Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the term ‘medieval philosophy’ conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marenbon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019966322X
- Language: English
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Propertius: The Poems
$12.95 Add to cartOf all the great classical love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for readers today. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cy… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Propertius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555923
- Language: English
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York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling
$14.95 Add to cartThe York Corpus Christi cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection of twenty-two pageants offered in this volume. Included… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Beadle, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199552533
- Language: English
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The Angel of History
$13.99 Add to cartPlaced in the context of twentieth-century moral disaster–war, genocide, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb–Forche’s ambitious and compelling third collection of poems is a meditation of memory, specifi
- Author: Forche, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0060925841
- Language: English
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Chaucer: A European Life
$24.95 Read moreAn acclaimed biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant’s son became one of the most celebrated of all English writers
Geoffrey Chaucer is often called the father of Engl- Author: Turner, Marion
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 691210152
- Language: English
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Van Eyck
$20.00 Add to cartOften imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented precision and master
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Borchert, Till-Holger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 04 2020
- ISBN10: 3836545055
- Language: English
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Knights Templar Encyclopedia
$21.99 Add to cartThis authoritative sourcebook offers comprehensive information on Knights Templar history, symbols, key figures, unanswered questions, and more.
“Knights Templar Encyclopedia offers both general reade- Author: Ralls Phd, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2007
- ISBN10: 1564149269
- Language: English
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The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred’s Britain: 789 – 955
$19.95 Add to cartA history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954.
In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Angli- Author: Adams, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1643132547
- Language: English
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Peace of Heart
$10.95 Add to cartThis month long journey of morning and evening reflections provides a window into the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, the renowned father of environmentalism. This beloved twelfth-century… [more below]
- Series: 30 Days with a Great Spiritual Teacher
- Author: Francis of Assisi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: March 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1594711550
- Language: English
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On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics
$14.95 Add to cartFive hundred years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was he a friend of tyrants? An ardent republican loyal to Florence’s free
- Series: Core Knowledge
- Author: Pedullà , Gabriele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0231205554
- Language: English
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Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays
$4.99 Add to cartGod’s creations of man in a lyrical dramatization; Noah’s cantankerous and hilariously funny wife refusing to leave without her friends; the Massacre of the Innocents
Miracle Plays were a popular form- Author: Cawley, A. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0804855404
- Language: English
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Samurai and Ninja: The Real Story Behind the Japanese Warrior Myth That Shatters the Bushido Mystique
$15.95 Add to cartThe myths of the noble Samurai and the sinister Ninja are filled with romantic fantasy and fallacy.
Samurai and Ninja expert Antony Cummins shatters the myths and exposes the true nature of these genu- Author: Cummins, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 16 2015
- ISBN10: 480531334X
- Language: English
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Restoring Notre-Dame de Paris: Rebirth of the Legendary Gothic Cathedral
$45.00 Add to cartMagnum photographer Patrick Zachmann was on the scene when the disastrous fire erupted in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the evening of April 15, 2019. At the time he did not yet know that he would … [more below]
- Author: Zachmann, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367277
- Language: English
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Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
$19.99 Add to cartIn this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in “a rollicking good story” (Justin Marozzi).
Saladin remains one of the most iconic figure- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825422
- Language: English
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In God’s Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
$23.99 Add to cartIn just over a hundred years–from the death of the Mohammed in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750–the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Afri… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Hoyland, Robert G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190618574
- Language: English
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Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspond
$22.99 Add to cart“Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius…probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman.” –Bob Dylan
First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg’s Howl is
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Ginsberg, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0061137456
- Language: English
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The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
$16.00 Read moreAn illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people.
The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much–or- Author: Harvey, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146569
- Language: English
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Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader
$39.99 Add to cartViking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader (Book 2 in The Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series) is a language workbook built around a treasure trove of old Scandinavian lore. Designed for beginners
- Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic #2
- Author: Byock, Jesse L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1953947069
- Language: English
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History of the World Christian Movement: Volume I: Earliest Christianity to 1453
$45.00 Add to cartThis first comprehensive account of Christianity as a world religion is a landmark, offering the work of five years of a team of 43 international scholars and consultants. For the first time, the peop… [more below]
- Author: Irvin, Dale T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 17 2001
- ISBN10: 1570753962
- Language: English
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Bede and the Theory of Everything
$25.00 Add to cartAn accessible biography of the venerable Bede, regarded as the father of English history.
This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the fo
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Brown, Michelle P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147883
- Language: English
