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Dictionary of Historical Terms                 by Chris Cook
Medieval Underworld                                by Andrew McCall
§ CODEX manuscript in book form during the Middle Ages
ANCIENT READING
Some are diaries, military records, challenges, demands and boastful tales. Each is written in their own language to see how our language has evolved. Some the language, especially Scottish, is hard to read while some is easily read and understood even though all the words are spelled differently.

1. Book of Favites of Armes and of Chyualrye
          By William Caxton
2. Firste volum of syr John Froissart of the cronycles of Englande and France
          By John Bourchier Berners
3. Common-wealth of England and manor of government thereof
           By Sir John Smith
4. The History of the Kings of Britain
          By Geoffrey Monmouth 13th century featuring 12 books

   ARMS & ARMOR
Arms & Armor 9th century to 17^th             by Paul Martin
Arms and Armour in England                     by James Man
Arms & Armour in Medieval Prussia             by Andrzej Nowakowski
Arms & Armour in the Age Of Chivalry         by Aldo Cimarelli
Arms & Uniforms-Age of Chivalry Part 1       by Ward Lock Limited
Armour and Blade                                    by S. Ellacott
Armor                                                   by Sean Morrison
Armor                                                   by Peter Klucina
European Armour circa 1066-1700         by Claude Blair
Glossary of Arms and Armor                    by George Stone
Mediaeval Arms And Armour                  by Jennifer Pearson
Medieval Craftsman-Armourers              by Matthias Pfaffenbichler
     HAND to HAND COMBAT
     Art and History of Personal Combat     by Arthur Wise
     Combat Sports in the Ancient World    by Michael B. Poliakoff
     Medieval Hand-to-hand Combat          by Keith P. Myers
     WEAPONS
     Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare       by Richard Underwood
     British Cut And Thrust Weapons          by John W.Latham
     European Weapons and Armour           by R. E. Oakeshott
     Sword in Anglo Saxon England             by H. R. Ellis Davidson
     Viking Weapons and Warfare              by J. Kim   Tempus
     Weapons and Warfare                       by A. V. B. Norman
     Weapons&Warfare in
     Anglo-Saxon England                          by Sonia C. Hawke
BARBARIANS
Barbarians                                              by Tim Newark

BRITAIN-CELTS-ENGLAND
Armies and Warfare in Middle Ages          by K. Rutherford Davis
Castle Life in Medieval England                by John Burke
British                                                   by M.I. Ebbutt
British Myths and Legneds                        by H.A. Guerber
English Experience                                 by Michael Prestwich
English Folk Heroes                                 by Christina Hole
English Warrior-early times to 1066         by Stephen Pollington
Celtic Art                                                by George Bain
Celtic Britain                                         by Lloyd Laing
Celtic Designs                                       by Eva Wilson
Celtic Battle Heroes                                 by James Field
Celtic Gods & Goddesses                       by R.J. Stewart
Celtic Knotwork                                      by Ian Bain
Celtic Myth & Legends                           by T.W. Rolleston
Celts                                                   by Gerhard Herm
Celtic Sword                                        by Radomir Pleiner
Celtic Warriors                                    by Tim Newark
Celtic Warrior Chiefs                            by John Matthews
Concise History of England                     by F.E. Halliday
English Folk Heroes                               by Christina Hole
English Myths and Legends                     by Henry Brett
English Weapons & Warfare                   by A.V.B. Norman
History of English Church & People         by Leo Sherply Price
Knights                                                 by Andrea Hopkins
Legends of the Celts                             by Frank Delaney
Magic Arts in Celtic Britain                     by Lewis Spence
Roman Britain                                      by S. Ireland
Atlas of Roman Britain                          by Barri Jones

CALLIGRAPHY
Left Handed Calligraphy                        by Vance Studley
Introduction into Calligraphy                  by George Evans
Medieval Calligraphy                            by Marc Drogin
Practical Guide to Calligraphy                  by Rosemary Sassoon

CELT
Age of the Picts                                    by W.A. Cummins
Ancient Celts                                        by Barry Cunliffe
Battle for Gaul                                      by Julius Caeser
Celt and Greek                                     by Peter Berresford Ellis
Celtic Heroic Age                                  by John Koch
Celtic Empire                                        by Peter Berresford Ellis
Celtic Women                                       by Peter Berresford Ellis
Celtic World                                          by Patrick Lavin
Celts                                                    by Nora K. Chadwick
Celts in Europe                                     by Aedeen Cremin
Chronicles of the Celts                         by Peter Berresford Ellis
World of the Celts                                 by Simon James

CHURCH
Fires of Faith                                        by Newsweek
Warriors of Christendom                        by John Matthews

CHARLAMAGNE
Age of Charlemagne:
Warfare in Western Europe 750-1000      by David Nicolle

CHIVALRY
Age of Chivalry                                      by Nigel Sau
Age of Chivalry & Legends
of Charlemagne                                     by Bullfinch’s Mythology
Chivalry in the Renaissance                     by Sydney Anglo
History of Chivalry & Armor                     by Dr. F. Kottenkamp

COOKING & HERBS
Cookery in Imperial Rome                       by Apicius
Garden of Herbs                                     by Eleanor S. Rohde
Peasant’s Feast                                      by Barbara Kemp
Seven Centuries of English Cooking          by Maxime de la Falaise

CRUSADES
Arms & Armor of the Crusading Era          by David Nicolle
Crusades                                                by JohnathanSmith
Crusading Warfare 1097- 1193                 by R. C. Smail

DRUIDS
World of the Druids                                  by Miranda J. Green

FRANCE
Agincourt                                                by Christopher Hibbert

HERALDRY
Design Your Own Coat of Arms                  by Fox Davies
Heraldry                                                  by John M.Robinson

IRELAND
Ancient Irish Tales                                  by Tom Cross
Brehon Laws                                            by Laurence Ginnell
Early Irish Laws                                      by E. MacNeil
Elizabethans and the Irish                        by David Beers Quinn
Mythic Ireland                                           by Michael Dames
Oldest Irish Traditions-Window on Iron Age by Kenneth Jackson
Pagan Celtic Ireland                               by Barry Raferty
Pre-Christian Ireland                                by Peter Harbison
Races of the Eldger Faiths of Ireland            by W.G. Wood
Sociall History of Ancient Ireland                  by P.W. Joyce
The Celtic Gauls                                         by Jean Louis Brunaux
Traditional Irish                                         by Mary Dowling Daley

ITALY
Gateway to the Middle Ages Italy                 by Eleanor S.Duckett
Celt and Roman: Celts of Italy                     by Peter Berresford

LIFE
Concise Encyclopedia of Middle Ages           by H.R. Loyn
Everyday Life in the Middle Ages                 by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Life in a Medieval Castle                             by Frances Gies
History of Medieval Europe                         by George Holmes
History of a Private Life                              by Phillipe Aries
Life in a Medieval City                                by Joseph Gies
Life in Medieval Times                               by Majorie Rowling
Marriage & Family in Middle Ages               by Frances Gies
Medieval Home Companion                        by Tania Bayard
Private Life in the Fifteenth Century            by Roger Virgoe
Then and Now                                          by Stefania Perring

MARTIAL ARTS
Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe              by Sydney Anglo

NOBILITY & ROYALTY
Nobles,Knights,Men-at-Arms in Middle Ages by Maurice Keen
Princely Arms And Armour                          by Johannes Schobel

NORMANS
Norman Knight 950-1204                             by Christopher Gruett

OPREY Military Men-at Arms SERIES       by Reed Consumer Books, Ltd.
Arthur & Anglo-Saxon Wars Age of Charlemagne
Armies of Agincourt Armies of Crecy’ & Poitiers
Armies of the Crusades Conquistadors
English Civil War Armies French Medieval Armies 1000-1300
German Armies 1300-1500 Irish Wars 1485-1603
Italian Armies 1300-1500 Henry the VIII’s Army
Knights of Christ Medieval Burgundy 1364-1477
Medieval European Armies Saxon, Viking, and Norman
Scots & Welsh Wars Swiss 1300-1500
Venetian Empire 1200-1670 Wars of the Roses

RUSSIA
Russian Arms and Armour                            by Yuri Miller

SAMARUI
Samauri Warlords                                       by Stephell Turnbull

SCOTLAND
Cutting Edge A Guide to Use of Highland
Weapons: The Broadsword and Targe            by Larry L. Andrews
Scottish Arms Makers-Biographical Dictionary by Charles E. Whitela
Scottish Dirks and Daggers -Illus                    by John Wallace
Scottish 'twa handit Swerdis                          by Tony Willis

SWORD
Book of the Sword                                        by Sir Richard Burton
Cut & Thrust                                                by Leon Bertran
Development of the Medieval Sword
c. 850 - 1300                                               by Ian Peirce
German Swords and Sword Makers               by Richard H. Bezdek
Medieval Combat:15th Century
Medieval Swordsmanship Illustrated               by John Clements
Modern Swordsmen– Realistic Training           by Fred Hutchinson
Myth of the Sword                                        by Hank Reinhardt
Sword in the Age of Chivalry                          by Ewart Oakeshott
Sword fighting&Close Quarter Combat            by Mark Rector
Swords & Hilt Weapons                                 by Michael D Cole
Sword in Hand-Survey of Knightly Sword         by Ewart Oakeshott

TOURNAMENTS
Book of the Tournament                                by Brian R. Price
England and in France                                   by Francis H. Day
How to Win at Tournaments–
Jousting-The Earliest Treatises                       by Sydney Anglo
Techniques of Chivalric Combat                      by Sydney Anglo
Tudor & Jacobean Tournaments                     by Alan Young
Tournament and Literature:
French Works 1150 to 1226                           by Mary A.Santina
Tournaments:Jousts,Chivalry,Pageants in MA   by Richard Barber

VIKING
Viking Age                                                     by Paul DuChaillu
Viking Art of War                                           by Paddy Griffith

WAR
Amies and Warfare in Middle Ages,
the English Experience                                    by Michael Prestwich
Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance             by J.R. Hale
Battledress                                                     by F. Wilkinson
Distant Mirror: Calamitous 14^th Century            by Barbara Tuchman
Face of Battle                                                by John Keegan
Fighting Man                                                  by Jack Coggins
Infantry Warfare in the Early 14th Century        by Kelly Devries
Mdieval Siege                                               by Jim Bradbury
Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses         by Andrew Boardman
Medieval Soldier                                            by A. V. B. Norman
Medieval Warfare - A History                         by Maurice Keen
Medieval Warfare                                          by Geoffrey Hindley
Medieval Warlords                                          by Tim Newark
Siege: Castles at War                                     by Daniel Diehl
Warfare in Feudal Europe                                by David Nicolle
Warriors of Medieval Times                             by John Matthews
Warriors and Warfare in
Ancient and Medieval Times                           by Donald Featherston

WARHORSE
The Medieval Warhorse                                  by R.H.C. Davis

WOMEN
Women in the Middle Ages                             by Frances Gies
Women Warlords                                           by Tim Newark