History of Devizes - Softcover

Ralph B Pugh

 
9780860804505: History of Devizes

Synopsis

The town that grew up below Devizes Castle was granted its first royal charter by Queen Matilda in 1141 and has had a long and dramatic history – as the site of a royal power struggle in the 12th century, Civil War battles and religious controversy. Examining Devizesâ€s past in scholarly detail, this volume reprints volume III of the Victoria History of Wiltshire (1956), newly edited by Ralph Pugh.

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