Bibliography

note: some books may be listed in more than one category
Early Medieval, Viking and Saxon
Later Medieval
18th Century
Scottish History
Women's History
General History and Background

Early Medieval, Viking and Saxon

"Viking Age Archaeology in Britain and Ireland" - Richard Hall - Shire Archaeology - 0 7478 0063 4
"Saxon, Viking and Norman" - Terence Wise - Osprey Military, Men at Arms series - 0-85045-301-1
"The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry" - David J Bernstein - Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 0-297-78928-7
"The Viking Achievement" - P.G.Foote, D.M.Wilson - Sidgwick and Jackson - 0-283-35499-2
"Peace Weavers and Shield Maidens" - Kathleen Herbert - Anglo Saxon Books - 1-898281-11-4
"Pleyn Delit" - B.Hieatt, B.Hosington, S.Butler - University of Toronto Press - 0-8020-7632-7
"A Handbook of Anglo Saxon Food" - Ann Hagen - Anglo Saxon Books - 0-9516209-8-3
"Textiles in Northern Archaeology" - NESAT III Textile Symposium in York -1 873132 05 0
"Vikings!" - Magnus Magnusson - BBC Publications - 0 563 17763 2
"The Viking" - Bertil Almgren and other authors - Nordbok - 91 7442 003 8
"Anglo Saxon England" - Martin Welch - English Heritage - 0-7134-6566-2
"Women in the Viking Age" - Judith Jesch - Boydell Press - 0 85115 278 3
"The Viking Art of War" - Paddy Griffith - Greenhill Books - 1-85367-208-4
"Njal's Saga" - translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pallson - Penguin - 0-14-044103-4
"Norse Poems" - translated by W.H.Auden, Paul B.Taylor - Faber and Faber - 0 571 13028 3
"The Anglo Saxon Chronicles" - translated by Anne Savage - Tiger - 1-85501-686-9
"Reading the Past, Runes" - R.I.Page - British Museum Publications - 0-7141-8065-3
"Scotland, The Making of the Kingdom" - A.A.M. Duncan - Mercat Press - 0 901824 836
"English Martial Arts" - Terry Brown - Anglo Saxon Books - 1-898281-18-1
"Medieval Warfare Sourcebook" - David Nicolle - Arms and Armour Press
The Icelandic Sagas
Saxo Grammaticus' History of the Danes
Beowulf - translation and pictures of manuscript
"Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate" - Penelope Walton Rogers - Dorset Press - 1 872414 76 1
"Textiles, Cordage and Raw Fibre from 16-22 Coppergate" - Penelope Walton - Dorset Press - 0 906780 79 9
"Archaeological Textiles" - NESAT V Textile Symposium in Neumunster

Later Medieval

"Food and Cooking in Medieval Britain" - Maggie Black - English Heritage - 1 85074 081 X
"Women in the Medieval Town" - Erika Uitz - Barrie and Jenkins - 0-7126-3437-1
"The Steel Bonnets" - George MacDonald Fraser - Pan - 0 330 23857 4
"The Reivers" - John Grant - Mercat Press - 0 901824 66 6
"Longer Scottish Poems 1375-1650" - edited by P.Bawcutt, F.Riddy - Scottish Academic Press - 0 7073 0328 1
"Chronicles of the Age of Chivalry" - edited by Elizabeth Hallam - Tiger - 1-85501-694-X
"The Medieval Soldier" Gerry Embleton, John Howe - Windrow and Greene - 1 85915 036 5
"English Longbowman 1330-1515" - C.Bartlett, G.Embleton - Osprey Military, Warrior Series - 1-85532-491-1
"All a Young Wife Ought to Know" - Hastings Arts Pocket Press - 1 873422 13 X
"Scotland, The Later Middle Ages" - R. Nicholson - Mercat Press - 0 901824 844
"Scottish Weapons and Fortifications 1100-1800" - David H. Caldwell - John Donald Publishers - 085976 047 2
"English Martial Arts" - Terry Brown - Anglo Saxon Books - 1-898281-18-1
"The Duel" - Robert Baldick - Spring Books - 0 600 32837 6
The Royal Armouries Yearbook 1997 - HMSO - ISBN 1366-3925
"Banquetting Stuffe" - edited by C. Anne Wilson - Edinburgh University Press - 0-7486-0282-8
"Medieval Warfare Sourcebook" - David Nicolle - Arms and Armour Press
"Medieval Combat" - Hans Talhoffer - Greenhill - 1-85367-418-4

18th Century

"The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy" - Hannah Glasse - reprinted by Prospect Books in 1983
"Food and Cooking in 18th Century Britain" - Jennifer Stead - English Heritage - 1 85074 084 4
"18th Century Highlanders" - S.Reid, M.Chappel - Osprey Military, Men at Arms series - 1-85532-316-8
"Liberty and Property, Political Ideology in 18th C. Britain" - H.T.Dickenson - Methuen & Co - 0 416 72930 4
"Damn Rebel Bitches - Women of the '45" - Maggie Craig - Mainstream Publishing - 1-85158-962-7
"Tidings from the 18th Century" - Beth Gilgun - Rebel - 1-880655-04-7

Scottish History

"A Feast of Scotland" - Janet Warren - Lomond Books - 1 85051 112 8
"Scottish Castles and Fortifications" - Christopher Tabraham - HMSO - 0 11 492475 9
"Traditional Scottish Dyes and How to Make Them" - Jean Fraser - Canongate Publishing - 0 86241 108 4
"Highland Clans and Tartans" - R.W.Munro - Peerage Books - 1-85052-077-1
"The Clans" - edited by Gordon and Frances Jarvie - HMSO publications - 0 11 495301 5
"Scotland, The Making of the Kingdom" - A.A.M. Duncan - Mercat Press - 0 901824 836
"Scotland, The Later Middle Ages" - R. Nicholson - Mercat Press - 0 901824 844
"Scottish Weapons and Fortifications 1100-1800" - David H. Caldwell - John Donald Publishers - 085976 047 2
"The Duel" - Robert Baldick - Spring Books - 0 600 32837 6
"Damn Rebel Bitches - Women of the '45" - Maggie Craig - Mainstream Publishing - 1-85158-962-7

Women's History

"Women in the Viking Age" - Judith Jesch - Boydell Press - 0 85115 278 3
"Peace Weavers and Shield Maidens" - Kathleen Herbert - Anglo Saxon Books - 1-898281-11-4
"All a Young Wife Ought to Know" - Hastings Arts Pocket Press - 1 873422 13 X
"Women in the Medieval Town" - Erika Uitz - Barrie and Jenkins - 0-7126-3437-1
"Women in Roman Britain" - Lindsay Allason-Jones - British Museum Publications - 0-7141-1392-1
"Damn Rebel Bitches - Women of the '45" - Maggie Craig - Mainstream Publishing - 1-85158-962-7
"Most Wise and Valiant Ladies" - Andrea Hopkins - Past Times - 1 85585 481 3
"800 Years of Women's Letters"- Olga Kenyon - Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd - 0-7509-0725-8

Other

"The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe - edited by George Holmes - Guild Publishing
"Most Wise and Valiant Ladies" - Andrea Hopkins - Past Times - 1 85585 481 3
"Food and Cooking in Prehistoric Britain" - Jane Renfrew - English Heritage - 1 85074 079 8
"The British Museum Cook Book" - Michelle Berriedale-Johnson - British Museum Press - 0-7141-1759-5
"Alternative Weddings" - Jane Ross-MacDonald - Thorsons - 0-7225-3123-0
"Medieval Calligraphy" - Marc Drogin - Dover - 0-486-26142-5
"British Battles" - Ken and Denise Guest - English Heritage - 0-00-470968-3
"Crusades" - Terry Jones, Alan Ereira - BBC Publications - 0-563-37007-6
"Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight" - D.Edge, J.M.Paddock - Defoe Publishing - 1-870981-00-6
The Royal Armouries Yearbook 1997 - HMSO - ISBN 1366-3925
"Women in Roman Britain" - Lindsay Allason-Jones - British Museum Publications - 0-7141-1392-1