Medieval
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Utopia
$5.00 Read moreFirst published in Latin in 1516, Utopia was the work of Sir Thomas More (1477-1535), the brilliant humanist, scholar, and churchman executed by Henry VIII for his refusal to accept the king as the su
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: More, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 07 1997
- ISBN10: 0486295834
- Language: English
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The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in
$24.99 Add to cartToday’s Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over one hundred years following the death of Mohammed in 632, Arabs had subjugated a territory with an east-west expanse greater than the… [more below]
- Author: Kennedy, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 09 2008
- ISBN10: 0306817403
- Language: English
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Foxe’s Book of Martyrs: Select Narratives
$17.95 Add to cart“Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.” Hugh Latimer’s famous words of consolation … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Foxe, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199236844
- Language: English
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When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam’s Greatest Dynasty
$21.99 Add to cartThe “golden age of Islam” in the eighth and ninth centuries was as significant to world history as the Roman Empire was in the first and second centuries. The rule of Baghdad’s Abbasid Dynasty stretch… [more below]
- Author: Kennedy, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0306814803
- Language: English
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The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWith flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing together issues of colonialism, cultural exchange, economic exploitation, and the relat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Tyerman, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: January 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0192806556
- Language: English
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The Eternal Ones of the Dream: Selected Poems 1990 – 2010
$22.99 Add to cart“Tate’s poems are meditative, introverted, self-reliant, funny, alarming, strange, difficult, intelligent, and beautifully crafted.”
—New York Times
The Eternal Ones of the Dream is a breathtaking c… [more below]- Author: Tate, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0062101862
- Language: English
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Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism: Secrets of the Guide for the Perplexed
$34.95 Add to cartWith his characteristic skill and insight, Micah Goodman guides us through the beauty of Jewish philosophy, uplifting us from perplexity to enlightenment.–Shimon Peres, former president of the State
- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0827612109
- Language: English
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Satanism and Witchcraft: The Classic Study of Medieval Superstition
$18.00 Add to cartLong out of print, Jules Michelet’s classic study of medieval superstition has been reprinted in this edition to bring the general public’s attention to one of the truly great sociological works of mo… [more below]
- Author: Michelet, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: February 19 1992
- ISBN10: 080650059X
- Language: English
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Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy
$19.95 Add to cartDuring the 1920s Belgian historian Henri Pirenne came to an astonishing conclusion: the ancient classical civilization, which Rome had established throughout Europe and the Mediterranean world, was no… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Emmet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0578094185
- Language: English
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The Gallant Spaniard
$24.95 Add to cartThere are surprising omissions in the translated body of Spanish Golden Age literature, including in the corpus of Miguel de Cervantes. We have many highly competent translations of Don Quixote, but u… [more below]
- Author: Cervantes, Miguel De
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 082650602X
- Language: English
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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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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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History of Europe for Kids: A Captivating Guide to European History, the Medieval Period, and Renaissance
$41.99 Add to cartFour manuscripts in one book:
- European History for Kids Vol. 1: A Captivating Guide to the Early History of Europe from Prehistoric Times, through Ancient Europe and the Middle Ages, to the Renaissanc
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: June 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168373
- 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
