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Websites
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Centre for Maritime Archaeology
http://cma.soton.ac.uk/Research/Guernsey/
discovery.htm
Background on the Roman and medieval wrecks found in Guernsey's St Peter Port.
Channel Island Life
www.islandlife.org/history.htm
Brief but informative history of the Channel Islands that covers Guernsey during Roman times and the Middle Ages.
Channel 4 Travel Guide to Medieval Britain
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
guide12
Part of Channel 4's Travel Guides, with a wealth of information on all things medieval and the age of chivalry.
Guernsey Island Museums
www.museum.guernsey.net/welcome.htm
The island's three museums house lots of information on its maritime history with coins and artefacts from nearby shipwrecks.
Guernsey Tourist Board
www.guernseytouristboard.com/
Good source of information and history on the island of Guernsey.
The History Guide
www.historyguide.org/ancient/ancient.html
Detailed examinations of a range of medieval subjects including the Crusades, the medieval world view and the Black Death.
The Romans in Guernsey
www.guernsey.net/~cedavey/
Romans%20in%20Guernsey.htm
The Castle Coronet museum houses artefacts discovered on a Roman shipwreck in St Peter Port, proving that during the Roman period, the Channel Islands were considered important staging posts for traders en route from Western Gaul (France) to Britain.
William I, the Conqueror
www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon22.html
Biography of William I, 1066-1087. The Channel Islands came under English rule when William I conquered England. William was the Duke of Normandy and the Channel Islands were part of the Normandy estates.
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The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on medieval military and naval history edited by D Kagay and A Villalon (The Boydell Press, 1999)
Looks at medieval warfare in Europe
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Guernsey Wrecks: Shipwrecks around Guernsey, Alderney and Sark by Raymond Dafter (Matfield Books, 2001)
Looks at the many wrecks that have been discovered off the island of Guernsey.
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Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 by Susan Rose (Routledge, 2001)
Provides a wealth of information about the strategy and tactics of medieval fleets and the extent to which the possibilities of sea power were understood and exploited. This account brings vividly to life the dangers and difficulties of medieval seafaring.
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Medieval Ships and Shipping by Gillian Hutchinson (Continuum International Publishing, 1997)
In medieval Europe many important ports were developed, shipbuilding techniques changed and international traffic flourished. All these changes are described and placed in their social and economic context in this comprehensive synthesis.
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Shipwrecks of the Channel Islands by John Ovenden and David Shayer (Underwater Video Services, 2002)
Illustrated guide to the wrecks of the Channel Islands.
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William the Conqueror by David Bates (Tempus, 2001)
Biography of a formidable personality, whose political imagination and ruthless will were the driving forces behind the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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