Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVoltaire’s description of the Holy Roman Empire as “neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire” is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had al… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Whaley, Joachim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198748760
- Language: English
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Life in a Medieval Castle
$18.99 Add to cart“Some particular books I found useful for A Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention… Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City, both by Joseph and Frances Gies.” –George R.R. Ma
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0062414798
- Language: English
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Queen of Legends
$34.99 Add to cartHer barbarian prince promised Wren the world, and she left him in the dead of the night.
With nowhere to go and price on her head, Wren goes into hiding and joins forces with the Kingdom of Myths to de
- Author: Kay, Frost
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: November 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1736709089
- Language: English
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Ringerike Style Essentials: How to Create Viking Age Art
$35.00 Add to cartThe Ringerike style (c. 1000-1075 CE) is one of the quintessential styles of the Viking Age. But how do you recreate the style in accordance with its original principles? Ringerike Style Essentials un
- Author: Markussen, Jonas Lau
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 8797060097
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
$22.00 Add to cartThis long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi’s Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi’s substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterw
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Alfarabi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0801487161
- Language: English
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Divine Comedy
$62.99 Add to cartDescribed as the “fifth gospel” because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 622
- Publish Date: November 01 1977
- ISBN10: 0393044726
- Language: English
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Collected Poems 1943-2004
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse, Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry.
With a distinguished career spanning more than sixt… [more below]
- Author: Wilbur, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0156030799
- Language: English
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Beards & Baldness in the Middle Ages: Three Texts
$12.95 Add to cartRanging from fifth-century north Africa to twelfth-century Latin Europe, the three texts translated in this book reveal the religious and social importance of beards and baldness in the Middle Ages, a… [more below]
- Author: McAlhany, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798989699308
- Language: English
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance – Portrait of an Age
$28.00 Add to cartA “lively and engaging” history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion.
From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity o- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0316545317
- Language: English
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
$20.00 Add to cartFilled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to th… [more below]
- Author: Brownworth, Lars
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0307407969
- Language: English
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Bone Crier’s Moon
$17.99 Read moreFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology flush with doomed romance and macabre magic, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi.
Bone
- Series: Bone Grace
- Author: Purdie, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0062798774
- Language: English
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The Lives of the Heart: Poems
$16.99 Add to cartA new volume of poems by the award-winning author of October Palace.
- Author: Hirshfield, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0060951699
- Language: English
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Anselm: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAnselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was the outstanding philosopher-theologian of the Latin West between Augustine and the thirteenth century. As a public figure, especially as Archbishop of Canterbury, … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williams, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0192897810
- Language: English
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A History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan
$17.99 Add to cartA History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan’s legendary warrior class from beginning to end–an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the J… [more below]
- Author: Lopez-Vera, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315350
- Language: English
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The Ruin of Britain
$6.99 Add to cartDe Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae is a work written in Latin by the 6th-century AD British cleric St Gildas. It is a sermon in three parts condemning the acts of Gildas’ contemporaries, both secular
- Author: St Gildas the Wise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088132200
- Language: English
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An Introduction to the Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas
$19.99 Read moreAn Introduction to the Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas is an accessible Aquinas and a solid entry into his work. The format is manageable, and the scope, appropriately limited. James F. Anderson’s s… [more below]
- Author: Aquinas, Saint Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: June 01 1997
- ISBN10: 089526420X
- Language: English
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Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade – Updated Edition
$17.95 Add to cartNearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. Here, Henri Pirenne argues that it was not the invasi
- Series: Princeton Classics #8
- Author: Pirenne, Henri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 21 2014
- ISBN10: 0691162395
- Language: English
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
$18.00 Add to cartThrough the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Abelard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0140448993
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Resistance
$17.99 Read moreFrom Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals, comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising.
Brienna is a mistress of knowl
- Series: Queen’s Rising #2
- Author: Ross, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0062471384
- Language: English
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The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam’s Mystical Tradition
$17.99 Add to cartThe headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world’s fastest-growing religion. Sufism is the poetry and mysticism of Islam. This mystical movement from the ear
- Author: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2008
- ISBN10: 006162599X
- Language: English
