Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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The Life of St. Francis
$14.99 Add to cartA classic work of Christian literature commissioned by the Franciscan Order in the year 1250, The Life of St. Francis by St. Bonaventure–the Tuscan scholastic theologian and the greatest Franciscan m
- Series: Harper Collins Spiritual Classics
- Author: Bonaventure
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 165
- Publish Date: September 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0060576529
- Language: English
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The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words 1000 Bc-1492 AD
$25.00 Add to cartIn this magnificently illustrated cultural history–the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews–Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millenn
- Series: Story of the Jews #1
- Author: Schama, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 0060539208
- Language: English
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The Hollow Hills
$19.99 Add to cartKeeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is
- Series: Arthurian Saga #2
- Author: Stewart, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0060548266
- Language: English
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
$7.95 Add to cartTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE GREEN KNIGHT–STARRING DEV PATEL
An epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green K- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Raffel, Burton
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0451531191
- Language: English
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The Valkyrie
$30.00 Read more*The Embroidered Book shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Novel*
From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology’s greatest e
- Author: Heartfield, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0008567735
- Language: English
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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
$58.33 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0691222363
- Language: English
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Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality
$44.95 Add to cartA timely look at the economic revolution that took place in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
The rise of the monetary economy transformed every aspect of medieval Europe, including its value
- Author: Wolfthal, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1913875377
- Language: English
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Murder Most Treasonable
$29.99 Read moreSpies, secrets and suspicious circumstances: Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan races against time to solve impossible crimes and uncover a traitor in this gripping historical mystery set in medieval Lond
- Series: Brother Athelstan Mystery #22
- Author: Doherty, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1448308658
- Language: English
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
$6.95 Add to cartThe complete and unabridged translation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The setting of this extraordinary historical novel is medieval Paris: a city of vividly intermingle- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Hugo, Victor
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0451531515
- Language: English
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The House of Medici
$19.99 Add to cartIt was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even pope… [more below]
- Author: Hibbert, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 19, 1999
- ISBN10: 0688053394
- Language: English
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
$25.00 Add to cartA “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August
*Lawrence Wright, author o- Author: Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: July 12 1987
- ISBN10: 0345349571
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
$15.99 Add to cartRomeo and Juliet is the world’s most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual ful
- Series: Wordsworth Collector’s Editions
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1840228334
- Language: English
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Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization
$35.00 Read moreWithout the Byzantine Empire, there never would have been Western civilization.
Western civilization is generally regarded as the child of Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome. That is, in the West, our philos- Author: Spencer, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1637587422
- Language: English
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Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home
$19.99 Add to cartHow do we come by our worldviews and philosophies? What impact did Christianity have on the worldviews that are common to Western civilization?
Why You Think the Way You Do traces the development of t
- Author: Sunshine, Glenn S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 3, 2009
- ISBN10: 0310292301
- Language: English
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The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind
$23.99 Add to cartC. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an author of fiction and fantasy literature, including the Chronicles of Narnia and the Space Trilogy. Other
- Author: Baxter, Jason M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1514001640
- Language: English
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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society
$17.99 Add to cartWhat makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world a
- Author: Janega, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074469
- Language: English
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The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us about Distraction
$30.00 Add to cartThe digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasize about escaping our sc… [more below]
- Author: Kreiner, Jamie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 1631498053
- Language: English
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Voyage with the Vikings
$9.99 Add to cartOver 1 million sold in series
While visiting Mr. Whittaker at Whit’s Soda Shoppe, Beth and Patrick find a mysterious letter in the Imagination Station requesting a Viking sunstone. The letter is old a… [more below]
- Series: Imagination Station Books #1
- Author: McCusker, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1589976274
- Language: English
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One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University
$18.99 Read moreA Horn Book selection for “Picture Book Biographies for Women’s History Month 2022”
Fatima had one wish . . .
Fatima al-Fihri loved to learn. She wanted to know everything, like how birds flew, why the
- Author: Yuksel, M. O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 1, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063032910
- Language: English
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Genghis Khan’s Greatest General: Subotai the Valiant
$21.95 Add to cartThis book tells the story of Subotai the Valiant, a warrior for Genghis Khan and one of the greatest generals in military history. Subotai commanded armies whose size, scale, and scope of operations s
- Author: Gabriel, Richard A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 1, 2006
- ISBN10: 0806137347
- Language: English
