Human Origins section (Guild Publishing, London
1989).
BRITISH ISLES
GENERAL:
Freeman-Grenville,
G S P
Atlas of British History
Covering the Roman Invasion to 1978 (Rex Collons,
London, 1979).
Jessup,
Frank W
Kent History Illustrated
Detailed overview with maps of Kent (Kent County
Council, 1966).
Montague-Smith,
Patrick W
The Royal Line of Succession
The British Monarchy from Cerdic
to Queen Elizabeth II in genealogy trees covering the entire British Isles (Pitkin
Pictorial Publications, 1986).
Smith,
Lesley M (Editor)
The Making of Britain:
The Dark Ages
Good overview of Britain from the Romans to the
Vikings. From a Channel 4 series in the UK, unlikely to be in print (Channel 4/Macmillan,
1984).
ROMAN BRITAIN:
Salway, Peter
Roman Britain
Part of The Oxford History of England
series. Detailed look at the Roman occupation of Britain and related events
on the Continent. Essential reading for an understanding of the period
(Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986).
POST-ROMAN BRITAIN:
Alcock, Leslie
Aberford Dykes; the first defence of the
Brigantes?
(1954).
Burke,
John
Roman England
The English Tourist Board's Discover England
series. Good overview (Guild Publishing, London, 1983).
Celtic Devon
Dewnans Celtic Devon
A site dedicated to the Celtic heritage of Devon.
Visit the
web
site.
Chadwick,
Nora
The Celts
Overview of Celtic origins in Europe and Britain.
Detailed look at Celtic progress and survival post-Rome (Pelican, 1971).
Delaney,
Frank
Legends of the Celts
Many of the Irish and Welsh myths and legends
told in modern form, including nine of the eleven
Mabinogion stories (Grafton, 1994).
Faull, M L
Roman and Anglian Settlement Patters in
Yorkshire
(1974).
Faull, M L
& Moorhouse, S A
West Yorkshire: An Archaeological Survey to AD 1500
(1981).
Giles, J A / Gildas
De Excidio Brittaniae et Conquestu (On the
Ruin of Britain)
Edited and translated, 1841. Published as part of
Six Old English Chronicles (London, George Bell & Sons, 1900).
Giles, J A / Nennius
Historia Brittonum (The History of the
Britons)
Edited and translated, 1841. Published as part of
Six Old English Chronicles (Henry G Bohn, London, 1848).
Ingram, James
The Annales Cambriae
Taken from the Harleian manuscript, the earliest
surviving version (London, Everyman Press, 1912).
Jones, G R J
Early Territorial Organization in Gwynedd
and Elmet
(1975).
Monmouth, Geoffrey of
The History of the Kings of Britain
Translated with introduction by Lewis Thorpe (Guild
Publishing London, 1982).
Nennius
Historia Brittonum (The History of the
Britons)
J A Giles, Six Old English Chronicles (Henry
G Bohn, London, 1848).
Smith, A H
Place Names of The West Riding of
Yorkshire
(1971).
Stenton, F M
Anglo-Saxon England
(1971).
Thomas,
Charles
Celtic Britain
Excellent broad view of Celts today and from
Post-Roman period onwards. Part of the Ancient Peoples and Places Series (Thames
& Hudson, 1986).
Wood,
Michael
In Search of the Dark Ages
Centering on key figures covering the whole age
from Boudica (SIC) to William the Conqueror. Good general introduction
(Ariel Books / BBC, 1981).
ARTHURIAN:
Ashe,
Geoffrey
The Landscape of King Arthur
A tour of Arthur's Britain through photographs
and text (Guild Publishing, London, 1987).
Ashe,
Geoffrey (Editor)
The Quest for Arthur's Britain
Detailed examination of the truth behind Arthur,
featuring Leslie Alcock, CA Ralegh Radford & Philip Rahtz (Paladon Books, Grafton,
1968).
Barber,
Richard
King Arthur: Hero & Legend
Detailed examination of Arthur's history (The
Boydell Press, 1961).
ARMORICA:
Pognat,
Jean-Michel
Brittany: Many Kingdoms or One?
A critical study of sources for the history of
the 5th-9th century Breton Kings in an attempt to establish an historical King List.
Was online but now seems to be unavailable.
ANGLO-SAXONS & VIKINGS:
Bede
(Leo Sherley-Price translation - revised by R E Latham)
A History of the English
Church and
People
Essential for understanding the viewpoint of an
8th century Anglo-Saxon of Britain's history. Surprisingly accurate in the treatment of
its material, especially Anglo-Saxon matters after c.600. Good grounding on the
traditional Celtic history of pre- and post Roman Britain (Penguin Classics, always
available).
Davidson, Hilda Ellis & Fisher, Peter
Saxo Grammaticus – The History of the Danes
[Books I – IX]
Humble, Richard
The Fall of Saxon England (BCA)
Jones, Gwyn
A History of the Vikings
(Oxford University Press, London, 1968).
Leeuwen, Geoffrey van
Ivarr The Boneless
Internet article with additional text by Mick Baker.
Myres, J N
L
The English Settlements
Part of The Oxford History of England
series. Essential detail on the Settlement Period (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986).
Royal Blood – King Richard III and the
Mystery of the Princes
Gill, Louise
Richard III and Buckingham's Rebellion
Gillinham, John
Richard III – A Medieval Kingship
Jenkins, Elizabeth
The Princes In The Tower
Kendall, Paul Murray
Richard III
Macalpine, Joan
The Shadow Of The Tower
Pollard, Anthony J
Richard III and The Princes In The Tower
Potter, Jeremy
Good King Richard?
Stanyon, Annie
Prove It! – Investigations in History
Weir, Alison
The Princes In The Tower
EARLY MODERN BRITAIN:
Nothing Available
NAPOLEONIC WARS:
Harris,
Rifleman Benjamin (Edited by Eileen Hathaway)
A Dorset Rifleman
Memoires of a soldier of one of Britain's best
regiments of the Wars, covering his tome with the Rifles from 1803-1814 (Shinglepicker
Publications, Swanage, 1995).
Mercer,
General Cavalié
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
One of the very few journals by an artillery man,
this gives excellent insight into the military methods and thinking of a crucial period
(Da Capro Press, New York, 1995).
Warriors & Wars of
the Dark Ages, colour illustrations by Angus McBride. Good overview (Blandford Press,
Poole, Dorset, 1985).
ROMAN EUROPE:
Fairley, William
Notitia Dignitatum
One of the most commonly available translations of
the Latin text (Translations and Reprints from Original Sources of European
History Vol 6 No 4, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1894).
POST-ROMAN EUROPE:
Tolkein, J R R
(Ed Alan Bliss)
Finn and Hengest - The Fragment and the
Episode
The tale of two fifth century heroes, Finn and
Hengest, told in Beowulf and reconstructed by Tolkein (HarperCollins,
London, 2006).
The one book that every
Napoleonic student should read, covering the whole of the Wars from Napoleon's earliest
career to 1815 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1996).
Nicolson,
Nigel
Napoleon 1812
Overview of the events
leading to 1812 and detailed critical chronicle of the campaign itself (Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, London, 1985).
Nosworthy,
Brent
Battle Tactics
of Napoleon and his Enemies
Vital for understanding
the method of warfare used during the Wars from the smallest skirmisher chain to grand
tactics of whole divisions and armies (Constable, London, 1995).
CENTRAL EUROPE:
Pivka, Otto von
Hessen-Darmstadt & Hessen-Kassel
Basic background to Hesse's history with an emphasis
on its involvement in the Napoleonic Wars (Osprey Publishing Ltd, London
1982).
Essential reading to
anyone interested in Ancient Greece.
Written c.850 BC and describing events in around 1195-1185, it portrays the heroic age in
Greek warfare (Penguin, 1950 - available in any bookshop).
Information on the Hittites and their international
dealings, especially useful for understanding Arzawa's later history (Second
Edition, Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1999).
Bryce, T
The Kingdom of the Hittites
Information on the Hittites (1998).
Cahin, M
The Kingdom of Armenia
List of Armenian rulers, which has a gap for the period
628-806, and Lesser Armenian rulers (Dorset Press, New York, 1991).
Gordon, Bruce R
Regnal Chronologies
List of Armenian rulers 628-806. Visit the
web
site.
Gurney, O R
The Hittites
List of Hittite rulers (Penguin Books, 1952, 1962,
1991).
Hansen, Hester V
Attalids of Pergamon
Rulers of Pergamum (1971).
Haywood, John
Historical Atlas of the Ancient World, 4,000,000
to 500 BC
Good map of Mitanni kingdom (Barnes & Noble, 2000).
Hittites.info
Information about the Hittites
A mine of detailed information on the Hittites and
their neighbours. Visit the
web site.
Kuhrt, Amélie
The Ancient Near East, c.3000-330 BC
List of rulers for Mitanni and Urartu, plus some
information on the Hittites (Routledge, 2000, Volumes I & II).
McEvedy, Colon
The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
Misses the period 1600 to 1300 but shows a Mitanni
kingdom in 1300-1000, by which time it had certainly disappeared (Penguin
Books, 1967).
Quartz Hill School of Theology
Israel and the Aramaeans
A detailed look at Samaria's history, especially in
relation to Damascus. Visit the
web site.
Redgate, A E
The Armenians
List of rulers of Urartu (Basil Blackwell, 1998,
2000).
Roaf, Michael
Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient
Near East
List of Mitanni rulers, good map (Facts on File,
2000).
Ross, David
Arzawa
A specific (and perhaps slightly controversial)
focus on this obscure Anatolian kingdom. Visit the
web site.
Roux, Georges
Ancient Iraq
List of Hittite & Mitanni rulers (Penguin Books, 1992).
Runciman, Steve
A History of the Crusades, Volume III, The
Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
Gives more Lesser Armenian rulers but these are
poorly dated (Cambridge, 1987).
Tsetskhladze, Gocha R
The Greek Colonisation of the Black Sea Area:
Historical Interpretation of Archaeology
Detailed look at Iron Age Anatolia (Franz Steiner
Verlag, 1998). Available online. View the
web site.
Wilhelm, Gernot
The Hurrians
General details (Aris & Philips Warminster 1989).
MESOPOTAMIA:
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East
List of Old Babylonian rulers, Sealand rulers, and
early Kassites. Visit the
web site.
Ascalone, Enrico
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians
(Dictionaries of Civilizations; 1)
List of Assyrian rulers (Berkeley: University of
California Press, 2007).
Buccellati, Giorgio & Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
Naming Names: The 2004 Season of Excavations at
Ancient Urkesh
The 2004 discovery of the name of a previously
unknown king of Hurrian Urkesh. Visit the
web site.
Charpin, D & J-M Durand
The Ancient Name of Tell Rimah
Detailed information on small city states in
northern Mesopotamia (Journal of Assyriology and Eastern Archaeology 81 / 2,
1987, p 125-146).
Dalley, Stephanie
Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities
Detailed information on small city states in
northern Mesopotamia (London & New York, 1984).
Dalley, S, C B F Walker, & J D Hawkins
The Old Babylonian from Tablets Tell al Rimah
Detailed information on small city states in
northern Mesopotamia (British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1976).
Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen
The Cambridge Ancient History
Volume II, The Middle East & the Aegean Region
c.1800-1380 BC. Now a little outdated but useful for many obscure details
(Cambridge University Press, 1973), available online. Visit the
web site.
Ember, Melvin & Peter N Peregrine
Encyclopaedia of Prehistory
Entries on each major archaeological tradition. An
overview of human history from two million years ago onwards (Springer,
2002).
Grayson, Albert Kirk
Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles
Assyrian rulers (1975).
Glassner, Jean-Jacques
Chroniques Mésopotamiennes
Assyrian rulers (1993 - translated as Mesopotamian
Chronicles, 2004).
Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation,
with Historical Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
Concentrates on the Mari texts of Zimri-Lim and his
relations with other Mesopotamian states; especially minor ones in the north (Eisenbrauns, 2003).
Leick, Gwendolyn
Mesopotamia
Assyrian rulers (2003).
Lloyd, S
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia
Early Mesopotamian cultures (London, 1984, revised
ed).
Nardon, Don
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian rulers (1999).
Podany, Amanda H
A Middle Babylonian Date for the Hana Kingdom
Vital for details on the city state of Terqa /
kingdom of Hana in northern Mesopotamia (Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol
43, pp 53-62, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1991-1993).
Postgate, C, D Oates & J Oates
The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah: The Pottery
Detailed information on Qattara/Karana (Warminster,
1997).
Postgate, J N
Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the
Dawn of History
Sumerian and Amorite urban and rural Mesopotamia (Routledge,
1994).
Postgate, J N
The First Empires
Sumerians and contemporaries (Oxford 1977).
Roux, Georges
Ancient Iraq
List of Babylonian, Hittite, & Mitanni rulers (Penguin Books, 1992).
van der Mieroop, Marc
A History of the Ancient Near East c.3000-323 BC
Solid, detailed overview of the course of Middle
Eastern history, with basic lists of rulers and maps (Blackwell Publishing,
2004, 2007).
Van der Toorn, Karel
Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel:
Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life
Brief mention of Qattara (E J Brill, New York, 1996).
Black, J A, Cunningham, G, Fluckiger-Hawker, E,
Robson, E, and Zólyomi, G
The Sumerian Kings List: Translation
List 2 of Sumerian rulers (via The Electronic Text
Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford, 1998). Visit the
web site.
Gerts, L C
Earth's Ancient History: A Theory About Ancient
Times
List 4 of Sumerian rulers (Chapter 12: The Sumerian
king list, 2002).
Gordon, Bruce R
Regnal Chronologies
List of Eshnunna's rulers, providing some names
missing from the Clemens Reichel list. Visit the
web
site.
Kramer, Samuel Noah
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and
Character
List 1 of Sumerian rulers (The University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 1963).
Love, Anthony Michael
Ancient History
List 3 of Sumerian rulers at Sarissa.org. Visit the
web site.
Lindemans, Micha F
Ninhursag
A feature from the Encyclopaedia Mythica. Visit the
web site.
Reichel, Clemens
Political Change and Cultural Continuity in
Eshnunna from the Ur III to the Old Babylonian Period
List of Eshnunna's rulers, providing some names not
on the Bruce R Gordon list, part of a dissertation
proposal presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations at the University of Chicago (11 June 1996). Visit the
web site.
Scarre, Chris (Ed)
Past Worlds - The Times Atlas of Archaeology
Mesopotamian section (Guild Publishing, London
1989).
van Tulleken, Kit (Ed)
The Age of the God-Kings
Sumerian overview (Time Life Books, Amsterdam1987).
University of Alabama
Images from History
Minor details, and many photos of Sumerian
artefacts. Visit the
web site.
