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Monarchs
www.britannia.com/history/
h6f.html
Biographies of all the medieval monarchs of England.

Monarchy
www.channel4.com/history/
microsites/M/monarchy
Dynamic timeline charts how England evolved from a land of warlords to one where dynasties could be built. It illuminates the lives of the extraordinary men and women who held the throne and the powerful individuals (often female) who supported and sometimes fought them.

History of the Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk
/output/Page5.asp
The lives of the medieval monarchs of England from the official website of the British monarchy.

In the footsteps of Robin Hood
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/
H/history/n-s/robin.html
This website examines the clues contained in medieval ballads and how they relate to historical records and places, in an attempt to discover where the real Robin Hood lived and died.

William Wallace: The Truth behind the Man
www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace
Detailed study of Wallace: the man, his fight and his times.

Early Medieval Wales
www.castlewales.com/medwales.html
Good deal of information on medieval Wales, including biographies of the key Welsh leaders.

Books

The Kings of Medieval England c. 560-1485 edited by Larry Usilton (Scarecrow Press, 1997) £29.99
Examines the rulers of England for about 1,000 years of medieval history.

Shakespeare's Kings: The great plays and the history of England in the Middle Ages: 1337-1485 by John Julius Norwich (Holiday House, 2000) £21.99
A very readable account that compares the historical kings of England with their portrayal in Shakespeare's plays.

William the Conqueror by David Bates (Tempus, 2001) £16.99
Biography of a formidable personality, whose political imagination and ruthless will were the driving force behind the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Medieval World: A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Polly Brooks (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) £5.95
A biography of the 12th-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the lively wife of Henry II and mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lion-Heart.

Thomas Becket by Barlow Frank (Phoenix, 2000) £14.99
The horror of the archbishop of Canterbury's brutal murder by Henry II's knights transformed him into one of the most popular saints in Western Christendom.

Robert the Bruce by Caroline Bingham (Constable, 1998) £25
A critical biography of the great Scottish hero who brought independence to Scotland.

William Wallace: Brave Heart by James Mackay (Mainstream, 1996) £9.99
Now the subject of a major film, Wallace is one of history's greatest heroes, and one of its greatest enigmas.

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