Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de si鐵le Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyond. The decline of Rome provides the pattern for bot… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weir, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0190610220
- Language: English
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The Secret History
$17.00 Add to cartA trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire’s official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor’s reign. Yet… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Procopius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0140455280
- Language: English
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Civilization of the Middle Ages
$21.99 Add to cartNow revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material.
- Author: Cantor, Norman F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: June 03 1994
- ISBN10: 0060925531
- Language: English
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Ballads Weird and Wonderful – Imperium Press
$15.00 Add to cartBefore Poe, before Coleridge, before Blake, the otherworld was cast in verse by nameless bards of the ancient Scottish ballad tradition. The ballad is our usual vehicle for the heroic and the tragic,
- Author: Chope, R. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: October 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1922602191
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$13.99 Add to cartA conversational text that addresses many philosophical concepts as well as Western religion by questioning good versus evil and the unnecessary suffering of innocent people. Anicius Boethius draws fr
- Series: Mint Editions (Philosophical and Theological Work)
- Author: Boethius, Ancius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1513207717
- Language: English
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King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
$33.68 Add to cart“King and Emperor takes on the compelling suspense of good detective work as well as good history.”–The Wall Street Journal
Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary fi- Author: Nelson, Janet L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 520383214
- Language: English
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Revelations of Divine Love
$14.99 Add to cartJulian of Norwich, the famous fourteenth-century anchoress, was seriously ill and preparing for death when she received a series of 16 visions of the passion of Christ. As a result of these visions, s… [more below]
- Series: Christian Classics Library
- Author: Wilson, A. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 19 2017
- ISBN10: 028107707X
- Language: English
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Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance
$19.95 Add to cartThe spiritual influence of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is increasing among people of diverse beliefs throughout the western world. Rumi is now recognized here in the West, as he has been for seven cen… [more below]
- Author: Helminski, Camille Adams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 19 1999
- ISBN10: 1570625301
- Language: English
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Coats of Arms: An Introduction to The Science and Art of Heraldry
$34.95 Add to cartWith full-color pages accessible to readers of any age, this how and why quick-start guide explains knighthood and nobility and royalty, what coats of arms mean, how to create your own, and how to ass
- Author: Fountain, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615996966
- Language: English
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The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (þorsteins Þáttr stangarhöggs): A New English Translation with Old Norse Text, Vocabulary, and Notes
$13.99 Add to cartA new saga translation of The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck in a dual-language English and Old Norse format with annotations, vocabulary, maps, and notes. All the tools necessary to read a complete s
- Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic #6
- Author: Byock, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 94
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 195394714X
- Language: English
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Serbs and Albanians
$29.00 Add to cartReleased for the first time in the English language, and marking the centennial of Albania’s independence, Serbs and Albanians delivers an at once refreshing and comprehensive insight into the cultura… [more below]
- Author: Sufflay, Milan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: January 08 2013
- ISBN10: 098871292X
- Language: English
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God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World
$19.99 Add to cartEstablished by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with the persecution of heretics and Jews — and with bur
- Author: Murphy, Cullen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0547844581
- Language: English
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The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades: Extracted and Translated from the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi
$19.95 Add to cartA Saracen stronghold throughout the long history of the Crusades, Damascus served as the capital city for Nur al-Deen, Saladin, and other medieval Muslim leaders. From this prime vantage point comes a… [more below]
- Author: Gibb, H. A. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0486425193
- Language: English
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Inferno: A New Verse Translation
$28.99 Add to cartUnlike every known translator before him, Michael Palma re-creates Dante’s masterpiece in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others, rendering Inferno into contemporary American… [more below]
- Series: New Verse Translation by Michael Palma
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0393323870
- Language: English
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman’s World
$18.99 Add to cartAs the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning… Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life… [more below]
- Author: Lacey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0316511579
- Language: English
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A History of the Vikings
$25.99 Add to cart“An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.”– Scandinavian Studies
The subject o- Author: Jones, Gwyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: July 19 2001
- ISBN10: 0192801341
- Language: English
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The Kite Rider
$15.99 Read moreGeraldine McCaughrean–two-time Carnegie Medalist for Where the World Ends and Pack of Lies–delivers a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic, dangerous worl
- Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 307
- Publish Date: September 23, 2003
- ISBN10: 0064410919
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Britain: Cheers to the Crown, Churchill, Shakespeare, the Beatles, and All Things British!
$24.95 Read moreFrom woolly mammoths and eight-foot beavers on the River Thames to plagues and civil wars, from tea to castles and cathedrals, and everything in between, The Big Book of Britain is a compendium of the
- Author: Rayborn, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1646433084
- Language: English
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
$26.99 Read moreThe most important written work in English before the Norman Conquest, newly translated. Made up of annals written in the monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterborough, Abingdon, and Worcester, … [more below]
- Series: Monks of the Monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterbor
- Author: Swanton, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1842120034
- Language: English
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King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
$43.68 Add to cart“King and Emperor takes on the compelling suspense of good detective work as well as good history.”–The Wall Street Journal
Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary fi- Author: Nelson, Janet L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 520314204
- Language: English
