence: The Death of Conchobhar (Early Ninth Century) ; 45. Nationalism and Ancient Tales of Heroism in Ireland ; 46. Strange Tales about the Welsh (Twelfth Century) ; 47. Attitudes in Popular Culture about the Sexes and Marriage (Fourteenth Century) ; 48. Welsh Entertainers, Welsh and English Audiences (Fourteenth to Fifteenth Centuries) ; 49. Theatrical Drama for a Christian Audience: The Play of Noah (Fifteenth Century) ; 50. Pessimism in an Age of Anxiety: The Wars of the Roses
Appendix 1. Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2. Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the Text.
