British & English History Books
British history books that look at the past through the places and people it left behind: Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, medieval parish life, ancient landscapes and the question of who owns the land today.
For the beginnings of England, start with Marc Morris's The Anglo-Saxons, or Eleanor Parker's Winters in the World for a journey through the Anglo-Saxon year. Ronald Hutton's Pagan Britain covers the older beliefs beneath it all, and Guy Shrubsole's Who Owns England? brings the story up to the present. For history told through buildings, try Nicholas Orme's Going to Church in Medieval England or Luke Sherlock's Forgotten Churches. Looking north? Scotland's Forgotten Past and The Scottish Clearances have you covered.
