History reading list: Cambridge, Robinson College
Cambridge, Robinson College lists 22 books for students about to start the course in History. The list starts with Empires of Faith. The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam by Peter Sarris, Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England, c. 500–1066 by Ann Williams and Making a Living in the Middle Ages: the people of Britain, 850-1520 by Christopher Dyer. 1 of the books also appear on other Oxford and Cambridge lists we collected.
Advance Reading List in History (July 2023) (University of Cambridge), PDF. www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/assets/prospective-students/History%20Advance%20READING%20LIST%202023.pdf
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Check the source for the current year's version.
The 22 books
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Other History lists
- Oxford, St Hilda's College · 74 books
- Cambridge, Churchill College · 7 books
How this list was made
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