Books published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd

An examination of women entrepreneurs who invested in, and often managed, non-feminine businesses such as shipping and shipbuilding in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

A study of one of the most significant medieval manuscripts containing music, and its owner, sheds light on many aspects of contemporary culture.

Edition and translation of an important legal document, shedding new light on legal developments in medieval England.

The newest research on a major Anglo-Saxon site paints a vivid picture of the beginnings of England.

The editing is done with great skill . . . this is a masterly treatment of the subject. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

Biography of Humphrey Newton offers a unique view of gentry life at the time.

Extensive study of the entire corpus of Anglo-Saxon button brooches, looking at their design, origins and development.

Relates the colourful life of 'enlightened despot' Gaston III, count of Foix, an enigmatic and brilliant figure in a turbulent period.

All aspects of the cult of St David, patron saint of Wales, are examined in this wide-ranging volume.

Extracts from journals, diaries and official guidelines give a full picture of the role of the Victorian Deaconness.