Thomas of Elmham (1364 1427?) was treasurer of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, when he compiled this work, which he called the Speculum Augustinianum, around 1414. He planned to give a complete history of the Abbey, and the chronological table covers the period from 597 to 1414, but the main text ends in 806, with a collection of documentary sources from the period 1066 to 1191 appended. His failure to complete the work was probably due to his appointment as Prior of the Cluniac House at Lenton in Nottinghamshire. Elmham made great use of documentary sources in the Abbey's famous library,...

Battle sites of the Anglo-Saxon period
This book is a thorough academic examination of ancient battlefield sites in the north-western region of England. The author has engaged in highly detailed and in-depth research and referencing and so this book is perhaps best suited to the serious student of the subject rather than the casual reader. Hardwick examines battles fought in the region from the earliest times, including the Roman period, and takes into account the basis of those derived from legend. It is divided into three sections which focus upon the sites of the battles which brought...

Battle sites of the Anglo-Saxon period
This book is a thorough academic examination of ancient battlefield sites in the north-western region of England. The author has engaged in highly detailed and in-depth research and referencing and so this book is perhaps best suited to the serious student of the subject rather than the casual reader. Hardwick examines battles fought in the region from the earliest times, including the Roman period, and takes into account the basis of those derived from legend. It is divided into three sections which focus upon the sites of the battles which brought...

Our nursery legends and popular superstitions are fast becoming matters of history, except in the more remote and secluded portions of the country. But now that the light of modern investigation, and especially that ray furnished by recent discoveries in philological science, has been directed towards their deeper and more hidden mysteries, profound philosophical historians have begun to discover that from this apparently desolate literary region much reliable knowledge may be extracted, leading to conclusions of the most interesting and important kind, with reference to the early history of...